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by throwaway657656 2y ago
suggested edit: 0-25: learning 25-50: earning 50-75: returning
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by throwaway657656 2y ago
US Regulatory pressure from green minded politicians that would shut down mining or offering POW coins on an exchange. Also, I don't know what it would cost to perform a 51% hack but at some point an US adversary might deem it worth it
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by throwaway657656 2y ago
I don't get the Far Side. Could a Cliff Clavin chime in ?
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by throwaway657656 2y ago
Before the days of Google, I used "Ask Jeeves" which recommended search queries be submitted in the form of a question. Even after switching to Google decades ago, I have kept that approach. But despite so many saying that Google
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by throwaway657656 2y ago
And companies have intrinsic value. They don't just pointlessly consume resources.
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by throwaway657656 2y ago
By chance I just started reading Sci Am after a lapse 10 years. This month, there is an article that mentions that empathy is mentally taxing, which is obvious but worth stating. Shortly afterwards it is followed by a series of articles on
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by throwaway657656 2y ago
There is already plenty of historical data that would have demonstrated the quality of the predictions. This specific bet, however, could be the worst way to judge the prediction markets given that the key demographics of the gamblers, youn
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by throwaway657656 2y ago
"I don't have an ID because I have no job, no bank account, no need to drive or fly anywhere. I am not a parent or guardian, I don't pay taxes, I have no attachments to society... I am basically the most irresponsible person
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by throwaway657656 2y ago
I never understood this sentiment given your relatives' smartphones also have microphones.
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by throwaway657656 2y ago
The paper states the liver has 145 μg/g, about 30 times less than the brain but still a surprisingly high number. However, it is challenging to use that as a point of comparison. Would one expect the liver would have more than the brai
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by throwaway657656 2y ago
Why the downvotes? Today I tried to return a $200 portable Li-ion power station purchased from Amazon: "Call FedEx to schedule a Ground PRP Hazmat pickup (do NOT take it to a FedEx drop-off location). Hazmat labels and pickup are safet
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by throwaway657656 2y ago
Boring or retired relatives whose only purpose is to consume political media. They periodically call you and proceed to rot your brain you with whatever hate, fear, or gossip they feel needs to be spread. Your mind then spins for days as yo
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by throwaway657656 2y ago
Please make sure you put in the work before you start taking meds. I'd like to share a personal story in the hope that it helps you. My brother turned me on to Dr. Amen. We both took his on-line test for ADHD[1] and both tested positiv
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by throwaway657656 2y ago
Maybe not the "best" interest, but the replies seem to have a caring interest and definitely not a conflict-of-interest which is unavoidable with medical professionals.
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by throwaway657656 2y ago
Perhaps there were no kind streets in the UK 90 years ago but that last sentence is the opposite of my experience. I have rented many properties over the decades in some of the roughest neighborhoods and I have never had a landlord that mat
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by throwaway657656 2y ago
They took a very clear stand btw. "Rich people get Ozempic, poor people are prescribed body-positivity".
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by throwaway657656 2y ago
The closing statement in the article was unexpected "With nearly five billion Bluetooth devices sold annually, the impact of this breakthrough could be huge". It's one thing to use 2.4GHz spectrum in orbit between two satelli
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by throwaway657656 3y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink-slime_journalism
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by throwaway657656 3y ago
First congrats! It's great you recognized this as a milestone and worked towards it. Keep in mind not all money is equally green. Who is in your network ? Do you have a good pedigree ? Are you capable of helping with strategy and direc