uwe_dushan

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by uwe_dushan 12y ago
I've been trying to wrap my head around this myself as it does seem pretty counter intuitive (based on personal experience - 5% change in prices over the course of a year in either direction has no impact on my purchasing decisions). I
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by uwe_dushan 12y ago
I managed to win 3 tickets in CA (over a period of about 9 years) using trial by written declaration. In fact one of them was using a very similar argument to OPs. It's a bunch of work as I painstakingly assembled my case with loads of
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by uwe_dushan 12y ago
I've been watching Rust for a while from the game development perspective and as much as I want it to be, I don't think it's a great fit for that domain. Still rooting for Rust because we really have a lot of work on the secu
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by uwe_dushan 13y ago
Provided that Bitcoin succeeds (reaches the end of its adoption S-curve), wouldn't the deflation be simply equal to the rate of growth of the gross world product? This is currently around 4% - definitely more expensive than today'
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by uwe_dushan 13y ago
Moving from UK to US, the dire state of banking here was one of the most noticeable regressions. I'd add to your list the crazy ATM fees. We switched to Ally (online only bank) a while ago which fixes some of the issues. At least now I
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by uwe_dushan 13y ago
Full tank means fewer trips to the gas station. My time is way more valuable than the mpg savings of the half tank approach.
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by uwe_dushan 14y ago
That's because it's the unit of value that the article's reader is most likely familiar with. When you go on vacation you're most likely constantly converting prices in the local currency to the currency you're familiar with - that doesn't
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by uwe_dushan 14y ago
San Francisco, CA. Full time. http://www.unknownworlds.com/jobs Looking for talented engineers to work on Natural Selection 2. Would consider remote work for the right candidate. The tech is some of the best I've seen in the 11 odd years