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by valbaca 3y ago
> when I realized that most mainstream desktop UI applications were fundamentally broken. Oh boy > File system IO functions belong to a class of functions called blocking functions. Hasn’t non-blocking IO been a major feature for abou
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by valbaca 3y ago
much appreciated!
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by valbaca 3y ago
Yes, I glossed over the core set 2x problem The community did pick up Netrunner: https://nullsignal.games/
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by valbaca 3y ago
Consider Card Kingdom, they (used to) do exactly this: https://www.cardkingdom.com/purchasing/sell_collection EDIT: added the (used to) Consider joining a local MtG group on facebook (yes, I know). There are often a fe
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by valbaca 3y ago
Still worth a G: https://www.mtgstocks.com/prints/11943-library-of-alexandria
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by valbaca 3y ago
> but collectibles will keep growing forever. YIKES. That's certainly one way to look at a market: unbridled optimism that it will never shrink!
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by valbaca 3y ago
> What I don't like too much is that the minter is a private company that profits from this artificial scarcity. You might prefer FFG (Fantasy Flight Games) Living Card model. Effectively, each new set that comes out, you can buy a
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by valbaca 3y ago
Exceptionally well-put. Thank you
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by valbaca 3y ago
Using the "culture wars" to 1) sell books and 2) hide the real problem: which is class warfare. Billionares sucking the life out of our planet and people and are happy that we're squabbling over how "the left treats men&
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by valbaca 3y ago
> it's healthcare. And healthcare is NEVER politicized.
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by valbaca 3y ago
But I guess that would make the timing part be obvious and kind of ruin the "fun" of the story. Though I fully agree, the difference between "front of store" and "back of store" icecream couldn't be that m
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by valbaca 3y ago
got a link to the whitepaper? or name?
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by valbaca 3y ago
Sounds like an area with strong EM interference. Maybe a stop-light with those underground sensors? or under a high-power line? or near a power transfer station? or high-power radio antennae? Could be giving just enough weird EM interferenc
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by valbaca 3y ago
Remember how old speakers would let you know if you were about to get a cellphone call. It was like digital precognition haha
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by valbaca 3y ago
Had a similar effect with garage door sensors and TVs which use infrared. During sunset, the sun would line up juust right to blank out the sensors
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by valbaca 3y ago
Every FAANG does this. Trainings on avoiding words like "Dominate" or "Global market" and such.
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by valbaca 3y ago
AI is in a hype-cycle. Spring boot isn't
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by valbaca 3y ago
The gun owner example isn't a great one. one of the first rules of gun ownership is to never tell anyone. It's a valuable and deadly asset which gains value from people NOT knowing that you have it.
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by valbaca 3y ago
They can. My friend got his whole deck proxied online for about $50 Problem is that it’s worthless to anyone but him. The cards are expensive but they also hold some relative value (can be resold) and only real cards are legal in tournament
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by valbaca 3y ago
Magic the Gathering. Got a box of Starter 1999 at my local game store (LGS) as I was growing out of playing Pokémon. I’ve been paying off and on ever since; usually ON when I have money (summer I worked in college and once again when I grad
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by valbaca 3y ago
> threatening to do a legal act is largely legal. it's not illegal to threaten reporting to the authorities, for instance. It absolutely can be illegal, in the case of extortion. If you say "do this or I turn you in" that&
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by valbaca 3y ago
If it's a threat, then that's literally blackmail. It's only legal to use the legal action, period. Once you pull in a THREAT, it becomes blackmail/extortion.
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by valbaca 3y ago
Obi-wan’s spirit says “Let go” in the iconic “Use the Force” scene. https://www.starwars.com/video/use-the-force-luke
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by valbaca 3y ago
Comparison is the thief of joy. You absolutely hit an achievement. Congratulations!
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by valbaca 3y ago
Agreed. Nearly every item is actually “per month (for the next 12ish months)”
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by valbaca 3y ago
In computer science, an invariant is a logical assertion that is always held to be true during a certain phase of execution of a computer program. For example, a loop invariant is a condition that is true at the beginning and the end of eve
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by valbaca 3y ago
(inc hammock-time) ; Congratulations!
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by valbaca 3y ago
Light is how we “see”
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by valbaca 3y ago
https://www.wired.com/story/imessage-interactionless-hacks-g... That’s why
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by valbaca 3y ago
Cue the Pinkertons

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