victorvosk

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by victorvosk 4y ago
Not sure how much you are joking, but all the "apps were better in the 90s" blog posts overlook the absurd flexibility web apps have gained over the years. VB and its ilk were used to write apps that were used in a very specific w
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by victorvosk 4y ago
I mean as nice as this sounds, our money is spent on all sorts of things we know nothing about. Should we all be provided with the schematics for F-35s?
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by victorvosk 5y ago
"I'm fortunate to be in a financial position where damage to my credit score wouldn't be the end of the world.." Then why did you bother using a pay later scheme for a few hundred dollars on some sketch retailer? This is
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by victorvosk 5y ago
I am more shocked the 2004 amazon link to file cards still works, but also sad that the 3 dollar pack is now 11 dollars :(
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by victorvosk 5y ago
I am not sure why everyone is giving complicated answers. The answer is yes, borrow until you can't. The rich do this all the time. This has been true for decades now. We are locked into a downward trend where 0% will ultimately be the
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by victorvosk 5y ago
I am sensing a pattern here.. just can't put my finger on it...
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by victorvosk 5y ago
Don't you mean MAANG :D But its Facebook for sure. If it wasn't for buying Instagram they would circling the drain right now. Google is the king of search and ads. Apple is the premium product company and now chip maker. Netflix i
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by victorvosk 5y ago
GPU's went up as crypto gained popularity, crypto has gained popularity as governments kept printing more money handouts. We now have high inflation, high demand, chip shortages, supply chain shortages and high crypto popularity becaus
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by victorvosk 5y ago
Right, because GPU's are expensive and scarce because of crypto, and all other inflation, demand and supply chain issues are a completely unrelated topic that just happens to be coinciding... /s
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by victorvosk 5y ago
Go and Rust compared to vim script is an Apples to Space Shuttle comparison.
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by victorvosk 5y ago
So many of these conversations can be broken down to the things you find valuable might not be the thing others find valuable and there is no right or wrong. You either get it or you don't. I have zero desire to collect model trains, b
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by victorvosk 5y ago
Web3 as a concept is decentralization primarily, though it was invented by people championing crypto. The idea that the web can't be censored or controlled by gov't or large corporations. Everyone should be able to easily contribu
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by victorvosk 5y ago
The vast majority of the stuff on this timeline are hacks and user mistakes, not sure that constitutes a "grift". The only difference between this and all of other tech sectors is they can't cover up the fact they got hacked.
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by victorvosk 5y ago
It doesn't seem like they draw any correlation to food intake since the mice were genetically modified to just emit the proteins from their livers. My guess is healthy diet and exercise go a long way. Don't drink and avoid sugar (
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by victorvosk 5y ago
I don't even know where to begin. We are at this stage in the crypto bull market that all the smart people who refuse to believe in it are getting upset and are writing angry articles. You cannot realistically write an article dumping
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by victorvosk 5y ago
This study seems a little weird (crap) in that they started with a hardcore twice a week fast for a month then dialed it back to once a week. Unless I missed it, I don't see an explanation of why this approach was taken in the paper. G