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811.
83% of Americans Are Belt Tightening Due to Inflation Pressures(forbes.com)
53 points by whack 5y ago|130 comments
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by whack 5y ago
> Sunday's spending spree means the mysterious anonymous bidder will become the owner of the Charlie Bit My Finger clip. > its owner does not actually buy the copyright itself - meaning the artwork the NFT represents can still
813.
The disturbing consequences of seeing your doppelganger: During a classic (cont)(bbc.com)
4 points by whack 5y ago|0 comments
814.
Robert Shiller: 'Wild west' mentality is gripping housing, stocks and crypto(cnbc.com)
3 points by whack 5y ago|0 comments
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Utilitarianism Is Complex Because Morality Is Complex and a Moral Theory (Cont)(youtube.com)
1 points by whack 5y ago|0 comments
816.
by whack 5y ago
You're right, it is not a good currency today. In the interim period, BTC is extremely risky, volatile, and not a stable store of value. The value proposition is that: - People will want to adopt BTC as a mainstream currency in future,
817.
by whack 5y ago
It's impossible for any currency to be stable in the period before it gains mainstream acceptance. Fiat currencies share the same fate
818.
by whack 5y ago
The stock market has plunged 30% in a short period of time. Sure, it might be over a few weeks as opposed to days, but that's just a quantitative difference, not qualitative. The main value propositions behind bitcoin are: - stable sto
819.
The Deafening Silence Around Animal Cruelty(outlookzen.com)
1 points by whack 5y ago|0 comments
820.
by whack 5y ago
> There was no exchange of articles or courtroom-type setting where the authors of the lies had to directly defend or abandon those statements, and I guess the others in the department had some sort of cynical view that the details didn
821.
by whack 5y ago
> In defense of Dr. Fauci's statement, saying "there is no reason right now to wear a mask" is quite different from "masks are ineffective" If masks are effective, that would be a compelling reason for someone
822.
Lack of greenery in your neighbourhood can impact mental health. A study (cont)(resetyoureveryday.com)
2 points by whack 5y ago|0 comments
823.
Wow: Researchers in the Netherlands have created the first multi-node qua (cont)(livescience.com)
1 points by whack 5y ago|0 comments
824.
Children likely to be pleading guilty when innocent. The study says diffe (cont)(phys.org)
1 points by whack 5y ago|0 comments
825.
by whack 5y ago
Unpopular opinion - is the CEO really threatening her employees? Or talking more abstractly about the downsides and ramifications of people deciding to work remotely? Ie, downsides that people would face at many/most companies, not jus
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Euro-Zone Vaccine Delays Mean Double-Dip Recession as U.S. Booms(bloomberg.com)
1 points by whack 5y ago|0 comments
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Why programmers don’t write documentation(kislayverma.com)
151 points by whack 5y ago|149 comments
828.
Biden Seeks $80B to Beef Up IRS Audits of High-Earners(nytimes.com)
7 points by whack 5y ago|0 comments
829.
Experiences Working with an Outsourced Dev Shop(software.rajivprab.com)
3 points by whack 6y ago|0 comments
830.
by whack 6y ago
If an open-source project adopt a trusting attitude, nation-states can and will take advantage of this, in order to inject dangerous vulnerabilities. Telling University professors to not pen-test OSS does not stop nation-states from doing t
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by whack 6y ago
Let me play devil's advocate here. Such pen-testing is absolutely essential to the safety of our tech ecosystem. Countries like Russia, China and USA are without a doubt, doing exactly the same thing that this UMN professor is doing. E
832.
Gray matter changes in the brain may explain how childhood trauma trigger (cont)(sciencedirect.com)
1 points by whack 6y ago|0 comments
833.
by whack 6y ago
From what I've skimmed, the author blames sales-focused companies for being too obsessed with capturing value. And this is a bad thing. He also blames product-focused companies for being too obsessed with delivering value. And this is
834.
by whack 6y ago
I see a lot of comments bemoaning performance-based bonuses, but consider the following: > I remember being in shouting matches with our signal integrity team about among other things, how many capacitors we needed. These tiny devices e
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The Crimean “Crisis” and Western Bias(outlookzen.com)
20 points by whack 6y ago|2 comments
836.
In world first, New Zealand to make banks report climate impact – New Zea (cont)(phys.org)
1 points by whack 6y ago|0 comments
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U.S. Housing Market Is Nearly 4M Homes Short of Buyer Demand(wsj.com)
51 points by whack 6y ago|109 comments
838.
In world first, New Zealand to make banks report climate impact – New Zea (cont)(phys.org)
1 points by whack 6y ago|0 comments
839.
by whack 6y ago
> The correct way to think about snapshots and diffs when it comes to cherry-picking and rebasing is to realise that diffs are always derived from snapshots. Ironically, git snapshots are themselves derived from diffs. Creating a snaps
840.
by whack 6y ago
Internal implementations and external interfaces are not necessarily the same thing. When reading a single-threaded application's code, it is helpful to read it as a series of instructions, executing serially. In reality, both the comp

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