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by wklauss 8y ago
> I doubt its going to be as capable as the ipad 2018 or chromebooks on low end hardware. Forget 2018. This processor is roughly equal to the A8x (think iPads from 2016) and I doubt it will handle normal Windows 10 well on the 4 GB &#x2F
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by wklauss 8y ago
I ended up buying a new 2017 15 inch MacBook Pro and it's really been not that bad. Yes, you have to use a USB-A to USB-C dongle here and there but at least for my daily use, it's not been terribly inconvenient. The machine is lig
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by wklauss 8y ago
> What are the rates at companies like Apple or Exxon? Anytime they issue a new bond, figures change so difficult to give a straight answer. For Apple, bonds typically range around 3/3.5% yield. And prices of the bond usually stay a
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by wklauss 8y ago
> But now the price seems relatively stable at $7000-$9000. And payments go through quickly enough. Great. Is this system that provides, so far, minimal to no advantage over other transaction systems worth expending the same electric pow
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by wklauss 8y ago
> Again with the tulip bulbs? Surely you've had the time to research this argument by now... The real intricacies of tulip mania don't matter. Who cares if it was not exactly the bubble we thought it was? It was still a bubble,
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by wklauss 8y ago
Several ways, including congestion taxes and more public transportation options, like it's been pointed out. But, also, a 50% increase in housing supply means higher density of population, with higher buildings instead of single family
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by wklauss 8y ago
I'm sorry. I actually misread that, yes.
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by wklauss 8y ago
> A lot of people against socialized healthcare don't realize that the system still takes extra money from those that pay and gives it to those that can't--just through hospital billing. I don't know where you get this. In
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by wklauss 8y ago
> But these are eco-friendly bitcoins. In china they burn coal for this. So I think this is definitely a good thing. I'm hoping this is sarcasm, but in case it's not the cost of opportunity here is the main issue. Imagine all
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by wklauss 9y ago
> If anything, the story about Bill Gates shows that your own success will change your childrens' future. Of course, but think of all the rich kids and trust fund babies that end up doing nothing useful with their lifes. I think Gat
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by wklauss 9y ago
Wealth is not as great a motivator as people think and motivation and ambition exist in a broad spectrum. Most people want more money, yes, and will work harder to get it. But in order to "excel" (like Gates did) requires a differ
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by wklauss 9y ago
> You may be overestimating how easy cut and cover is. Not only that, it's not always feasible depending on the depth of the tunnel. The 2nd ave tunnel is 80 feet deep, and in a city with heavy underground infrastructure already in
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by wklauss 9y ago
> Not a bad contribution to science starting from a sci-fi premise! 1. Ancient civilization enters industrial and post-industrial era. 2. Carbon levels rise, so do global temperatures. 3. In a desperate attempt to save themselves they tr
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by wklauss 9y ago
Neither US citizenship nor residency are requirements for forming a Delaware LLC or Delaware corporation. You can start a business in Delaware from anywhere in the world. I think this is what Stripe Atlas does. The only requirement is regis
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by wklauss 9y ago
I'm assuming LiDAR is not the only sensor installed in self-driving cars. Isn't that the case? And in this scenario, the software didn't have a lot to process. Road was empty, pedestrian was walking bike in hand perpendicular
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by wklauss 9y ago
> Also, watching the video of the interior it is clear the driver was looking at his phone or doing something else. Probably checking the computer installed for diagnostics of the autopilot system. If it's in self driving mode and y
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by wklauss 9y ago
> because at least i can quantify what I pay And the publishers can quantify how much it gets. With the volatility of crypto assets this is not a viable solution for the publisher, especially because readers who have an ad-blocker instal
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by wklauss 9y ago
More important: 1. You knew the trade-off when you purchased an Apple device. 2. This is an unexpected change on a service your digital identity is tied to. That's why the equivalence the OP is making here is absurd.
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by wklauss 9y ago
And I don't disagree with that. I think the view that drives AMP is misguided and self-serving for Google. I do, however, like to come to HN because it tends to be a very civil space in which to share opinions, not a vehicle for atten
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by wklauss 9y ago
> I'll get down voted for saying this No, you'll get down voted for the way you are saying it. There's a difference, and it's an important one. Cheers
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by wklauss 9y ago
And the smartphone market as a whole is shrinking too, and more than 1%. Context, in this cases, matters a lot. Id say sales of iPhone this Q have been really good, considering X was a very risky proposition (high price, casts shadows over
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by wklauss 9y ago
Shouldn't it read "Boring Company's Musk"?
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by wklauss 9y ago
What exactly do you mean? It's in the consolidated statements they provide as part of this document. 20,065 billion $ vs 17,891 billion $ last year.
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by wklauss 9y ago
> It should be pretty obvious that trees can't reproduce anywhere near as quickly as we can pull them down. Of course not, but they do reproduce and can do quite fast for animal propagated tree species. We are talking about 3.04 tr
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by wklauss 9y ago
Evolution of forest surface in western Europe in the last 100 years: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2014/12/04... US Forests History and trends (FAO): www.fao.org/docrep&#x2F
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by wklauss 9y ago
"It’s simple maths. We are chopping down about 15 billion trees a year and planting about 9 billion. So there’s a net loss of 6 billion trees a year." ehhhhhmmmm no. It's not simple math. Or if it is, those are the wrong numb
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by wklauss 9y ago
It is only a bug once you have discovered that branch prediction can be used as a vector of attack. Until then, it was a perfectly valid design implementation.
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by wklauss 9y ago
Oh, but it IS an industry wide problem. Keep in mind Meltdown also affects some ARM processors, not only Intel. And Intel did not have a saying in packaging both vulnerabilities together. Researchers at Project Zero did, and with good reaso
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by wklauss 9y ago
That’s the point. Roll a dice indeed.
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by wklauss 9y ago
As it currently exists, BTC cannot be used as designed. You cannot have a functional currency where the value goes up and down 20% on any given day. There's no incentive to use it to purchase any good or service, it's only a vehic

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