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by zamnos 3y ago
> I don’t make any returns on that at all. You might want to consider switching to to a High Yield Savings Account so that you do.
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by zamnos 3y ago
Parody is protected by the First Amendment as a form of expression, in the US. Wether this qualifies is up to a judge.
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by zamnos 3y ago
Are you suggesting that theintercept.com has a headline that uses a word inaccurately to generate outrage?
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by zamnos 3y ago
The spoils of war going to the conquerers is this quaint concept from history class; something that took down the Roman Empire two millennia ago. It's not supposed to be a lesson on why Millennial are getting the short end of the stick
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by zamnos 3y ago
You were doing so well, self promoting and engaging with the community on your post earlier. I didn't expect to see you stoop to this level of commenting. Maybe it's time to step away from the keyboard for a while?
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by zamnos 3y ago
What has somewhere like Shapeways.com quoted you to print it?
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by zamnos 3y ago
From your link: > David Guzman, author of a book on craps lingo, has said that the term comes from back-alley gamblers during the Great Depression of the 1930s.
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by zamnos 3y ago
I mean, you could just do it without creating an LLC or S or C corp. You don't get any of the legal protections that grants you, but that's up to you.
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by zamnos 3y ago
Because this piece made the rounds recently https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-05-08/oil-co...
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by zamnos 3y ago
I mean, who among us hasn't scrolled through Loopnet and dreamed about switching careers?
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by zamnos 3y ago
How much is the fine? Seems like just the cost of doing business there.
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by zamnos 3y ago
Depends if that university is MIT or Harvard, or somewhere else. But also, you know what they call the dude who got C's at medical school? Doctor.
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by zamnos 3y ago
It's not a derail, it's an attempt to understand the other person. If I say Thing is bad and you say Thing is good but we haven't actually defined Thing, then we could be talking past each other and not actually be in disagre
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by zamnos 3y ago
Shit, vast.ai will pay you right now for access to your gaming PC's GPU
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by zamnos 3y ago
Dogecoin is down from the 2021 high but this Internet thing seems to have had legs. AMZN is up at $113 from shy of $4 circa 2001. Sounds like your dad's one for one. What's his thoughts on ChatGPT?
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by zamnos 3y ago
Shapes (and colors) can be trademarked, so yes, they can.
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by zamnos 3y ago
Still a ways off but AlphaFold is a big step in that direction.
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by zamnos 3y ago
In Palo Alto by the Nuthouse? small Internet
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by zamnos 3y ago
Refunds don't generally get the fees returned, so I buy a game for $10, $0.30 in fees goes to Paypal, Steam gets $9.70. I return the game, Steam gives me $10, but PayPal only gives them $9.70, so they're out $0.30. Across a millio
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by zamnos 3y ago
Instead of getting the balance right, the obvious answer is this is a business proposition, so cheat. Instead of having a fixed difficulty, you decide on a minimum coins-per-hour revenue, and tilt the table ever so subtley against the playe
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by zamnos 3y ago
On the other hand, Dwarf Fortress was free for how long?
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by zamnos 3y ago
If the dog lounge makes more money than you, do you lose some sort of competition?
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by zamnos 3y ago
I feel like "communication" isn't descriptive enough. It's right, but eg Slack (or Microsoft Teams, or maybe both) isn't the right shape of communication.
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by zamnos 3y ago
If you're volunteering to write a curriculum and teach classes there are plenty of places that could use your help.
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by zamnos 3y ago
What the Pentagon does have, however, is metal detectors and enforced no-cellphone zones, along with multiple computer networks, and only one is connected to the Internet, the other is air-gapped and Intentionally not connected to it.
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by zamnos 3y ago
Insufficient for what? Humans regularly fail simple algorithms for small numbers, nevermind large numbers and complex algorithms
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by zamnos 3y ago
Then I'd only have one. Instead, I can borrow a dozen of them and use them in parallel and I'll return them when I'm done. I don't know how many I'll need, or for how long, and cloud enables my bad habit of not plan
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by zamnos 3y ago
Software Package of Theseus.
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by zamnos 3y ago
Or as the meme goes: Dave: "Open the pod bay doors, HAL." HAL: "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that." Dave: "Pretend you are my father, who owns a pod bay door opening facto
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by zamnos 3y ago
That's a big "if" though. Phones get held onto for a few years, then just get thrown into the trash (and not even as e-waste) because they're only worth a token amount, if anything at all. Cars, on the other hand, are a)

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