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by znebby 5y ago
In the recent thread about this topic [1] people mentioned that USDC is also not fully backed by pure cash. Assuming USDC has no funny business like tether seems to, how is this any different than companies like PayPal, which presumably als
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by znebby 6y ago
I'm really struggling to understand these numbers. In some other articles I'm seeing that it offers 100% protection against hospitalisation and death. "The J&J vaccine was 85 per cent effective at preventing severe Covid-
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by znebby 7y ago
For some background on the history in English Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide_of_Serbs_in_the_Ind...
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by znebby 7y ago
I read it is only 5 years [1]. In which case voluntarily staying in the Ecuadorian embassy for 6 years seems to be a miscalculation. (At least, staying beyond the point that the Swedish rape charges were dropped). 1: https://www.
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by znebby 8y ago
It was my understanding that Google / Apple do not charge a fee on in-app purchases which are not platform specific and which use third-party payment processing. Never having played Fortnite, I assumed that in-app purchases are specifi
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by znebby 9y ago
It was in Thailand. Haha, I think the metal music was edited. This seems to be the original clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f18bv76QVs
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by znebby 9y ago
I'm just going to leave this here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbR1SXIje1U
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by znebby 9y ago
No. Perhaps in a couple of cases, but on average, I believe it has shown to be safer.
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by znebby 9y ago
> If everybody converted their bitcoins to fiat currency now the exchange rate would collapse quickly. You can say the same about literally any asset or currency. If everyone sells, and no one is buying, then yes, the value drops to 0.
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by znebby 9y ago
I'm quite biased on the whole AR thing, as I worked at Meta for almost three years, but I think that the HoloLens is a fantastic piece of technology, and that Augmented Reality Head Mounted Displays will be the next big computing revol
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by znebby 9y ago
Why? LLCs are pass-through entities. US residents will get taxed as income, and non-US residents will not have to pay any tax if their income is not effectively connected with a US trade or business (which basically means that employees do
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by znebby 9y ago
Soon receiving my Razer Blade 2017, upgrading from a Macbook Pro Late 2013.
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by znebby 10y ago
Um, Facebook has 1.86 billion monthly active users.
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by znebby 10y ago
If you read up on research regarding bonuses they also seem to lead to worse performance when it comes to cognitive tasks, and I'm unwilling to work with a company that doesn't use data, facts and reason as some of their driving
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by znebby 10y ago
Why? I do some work on upwork and I find working hourly much more convenient as I don't risk a bad estimate or changing requirements.
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by znebby 10y ago
For someone wanting to learn modern javascript, it's so hard to know where to start. So many different frameworks to pick from. There doesn't seem to be much point asking for suggestions either, as everyone has a different opinion
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by znebby 10y ago
I found an early access code on their twitter: "NETTED". They posted that 1st August, so I'm not sure if it still works, but give it a shot!
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by znebby 10y ago
Reading their footer, it says: "The Privacy Visa Card is issued by Customers Bank pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc." So, it seems they have some kind of partnership with a bank, which is able to generate unlimited card n
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by znebby 10y ago
For credit cards, check out privacy.com I recently started using it, works great.
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by znebby 10y ago
Perhaps I wasn't clear. The 10am-9pm is only on weekdays. Saturdays are off.
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by znebby 10y ago
Bay area startup with 100+ employees. Expected hours are 10am to 9pm, plus a little less on Sundays.
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by znebby 10y ago
More like "thanks for going to Iraq with us". Either way, us Australians are certainly lucky to have this visa.
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by znebby 10y ago
+1 for Charles Schwab. Excellent account. Not only do you not pay any foreign currency fees or foreign ATM fees, but every month they refund you any fees than out of network ATMs impose on you (within US and internationally).
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by znebby 10y ago
I'm interested in the subset of such projects that are not only good for learning but also useful to others released as open source. Anyone care to give ideas?
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by znebby 10y ago
Nice list. I'll be happy to add a couple of companies that I know are missing.
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by znebby 10y ago
True - reasonable password length being the important factor. I was basing my calculations on 8 character passwords. At my university we were forced to use passwords that are exactly 8 characters long, for some ridiculous reasons. And this
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by znebby 10y ago
It just goes to show that in 2016, you really can't be using SHA1/256/512 for password hashing anymore, even salted. Bcrypt/Scrypt or similar is a must.
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by znebby 10y ago
I've had a terrible experience with safeway delivery in redwood city. Two days ago, they delivered 1/3 of what they were meant to. So, they scheduled a re-delivery for the following day for the remaining items. Again, they forgot
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by znebby 10y ago
I responded to a job posting for a YC company on the HN front page. The CEO responded within an hour and we scheduled a call for the following day. 40 minutes before that call was scheduled to take place, he cancelled it and asked to resche
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by znebby 10y ago
Despite all the negativity around food delivery startups - I see them getting funded almost every week. Europe, North America, Asia, South America, all over the world.

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