B4CKlash

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by B4CKlash 8mo ago
I enjoyed reading this article but I think the author overlooked that "low-level" languages aren't just less supported, they're also character-dense. You can accomplish more with less, simply because it's a higher l
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by B4CKlash 2y ago
I agree with you. I'd go further and suggest that candidates should get anonymized information about applicants in the pool. Nothing like negotiating with yourself for a job...
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by B4CKlash 2y ago
What's interesting is that broadly speaking, people acknowledge that negotiating with asymmetric information is immortal or wrong. Take the stock market for example, insider trading is illegal and you don't often hear calls to rev
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by B4CKlash 2y ago
There's also another angle. During the call with Lex last week, Dario seemed to imply that future models would run on amazon chips from Annapurna Labs (Amazon's 2015 fabless purchase). Amazon is all about the flywheel + picks and
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by B4CKlash 2y ago
Let's not confuse correlation with causation. Is the organizational pressure that seeks conformity filtering out tattoos based on tattoos or the lack of conformity? It's tough to understand whether you're saying more about se
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by B4CKlash 2y ago
Yes.
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by B4CKlash 2y ago
Ironically, we use tattoos for opposite reasons. If you're quick to judge someone's character based on their tattoos, it suggests a tendency toward superficial assessments. I find it difficult to trust critical decisions made by s
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by B4CKlash 2y ago
Eric Schmidt advocated for this exact thing in an Op-ed piece in the latest MIT Technology Review. [1] https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/05/13/1092322/why-amer...
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by B4CKlash 2y ago
High tech manufacturing at scale is often equally as challenging as development work. Starting with a proven design let's teams focus on leveling up their manufacturing capabilities prior to introducing the double complexity of manufa
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by B4CKlash 3y ago
Against the Gods by Peter L. Bernstein is a fantastic book that has a few chapters about this family. It's worth the read if you're interested in the history probability and risk
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by B4CKlash 3y ago
I think your point is fair, but the point I'm making is that we should applaud when private industry is willing to shoulder a large proportion of the risk (vs. the traditional externalize risk, internalized profit).
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by B4CKlash 3y ago
Also relevant and stated publicly by John, Blue Origin expects to cover more than 50% of the total cost. To put this into perspective the DoD will happily invest north of $1 Trillion for a single fighter pilot development program (F-35) and
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by B4CKlash 3y ago
There's something deeply ironic about a person commenting from a highly-engineered device, operating on a highly-engineered network, sitting inside of a highly-engineered building, in a highly-engineered city debating the merits of pro
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by B4CKlash 4y ago
There actually is precedence to this, albeit not in transportation. If you own a superfund site, the owner or operator of each facility must establish financial assurance for closure of the facility. Many times that assurance comes in the
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by B4CKlash 4y ago
There are few books by the American Statistician Edward Tufte worth checking out. The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, Envisioning Information, and Visual Explanations, all exceptional works of art. The books act as both a teach
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by B4CKlash 4y ago
I've thought deeply about the problem and I think the solution is fairly simple; account for the cost. Businesses are simple and will react in kind. Either shift the burden of proof - aka, force incorrect billings to face steep penalt
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by B4CKlash 4y ago
The prisoner's dilemma strikes again.
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by B4CKlash 4y ago
To be fair, any billion-dollar multinational will have an organizational chart that looks very similar to this. Companies like EY exist, almost purely, to create 'tax effective' structures with hybrid debt instruments and service
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by B4CKlash 5y ago
It partially dictates how the company communicated with its’ employees. A remote first company is going to engage with its employee base differently, invest in benefits that respect that population more and create channels that enable an op
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by B4CKlash 5y ago
Paying less in taxes doesn't have to be nefarious. When you put money into a 401K you're shielding income from taxation. A 401K is an explicit tradeoff the government has created; individuals saving more today will hopefully tran
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by B4CKlash 5y ago
Reusable rockets with massive cargo capacity is just one example. SpaceX equipped rockets will soon be able to carry around 100 tons of cargo to any place on earth in less than an hour; massive implications for disaster response. https:&#
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by B4CKlash 5y ago
This is an incredibly small minded perspective. Difficult challenges require new technologies, new processes and new ways of thinking. More specifically, technologies developed through the race to land on the moon (and space flight genera
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by B4CKlash 5y ago
This is a bit of a strawman. There are a lot of factors influencing the decision on both sides. That $2500 will leave a gap in your resume, both literally and from an experience perspective. The $3000 on the other hand ignores a ton of e
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by B4CKlash 5y ago
There are two aspects of 'your' credit score that could be effected by the shutting down exisiting credit lines. The credit score system is certainly not perfect, but I don't believe these are nonsensical metrics. 1). Averag
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by B4CKlash 5y ago
I was actually under the impression that what Pinterest does was against the ToS of Google. I can't find the link or reference, but I believe it was along the lines of 'You can't post images just to farm user account creatio
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by B4CKlash 5y ago
I believe there are plenty of examples of profitable news organizations. They all generally sit in the 'patronage' category as you described/ala The Guardian. The New York Times is the first one that comes to mind: https:&#
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by B4CKlash 5y ago
You realize Tyler Cowen posted three quarters of this piece on his website: https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2021/06/wh... I will happily pay for quality content - Bloomberg is not one of tho
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by B4CKlash 5y ago
Paywalls with workarounds are the only type of paywalls allowed on HN. Asking for a workaround is an acceptable practice. https://hn.algolia.com/?query=paywalls%20by:dang&dateRange=a...
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by B4CKlash 5y ago
Is there a workaround for this paywall?
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by B4CKlash 5y ago
If you're looking for more information about reverse repos and this action generally, I found this piece incredibly useful: https://fed.tips/sico4-1/ Long but worth the education (if you're interested)

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