Ironchefpython

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by Ironchefpython 11y ago
What you're flailing around trying to reinvent is the VAT (value added tax).
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by Ironchefpython 11y ago
It's too bad, whatever good ideas there might be in Urbit, the conversation is always going to be dominated by discussion about how the equal sign is renamed 'tis', etc.
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by Ironchefpython 11y ago
One of my physics professors said that a key skill of good physicist is to be able to characterize a system quickly, prior to bringing in numbers or perhaps even equations. I’ve applied that to a lot of things. That cuts both ways: https:&
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by Ironchefpython 11y ago
> I mean, it's not like you are building "the whole product," you are just building some feature. If slavery was still legal, you'd better fucking believe that the corporation that owned you would be suing other corpo
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by Ironchefpython 11y ago
> Biggest risk is some morons in stock trading plug greedy ones into trading floor with no understanding of long-term disruption potential of clever trades it tries. Actually, it's not the lack of understanding, it's the lack o
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by Ironchefpython 11y ago
> Why not provide a future tax break? Put the taxes you'd normally pay in escrow and release them when the company meets it's obligations? See race to the bottom. Companies simply shop around for a set of tax breaks that doesn&
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by Ironchefpython 11y ago
> it would be like the US wiping Texas off the map with nuclear weapons because the Federal Government was unpopular there No, it would be more like attacking Richmond Virginia prior prior to secession in an attempt to prevent the massiv
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by Ironchefpython 11y ago
It would be more analogous if cable providers charged you by the minute for TV service. Each commercial would essentially be double billed.
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by Ironchefpython 11y ago
> What's the compelling use case again? From the article: "The mobile website banner links to content within the app. A user clicks the download button, installs the app and, after install, is deep linked to the same content in
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by Ironchefpython 11y ago
> I do consider its actions illegal, but I don't consider the agency illegal So it's like a waste management company that's a front for Mafia activity like extortion and racketeering. The company isn't illegal, jus
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by Ironchefpython 11y ago
> Despite what HN believes, the NSA isn't a criminal enterprise Just curious, how much of the constitution would the NSA have to violate for you to consider its actions illegal? Maybe if its employees engaged in intimidation of jou
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by Ironchefpython 11y ago
The best part is, when Randies get what they actually want ( http://galtsgulchchile.com/ ) they end up with what any rational person expects would happen.
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by Ironchefpython 11y ago
Maybe if the federal government showered billions of dollars on police departments for catching rapists and other violent criminals rather than locking up drug users or giving out free urban assault vehicles, we'd see different outcome
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by Ironchefpython 12y ago
> the Backblaze info seems really unfiltered and close to the real world. Cloudflare seems to be a similar company. I recommend them both to anyone somewhat technical who needs a CDN. My only complaint about Backblaze is no Unix client.
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by Ironchefpython 12y ago
> That said, it isn’t for everyone. I'm getting mixed messages here.
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by Ironchefpython 12y ago
Any thought of doing a sweetjs implementation so I can compose Spider with other Javascript language extension (e.g. inline JSX templates)
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by Ironchefpython 12y ago
Pipe Cleaning is the traditional euphemism.
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by Ironchefpython 12y ago
The centerpiece of your landing page seems to be mock-security cam footage of a room full of brogrammers ("he uses his guitar to pick up girls") and an LED light that changes color. I have no idea what you're selling me, othe
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by Ironchefpython 12y ago
Actually, I'm seeing this comment page for the top link on Google for the search terms: "People Organization Support Training Equipment Doctrine POSTED" We DID IT! We made it a THING!
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by Ironchefpython 12y ago
> I Google Python-related things all the time from work, including yesterday and today, but I prefer not to login to any of my Google accounts when doing so. Same thing here... I'm guessing that Google figures anyone cynical enough
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by Ironchefpython 12y ago
> wouldn't you just move the files and change the password? The encrypted files were distributed via bittorrent, with the password given to trusted individuals. This was done as a "dead-man's switch"; insurance again
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by Ironchefpython 12y ago
From the perspective of the government, Bitcoin is only for Cowards, Crazies, and Criminals. Cowards, who want to find technological solutions to social problems. Crazies who are terrified that Satan will take over the Fed and decide to sud
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by Ironchefpython 12y ago
It would have been a better joke if the author had pointed that that if it's controlled by the Federal Reserve, you don't need a proof of work distributed blockchain and you could simply allow all parties to connect to the Fed in
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by Ironchefpython 14y ago
Can you draw the tree with the circles vertically staggered instead of directly adjacent, so the circles are vertically ordered by time? http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aHXMSfhY_hY/TFxP-Eoc3rI/AAAAAAAAAH... is an example of similar data. You co
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by Ironchefpython 14y ago
You should have a compare with button, and when you click the button the mouse cursor changes, and then clicking a tree node will set it as the "compare to" node.
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by Ironchefpython 14y ago
I poked around for a bit. I want to reiterate what has already been said; this does not feel like Excel. If you spend some time watching (medium-to-low skill) people who use Excel as a general purpose tool to perform general tracking and c
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by Ironchefpython 14y ago
Wouldn't that be NYCombinator?