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by dsg42 3y ago
The only question here is whether cryptocurrency is a security or a commodity. Securities fall under regulation by the SEC (SECURITIES and Exchange Commission). Commodities are regulated by the CFTC (COMMODITIES Future Trading Commission).
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by dsg42 5y ago
It's shocking to see the similarity to how you talk about this product compared to the founders of Robinhood. They've been very successful at tricking people into gambling away their money in the name of "investing." Thi
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by dsg42 5y ago
So you built a financial product to convince people to forgo FDIC insurance on their primary checking account? What an evil premise for a company. That's despicable. I'm sure almost none of your customers will understand their inh
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by dsg42 5y ago
Really great move by Twitter. There's lots of amazing programmers in African countries like Ghana and Nigeria, but not enough employers are taking advantage. I suspect Twitter will be the first of many companies to start hiring in the
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by dsg42 6y ago
Just to be clear, these reasons are: - To commit a crime - Not a real use case (If someone has no access to normal financial infrastructure, including Venmo and similar, how would they ever use crypto) - To avoid processing fees by paying h
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by dsg42 6y ago
I'm going to give you a longer answer, taking your concerns in good faith, since most of the responses you have so far are fairly combative. We need to start by recognizing that, although the Constitution is an important original sourc
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by dsg42 6y ago
I understand how you could assume that these issues aren't about minorities, but they really all are. Each of these issues barely touches white people while affecting minorities deeply. - Felony convictions: Black and latino men are co
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by dsg42 6y ago
- Felons, in varying degrees in different states. - Residents of DC, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, and Guam - People who have had their names removed from voter roles with no warning, as in Georgia, Wisconsin, and North Carolina, in t
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by dsg42 6y ago
This move isn't as radical as I'd like, but I genuinely think it might stick. Having Ford on board is a big deal. Seems like the big auto makers feel like it's a "reasonable" timeframe. Would love to see this take e
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by dsg42 8y ago
The answer to every question about why DCA isn't as you would expect is that it's controlled by Congress and they optimize it for personal purposes.
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by dsg42 9y ago
Yes, that was in the original announcement
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by dsg42 9y ago
Boob-er anyone? http://www.gq.com/story/uber-cab-confessions?currentPage=1
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by dsg42 9y ago
The key point of taking a longer vacation is to do the exact opposite of what you just said - you have to truly, completely disconnect from the situation at work. What helps you do this best is different for different people. For some peopl
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by dsg42 9y ago
This may be redundant advice based on what you've already done, but I would suggest you go on a 2+ week vacation. It's often easy, after being at a startup for a while, to not really feel like you can actually unplug completely, a
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by dsg42 10y ago
This article is statistics-based propaganda, designed to promote the message that SF's bikeshare system is failing and that Spin is the remedy. The evidence presidented ranges from irrelevant to outright lies. Take, for example, the de
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by dsg42 10y ago
Yes, although advocacy has been much broader than that. It's generally called, "Ban the Box," (for the checkbox asking about recent felony convictions you often see on job applications). Perhaps it would be more successful if
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by dsg42 10y ago
While I admire the idea of getting subjectivity and bias out of rankings, I think you're missing the point that there is an inherent issue of quality here that is being brushed aside. For example, I decided to check out my own alma mat
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by dsg42 10y ago
I'm pretty sure these came out of the Perceptive Pixel acquisition back in 2012. Microsoft bought a company built giant monitors with powerful touch capabilities. Not the most high profile of acquisitions, but it definitely set them of
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by dsg42 10y ago
Seriously, why do you need to post this? This is the sort of thing that makes it hard to be a woman in tech. Everyone is constantly nitpicking everything you say.
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by dsg42 10y ago
Here's the thing. Your point is not incorrect. The language she originally used wasn't totally 100% bulletproof. Things people say rarely are. But your argument distracts from the fact that the phenomenon she described is very rea
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by dsg42 10y ago
Yale would be #1
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by dsg42 10y ago
What gives you the idea that Harvard is high population? It only has ~21000 at a time, including undergrad, grad, and professional students. Cal has 38000.
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by dsg42 10y ago
You're right, that isn't really the best statement of the paradox. Try this: Imagine you have a heap of sand. Now, if you remove a single grain of sand from a heap, it's still a heap, right? But if you remove every grain of s
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by dsg42 10y ago
Also, maybe there aren't many female engineers because they have to encounter misogynist garbage like this on a daily basis. Maybe that's why they keep leaving the industry and not because you can't identify them.
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by dsg42 10y ago
This is the dumbest shit I've ever seen on Hacker News. And I still remember the guy who made an app to measure his heart rate while dunking his head in ice water. You're making our industry a terrible place to live and giving dec
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by dsg42 10y ago
These plans are terrible. In particular, the marathon program recommends a 26 mile training run followed by a three week taper. No one recommends 26 mile training runs outside of the very top elite athletes (and for very, very good reasons)
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by dsg42 11y ago
Slack has an insane amount of money, and they don't need any of it. They've put massive amounts of cash in the bank to stay safe in a downturn, and are well on their way to profitability. They really DO have the cash to burn, and
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by dsg42 11y ago
Because he's from Sweden, which doesn't allow it's cities to reach this state. Western countries should not look like this.
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by dsg42 11y ago
What are the ethics of credit scores? Credit scores are a terrible way to judge whether someone is credit worthy. Maybe this is a little better?
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by dsg42 11y ago
Like in most Supreme Court cases?

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