gbaygon

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by gbaygon 3y ago
yes major downsides, these are only strategies to get by
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by gbaygon 3y ago
yes but in an hyperinflationary scenario it won’t last long (laws are defined in pesos) so it could be back to sub 800 soon
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by gbaygon 3y ago
its normal now, everybody knows how to work with it - buy with credit payable in 6/12 months, take advantage of government credit to offset it (often such credits are below inflation) Also buy street dollar (blue) with whatever you man
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by gbaygon 3y ago
Keep in mind that in reality it raises the floor to 1900 dollars/ month for workers only. Thats at today’s black market exchange rate (article cites non existent official rate). With the rapid inflation we are experiencing (likely goin
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by gbaygon 3y ago
I work as a software engineer, my daily driver is Macbook Pro (m1, 16gb) and update them every 3 years on average. Do you know how much downtime I’ve had b/c broken package updates (linux), long unapproved software updates (win) malwar
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by gbaygon 3y ago
Theres is one thing non apple manufacturers can’t do: iOS I’ve given old iphones / helped purchase new ones to my Android friends over the years - none got back to android. The experience is subjective but a well designed user interfac
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by gbaygon 3y ago
also pushed for binance to support lightning network, which brings greater adoption of that tech
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by gbaygon 4y ago
I'm Argentinian and we keep sharing mate as if nothing have happened. Off course there may be some people that started to drink their own mate but definitely not the majority, not even close. Sharing mate is a ritual too culturally roo
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by gbaygon 4y ago
you can if you are in El Salvador for example
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by gbaygon 4y ago
It's an alternative payment network, implemented as a bitcoin layer 2. You can argue that it's somewhat centralized, but not as much as Visa.
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by gbaygon 4y ago
Well I've actually paid for street food using lightning, and also use it regularly it to send money to my family using Strike. It's instant and practically free.
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by gbaygon 4y ago
have you heard of lightning network?
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by gbaygon 5y ago
check opendime: https://opendime.com
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by gbaygon 5y ago
It exists and it’s called “proof of stake”, see Cardano and ETH2 for example. The pros and cons are debatable but the technology is interesting. If you want to know more I recommend the Ouroboros whitepapers by IOHK.
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by gbaygon 6y ago
Not if you count world cups.
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by gbaygon 6y ago
not loading at the moment: https://web.archive.org/web/20200808231030/https://www.fiegg...
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BMW wants to charge a subscription fee to enable heated steering wheel(edition.cnn.com)
44 points by gbaygon 6y ago|47 comments
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by gbaygon 7y ago
I like ON Gold Standard specially the “Double Rich Chocolate” flavor, it’s also one of the most recommended protein powder on bodybuilding forums.
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Oculus CTO John Carmack: Our social missteps are ‘kinda embarrassing’(venturebeat.com)
3 points by gbaygon 7y ago|0 comments
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New 2019 MacBook Air features a slower SSD than 2018 model(imore.com)
264 points by gbaygon 7y ago|187 comments
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Neuralink and the Brain’s Magical Future(waitbutwhy.com)
8 points by gbaygon 7y ago|0 comments
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by gbaygon 7y ago
a private tab works just as well on iOS
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by gbaygon 7y ago
Isn’t the point of “disruption” so popular in startup culture to leverage the agility of smaller enterprises (and even a pitch used to rise capital) the tool to fight old paradigms? My point being that it isn’t “capitalism” fault, but that
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by gbaygon 7y ago
what about stripe?
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by gbaygon 7y ago
Capitalism is free market which allows you to switch providers freely and, if enough people agree with you, it will eventually create a market force that will make PayPal step back or lose it's business. It may be greed and lack of sig
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Airbnb and Louvre Museum launches contest to sleep beneath the Pyramid(airbnb.com)
1 points by gbaygon 7y ago|0 comments
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by gbaygon 7y ago
Just one data point, I’m from Argentina, we drink Mate here (as in yerba mate with a straw) the custom is to drink it very hot (around 80 deg celcius) and never knew any one with oesophageal cancer. You start drinking it as a child with sug
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by gbaygon 7y ago
your comment is spot on, here is a recent relevant article in HN about it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19479464
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by gbaygon 8y ago
It's Jim Carrey, you just added one data point to the experiment ;)
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by gbaygon 8y ago
It's nice to try to recover the spirit of it, but also for this to work it should be also lightweight (or at least usable). I'm getting: "This webpage is using significant energy. Closing it may improve the responsiveness of

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