goldcd

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by goldcd 2mo ago
I think I'd just like it done on percentage of overall wealth handed to the government or charity each year. Handy side effect would be that if Jeff wants to buy some influence for Amazon, he could do it by paying all his warehouse and
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by goldcd 2mo ago
Somebody needs to introduce some sort of buddy system for billionaires. This would allow them to air their dumb opinions in private to normal people, where they could be gently mocked like the rest of us. Currently there seems to be a dange
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by goldcd 2mo ago
Death very much depends on the specific media and how you treated them. I've got loads of CDs from the 90s that are absolutely fine. I've also got ones I've burnt in the late 90s, which have completely delaminated into a clea
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by goldcd 3mo ago
Precisely. Whilst he owns a lot of Tesla, he doesn't have majority control - and has to get shareholders to vote on stuff like "Whether Elon should be given ridiculous bonus packages" and similar. He's previously said bo
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by goldcd 3mo ago
I was wondering why he got so many voting shares in SpaceX. Then worked out it was just enough to get overall control of a combined company (assuming SpaceX remains at or above IPO valuation and Tesla stays under his beloved 420). Suspect i
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by goldcd 8mo ago
Sometimes they go on a ketamine binge shrugs
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by goldcd 1y ago
Please don't do it like this. It wasn't a bug. Please, just say it. Give me closure. It'll be good for your karma. The adverts have been running all month and the 1* reviews on the app store and your forums would have made yo
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by goldcd 2y ago
Obligatory Reddit Link - https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/34l7vo/ma_post...
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by goldcd 2y ago
"We have physical buttons" drops mic
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by goldcd 2y ago
What the article seems to miss is that for every delusional high-performer who's about to be short-changed on reward and recognition, there's an order-of-magnitude more potential high-performers who aware of the lack of reward and
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by goldcd 2y ago
I suspect the easiest thing would be a "return to base and shutdown" button that the Secret Service could trigger at short notice - would cause problems for everything wanting to use a Waymo, but I suspect the SS are quite OK with
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by goldcd 2y ago
You know what a LiPo pouch looks like right? silvery bag, some yellow tape at the end with some wires sticking out. Less likely you know what they look like inside, as it's been drilled into us not to pierce the things. Also if your la
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by goldcd 2y ago
That's got to be a reason why the attacks are staggered. Separating them definitely increased the chances that somebody would check their radios - but taking out the pagers drove people to the radios. Now taking out the radios is makin
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by goldcd 2y ago
But if you wanted to put 30g of explosive into a device, you wouldn't just want it sat there looking out of place to any curious person with a screw-driver. My guess is that you'd want to put it inside a component like say a LiPo
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by goldcd 2y ago
Exponential revenue is easy - you just need exponential inflation and it comes for free. Increased productivity is maybe the goal - but how it's measured is up for discussion. If you do it in dollars, then do you adjust for inflation?
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by goldcd 2y ago
rummages in box of tapes and lubricants 3M VHB (Very High Bond) is awesome double-sided foam tape, that comes in a variety of thicknesses and bond types. I last used some to re-attach a piece of rubber seal around a car door. "Gorill
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by goldcd 2y ago
Oxy is a pretty good example of the pros and cons of legalizing it. Deaths from prescriptions were relatively rare - but it created a huge number of addicts with escalating tolerances. Then as progressive efforts were made to reduce distrib
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by goldcd 2y ago
I'm now imagining you being kidnapped and waking up in a laundry basement, with a kingpin looming over you asking "Can you mix?"
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by goldcd 3y ago
I'd taken the "too insignificant" as more of a threat than an observation. I don't think anybody is expecting the Vision Pro to be anything other than niche - but it's very expensive pointy tip of what Apple hopes w
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by goldcd 3y ago
We also have some very odd taxation in the UK with regards to property. We have Council Tax (similar to property tax), which is a monthly charge for local services. Oddly based on house value in 1991 and regressive (richer you are, the less
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by goldcd 3y ago
I like the idea - but then wouldn't it be nice if your fridge had battery backup in case power went out? or your washing machine could charge cheaply overnight and run during the day? And then I start to think that maybe the better sol
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by goldcd 3y ago
I think of it more like learning a language. Yes, you have to put the effort in and learn your grammar and basic vocab yourself - but in conjunction you want to immerse yourself into hearing experts speak it. Watching a film you fancy with
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by goldcd 3y ago
#1 is Lord of the Rings, right? Plenty of books on that list give you fair warning before embarking, but LotR lures you in with "You liked The Hobbit, right? Fancy some more of that?"
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by goldcd 3y ago
If it's anything like similar agencies in other countries, it'll be completely understaffed, funding will have been cut in the name of reducing 'big government' - and any infractions it manages to prosecute will end up w
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by goldcd 3y ago
I agree - although not sure it's just the summarization, more the translation between 'information schemas' exposes patterns. e.g. I might read a few pages of text and scribble out the key points onto a mind-map I go. Then lo
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by goldcd 3y ago
You can upgrade to the family plan and add people
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by goldcd 3y ago
and I quote "I am sure this could be calculated mathematically, but I prefer a more quick, practical way."
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by goldcd 3y ago
No - it's Duplo and designed to be abused. It's not going to suddenly explode into shards of plastic in the middle of the night. Probably need to define "too much tension". Is a bit of tension that enables you to build t
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by goldcd 3y ago
No iFixit did "Back Glass + Wireless Charging Coil Functional: No adverse effects have been reported thus far." We can now correct this to say that pictures taken with the flash will no longer be saved.
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by goldcd 3y ago
J Michael Straczynski autobiography "Becoming Superman" is definitely worth reading/listening to. Still hope he made some of it up though..

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