guy_c

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by guy_c 4y ago
Based off the balance sheet FTX may have peaked (September 2021) with more than $100 billion of paper gains in "less liquid" assets. Token Last wks Last wks Estimated Peak Peak Peak value price
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by guy_c 4y ago
You might be referring to David Mackay's excellent 2008 book Sustainable Energy – Without the Hot Air - https://www.withouthotair.com In the book he tries to determine if renewables could support UK's energy needs. He
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by guy_c 6y ago
@iamben at current GBPJPY exchange rate of 138, ¥15m total comp would be nearing £110k. I am out of touch of FAANG senior dev salaries are in London now. Does that sound on par?
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by guy_c 6y ago
I also have not seen many vacancies advertised at that level. But I suspect there are roles for people with the right experience. The roles are getting filled by recruiters approaching already employed people. My guess is a very experienced
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by guy_c 7y ago
I enjoy Rory Sutherland's take on HS2 https://www.spectator.co.uk/2013/11/the-wiki-man-how-to-redu... https://www.spectator.co.uk/2019/02/why-hs2-doesnt-stand-up-...
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by guy_c 7y ago
A nice demo of Sorbet in action - https://youtu.be/jielBIZ40mw?t=837
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by guy_c 7y ago
Someone in the comments of that post recommends this automatically updated blocklist https://github.com/notracking/hosts-blocklists
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by guy_c 7y ago
I think the only email services that are not going to mine your emails for valuable data are paid services that have made strong commitments to privacy. This was an interesting podcast interview with founder of Fastmail https://o
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by guy_c 7y ago
The founder was interviewed on this podcast - https://overcast.fm/+OBZna2NS8/5:16 To summarise points that are missed in the comments and maybe not well describe on the website: This is based in Canada. The vast majori
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by guy_c 7y ago
Thanks, I didn't know that. I've changed to the standard "Expanded Control Strip" and it is much better. I found the constantly updating touchbar visually distracting.
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Cables vs. malloc_trim, or yet another Ruby memory usage benchmark(dev.to)
1 points by guy_c 8y ago|0 comments
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by guy_c 8y ago
In the context of Rails applications hosted on EC2, then I've not found Ruby's memory usage to really be an issue. In my experience most Rails apps range between 150-500MB per instance. My current employer typically uses M5 instan
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The savior who fell to earth [Thoughts on Carlos Ghosn by his speechwriter](fccj.or.jp)
1 points by guy_c 8y ago|0 comments
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by guy_c 8y ago
I see a previous post with a related issue https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18064899
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UK university tells Iranian student: go home and get tuition fees in cash(theguardian.com)
3 points by guy_c 8y ago|1 comments
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by guy_c 8y ago
PayPay is a joint venture of Softbank and Yahoo Japan created in June 2018. It is another cashless payment system. But what seems different is they've launched with a very aggressive marketing campaign in Japan. Total budget for the ca
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PayPay $100m campaign(paypay.ne.jp)
2 points by guy_c 8y ago|1 comments
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Switching Rails Apps from Unicorn to Puma(medium.com)
2 points by guy_c 8y ago|0 comments
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by guy_c 8y ago
Can see the game in action here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnIfCG2dga8 their level 4 was nice.
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by guy_c 8y ago
A few more details from an article in the Guardian: --- The Guardian US is based at one of the many offices run by WeWork in New York City. Currently on the event schedule is a TGIM with Capital One event that promises “mini doughnuts and b
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by guy_c 8y ago
The message Gmail presents is: This will allow APP_NAME to: Run as a Gmail add-on [More info] View your email messages when the add-on is running [More info] ------- The '[More info]' tool tip presents: Allow this application
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Matz (creator of Ruby) pair programming on Conway's Game of Life(youtube.com)
1 points by guy_c 8y ago|0 comments
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by guy_c 8y ago
How much is your rent? How much short are you from paying the due rent? If your rent is at low-end for your area, then I'd try to avoid getting evicted. Getting evicted could trigger more expenses (moving costs, new deposits, etc.). Pu
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by guy_c 8y ago
I found hotel pricing vs airbnb varies greatly depending on the season. In low-season often hotels are cheaper. Hotel's have large fixed expenses and are often happy just to fill rooms at any price.
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by guy_c 8y ago
Not sure how accurate but napkin maths and quick google suggest barrel of oil produces 118 kg of co2. So about 9 barrels to produce a ton. Barrel is $67. So cost of capture might add 15% to 38% to cost of oil.
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by guy_c 8y ago
An exchange could mitigate this attack by also monitoring the outflow by 'age'. Delaying any large withdrawal of 'new' coins. * AGE: i mean, how recent was the deposit of any coins involved in any transaction. So if I se
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by guy_c 8y ago
I wonder if we could see a spiral that effectively kills off smaller coins? > Exchanges respond to these `weak` coins by increasing their confirmation requirements. Some of the really small coins would probably need huge numbers of confi
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by guy_c 8y ago
DOGE uses merge mining with LTC - https://www.cryptocompare.com/mining/guides/what-is-merged-m...
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by guy_c 8y ago
Is it common to get additional grants during that first 4 years?
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by guy_c 8y ago
So the article should really be about 'Why are diapers so expensive in the US compared to Europe?' Here is another example from a UK suermarket https://groceries.morrisons.com/webshop/product/Nutmeg-Nappi

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