mer10z

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   by mer10z 12y ago

   I can't help but think of that article yesterday about how we're avoiding the Big Problems ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8261098 ). It's crazy how much money and brain power people have invested in HFT
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   by mer10z 12y ago

   Adblock Edge is a fork of the Adblock Plus version 2.1.2 extension for blocking advertisements on the web, without sponsored ads whitelist.
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   by mer10z 12y ago

   I reread the article with a little more care and as a result of special relativity the satellites "fall behind clocks on the ground by about 7 microseconds per day" and as a result of general relativity "each GPS satellite sh
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   by mer10z 12y ago

   Does this mean that the people living on the space station age faster than people on earth, or does this only affect the atomic clocks?
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   by mer10z 12y ago

   You could try doing some couch surfing in your area or rent a room in a shared apartment. Living together with other people is a great way to make lasting relationships. There is the chance that you wont 'click', but then you can
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   by mer10z 12y ago

   If I ever get to lead a software team I will make part of our product open source and then ask potential new hires to complete a real task on that codebase. I think that would be the most realistic display of their coding ability and qualit