mgberlin

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by mgberlin 6y ago
Reductio ad absurdum.
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by mgberlin 6y ago
That's a completely ridiculous answer and makes it clear you have no idea what you're talking about. 1) Gold has nothing to do with banking transactions, I've lived my whole life without ever touching a spec of gold. 2) Is ab
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by mgberlin 6y ago
[citation needed] But really, I'm interested in these arguments, please let me know where I can learn more. Especially regarding the idea that it uses less energy than the current banking system.
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by mgberlin 6y ago
On the one hand, we have the biggest crisis to ever face humanity, where all of our lives literally hang in the balance and daily we're seeing the effects from wildfires to cold blasts. On the other hand we have bitcoin.
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by mgberlin 6y ago
There is not enough UV-B in sunlight for your body to manufacture vitamin D when the sun is less than fifty degrees above the horizon. This means that for the majority of the northern half of the United States and all of Canada, you can&#x2
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by mgberlin 6y ago
Looker Data Sciences, recently acquired by Google | Remote (US Only) | Full-Time | Typescript, Ruby | We are seeking curious, kind, and passionate people to help us pave the path for the next generation of business intelligence tools. We va
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by mgberlin 7y ago
Interesting. Where can I learn more about this hypothesis?
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Google completes $2.6B Looker acquisition(venturebeat.com)
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by mgberlin 7y ago
Does this add any value beyond what PDTs in Looker provide?
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by mgberlin 7y ago
[citation needed]
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by mgberlin 7y ago
How many horse owners in America have iPhones?
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by mgberlin 7y ago
I got a 404 when I put in my credit card info :(
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by mgberlin 7y ago
Except that goats don't eat grass, they eat brush. You'd want sheep for that.
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by mgberlin 9y ago
I live in Santa Cruz CA and and deal with terribly potholed roads. The air temperature here rarely gets below freezing, and I've never seen any ice on the roads to indicate that the ground temperature has been below freezing. Clearly s
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by mgberlin 9y ago
Yeah I'd be interested to know how this would work with California law that requires employers to pay out unused vacation hours.
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by mgberlin 9y ago
If you really want it to motivate, the funds should be sent to some group you detest if you fail. I.e. the DNC for a staunch republican, or the NRA for someone who believes in gun control.
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by mgberlin 9y ago
"Your password cannot be extracted from your head": obligatory xkcd https://www.xkcd.com/538/
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by mgberlin 9y ago
As a counterpoint to the article, I used Fi for two years and never had a single technical problem. The service was flawless and affordable. Then I realized Google now had real time location tracking and the ability to turn on my mic whenev
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by mgberlin 9y ago
For anyone that hasn't been following them over the last year or so, they've made amazing inroads into the banking industry.
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by mgberlin 9y ago
They're the only altcoin out there with a real company doing real work to solve a real problem for other real companies.
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by mgberlin 9y ago
You missed a few zeroes in that billion.
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by mgberlin 9y ago
I absolutely could not agree less. Every time Google shows me some sort of "magic" that I know involves their massive compendium of personal data, I'm reminded of how much I been detest that they've stolen that informati
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by mgberlin 9y ago
You're getting interrupted either way, might as well just get it over with as soon as possible.
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by mgberlin 9y ago
This mindset is extremely disturbing, that the only way to make a difference in the world is to reproduce. Really if you want to make the biggest impact on the most people, you won't bring any more consumers into the world.
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by mgberlin 9y ago
The wikipedia article is extensive and well cited: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisphenol_A
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by mgberlin 9y ago
I've personally become concerned recently with the abundance of BPA and it's effect on the endocrine system of men. Between disposable water bottles, aluminum can liners, and food stored in plastic containers, there's a huge
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by mgberlin 9y ago
I'm not going to tell you how to live your life, but maybe you should have some sort of disclaimer: "not responsible for accidentally identifying death caps as chantarelles."
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by mgberlin 9y ago
I don't know of any books, but my favorite online resource is examine.com. They do an excellent job of presenting real research in an understandable but cited way.
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by mgberlin 9y ago
Signed in. Built a fake endpoint. Not sure what this is useful for.
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by mgberlin 9y ago
So if you shut down I no longer receive any emails I have signed up for?

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