orlandob

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by orlandob 9y ago
Gotta pay rent.
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by orlandob 10y ago
Inflation occurs if new money chases same goods. But if new goods are created, its new money for new goods, an expansion of the economy.
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by orlandob 10y ago
Money supply increase does not necessarily lead to inflation.
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by orlandob 10y ago
So many intelligent people read this site yet only a handful understand real world monetary policy and economics. Thank you for this comment.
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by orlandob 10y ago
"People between 40 and Ω (an indeterminate number defined as “really, just way too old”), are primarily employed as meaning-makers for the under-40 set. This is because they are mostly good for nothing else, and on average not valuab
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by orlandob 10y ago
kdb+/q, apl, j for finance
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“Formal specs should be as obvious as the need for blueprints of a skyscraper.”(cacm.acm.org)
2 points by orlandob 11y ago|0 comments
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by orlandob 11y ago
At some point, intelligent members of society (read: YOU PEOPLE) will realize that there is no such thing as zero-sum fiat monetary system. You don't need to tax someone for the government to create a new spending program. There is no
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by orlandob 12y ago
I've added the full quote to my post.
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by orlandob 12y ago
Those skills would get you callbacks. The killer in South Florida, at least, is the "3-5 years experience" requirement so often seen in job postings. A nice portfolio could overcome that hopefully.
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by orlandob 12y ago
>>Basically you should teach yourself how to build essentialy any CRUD app (blogs, wikis, basic twitter, news site, hacker news, reddit, etc). When you can do that, you're employable--and probably well above average, honestly. Th
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by orlandob 12y ago
Amazing if it actually happens. I don't think basic income guarantee alone will get Greece's economy going. Sadly, the economic/monetary illiterates will blast the basic income for anything less that a complete economic revol
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by orlandob 12y ago
And Project Orleans ( http://www.github.com/dotnet/orleans ) from Microsoft Research. Used by the Halo 4 team, it's a unique take using Virtual Actors.
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by orlandob 12y ago
There is one major difference between households and sovereign-currency Governments: households can't create the money they use, but Governments can. "So you're saying government debt doesn't matter? What about Zimbawe,
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by orlandob 12y ago
The title of the article is actually: "Nobody Understands Debt". A few years ago I discovered Modern Monetary Theory (thanks Warren Mosler, Bill Mitchell, Randall Wray, Stephanie Kelton) and it really opened my eyes to the univers
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How America became uncompetitive and unequal(m.washingtonpost.com)
52 points by orlandob 12y ago|68 comments
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by orlandob 12y ago
HN is my #1 source of information on the internet. Without HN (an HN ALGOLIA!) I'd be lost.
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by orlandob 12y ago
I've been listening to a relevant audiobook lately: Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator by Ryan Holiday. In it, he speaks about his role in manipulating the smaller blogs with over-the-top stories (read: PR stu
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by orlandob 13y ago
What is Money? can be broken down into: How is Money used? and How is Money created? How Money is used is virtually the same for everyone:"medium of exchange, store of value, and unit of account". How Money is created is more inte
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by orlandob 13y ago
He is explicitly anti-Snowden and agnostic on Government surveillance (love the "we need more debate" trope). Bill Gates knows who butters his toast.
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by orlandob 13y ago
Learned two new things: WhatsApp co-founders were denied employment by Facebook and the criteria that makes you unemployable (and/or too qualified) to work in SV.
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by orlandob 13y ago
Curious isn't it? The best programmer at my company freaks out anytime he has to leave the CLI.
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by orlandob 13y ago
Linkbait trash. "Don't do this thing everybody says you should do. But I do and I like it."
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by orlandob 13y ago
Switched from iPhone 5 to Nokia N9 and I'm loving it. Can't believe how superior MeeGo is to iOS and how it was ignored. I will definitely purchase a Jolla/Sailfish device in the future.
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by orlandob 13y ago
EconViz ( http://www.econviz.org ) uses visuals to describe the circular flow of income through modern monetary systems (meaning non-EURO countries). It's based off the work of MMT (modern monetary theory) scholars such as Wa
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by orlandob 13y ago
The trend has been the opposite in this market. As labor supply increases (to infinity), wages decreases (to zero).
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by orlandob 13y ago
thanks
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by orlandob 14y ago
I was completely distracted by the awful dialogue and performances. What a terrible way to show your flagship gadget.
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Blippar app for iOS and Android lets users try Blackberry 10(thedrum.com)
1 points by orlandob 14y ago|0 comments
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by orlandob 14y ago
This is amazing. Thank you.

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