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by pbk1 1y ago
I went on a road trip through Southern NM a couple years ago. Highly recommend stopping at Gila National Forest - it's a certified "dark park", remote enough from sources of light to see the Milky Way with the naked eye. One
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by pbk1 4y ago
IIRC you can use Racket base so long as you define the “atom” function per the book authors
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by pbk1 4y ago
> if housing is far and away the best investment you can possibly make, both in the short, medium, and long-term. citation needed? genuinely curious - are there studies about long-term returns from housing vs. other asset classes (namely
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by pbk1 5y ago
While we're talking about funding basic research - how come these independent institutes and government funding agencies don't get equity (warrants, options, whatever) in the entities that ultimately commercialize and patent this
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by pbk1 5y ago
I don't know where you live but it's been decriminalized in plenty of places in the West, so even if it's not fully legalized the worst you face would be a nominal fine, not getting arrested.
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by pbk1 5y ago
Setting aside the environmental concerns (which are important, and indirectly health-adjacent), are there material health reasons to eat organic? This Mayo Clinic article [0] points to pretty minor improvements, would love if someone could
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by pbk1 6y ago
You can accelerate 5-10 years to 3 months using pay for citizenship schemes. For example Grenada has one where you get citizenship and a passport in return for "donating" $150k USD to the government. Grenada's is interesting
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by pbk1 6y ago
Lenders can and do buy this kind of data to underwrite their borrowers (credit cards, BNPL, student loans, mortgages, etc.). They don't need to get it from credit bureaus. Anyone who is underwriting off of bureau data alone is a decade
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by pbk1 6y ago
Don't worry, his newsletter providers are deplatforming him too.[0] [0] https://disrn.com/news/email-provider-suspends-trump-campaig...
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by pbk1 6y ago
In China it's referred to as 中国特色社会主义, which means "socialism with Chinese characteristics"
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by pbk1 6y ago
Look into the TIP[0] skill from dialectical behavior therapy. In particular I've found the cold water triggering a dive response[1] very effective at calming me down when I face acute anxiety. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org&#x
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by pbk1 6y ago
0.6% compounded for 30 years would be barely $1.02M
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Affirm Public S-1 Filing(sec.gov)
161 points by pbk1 6y ago|65 comments
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Upstart Files for IPO(sec.report)
2 points by pbk1 6y ago|1 comments
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by pbk1 6y ago
I don't think 30% is unreasonable, nor would it require them raising that much cash relative to a company of their magnitude or Back of the envelope math: Majority of their portfolio is very short term, let's assume 6 months du
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by pbk1 6y ago
There are generally many APs for a single ETF or family of ETFs. Historically they have been the ETF desks of large banks[0], more recently marketing making/trading firms have build out ETF AP capabilities[1]. [0] https://ww
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by pbk1 6y ago
FYI - Keith's response is in your link; he responded before you wrote this comment
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by pbk1 6y ago
The opening of this article references Hokusai's "Great Wave" woodblock print. There's an easter egg in this print I never noticed, which is that Mount Fuji is nestled in the trough of the wave. Learned this from a great
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Ask HN: What Are Your Rituals?
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by pbk1 6y ago
I interpreted the inclusion of party affiliation in parentheses as indicating this has bipartisan interest
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by pbk1 6y ago
People didn't "panic", but the markets and industry did certainly react to his ideas and behavior - the pharma company he ran (Valeant) tanked and he was ousted as CEO.
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by pbk1 6y ago
No experience myself but you might be interested in this subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/algobetting/
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by pbk1 6y ago
Can someone ELI5 why PiHole is preferable to an in-browser blocker like AdBlock Plus?
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by pbk1 6y ago
Building on this, I think good technical skills will definitely help get you in the door but won't get you that far up the ladder if your ambitions are management/executive track. And that's not for everybody, which is why la
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by pbk1 6y ago
Social skills in a career context are not just getting along well in the office and being able to make small talk in the snack room. It's about creating a strong and deep network, and as an engineer, being able to interface effectively
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by pbk1 6y ago
this seems pretty doable - why haven't you made this move yet?
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by pbk1 6y ago
"Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes" is a VR-enabled videogame [0] [0] https://keeptalkinggame.com/
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by pbk1 6y ago
Broader access to securities-based lending (NOT margin). Hearing a lot of people selling parts of their portfolios to fund themselves or their families during the crisis, obviously this is a very inopportune time to be liquidating. Would be
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by pbk1 6y ago
Under this definition, it would seem as if Andreesen Horowitz is not anywhere close to a top decile fund[1]. Does anyone know which ones are? Data on VC returns seems hard to come by. [1] https://www.theinformation.com/artic
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by pbk1 6y ago
The parent is referring to a pension plan, which is generally guaranteed income for life after a certain amount of service. If you leave or are fired prior to the service requirement, you could lose all or part of the pension. Just want to

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