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by pingburg 12y ago
A video link to the actual launch failure https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfMbGPf4r9g
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by pingburg 12y ago
It's an interesting question. I would argue that it isn't about the U.S. government's stability, but more about the confidence that you can use a dollar to buy x. And I don't think its a binary decision like the dollar
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by pingburg 12y ago
This is very helpful. How about handling validation and errors (e.g. unique account)?
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by pingburg 12y ago
I agree that it will happen before B equals D but no one knows the tipping point ratio. In theory, a government can always argue right up to that point that, "we'll grow our way out of this."
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by pingburg 12y ago
Not being sarcastic here. 2013 A = Debt is around: $17.5 trillion B = Debt Service: $416 billion C = Average Rate: 2.38% ($416 billion / $17.5 trillion) D = U.S. Tax Revenue: +/- $2.8 Trillion Things won't get interesting un
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by pingburg 12y ago
> The fact that interest rates on Treasury bonds remain so low, despite our debt levels and despite certain political figures repeatedly attempting to force the US Government to default on that debt, is prima facie refutation of the idea
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by pingburg 12y ago
I think your shooting too low. Million is so 2013. $10 Billion minimum!
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Ask HN: Anyone know which technology was used in the Michael Jackson Hologram?
2 points by pingburg 12y ago|1 comments
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by pingburg 12y ago
I guess it's because of the plastic but all of the guns look like they were sold at Toys-R-Us. BTW: The gun made in Japan (1st video in the article) has a background track that is hilarious and worth the click.
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by pingburg 12y ago
I'd like to see what the projected ongoing costs are for enrollees that continue in the system for the next year. Surely, the cost of maintaining an enrollee is substantially lower?
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by pingburg 12y ago
In the end it's a question of alternative mechanisms. Either we use the current system or we go with a "backed" medium of exchange. The "backed" version suffers from elasticity (but that may or may not be a good t
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by pingburg 12y ago
I think the underlying mechanism here is a centralized banking system in all three countries. Without getting into the religious discussion of whether a central bank is "right or "wrong", I would suggest that any system that
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by pingburg 12y ago
I'd be very curious to see if it's age dependent. I agree that I absorb more with the printed page, but I wonder if this is habit or conditioning. I didn't grow up reading material on a device. Disclaimer: I'm old :).
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by pingburg 12y ago
IMHO it's important to be able to laugh at yourself, not take yourself too seriously, etc. I wondered how defensive folks from the Silicon Valley would be at a show that portrayed a segment of it in less than a favorable light. I&#x2
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by pingburg 12y ago
Do you live in Silicon Valley?
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Ask HN: Do you think Silicon Valley (HBO) is funny or offensive?
11 points by pingburg 12y ago|13 comments
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by pingburg 12y ago
So is your point that foundations or advocacy is bad for education?
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by pingburg 12y ago
What type of education technology were you building?
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by pingburg 12y ago
This is not meant to be snarky... ...When someone has a bunch invested (time) in a thing, it's understandable (not necessarily justifiable) to be defensive about anything that challenges that thing.
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by pingburg 12y ago
I've used Postman for a while and it is great for those trying to understand integrating with web apis. The ability to save requests in a namespace is invaluable.
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by pingburg 12y ago
I've respected the HN community for a long time. This was a place where ideas could be shared and unlike many sites that were just an echo-chamber for a particular point of view, things were debated here on a much higher, respectful l