plutaniano

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by plutaniano 4mo ago
Unresolved markets transmit information too. A market doesn't need to resolve to transmit information.
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by plutaniano 7mo ago
I really like tiktok's solution to this problem. Every user page is prefixed with a @-sign. tiktok.com/@about vs tiktok.com/about
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by plutaniano 1y ago
Will the company survive long enough to produce a postmortem?
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by plutaniano 1y ago
Aren't you just creating another contract? Users might write code that depends on it being random.
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by plutaniano 2y ago
I wonder if we will ever reach a point where implementing a land value tax will be politically feasible. All other solutions look like bandaids to me.
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by plutaniano 2y ago
It’s a question on the DS-160, IIRC.
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by plutaniano 2y ago
> The point is that they pay such low wages that their workers are still eligible for welfare when working there (despite being hugely profitable) I'm not contesting this. This is a valid point. > This essentially means that tax
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by plutaniano 2y ago
Doesn't Amazon have to compete with welfare for workers, instead of benefiting from it? The more welfare pays, the worse a job at Amazon is in comparison, is it not? How does Amazon benefit from this?
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by plutaniano 3y ago
As someone who lives in a country where pickpocketing and theft are really common: agreed. If making an iCloud-locked iPhone and all of its parts useless is what it takes to make pickpocketing not worth it, i'm all for it.
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by plutaniano 3y ago
I've seen a 418 response on a production system once... on a simple request that took 5 seconds to be fullfiled. Building integrations for duct-taped legacy systems in finance is fun.
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by plutaniano 4y ago
I live in São Paulo (the city mentioned in the article) and I always find it amusing how you can tell exactly where São Paulo ends and the neighboring city (Guarulhos) begins just by the billboards. Here’s São Paulo’s welcome sign coming fr
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by plutaniano 4y ago
I'm working my way through this[1] operating systems book and a few of the exercises[2] require customizing and compiling Xv6. It's so cool to code your own scheduler or syscall and see it working on a actual OS. [1] https:/
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by plutaniano 4y ago
I'm a brazilian living in Brazil and I can't overstate how much of a game changer Pix is. The Brazilian Central Bank did an outstanding job. Instant transactions, zero fees, available to anyone with a bank account.