rmb177

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by rmb177 5mo ago
Define "net loss to the society." Society is just a group of individuals. If my counter-party was a democratic aide hedging that they wouldn't have a job come January, was it a real loss for them? The money I've earned o
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by rmb177 5mo ago
I realize I'm an N of 1, but I've participated in prediction markets since 2019 and am just above 5 figures in profit. Not life-changing money, but it certainly doesn't hurt. I'm pretty conservative in my predictions and
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by rmb177 1y ago
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28891751/google-maps-bug...
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by rmb177 2y ago
Spelunker, M.U.L.E, Seven Cities of Gold, Up N Down, Moon Patrol, Raid on Bungeling Bay, Blue Max I could go on and on...
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by rmb177 2y ago
I've been using Podcast Addict for several years now and haven't had any complaints.
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by rmb177 3y ago
I made a chrome extension for myself that does this: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-saw-it... Edit: Oops didn't really read your question. So this isn't exactly what you're lo
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by rmb177 4y ago
I worked in a hat factory as a summer HS/college break job. I stood at the end of a table and inspected the initial wool cut outs that would eventually be formed into the hats. The hats would go through a machine that sprayed them with
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What's Real?(medium.com)
1 points by rmb177 4y ago|1 comments
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by rmb177 4y ago
I came across this article after Googling the Jefferson quote cited at the beginning of the article: “How much pain have cost us the evils which have never happened.” I heard that quote this morning in a podcast interview with Ken Burns and
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by rmb177 4y ago
Toastmasters might be a good option.
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Transforming Burnout with Selfishness(youtube.com)
2 points by rmb177 4y ago|0 comments
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by rmb177 5y ago
I've been doing work in Salesforce for the last 7 years in two different positions. Both are smaller companies in the Midwest (smallish city of ~100k if you include neighboring towns). I know of at least one other company in the area t
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by rmb177 5y ago
Every morning my dog wakes up full of energy, rushes down the stairs, and anxiously awaits as I get ready to take her on our morning walk. It's a good reminder on how to approach each day, even when I wake up tired and grumpy. Her days
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by rmb177 5y ago
Working Effectively with Legacy Code by Michael Feathers is a good resource for how to introduce testing code into an existing system: https://www.amazon.com/Working-Effectively-Legacy-Michael-Fe...
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by rmb177 5y ago
I have always struggled with this issue as it feels like you're abandoning your team and leaving them hanging. Especially when you like and respect your teammates. At my last job I was the sole developer in the company and responsible
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by rmb177 6y ago
My junior year in college, I had a semester from hell where I took AI, Distributed Programming, Operating Systems, and a 400-level Math class all together. One morning as I washed my hair in the shower, still in a state of sleep-deprivation
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by rmb177 6y ago
Rumor on PredictIt was one of the reasons they shut down tweet markets was Andrew Yang's campaign received email threats in regards to him tweeting.
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by rmb177 6y ago
I'm very interested in the Chainlink project ($LINK). Decentralized Oracles providing real-world data on-chain seems to me to be a no-brainer. A good example that's talked about is crop insurance. Aggregate regional rainfall withi
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by rmb177 6y ago
Same here except I have the Oculus Quest which I purchased for our family for Christmas. Just the Amazon Prime app and Netflix app were reason enough to buy it for the different viewing experience it provides during these times of spending
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by rmb177 6y ago
I read Siddhartha three years ago. I realize this is a long quote, but when I read the passage below, I had a huge rush of emotions and joy. It's been easy to forget this passage with everything that has happened over the past year. Th
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by rmb177 6y ago
>>> there are ways to expand your communication and presentation skills without moving back to entry-level or taking a huge pay cut Toastmasters is a great place to get more experience with communication and presentation skills. Fi
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by rmb177 6y ago
This path worked for me. I recently started a position at a credit union that focuses on serving customers typical banks/credit unions won't touch. Every week we get to hear feedback from customers who are grateful that we've
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by rmb177 6y ago
Thank you for the morning laugh!
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by rmb177 6y ago
Both my previous and current jobs are with non-software companies and I feel that makes a big difference. My job prior to these two was with a software consultancy firm. While I loved the people at that company, I got burnt out from the con
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by rmb177 6y ago
Ha! Keeping wiffleball stats. That's great. The real question is did you make an APBA card for yourself based on those stats http://apbagames.com/apbabaseball http://apbagames.com/wp-content/upload
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by rmb177 6y ago
I'm 33 days free from soda. Man, could I go for a Coke/Pepsi right now. But I shall persevere!
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Ask HN: Does virtual expo software exist?
1 points by rmb177 6y ago|0 comments
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Show HN: Plink, Google Chrome plugin to group PredictIt markets(chrome.google.com)
1 points by rmb177 6y ago|1 comments
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by rmb177 6y ago
I mostly made this for myself, but put it up on the Chrome store if anyone else finds it useful. If you are a user on PredictIt, you can use this plugin to group related markets in a single view to compare prices between the different marke
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by rmb177 9y ago
I'm guessing something like this already exists, but I made a chrome extension to hide posts from the first page of the News/New/Ask/Show tabs that were there the last time the tab was loaded. If I can't break my h

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