robcohen

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by robcohen 21d ago
Start charging more, cut down on CI, figure it out. You don't NEED to give away so much if it means your service is going down.
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by robcohen 1mo ago
Yes I was (and am) precisely the same way. This is why I think I'm so awful at foreign languages.
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by robcohen 1mo ago
> key organizer for the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda. Yeah, I don't see a problem here. Due process, slippery slope sure... but this was a cut and dry case. I've got better things to do with my time than be concerned with t
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by robcohen 2mo ago
NixOS. Why would anyone use anything else except out of ignorance? Maybe QubesOS makes sense.
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by robcohen 2mo ago
I'm working on rustledger https://rustledger.github.io a plain-text accounting software (Beancount spec implementation) in Rust.
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by robcohen 3mo ago
Happy to let you know once I finish the LSRM course at rainbow aviation next year when I'll work on experimentals and Rotax engines. I'm waiting for the MOSAIC refresh that's expected this year to take the new course.
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by robcohen 3mo ago
So the logical entailment here is what? That everyone should have the dexterity of a dental surgeon so we can save the 7000 dental surgeons 3 months of training? Am I missing something?
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by robcohen 3mo ago
So right now, A&Ps make about 120-150 per hour, and they have the skills to get hired at dealerships where the hourly is above 200. There are not enough A&Ps. I understand the logic you're using when you say you're happy t
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by robcohen 5mo ago
Hey I'm working on a rust implementation of Beancount, if you get a chance check it out. https://rustledger.github.io . I'm also hoping to put together a standards body that can formalize plain-text accounting standard
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by robcohen 5mo ago
This is just untrue. If someone cheats in lightning, and you demonstrate they cheated as you describe, then you get all of the locked BTC as a reward. This is on layer 1. Essentially you can easily prove your nonce was signed more recently.
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by robcohen 6mo ago
If you had that system, and I was Elon Musk's kids, I would feel entirely justified in paying half the taxes society expects me to pay. Let's see if that logic works both ways.
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by robcohen 6mo ago
Actually, yes, I do think that netflix could do their job much cheaper. I use putflix, which uses put.io for $0.99 per month. Better quality streaming than netflix, no forced ads, and they can make it work for $1. Maybe it's the model
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by robcohen 7mo ago
> Proton only has access to your IP and device ID, not your data. I like Proton. I use Proton. However, the problem with proton is that if you access your email via a web browser, there's nothing stopping protonmail (to my knowledge
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by robcohen 7mo ago
Seems like a very poor choice to build in a headphone jack. Why not just use usb c to headphone adapter?
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by robcohen 7mo ago
So you think the data is wrong?
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by robcohen 7mo ago
https://github.com/rustledger/rustledger I'm building a Rust implementation of Beancount, the double-entry bookkeeping language. It covers the full Beancount syntax, all the booking methods, a BQL query engine, pl
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by robcohen 7mo ago
Interesting. I like the idea of reprinting classics to all look identical as a way of designing a library. Would be interesting to select a set of books for your kid, have them printed, and just put them in their room. I wonder if any start
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by robcohen 8mo ago
Ah yes, the sybil attack. This is why establishing an identity is useful, and worthwhile. An identity with no proof is likely not a real person, and therefore has little value in being advertised to. If you're a real person, then yes,
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by robcohen 8mo ago
The logical entailment is eventually your lineage will be wiped out on some timescale if they cannot compete. I guess this argument in null and void if you believe violence is obsolete.
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by robcohen 8mo ago
Personally, I find it odd to have interactions with anyone just based of transactionality. I want to interact with people because I have relationships with them. I've always found it hard to figure out exactly how nice to be with someo
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by robcohen 8mo ago
India — 20-30% vegetarian — 167 cm avg male height Taiwan — 12-13% vegetarian — 174 cm avg male height Mexico — 10-19% vegetarian — 170 cm avg male height Italy — ~10% vegetarian — 174 cm avg male height Brazil — 8-14% vegetarian — 176 cm a
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by robcohen 8mo ago
The problem I have with being vegetarian is that you can't prove that it's actually healthier, because the current state of dietary science is pretty poor. Even if you could, you would also need to explain all of the evolutionary
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by robcohen 8mo ago
Would you be willing to see an ad for $1000? A million? Sure no one would pay it, but you can set whatever limit you want. No one would want this? Again I don't think you understand what I am proposing. It isn't a a system that s
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by robcohen 8mo ago
You did not understand what my original post suggested. I'm not suggesting people pay to be certified. If a spammer wants to pay me $20 to see their message, I am happy to see it.
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by robcohen 8mo ago
This isn't, and has never been a hard problem. Just pay for people's attention. People you follow don't have to pay, and make that transitive. Penalize people in your network who propagate spam by increasing the cost to get y
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by robcohen 8mo ago
How would this happen? Jets are significantly more maneuverable than anything else in the sky. The military could, you know, pilot the plane so it does not hit anything.
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by robcohen 9mo ago
I just made the jump to PTA and it is really, incredibly slick. Finally escaped the financial system's grip on my data. Look into SimpleFIN to get data feeds, but I also used LLMs and browsermcp to download all my statements from all o
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by robcohen 9mo ago
It just seems to me that the entire purpose of school is not clear. What precisely is the purpose of "English" class? What? To read and speak English? Ok, then why can't kids test out of it most of the time? Is the purpose to
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by robcohen 10mo ago
Tailscale uses wireguard, which is better in a lot of ways compared to OpenVPN. It's far more flexible, secure, configurable and efficient. That said, you probably won't notice a significant difference
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by robcohen 10mo ago
Isn't that their job though? To find market opportunities for providing value by solving problems people have (or think) they have? So on some level, it's literally their job to find solutions for problems.

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