ryanackley

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by ryanackley 5y ago
Got bit by a dog in Bali while on vacation there in 2013. I got a series of five or six vaccine shots in Indonesia and Thailand. It cost around $10/shot. I remember doing some research and I think it's fabricated differently than
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by ryanackley 5y ago
The biggest problem with being an owner builder is you don't have an ongoing relationship with sub-contractors. Which means that for any subs you hire, you will be their lowest priority and their smallest concern. Also, you don't
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by ryanackley 5y ago
Assuming your statistics are accurate, it's not an apples-to-apples comparison. You're comparing a risk factor of Covid in the general population to a study done on 20-somethings who are strong and healthy enough to pass basic tra
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by ryanackley 5y ago
I get frustrated with the layers between relational data and data structures you pass around in code. So for example, if you want a build a simple REST api for your data model, you have glue code to read/write the data and transfer it
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by ryanackley 5y ago
This always seemed like common sense to me for various reasons. One good reason is that the people that typically give this type of advice (counselors and career advisors) are in such banal careers themselves. I doubt they are living "
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by ryanackley 5y ago
The promotion effect seems like a fair trade IMO. I was a software freelancer at one point. I would've traded 5 days of work for getting my business (and face) in front of 30 million people.
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by ryanackley 5y ago
Not just that. To even get access to their API, you need to apply. That is the future of AI I'm afraid without projects like this. That is Elites controlling AI and deciding who is "worthy" to use it. I'm sure they have
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by ryanackley 6y ago
I don't know. Most of those stocks are so ridiculously overpriced and such terrible investments, there was a reason they were shorted. While it does show contempt for their user's ability to make their own decisions, RobinHood&#x2
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by ryanackley 6y ago
That is one way to look at it. Another way to look at it would be the industrialization of western society led to 100 years of exploitation of non-industrial peoples and societies through colonialism and imperialism. With it came global pow
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by ryanackley 6y ago
Personally, I think a future where AI can do most jobs is frightening. It will be run by a group of relatively few elites that are involved in power struggles for control of the AI and the rest of us that do stuff like pick fruit (assuming
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by ryanackley 6y ago
I agree. This is the answer to the question posed in the title of the article. Assange pissed off the American left when he gave the appearance of supporting Trump. I would guess he pissed off a lot of people outside of America because most
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How a brand of chalk achieved cult status among mathematicians(cnn.com)
2 points by ryanackley 6y ago|0 comments
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by ryanackley 6y ago
This is typical around the world. This is probably because it's a very practical way to limit losses if someone did gain access to your online banking. When I lived in Australia, which I believe has a very modern banking system, I coul
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Interactive Brokers trading software bug cost them $113M(markets.businessinsider.com)
2 points by ryanackley 6y ago|1 comments
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by ryanackley 6y ago
$3bn in volume equates to around $90M (~3% of volume) in fees. Not an insignificant amount of money but when your revenue is approaching $10B, it doesn't move the needle. Also, this money is divided up among all the players. This inclu
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by ryanackley 6y ago
Stripe has great and interesting products but this valuation seems very high. They are competing with companies like Global Payments and First Data but they aren't disrupting them. First Data has a lower market cap than this with $9B i
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by ryanackley 6y ago
That is very subjective. I'm on a Mac and when the term "modern web browser" is used, Safari doesn't even come to mind.
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by ryanackley 6y ago
It's awesome man. Great work! Been looking for something like this. I love that I don't have to install some bloated screen recording tool.
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by ryanackley 7y ago
This cycle seems to repeat endlessly in our industry: * Early adopter independently comes up with an idea that works well for his/her team. * Writes an innocent well-written article or book. * Idea somehow becomes dogmatic. Even for si
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by ryanackley 7y ago
Here is the thing, you shouldn't feel guilty about feeling this way and rush out to see a therapist. This epiphany is part of the natural cycle of emotional maturity. Now it's just a matter of applying thought to action. For examp
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by ryanackley 7y ago
Sure but isn't indifference easier than opposition. Why oppose it rather than ignore it??
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by ryanackley 7y ago
This is not new and it predates the internet. My wife's aunt died of breast cancer 30 years ago. She decided to not have chemotherapy and instead opted for self treatment via a vegan diet even though she was relatively young and had a
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by ryanackley 7y ago
The media outlet that a person finds unbiased completely gives away their politics. FOX news = Trump base, MSNBC, CNN = Trump opposition base. NYT = moderate liberal, WSJ = moderate conservative. That is because every media outlet is biased
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by ryanackley 7y ago
As a parent, I find there is a lot of armchair quarterbacking and opinions from people who don't have school age children or have never had children. The obsession over competing with other countries' test scores seems to assume t
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by ryanackley 7y ago
Very cool site but it's very slow. I get around 2 fps on that shader. Less on others. I have a GTX 1660. Definitely not top of the line but it's in the latest generation of video cards.
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by ryanackley 7y ago
If you're looking for something similar for game development, check out speedtree. It has a comparable feature set. Also, has a relatively low month-to-month fee.
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by ryanackley 7y ago
Here is an anecdote on Dell laptops. I have an XPS 15. I too had a swollen battery and I got it replaced while it was in warranty. It swelled again about a year later. Seems to be a design flaw in either their laptops or their laptop batter
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by ryanackley 7y ago
By "discussing" do you mean a bunch of people getting together to agree with each other on these topics? I ask that because I can't see a socially well-adjusted person openly opposing any of these ideas. This is the curse of
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by ryanackley 7y ago
Most of us are adults, I don't see how staking out moral tentposts adds anything to this discussion. I was enjoying the stories from the community. Nobody should feel guilty for being unhappy in their job and wanting to talk about. Try
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by ryanackley 7y ago
I would disagree or maybe we have different ideas of what recurring payments are. Most businesses that use recurring payments require their customers to allow them to ACH debit their account.

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