sonnyblarney

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by sonnyblarney 4y ago
Egress (primarily) and also S3 costs are the primary reason we look away from AWS for alternative.
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by sonnyblarney 7y ago
If you're comparing Xianjiang and what's happening at the border then this is not eve remotely 'equal opportunity' criticism - it's classical Chinese moral relativism. In Xianjiang people are being rounded up for th
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by sonnyblarney 7y ago
"USA steals a lot of stuff too. But of course the American press won't tell you about that. Or if they mention it, they will put phrase it like "America liberated the population of Irak " This is complete rubbish. The US
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by sonnyblarney 7y ago
This is not very relevant. Snowdon is not in 'hiding' - if the Russians wanted to hide him, they probably could. But they are not, ergo, the US knows anything they want to know about him.
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by sonnyblarney 7y ago
"every interference in elections and claim moral superiority while doing the exact same hoping no one finds out " No, the West does not claim 'moral superiority' over Russia due to any kind of ostensible 'non partic
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by sonnyblarney 7y ago
No, that's not even remotely an extension of the 'logic' of my comment.
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by sonnyblarney 7y ago
"What does hacking into Yandex give us" Russia does not need this or any other reason, they are already doing this to the extent they can. The public nature of this will provide some political cover, but that's it. As to &#x2
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by sonnyblarney 7y ago
"And you also rely on them for information as to who is truly terrible." No, not at all. Thankfully we have many people in press, innumerable sources of information, and a lot of public discourse on these things. Unlike in some re
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by sonnyblarney 7y ago
It's definitely not 'extra-legal'. Espionage against a country that has 1000 nuclear warheads pointed at you, and practices using them, is a very responsible thing to do, and very much sanctioned by government.
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by sonnyblarney 7y ago
The reason they gave you might be an excuse. If they were worried about '6 integrations' they could limit you to one. My bet is they are trying to position themselves as a 'luxury good' of software. Given there's no
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by sonnyblarney 7y ago
This is a little heavy on the advertorial. Also - aren't we past the 'false scarcity' thing these days? If you're going to talk about it publicly, why can't I try it? "Ooh, you can use it sooner if you know som
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by sonnyblarney 7y ago
"The US and most European countries" More likely European nations are still mostly ethnocentric whereby the clear majority of the populations identify with a group that is historically part of that territory. Which is fundamentall
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by sonnyblarney 7y ago
"A corporation is inherently an immoral actor" This is not true. And FYI big corporations are also stupid in many ways. I'd argue they've operationalized some core things, everything else is wishy washy at best.
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by sonnyblarney 7y ago
" was something like $15 more than in my cart!" This is infuriating. I think I would call them and wait on hold just to give tell them how I'll never shop there again. It should definitely be illegal.
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by sonnyblarney 7y ago
There's a wide gap between fake information and real information. On Via rail (Canada's Amtrack) you can see that 'there's only 3 seats left' in that category, but in my experience I think it's legit informatio
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by sonnyblarney 7y ago
Yes, but there's always narrative driving the change of thought. Once we go back and forth a few times, it strains the credibility of those driving the narrative. So Vietnam War, 'Low fat' diets of the 1980's (which led
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by sonnyblarney 7y ago
G is apparently losing a lot of product related search to Amazon, I suggest that the 'siloing' of the web, for better or worse, might yield some progress here. i.e. when you search, you start in a relevant domain instead of Google
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by sonnyblarney 7y ago
The Telegraph editorial position is 'Brexit' [1] [1] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/0/heres-where-britains-...
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by sonnyblarney 7y ago
The plebs don't seem to be aware that he's disorganized and unprepared or lacking in knowledge - that's beyond the things they care about it seems. Apparently, people 'like him' and his sheer popularity I think is m
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by sonnyblarney 7y ago
I think the point of the story was not that he was a 'good speaker' but rather, his foolhardiness is a populist act. Which implies that his kind of bumbling attitude in popular politics might very well be calculated, i.e. he'
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by sonnyblarney 7y ago
If this is true, the man is obviously a genius. That said, the 'act of the fool' mightn't work in operational reality, because if everyone believes he's an unprepared bumpkin, then that's the reality, and he won&#x2
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by sonnyblarney 7y ago
"having less kids and many less adults smoking cigarettes is such a huge win for public health." It's not about quitting anymore though. It's way beyond that. Vaping is incredibly addictive, and because it's 'n
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by sonnyblarney 7y ago
Even though this is one step in the direction of 'free markets' ... they need to go further. With healthcare, we fall into an entirely different domain of economics, especially because the leverage of those who have 'life sav
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by sonnyblarney 7y ago
" is China putting a gag order on world leaders? Under what authority?" It's just power, that's how most of the world works.
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by sonnyblarney 7y ago
How much is a 'ton'? 5 Million? 10 million? 100 million? How big really is the market for a celeb sending a custom 10 second video talking about something, and can this entity really control that market? How do they maintain their
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by sonnyblarney 7y ago
Finding the 'technical value' of things can be tricky, as you say with all the special features of a deal. But in general, it's actually fairly straightforward. Investors are usually looking to take x% ownership, ballpark in
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by sonnyblarney 7y ago
Yes, Tylenol 3 with codeine was available until 2018 in Canada without a prescription, oddly. But that 'loophole' would eventually be exploited by those needing their 'fix' ... so it's now prescription only. As far
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by sonnyblarney 7y ago
The more disconcerting problem is, even if it's a trend and not a fad ... there are still valuation problems with this.
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by sonnyblarney 7y ago
$50M means a valuation at least north of $150M I just don't see how this gets to that sum. How is this a sustainable business at the kind of scale needed to 10x a $50M investment? Especially by KP? #Bubblesignal
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by sonnyblarney 7y ago
Yes, you can advertise Tylenol in Canada. But not Oxycontin.

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