texaswhizzle

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by texaswhizzle 5y ago
Happy to stop using Hacker News. Thanks. Please ban.
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by texaswhizzle 5y ago
There is nothing special or important about a single entire Bitcoin. It’s completely arbitrary. The question is whether Bitcoin is scarce. If there are millions of trillions of tradeable assets, it’s not scarce.
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by texaswhizzle 5y ago
Doesn’t want to talk to the media because she “wants to protect her mental health.” Kicks off a media shitstorm by refusing to talk to the media. Risks tens of thousands in fines, a WTA investigation, default from the French Open, and expul
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by texaswhizzle 5y ago
It’s not artificial scarcity, it’s outright fake scarcity. The total supply of Bitcoin is 21,000,000 coins. However, every single coin is 100,000,000 individual assets. 21,000,000 sounds pretty finite. But 21,000,000,000,000,000 sounds a ta
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by texaswhizzle 5y ago
Using a toilet without a bidet is the equivalent to stepping barefoot into dog crap, the crap gets all in between your toes, and then you use dry paper towels to clean off. Disgusting.
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by texaswhizzle 5y ago
Don’t touch the bidet with your hands? The nozzle and water are clean. Not sure what you’re worried about there.
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by texaswhizzle 5y ago
Stop posting your life and thoughts on the internet! Privacy advocates have been screaming about this for years but no one seems to care until they have a gun in their face. The really sad thing is the children. Parents uploading their kids
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by texaswhizzle 5y ago
The biggest problem I have with Amazon is USPS theft. I have had dozens of packages delivered in my mailbox despite the fact that my mailbox is 3” tall. Amazon doesn’t care, USPS doesn’t care. But Amazon always make me wait at least a week
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by texaswhizzle 5y ago
I’ve never been asked to print a barcode and put it in the box. I just returned a $300 item last week, and all they wanted me to do was ship it back. This is also true for Amazon business purchases. I have returned items around $600 and hav
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by texaswhizzle 5y ago
Why is this content on Hacker News? It has absolutely nothing to do with tech.
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by texaswhizzle 5y ago
If you’re saving cash you’re legitimately losing money. The market is so wild that it doesn’t even make sense to make a down payment. Just take the PMI.
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by texaswhizzle 5y ago
Borrowing rates are just too low, and banks are letting people and businesses lever up way beyond reasonable levels. Short term rentals are lucrative. Owners can earn many multiples of their costs per month on the short term rental market.
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by texaswhizzle 5y ago
I think where people get into trouble is when they try to implement a true microservice architecture without actually understanding the tradeoffs and complexities. You will likely end up with a spaghetti rube goldberg mess with weird servi
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by texaswhizzle 5y ago
LeetCode is an excellent collection of problems you’ll never encounter in real life. If you don’t have a computer science background you might learn some things. Otherwise, it’s just solving silly problems for the sake of solving silly prob
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by texaswhizzle 5y ago
Other “groups” don’t have national broadcasts and major websites.
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by texaswhizzle 5y ago
Ah, interesting. I stopped after book 6. Can I jump straight to 8 or do I need to slog my way through 7?
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by texaswhizzle 5y ago
The problem with this is who is the arbiter on what is, or isn’t, a conspiracy theory. The main stream media in the US seem to innately believe certain claims, without evidence, while also portraying other claims as “conspiracy theories.” I
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by texaswhizzle 5y ago
I’ll take that hypothetical problem over what we had in the past. A dozen different plugs, a dozen different cables, multiple required docks, incompatible charging bricks, proprietary plugs, and more. I have yet to come across an issue with
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by texaswhizzle 5y ago
Way too risky. It would have to be significantly above market rate before I would consider it. Risk of damage to the property.
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by texaswhizzle 5y ago
It’s because virtually no one outside of Hacker News seems to have these problems. The rest of the world seems to love the singular port.
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by texaswhizzle 5y ago
How is this any different than buying the wrong cable in the past? You used to have to choose USB2, USB3, USB3.x, micro USB, mini USB, DisplayPort, Mini DisplayPort, HDMI, mini HDMI, VGA, DVI, thunderbolt, and more. I think people are eithe
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by texaswhizzle 5y ago
Season 4 is bad because the book is bad. Unfortunately, the source material doesn’t get any better after this.
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by texaswhizzle 5y ago
Both major mobile OS platforms support steam link.
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by texaswhizzle 5y ago
Why not just buy a solid controller for your phone or tablet? How could this hypothetical device possibly be better than an iPhone 12 Pro Max, Note, Galaxy S, etc?
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by texaswhizzle 5y ago
This measure of value is no longer relevant. Short term rentals are the lucrative market segment now. Long term tenants provide stability, but much lower upside. There are other factors at play. Bonus depreciation rules from the tax cut and