theplague42

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by theplague42 2y ago
Libertarians and mentally speed-running the invention of the nation-state: an iconic duo.
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by theplague42 3y ago
The individuals will get taxed on capital gains afaik. We could also tax unrealized gains (just like we do gains on property)!
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by theplague42 5y ago
IIRC these concepts are more relevant in a service-based economy. In the Middle Ages, _land_ was the primary source of economic value. Fewer people means more land per person, therefore more wealth per person.
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by theplague42 5y ago
What makes left joins perform poorly in Snowflake?
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by theplague42 5y ago
Well part of the benefit is rapid development; it's mind-boggling how quickly someone can stand up a dbt project and begin to iterate on transforms. Using Python/SQL/JSON (at small/medium) scales keeps the data stack con
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by theplague42 5y ago
dbt and ELT in general are such a game-changer for allowing rapid iteration on business logic by data analysts; the feedback loop feels much more like "normal" software engineering compared to legacy systems.
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by theplague42 5y ago
When will an ORM be available? Still not sure whether this is serious or not, but it's not really infrastructure as SQL, it's infrastructure as database records which is stateful and defeats the point.
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by theplague42 5y ago
It's using an implied cross join so each image is deployed onto a t2.micro
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by theplague42 5y ago
IMO if you have to lie, you've already ceded the moral high ground.
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by theplague42 5y ago
tl;dr just ignore it?
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by theplague42 5y ago
Nobody uses HN because it's an amazing piece of software.
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by theplague42 5y ago
I think that's his point; that 5% returns aren't actually that great.
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by theplague42 5y ago
The rate of return on investments is proportional to the risk and/or effort necessary to make it work. Contracting out the management of things like condos, vending machines, etc. destroy the vast majority of any gross profit. Investin
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by theplague42 5y ago
Because it's easier for the average developer to follow Python code? This is a tutorial/demo, not a library.
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by theplague42 6y ago
Literally any analyst or data science job related to growth or user engagement on social media. https://research.fb.com/category/data-science/
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by theplague42 6y ago
It's probably bad data. 7k vs 13k is reasonable, but nobody is removing tonsils for $300.
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by theplague42 6y ago
Was the editor fired because of a "dissenting opinion" or because Cotton was effectively calling for martial law against protestors? The NYTimes op-ed section has plenty of dissenting opinions and/or conservatives... just not
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by theplague42 6y ago
Sure, here https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37254851 Not really sure what you're implying
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by theplague42 6y ago
I do not think that "240k in debt" (he clarifies it was 140k in another comment) actually means owing 240k more than your total assets. As far as the median net worth, that's just someone most of the way through paying off th
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by theplague42 6y ago
Or student debt; a doctor going 200k into debt for med school probably isn't exactly in dire financial straits.
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by theplague42 6y ago
So it was really around 100k over four years with the last 40k covered by your acquisition earnings. So 25k a year on a 100k salary (pre/post-tax?). Which is a lot less than 80k a year. Still impressive, and kudos, but let's not p
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by theplague42 6y ago
The point is that any decrease is offset by the increase in the number of stars. Also your distinction between >1 photon per second and <1 photon per second is meaningless.
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by theplague42 6y ago
I think this is satirizing things like Failory rather than unicorns.
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by theplague42 6y ago
Maybe people working in those industries _do_ share some blame. However, the linked article is not about any of those industries.
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by theplague42 6y ago
What wisdom, exactly? This is neither an original thought nor a particularly good phrasing.
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by theplague42 6y ago
r/pcm uses irony to defend racism and anti-semitism... it's a garbage subreddit
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by theplague42 6y ago
I'm not really sure what problem this is supposed to solve. Hysteria is not a new phenomenon (Satanic Panic, witch trials). Disagreements and politics are not new; what if someone posts about the start of the Iraq War? Ignoring the pre
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by theplague42 6y ago
There's a reason progressives don't like him.
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by theplague42 6y ago
Conservatives burned their Nikes because Colin Kaepernick was in an ad. Not to mention the months-long propaganda campaign claiming that Big Tech was silencing conservatives on social media. Also, conservatism is basically supporting the st
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by theplague42 6y ago
Both of your "scientific" issues are fantastic examples of science having been politicized. Or at least trust in or acceptance of science.

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