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by wave_function 5y ago
Spacex rideshare for those who are curious https://www.spacex.com/rideshare/
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by wave_function 6y ago
For what it's worth, banana peels were a serious matter too https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/can-you-slip-banana-pe...
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by wave_function 6y ago
Maybe coinbase stock becomes the next cryptocurrency! One coinbase is one coinbase?
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by wave_function 6y ago
120 is divisible by a lot of numbers, which is convenient for many calculations. There's a similar reasoning behind 24 hour days, 60 minute hours, and 360 degrees in a circle. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highly_c
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by wave_function 6y ago
What’s a “big 3 property”?
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by wave_function 6y ago
I think the grandparent post was being sarcastic
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by wave_function 6y ago
The author seems to sidestep what exactly it means to “own nothing”. Here’s thought experiment home ownership(as an example) that relates to some of these issues. Consider two worlds: A) All housing is owned by individuals. Some people own
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by wave_function 6y ago
I’d argue that choosing the time to send a “yo” constitutes log2(N) bits, where N is the number of times the yo could have been sent (It’s not quite an integer but you might say resolution faster than a minute is irrelevant and call N the n
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by wave_function 6y ago
I've been struggling with this, even though I've been following all the guidelines. I'm ~30 years old, which puts me at a ~.2% (?) chance of dying if I get it. On the other hand, I've spent 1% of my remaining life under
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by wave_function 6y ago
I can't help but think about this clip whenever I hear that the CEO was their only customer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5elYqy0gaU
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by wave_function 6y ago
I've been flooded with these too. Personally, I'm keeping them to waste their ad dollars.
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by wave_function 6y ago
Example Robinhood ad: https://vimeo.com/300397341
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by wave_function 6y ago
I never understood how this works. If you're a bank, why would you lend money to Remington knowing that there's a good chance the owner strips the company and leaves you holding the bag?
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by wave_function 7y ago
Side question: does anyone know the origin of “dentist” being shorthand for “someone who is fairly educated/wealthy and thinks they’re sophisticated, but is actually just dumb money”? I’ve heard it quite a bit, curious about where it c
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by wave_function 7y ago
Curious, 49 pounds seems like an odd choice of upper bound. Does some regulatory/legal thing kick in once somebody is required to lift 50 pounds?