witty_username

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by witty_username 1y ago
Why do you hate mega corps getting bigger and bigger if they provide good service?
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by witty_username 1y ago
What makes you think almost everyone steal things sometimes?
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by witty_username 2y ago
If we model the stock market as a random walk/Weiner process and I got the math right, I think you're almost certainly going to make money (if you stop when you reach a given profit threshold), but you will have arbitrarily large
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by witty_username 3y ago
FYI the email here doesn't seem to work.
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by witty_username 3y ago
Parents spend significant amounts on their children, which seems to support the theory of money as caring.
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by witty_username 4y ago
The stock prices are nominal and therefore assuming the same real stock return, the nominal prices will go up under higher inflation.
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by witty_username 4y ago
China and India have a no first use policy, even though they have nuclear armed neighbors.
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by witty_username 5y ago
In the context of PCs, mobile processor means laptop processor, for example: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/docs/proces...
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by witty_username 5y ago
No, if your program ever invokes UB, anything could happen (even at the beginning). In other words, UB can time travel.
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by witty_username 5y ago
> replaceable CPUs on motherboards What do you mean by this? You can generally replace the CPU on a desktop or laptop motherboard.
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by witty_username 5y ago
From https://www.evunite.com/blog/tesla-owner-demographics/ : > Based on data pulled from 2,650 Tesla owners, the average household income of a Tesla Model X owner is $143,177 per year. > The average househo
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by witty_username 5y ago
Why would anyone use this when there is C++, Rust, etc? Genuinely curious.
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by witty_username 9y ago
That means the fans need to be cleaned of dust. A laptop overheating from few minutes of 100% CPU is not normal.
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by witty_username 9y ago
The graph is different as it shows the wealth share, not the income share. > I'm not going to try and debate anything with someone who thinks economics is the only measure of life, you're too narrow minded. I don't think m
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by witty_username 9y ago
How is Pewdiepie exploiting poor people? The poor people agreed to it and they objectively benefited.
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by witty_username 9y ago
> You entirely missed my point and reduced it down to simple, naive, economics again. How depressing. Of course it's about economics as it deals with policy and impacts on people. Simple arguments are better. Not using economics is
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by witty_username 9y ago
I'm not sure if your assertion is relevant because the jobs for H-1B are not that poor I think. Your assertion may be wrong; it depends on what is "poor" in a poverty-stricken zipcode. The median per capita income in India is
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by witty_username 9y ago
> That rich people benefit from the laws and protections of the U.S., without having to deal with the corruption and laws of India. But they can then import cheap workers to displace the very people who paid for those protections to even
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by witty_username 9y ago
True, it was racist.
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by witty_username 9y ago
> It's not fair to replace a local worker with a foreign worker because they're cheaper. It's as fair as buying something for cheaper when you can. In fact, it's probably more fair as globalization lifts foreign worke
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by witty_username 9y ago
It's not free market but H-1B makes the market freer. If you want a truly free market, allow free immigration similar to what the U.S. did with some races before about 1910.
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by witty_username 9y ago
drag tab → alt-tab → alt-f4 It's not as easy as the two mouse clicks though.
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by witty_username 9y ago
That can be easily done by dragging the tab into another window and closing the window with the other tabs.
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by witty_username 9y ago
Are you sure about the 30$/hr figure for people escaping extreme poverty? 30$/hr is rich in India, so it's not surprising there aren't better rates. 30$×8×20×65 = 3.2 lakhs per month = 37 lakhs per annum (average Indian
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by witty_username 9y ago
Microcode is updated by the OS or BIOS/EFI. https://wiki.debian.org/Microcode#CPU_Microcode
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by witty_username 10y ago
I've played TF2 and CS:GO on Linux; although it's true many games aren't available on Linux.
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by witty_username 10y ago
People will store helium if there's a risk of shortage. That's how markets work.
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by witty_username 10y ago
> Economics is not the only factor to factor into someone's interests. Everyone has things they value more than money. What are the things that affect the case for open immigration? > How does that justify help? It's not jus
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by witty_username 10y ago
> What is the point of government if not to act in the best interests of its citizens? Why are our governments now apparently obligated to act in the best interests of foreign nationals? This has nothing to do with alleviating poverty or
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by witty_username 10y ago
Coding directly in LLVM IR is tedious. It's supposed to be used via the AST building APIs.

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