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Why not just use Substack. It's great

But that one is not directory-specific, right?

Because corporations die all the time. Governments don't

> If a zoned market solely accept Bitcoin and a good costs say 1 BTC The problem is that nobody selling regular goods WANTS to sell his goods with a fixed bitcoin price; the volati…

What does "PAM" mean?

So how does it really work? What does the arrow actually mean? Is the point that the information on the DNA gets copied onto RNA while the DNA remains intact?

De Grey has always seemed overly eccentric to me. But maybe that is to be expected of someone that works on something as contrarian as anti-aging research. Sexual harassment is not…

>for the first time since castles vs. troops without cannon, defense was stronger than offense In the seminal book "On War" which was published in 1832 and is still required readin…

This fits my personal experience very well. I was once a volunteer at the world championships of a team sport. At the podium sceremony my job was to lead the team to the spot where…

Is this generally how it works in most countries?

>One weird thing with rents Germany is that old contracts have very low rents that barely increase over the years Does it really work that way all over Germany or is it something s…

Would be interesting to compare this to the environmental impact of having human workers

There are potentially plausible reasons such as that a free economy system could take longer to achieve an efficient market equilibrium compared to a centrally planned system.

>Which is why privacy protection has to come from the top (i.e. regulators), because most people don't know and/or don't care. I think there should only be legislation about stuff …

If users care about that, they'll go to a vendor that gives them access to the data. No need to legally mandate anything.

What about Figma to Angular?

I agree the article is confusing wrt state. Basic Auth is stateless on the client side but not on the server side. Token auth is stateless on server side; it does not need to store…

Reminds me of Peter Thiel's view that autism is useful because it leads to less herd-like thinking/peer-pressure succumb-tion/mimesis. This aspect might be more important than the …

Huh, I didn't know that. Still, I think it says a lot that they picked these particular historical moments instead of the probably overwhelming history of Asian people doing samura…

The example I provided shows that people with actual skin in the game think that it impacts the market which to me is one of the best indicators that it actually does. The impressi…

I think most people that waste their lives with video games and "make you feel good" fantasies of this kind don't care about historical accuracy; it's not about understanding reali…

Are they serious about pursuing the goal of ending the world? Or is this a joke? The response to 'How can I help?', namely 'You are surely helping already' seems like the biggest c…

"The easiest way to see this, and this is always my challenge—people don’t agree with this—is challenge you to name me one science fiction film that Hollywood produced in the last …

What is meant by "SAS enterprise software, really overrated"? Does he mean SAAS as in Software-as-a-Service?

While having confidence that the data has not been altered after being added to the blockchain.