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iamthirsty

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About iamthirsty

I like email.

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    Comment #42637445

    As a local, most of it is actual locals, often bringing out of town friends, but the core is always locals.

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    Comment #42635585

    You should come to Miami. Some people start the night at a normal club, go to a rave at Factory town, and meet the sunrise at Space, all in one night.

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    Comment #41046143

    I'd like to see any reasonable math behind this idea.

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    Comment #40812538

    > It's idiotic. Just phone it in directly and go pick it up. I don't have a car at the moment — am I just never supposed to eat outside of home-made food anymore? I've done that ma…

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    Comment #40790250

    The good 'ol gas-lighting. Nice.

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    Comment #40751715

    > Hard disagree. The idea that the machinery your life will depend on might be made with half-assed safety in mind is definitely not part of the deal. It's definitely built in. The…

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    Comment #40718146

    It's crazy to think that $29.5m x $19.99 (old smallest price) is $589m. That's just a starting point for revenue. Wild.

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    Comment #40684308

    We used spreadsheets to manage offices -- there is about 15 separate offices -- complete data set (clients, analytics, call logs) and each sheet has many, many different formulas i…

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    Comment #40681969

    It does, but like I said most people just automatically buy new bonds, instead of actually removing the money from the Government.

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    Comment #40674501

    It's both, although an extremely low percentage of people, IIRC, actually "cash out", most just roll the funds into a new bond once the previous one matures.

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    Comment #40674280

    > Nobody's ditching the dollar. However Saudi Arabia and China significantly reduced their investment in US bonds lately. Also notice that the interests on US debt come dangerously…

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    Comment #40674198

    > If you cannot replenish this ATP and GTP you’ll be weaker the next time you get an infection and be sicker in general. This is wrong. You're all over this thread spreading incorr…

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    Comment #40674160

    > Then they need to stop saying that Covid causes these things. Well, if it does cause these things, and it's looking like from the literature that's the case, they wouldn't actual…

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    Comment #40673879

    First line of the study: > Long COVID, as currently defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) and other authorities, is a symptomatic condition that has been shown to affect a…

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    Comment #40673848

    I had COVID five times over the past four years. Last three times barely any symptoms. > It’s kind Wrong to say that Covid causes these things. Because if Covid alone caused these …

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    Comment #40673823

    > I consistently wear one in shops, especially shopping centres. ...I don't know how I feel about this, honestly. I respect everyone's right to be as cautious how they want in thei…

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    Comment #40673056

    > COVID-19 can cause brain damage including loss of brain tissue, small blood vessels, and merged brain cells. In some patients, perhaps many, there is also damage to the immune sy…

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    Comment #40670367

    > Celesta Capital, Rocketship.vc, Artha Select Fund and Artha Venture Fund, and existing investors Mayfield India, Pi Ventures and Speciale Invest.[0] Not making an argument about …

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    Comment #40619046

    "YoutTube" — Nice.

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    Comment #40611459

    In this context, "luxury" is being used in it's main definition: > "the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive"

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    Comment #40602570

    In your cited source: > Some people say that Netscape is less stable, others that IE is less stable

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    Comment #40576758

    > My counterpoint: if your product is simply a ChatGPT wrapper, you have no moat. A really low barrier to entry isn't always necessarily a good thing, as someone can usurp your bus…

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    Comment #40576747

    Yeah, I feel similarly. It's an extreme over-generalization making a relatively intentionally proactive statement using very vague anecdata.

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    Comment #40576732

    > Just keep the experts around. This has always been a thing with small business, especially in the age of higher interest rates + rising wages + end of VC over-spending era.