Viewing profile — mgolawala

Just my hunch but Iran is a founding member of OPEC. The UAE has had a long standing land dispute with Iran. The recent barrage of missiles might have just pushed the UAE leadershi…

I think it is worse than that. I think being on GitHub (and seemingly open source) gives developers a false sense of security in that they assume the code is open and therefore com…

How is the exchange rate between modern money and "carolus guilders" calculated? Something like a foreign exchange market cannot help determine this right? In theory, could the exc…

Sure, but as long as they have a staff of a dozen people monitoring the transactions so that they can catch and fix/block/revert the occasional fraud it still works out cheaper tha…

That’s classic ADHD. People who have it are able to hyper focus on things they find interesting.

Thank you for pointing this out. Houses can be cheap, or they can be a good investment. Not both. I think I read that here on hacker news a few years ago, and it has stuck with me.…

The valuation of the company has little to do with the equation of how much profit has been made in the past. It is focused on the companies profit potential in the future. This ha…

“Because our population exceeds the carrying capacity of the planet, and if it does not do so already, will likely do so in the future, and if it does not do so in the future, it i…

I have noticed the same effect as well. There is a noticeable difference to the quality of my sleep on the days I have consumed caffeine and the days that I have skipped it. The qu…

I am surprised no one has mentioned chronic caffeine consumption and its role in promoting anxiety and stress.

Use a wireless charging setup. It has been standard on most flagship phones for a few years now. I rarely (if ever) use the port to charge my devices anymore. They just look messy,…

I am not an economist, but here is my theory on the whole thing (would love to hear if there is a flaw with this reasoning!): The fundamental problem is that a wealth of a society …

Land is not scarce. We literally make as much of it as we want. What makes it scarce is legislation and zoning. Look at Manhattan or Hong Kong. You just stack the homes and offices…

Interesting. Perhaps we are kind of already at that point? Isn't that what video games like MMORPGs or Fortnite are for? Where the bored young males get to accomplish great adventu…

They wouldn’t be running windows on the Apple Silicon macs though, just the intel ones.

I am surprised the effect of Pets isn't studied or mentioned more. Anecdotally, I have seen how Pets can work as a substitute for the biological drive to nurture and care for somet…

Well wouldn't natural selection favor a predisposition to have kids over a predisposition to not have kids? :)

I did a double take just to make sure this wasn't an article on The Onion.

People who have fond memories of playing Trade Wars when they were younger should check out EVE Online ( https://www.eveonline.com/ ) There are enough similarities that I would fin…

Does anyone know why this approach would be preferred over the use of VAT (Value added tax) instead of a corporate profit tax? I recall a US presidential candidate in the most rece…

I am not at all well informed about this but I imagined a Dyson swarm would sort of grow and evolve organically over time. Not as an end goal in themselves. For example, if you sta…

You do not need actual disruptions in supply to create a shortage. The threat of a disruption or a shortage for such a critical commodity can create a situation that it becomes a s…

Also imagine a boarding like this occurring at night. Sure night vision goggles are ubiquitous at this point, but it is still going to be a smaller/stealthier approach compared to …

Yeah that is the part I do not understand. Isn't there a law at sea where if you find an abandoned ship, it is basically yours? Perhaps this law doesn't apply in Egyptian national …