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Well, I am reading it and I hope I manage. It's pretty scary to leave behind what I've excelled in all my life but it is the only way forward for me. So thanks for the encouragemen…

I think the worst is when they are skilled. You're basically describing my work day. My job went from interesting, highly skilled work to mostly horrible brain rot over the past ye…

I fully agree but that is a different argument than the one mingus88 presented. They suggested that the owner did not wipe the device because they did not actively enter the pin, w…

A bit of topic, but does the word "seconded" still work when five are required? Isn't there a more generic term?

Yes. This seems mostly the same for lower-case, except we made a lower loop on the f as well making at one stroke. Also, our capitals were a bit more complicated, such as having 3 …

Going from 720 average to 100,000s peak still doesn't sound realistic. especially as they operate in many timezones.

100k(s) orders per minute is several orders of magnitude more than realistic. Amazon does 20k orders per minute. Instacart doesn't need "100,000s of grocery delivery orders per min…

Please use HTTPS. I use HTTPS only. I don't think HTTP is acceptable for anyone let alone a technical blog post. It takes a few minutes, and it prevents me and all your visitors fr…

The spec states: > The coordinate reference system for all GeoJSON coordinates is a geographic coordinate reference system, using the World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS 84) [WGS84] da…

Can you explain what the "No Gender" extension is about and why it is a must?

This proposal is really harmed by the name. There is a reason none the existing methods use the word "TRACK". Although connecting home can be used for tracking it doesn't have to b…

At 3x5 it states: > The "M", "W" and "Q" suffer, but it's still got a distinct O and zero. The Q is weird; I would think it makes more sense to draw it as a zero with the bottom ri…

I am responding to someone that used OIL presumably because it is - although incorrect - more clear as an example for those that are not into trading.

The fact that is used to make profit doesn't absolve us from any moral judgement. Buying stocks of a company improves its financial position allowing it to grow. Would you buy stoc…

> how about short-selling of stocks, isn't it the same thing? Yes. That's why it's illegal to short-sell your stocks just before you announce that your company is broke. There are …

Wow. I am not sure how to respond to this as you seem to have a completely different mindset. You mean to say it is "proven" not to be a solid strategy as in not maximizing profit?…

Actually yes. I put my money in things I would like to see shape the future, which I think is what investment should be about: shaping the future. But disregarding this admittedly …

You don't have to imagine some giant conspiracy. Fact is, that everyone can make a bet, and there are a lot of people with knowledge and influence in the political decisions made. …

Well, it would be if everyone betting wouldn't have an influence on the outcome. That's "wisdom of the crowds". But what if the people putting money on the Strait being closed are …

This is a nice overview, but please remove the PolyMarket indicator. It is an obscene prediction mechanism as it creates horrible financial incentives to a war situation. Its degen…

2045 A=~1.0 seems way off. CRQC is still a theoretical construct with hurdles to overcome. Yes, there is a significant risk that it will exist somewhere in the next decades, but th…

> The Bitcoin core devs can issue a word-of-god statement stating that they'll roll back the chain to before the attack, and all is well. Then they'll change the cryptography. That…

"It is only the unimaginative who ever invents. The true artist is known by the use he makes of what he annexes. And he annexes everything." - Oscar Wilde

I understand that this is a good idea but it does feel really weird. Add a min-release-age to see if anyone who doesn't gets bitten. Next up, we're going to advise a minimum-releas…