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vt100

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    True, but we can notice that that's the case, and then try to listen more carefully or ask for clarification

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    Surely there are tribes that transcend and cross corporations. That's why you can hire old colleagues and get a team up and running in a startup or new firm

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    Does this mean tacit knowledge only exists within in-person teams? So projects like the Linux kernel don't have any tacit knowledge?

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    Comment #35698448

    Like trademarking DOS

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    Comment #34882509

    Yeah, I have a day rate of about £1000, which works out to £20k a month. Not quite £30k. Maybe I need to up my rate for inflation.

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    Comment #34505307

    Have they considered ad-supported seat heating? Along with crypto mining?

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    Comment #34502594

    Hedge funds aren't married to the stocks they own. They'll buy and sell or even short depending on what the next short-term price move will be. As long as the price moves and they …

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    Comment #34502575

    Even if he did hold more than a trivial amount of Alphabet, there's nothing to stop him from taking profits and selling out as soon as the price temporarily moved up (if it even wo…

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    How long does a battery last when unused?

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    Tesla was a "forcing function" that caused other car manufacturers to build EVs. AI lawyer technology may be the catalyst needed to trigger reform of the legal system. It's clear t…

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    Comment #33729932

    Imagine the robot shoots an innocent person because it misidentified an object as a gun.

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    It would be better for the consumer printer segment to die off, and for the consumer to see the price of a proper printer that works correctly, and decide whether to buy that or us…

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    The same problem exists with physical mail. I don't need advertisement flyers. I want a realtime spreadsheet with updated prices and discounts.

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    Comment #32488676

    This is from May 2020...

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    Comment #32248892

    Now the biggest customers for horse bread will be furries

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    Comment #32212814

    What's MBSR? I'm guessing it's not FIRE

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    Comment #31934513

    Yeah, and then the fact that with one tech job, you're already in the top tax bracket, and anything extra you do is taxed at the maximum rate. Diminishing returns on effort...

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    Comment #31837349

    If you type "apt install openoffice", don't most distros install libreoffice instead?

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    Comment #31421883

    $250k ~= £200k which gets you a decent lifestyle in London but definitely not living like a prince!

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    Comment #30568530

    Such universities already exist, for example Howard University and Albert Einstein. Just not for Asians yet.

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    > It's unfortunate that a quality education is a finite pie we have to divvy up into thin slices. I think this belief is part of the problem. Information is infinitely replicable a…