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HNisCurated

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HNisCurated··on China lets yuan break 7-per-dollar level for first time in over a decade
Bitcoin is up, gold at all time highs.

Who are the losers when a government prints money?

HNisCurated··on We shouldn’t take peer review as the ‘gold standard’
I have people citing research with useless AMA standard. If you want both parties to agree, they need to see the Data.

Most studies become uninteresting after you read their terrible data.

HNisCurated··on U.S. to set up plan aimed at allowing prescription drugs from Canada
I have considered this. While many people worship regulations, I'm willing to take the "risk" of using foreign medication.

I wish I could take the same risk when I get hydrocortisone, but instead I need to pay a physician for a prescription, a pharmacist to fill, and the clinic that stores everything.

Lots of middlemen for something that should be sold on Amazon.

HNisCurated··on Google reveals fistful of flaws in Apple's iMessage app
I asked a serious question and got serious responses. Please let people ask questions.
HNisCurated··on “We plan to hide ‘https’ scheme and subdomain ‘www’ in Chrome omnibox in M76”
"Google evil. Apple privacy."- HN

While I'm not a fan of obscuring what a URL is actually doing, this already is happening with headers.

But this is news because it's Google.

Apple does this and it's a "feature".

Marketing is a dangerous tool.

HNisCurated··on Capital One’s breach was inevitable, because we did nothing after Equifax
I am not sure this complies with KYC laws.
HNisCurated··on Capital One’s breach was inevitable, because we did nothing after Equifax
Utopia solutions aren't really helpful for ideas.

It's great if companies had unlimited resources to spend on security, and didn't screw their customers with fees.

Let me remind you, even Apple had their phone hacked. More laws won't make mistakes go away.

HNisCurated··on Uber Lays Off 400
This is why I'm staying out of much of tech and the current stock market.

We were taught as children the market returns 7%/yr. People took this too seriously.

This has all the signs of the housing bubble.

HNisCurated··on Capital One’s breach was inevitable, because we did nothing after Equifax
"we did nothing"

Who?

These companies get sued, that is a reaction.

Congress? Well if you make a law twice as illegal, I'm sure that will make it stop /s.

No one wants to be hacked, let's not pretend there is no fallout from ignoring security.

HNisCurated··on Bethesda removing mandatory login from Doom re-releases after fan backlash
Another nail in the coffin for AAA developers.

When indie developers encourage you to crack their game and make mods you get a different community.

Bethesda is too old, it's become to big and famous, it's yet another soulless game studio.

I'll stick with my sub 10$ indie games. I haven't gotten bored yet.

HNisCurated··on What Happened with West Virginia’s Blockchain Voting Experiment?
Citation needed. A public blockchain is a mere write only database that everyone can see.

Every transaction is available to 7 billion people.

Vs paper voting which is only as legitimate as every voting station.

HNisCurated··on Data Engineering Cookbook
What a weird title for a book about data science.

I'm not a fan of the marketing gravy people dump on everything. The future will devolve to unhelpful titles like - "How to do Data Fking science"

HNisCurated··on A Black Hole Engulfing the World's Bond Markets
My one criticism is that 30 years ago how difficult was it to program? Half million humans knew this at Best.

Between accessibility to technology and resources to learn it, imagine the scale of new minds.

The only reason we'd see stagnation is if the human mind couldn't comprehend what is needed to build a system. Like CERN

HNisCurated··on A Black Hole Engulfing the World's Bond Markets
But then people move to safe long holds, and out of Fiat.

This is how we revert back to a barter economy, or one that uses gold/Bitcoin/etc... Since the Fiat currency is rapidly inflating.

HNisCurated··on A Black Hole Engulfing the World's Bond Markets
There are lots of smart people worried about a sub 0 percent interest rate, or worry about stagnation. Not to mention my peers in every Industry talking about slowdowns or unprofitable years due to tariffs.

The only people who seem to be enjoying it are exploiting the bubble with high wages and investing companies.

And if you didn't take the investment, your competitors destroyed you.

Fiat currency is a weird thing.

HNisCurated··on Apple expected to adopt keyboard with scissor mechanism for 16-inch MacBook Pro
Anti consumer policies should be punished, especially if it matters to you.

I could never handle this kind of abuse.

HNisCurated··on The video game industry can't go on like this
They did this to me. And I never went back to consoles or AAA producers.
HNisCurated··on The video game industry can't go on like this
Same. Pcmasterrace here. Gaming has never been cheaper or better.

I think I spent 200$ in 3 years of modern Gaming.

Consoles and AAA Games are all advertising/marketing.

HNisCurated··on GM Cruise to delay commercial launch of self-driving cars to beyond 2019
Quite sad, I worked on one of these cars, and spent late nights getting my part ready on time.

Then I was a GM tariffs sacrifice.

My understanding is that 5G should fix the winter/rain issues, as you can calculate location more precise.

HNisCurated··on The Black Market for Social Media Manipulation
This should start to be tracked.

I caught Aldi advertising with Reddits frugal board.

Young accounts, lots of Aldi Love.

That marketing company has gotten better.

I find it awful HN mods won't let this be discussed. Is HN manipulated? Why wouldn't it be?

HNisCurated··on I Took Apple To Court And Won, Twice
Considering the Apple tax is 2x the price, why not get a regular product and replace it with a new product when it breaks?

Maybe the product doesn't break, and you save money, and don't have to deal with Apple.

Or the product breaks, and you get the latest and greatest instead of a year old referbished.