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_spoonman··on U.S. lawmakers to examine merits of higher FDIC bank deposit insurance cap
What you’re getting at is known as the “risk free rate,” or the risk premium of leaving your money with another entity for a period of time. US gov’t treasuries carry a risk free rate; you’d just buy treasuries.
_spoonman··on Companies with No Work to Do?
Gov't contractor
_spoonman··on NSA Kubernetes Hardening Guidance [pdf]
That sounds like work for a prime contractor with at least two subs under it. And consultants to help them implement SAFe AGILE.
_spoonman··on U.S. Fed accepts $756B in daily reverse repo operation
Since the Fed owns so much of its own debt, couldn’t it just decide not to repay itself the principal when those treasuries mature?
_spoonman··on Ask HN: What was the biggest contributor to your happiness in the past year?
The two aren’t mutually exclusive and the roles change as the kid gets older.

When they’re newborns you are focused totally on providing: they can’t feed themselves, change their diapers, or bathe themselves.

When they get older they can do those things but then start having questions about the world and girls and faith. That’s when it really gets fun because you strengthen the bond.

So you’re always providing for the kid. Being there is the tougher part.

_spoonman··on Golang generics proposal has been accepted
Is generics akin to overloading functions?
_spoonman··on USDS Digital Services Playbook
I also work in government consulting. The govt thinks “DevOps” is developers and ops folks sitting in the same room.
_spoonman··on Ask HN: What podcasts do you like listening to?
Chat With Traders

chatwithtraders.com

_spoonman··on Google outage – resolved
Google classroom is also down
_spoonman··on Poll: Will you take the Covid vaccine?
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_spoonman··on The Lonely Work of Moderating Hacker News (2019)
They really do a tremendous job and it's appreciated greatly.
_spoonman··on D3 6.0
While learning D3 I was stuck on a simple bar chart problem. Just could not figure it out. Asked on the D3 slack. None other than Mike himself took the time to look at my code and point out the error. Then he gave me some general tips that he noticed. The guy is so generous with his time and expertise and I admire him a great deal.
_spoonman··on A Surprise AWS Bill
Have you ever bought a house here? You go through a 1-2 month (minimum) process of providing financial documents from the past six months or more to mortgage originators, and no one can tell you how much to bring to closing until 24 hours before. It’s insane.
_spoonman··on Ask HN: Is all of FAANG like this?
I’ve been struggling with just purpose in general for years. I’m a husband and father - those are supposed to be my purpose. But sometimes I don’t feel very good at them. Hang in there. We’ll figure this all out.
_spoonman··on Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project?
Order matching engine written in Go
_spoonman··on Ask HN: What are you learning?
I’m learning go, too. Check this resource out. https://quii.gitbook.io/learn-go-with-tests/
_spoonman··on Ask HN: What are you learning?
Golang! https://quii.gitbook.io/learn-go-with-tests/
_spoonman··on Ask HN: How remote is your job? What is missing for 100%?
I can never be 100% remote in my current role. I’m a DoD contractor and perform some of my duties on networks I can only access from secure facilities. I can do the rest remotely.
_spoonman··on The neuroinvasive potential of SARS-CoV2
I think what OP means is N95 masks must be properly fitted to the individual. When my wife started working at a hospital she had to undergo such a fitting. So unless you get the proper size, you could still be exposed. I think that’s what he meant.
_spoonman··on Software certifications; a waste of time and money (2018)
I agree. To add another industry, with government and/or defense contractors, certifications matter immensely - sometimes more than actual work experience.
_spoonman··on Ask HN: Resource for Mathematics of Finance
Thanks for the reply
_spoonman··on Ask HN: Resource for Mathematics of Finance
Thank you for the reply
_spoonman··on Linux Mint 19.2 Cinnamon Released
Are ubuntu's snaps supposed to be similar to this?
_spoonman··on Launch HN: Mudrex (YC W19) – Automated Trading Without Code
The challenges you listed are spot on. Congrats on launching! Can’t wait to check it out.
_spoonman··on Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2018 – Show and tell
Where did you get the cover photo on your site?
_spoonman··on Learning Math for Machine Learning
https://discord.gg/ugV6fht
_spoonman··on Learning Math for Machine Learning
Let’s see where it goes

https://discord.gg/ugV6fht

_spoonman··on Learning Math for Machine Learning
We should find or start a Slack / Discord where we go through a math textbook and conquer our fear of mathematics together.
_spoonman··on Anthony Bourdain has died
Contact info is in profile if you need to reach out. Not a counselor, but have ears (eyes).
_spoonman··on Ask HN: Anyone designs financial engineering tools as a hobby?
Reach out to me. Contact info in profile.
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