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cplusplusfellow··on Spanish climber emerges after 500 days in cave
> The practitioners of sokushinbutsu did not view this practice as an act of suicide, but rather as a form of further enlightenment.[14]

At what point do we consider this a mental illness rather than some higher ascent?

cplusplusfellow··on Tinder Is Working on a $500 Subscription
It could very well turn into a better investment to pay $500/mo and then ghost a bunch of matches after the enterprising young man slept with them.
cplusplusfellow··on Cryptocurrencies add nothing useful to society, says chip-maker Nvidia
The guy who would have 25-50b worth of BTC “at the top” somehow drifted into the ether. No pun intended.
cplusplusfellow··on Levi’s to use AI-generated models to “Increase Diversity”
I wonder if this means they will have an equal number of all permutations of possible person? Or if it just means it’ll be representative of society’s mix (in the environment where they are selling the product)?
cplusplusfellow··on When did New York start building slowly?
Noise ordinances. Waiting on city inspectors. Working capital. Labor doesn’t care to work overnight and those that do get paid a lot more.

With interest rates low, easier to just hold construction note for another year.

cplusplusfellow··on When did New York start building slowly?
I encourage everyone to go attempt to build a house for themselves. It takes away the armchair quarterbacking once you add up the Home Depot receipts.
cplusplusfellow··on The cloud backlash has begun: Why big data is pulling compute back on premises
Is saving 50% also a worthwhile goal at expense of being on prem, and all the downsides? Asking honestly because that’s where my business is in terms of the decision. We won’t save 90% but we will save 45-55%.
cplusplusfellow··on After Silicon Valley Bank, scrap the bank deposit insurance limit
There are a lot of not-wealthy employees who got paid today who disagree with your assessment of who won.
cplusplusfellow··on After Silicon Valley Bank, scrap the bank deposit insurance limit
So long as we are talking about wages Only, I’m ok with this.
cplusplusfellow··on The collapse of SVB exposes the largest crack in the economy
So, roughly doubling (2.1x) in absolute terms versus 17x over the past year.
cplusplusfellow··on The collapse of SVB exposes the largest crack in the economy
They bought treasuries and triple A rated mortgages. what else do you expect a bank to do to when seeking yield?

They aren’t just a vault for your money - they would charge you handsomely if so.

cplusplusfellow··on Roku filed an 8-K saying that of its $1.9B of cash, $487M is stuck at SVB
The bonds aren’t bad. They are performing according to all reports I’m reading.

They simply have a longer date to maturity then is comfortable for the depositors withdrawal cadences, and they have had to be sold / marked down in a period of rising interest rates.

cplusplusfellow··on The collapse of SVB exposes the largest crack in the economy
I don’t understand the disgust I’m reading for VCs and startups. Bailing out the bank doesn’t mean we let the bank CEO get richer off this transaction (like we did in 2008). It means the startup companies making payroll are going to survive and continue building the future of technology and healthcare.

What am I missing?

cplusplusfellow··on The collapse of SVB exposes the largest crack in the economy
I couldn’t give two shits about banks that go under. The businesses that concern me are the ones who lose deposits.
cplusplusfellow··on The collapse of SVB exposes the largest crack in the economy
Self inflicted wounds this time, though. There is nothing wrong with a bank purchasing 80bln of MBS with their depositors money. The issue becomes when the fed suddenly raises rates faster than any time in their history while still failing to fight inflation (which is a result of having a stronger economy).
cplusplusfellow··on AMD CEO: The Next Challenge Is Energy Efficiency
What if all the text in your comment was approximately the correct set of letters in each word?
cplusplusfellow··on Twitter Lost $60M a Year Because 390 Telcos Used Bot Accounts to Pump A2P SMS
Considering how many spam calls come to my phone on a hourly basis, I’m inclined to believe Elon when he says some telcos aren’t in it for the enjoyable user experience.
cplusplusfellow··on Meta’s Push to Solve the Noisy Office
Or just work from home.
cplusplusfellow··on Ejaculation frequency and prostate cancer (2022)
The cultural avoidance of fat, which likely has led to 2-3 digit increases in obesity in America, is not based on nuance.

I think OP can be forgiven for not pre-nuancing it for you.

cplusplusfellow··on Russhian Roulette: 1/6 chance of posting your SSH private key on pastebin
I figured an honest question would be downvoted on such a site as this.
cplusplusfellow··on Russhian Roulette: 1/6 chance of posting your SSH private key on pastebin
I didn’t realize the browser could exfiltrate files like this. Or is this intended to be run via Node?
cplusplusfellow··on Microsoft Hosted Sting Performance in Davos on Night Before Announcing Layoffs
> elites really don’t have any control or vision over what’s going to happen,

Is this satire, blindness, or just youthful optimism?

cplusplusfellow··on CEOs at Disney and Starbucks demand that workers start returning to the office
Workers seeking the best possible conditions for themselves can extend to white collar workers desiring to work from home.

If I’ve got to work a dozen or more weekends a year, and 50 nights a year when I can only deploy during non business hours (until 9pm), then by god I don’t need to suffer a commute in an expensive city to sit through my coworkers sharing YouTube videos and dad jokes nonstop.

cplusplusfellow··on CNET Used AI to Write 75 Articles
It shows. I haven’t wanted to read a CNET article in forever.
cplusplusfellow··on Only the richest ancient Athenians paid taxes
I would venture the features you apply above would amount to less than 20% of the US budget. Particularly if you exclude social security and Medicare, which both have their own taxes and surtaxes even.
cplusplusfellow··on Only the richest ancient Athenians paid taxes
Little bit smaller government and so a lot less to pay for.
cplusplusfellow··on Switzerland: snow flown in by helicopter in attempt to keep ski slopes open
I’m not giving funds to rich ski towns.
cplusplusfellow··on Confirmed Covid-19 deaths per million vs. GDP per capita, Jan 1, 2023
The proverbial “motorcycle accident 3 weeks after fully recovering from covid” was particularly maddening when used to justify virtually unlimited powers. More credibility was lost than compliance was gained, I guarantee you.
cplusplusfellow··on Ask HN: Why did Frontend development explode in complexity?
I think the better question is why haven’t we made front end development toolkits less complex (by pushing a lot of the complexity into the browser itself)?
cplusplusfellow··on How tech’s defiance of economic gravity came to an abrupt end
The media consumed by the typical member of this audience would lead you to believe that. For some reason, everyone is trying to organize a recession.
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