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dragthor··on After 28 years walking across the globe, he's almost home
For some reason I don't care about this story.
dragthor··on OpenAI and Anthropic cut their LLM prices by up to 80% within a few months. Why?
Open AI and Anthropic are so GAAP unprofitable.
dragthor··on Senate Stock Watcher
Just the Senate? What about the House?
dragthor··on Launch HN: Buy Me a Coffee (YC W19) – Give your audience a way to thank you
Nice. A lot better than alcohol.
dragthor··on Day Trading for a Living?
With risk-defined option trading, you decide the size of the steam roller.
dragthor··on 2.7M Americans Still Get Netflix DVDs in the Mail
So what if people still use DVD players. I bet the monthly cost of broadband and Netflix streaming is way more expensive than a plain-old DVD player and Netflix by mail.

I guess people are missing out on wasting their time binge watching garbage television shows. And yes, in theory you can binge watch an entire season on DVD(s).

dragthor··on Jack Ma: US wasted trillions on warfare instead of investing in infrastructure
Yup. At least in the US we use our infrastructure. In China they build stuff just to build stuff.
dragthor··on Miami Will Be Underwater Soon. Its Drinking Water Could Go First
Hysterical headline and article.

In grade school it was dying from the ozone hole, acid rain, and global freezing (new ice age).

Recycling, not being wasteful, and conserving water wasn't scary enough I guess.

dragthor··on Ask HN: Anyone making money through algorithmic trading?
quantopian.com sounds interesting. I am going to check it out.
dragthor··on Losing My Patience with Google+
What's Google+?
dragthor··on Ask HN: What are some books where the reader learns by building one project?
Big Nerd Ranch books - at least the Android one

https://www.bignerdranch.com/books/

dragthor··on Think OS: A Brief Introduction to Operating Systems
Thanks for posting. Their other books look interesting too.
dragthor··on 'All I wanted to do is build a house' (2010)
I think we need more regulations, laws, and building codes. Not!

Over here in the states, the Amish fight regulations all the time. The only way they win is religious freedom. And the fact that they have been building houses a certain way for 100 years.

dragthor··on Microservices? Please Don't
I can hear the Jet.com folks screaming right now.
dragthor··on The Dividend Disconnect [pdf]
Personally, I am a bond guy.
dragthor··on Amazon LightSail: Simple Virtual Private Servers on AWS
Digital Ocean was the first thing that I thought.
dragthor··on Donald Trump’s Contract with the American Voter [pdf]
- Cancel UN climate payments, use money instead on America water and environmental issues. Sounds good to me. Let China and India clean up their own mess, while we clean up our messes.

- Yes. Too many regulations by unelected bureaucrats. Sounds good to me. I'd rather have one clear and meaningful regulation than two "up for random interpretation."

- Yes. Tax cuts for all working people. Let people decide what to do with their own money (spend, save, donate, etc.). The bigger the government, the smaller the individual.

- Massive immigration changes? Not really. The pamphlet seems to enforce existing laws regarding criminal illegals.

dragthor··on Donald Trump’s Contract with the American Voter [pdf]
Why is this flagged? Someone please provide a reason. Thanks.
dragthor··on Donald Trump’s Contract with the American Voter [pdf]
Thanks! I was looking for this today.
dragthor··on How Florida's electricity utilities are manipulating voters to oppose solar
People are not as dumb as you think.
dragthor··on Soaring Student Debt Prompts Calls for Relief
My wife and I worked and sacrificed to pay our student loans off. Struggle builds character, appreciation, and gratitude.
dragthor··on Wal-Mart in Talks to Buy Web Retailer Jet.com for $3B
What happens to F# now? Jet used it heavily and championed usage.
dragthor··on Cardboard Standing Desk
It's been two weeks of standing. Zero weight loss.

http://healthydeveloper.com/weekly-checkin-05-29-2016/

vs.

http://healthydeveloper.com/weekly-checkin-05-22-2016/

dragthor··on 5 Tips to Lose Weight for Programmers
What are some examples of refined oil?
dragthor··on GitHub has 11,995,200 open issues
I wonder what the percentage is for "actual" issues?

I see a lot of support & pilot error questions.

dragthor··on Top 5 Signs You Are Working with a Cowboy Software Consultant
No hugs, but much appreciated.

Definitely an entire class of people. Maybe since I am on the east coast/NYC area there are more cowboys? When I worked in Colorado there seemed less. And when I worked one time (small sample size) there were zero cowboys.

Probably just the culture of the employer.

dragthor··on Chrome is developing a Sidebar API
Sounds like a mechanism for ads. (unfortunately)
dragthor··on Android Lollipop is out, but almost no one is using it
Possible that KitKat is "good enough" for most users?
dragthor··on Those making $1,000+/month on side projects – what did you make?
Nice idea. Thanks for sharing!
dragthor··on Manager.io – Free accounting software for small businesses
I might download and try to use for me own personal expenses and bills.
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