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pacetherace··on Google Adsense/Admob blocks you for life if you use it before you're 18
What happens to these bans if I setup a LLC and use that for future Adsense business?
pacetherace··on Neovim 0.8 Released
I feel the proliferation of plugins has made the whole vim/neovim echo system too complicated and overwhelming to adapt for a new user. 1. Vim itself has a learning curve 2. There are many great plugins, but if they don't work for you, then unless you are an advanced user, it is impossible to get everything working without wasting a day 3. I find it weird that to get a vim plugin to work, I might have to install llvm and do a compilation and prey that all the dependencies have been satisfied
pacetherace··on $120k a year for Slack with 1k users
It might be counter intuitive, but many subscription services actually make more sense at larger scale. At scale, the financial implications of downtime and security are way more severe.
pacetherace··on Dwell House – 540 sq ft prefab home that you can add to your backyard
I have been able to find 2000 sq ft homes for around $500K in Modesto, CA. Even if you assume you are getting land for free, I think it is insane that a 540 sq ft home would cost almost same as a 2000 sq ft home.

Even then if you assume a 50% markup due to difference HCOL and better rates big builders would get, I think we are still talking about construction rate of about $375/sqft. So a 550-600 sq ft homes would cost around $225K.

But as an anecdote I did an additions project a few years ago and got quotes ranging from $100K to $300K. And surprising to me, the $300K quote guy was very busy. So I guess there are people who sort by "High to Low" and go with the highest bid.

pacetherace··on Why Figma Is Worth $20B and Other Observations from the Adobe Acquisition
1. Generally the buyer will sue for IP infringement or accessing confidential business data if ex-founders leave immediately after selling the company and build a competing product

2. The buyer will generally put terms in the M&A contract that forbids the main guys of the acquired company from building or working on competing products for a year or two

pacetherace··on The Koh-i-Noor diamond, and why the British won’t give it back (2017)
It was absolutely the fault of the British. The partition lines were drawn by lawyer with little to no inputs from experts.
pacetherace··on The Koh-i-Noor diamond, and why the British won’t give it back (2017)
Oh the reparations are not happening. But world needs to be aware of the level of apathy the British government had towards its colonies (even in the 20th century)
pacetherace··on Apple expands Self Service Repair to Mac notebooks
Even in the past, most people who had the courage to open up their laptops, would do minor repairs like replacing/upgrading RAM, HDD, etc.
pacetherace··on Apple M2 vs. AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 6850U Performance in Nearly 200 Benchmarks
I feel that we are at or already crossed the point where we don't need much more powerful CPUs. This is especially true for majority of Apple's customer base lies.

The only game in town that Intel/AMD can really play now is to make their chips cheaper and more palatable (reduce power consumption, offer better integrated GPUs, etc) for x86 based consumer products or slowly see Apple's share in the laptop market increase more and more.

pacetherace··on An installation-art company called META (or Meta.is) is suing Meta (or meta.com)
Well then good luck trying to start a new company called Apple or Meta.
pacetherace··on The silent majority of experts (2012)
This is where I feel listening to talks at conferences is more important than participating in random online discussions (but that's what I am doing right now :D)
pacetherace··on Using TinyCC to compile Linux (2.4) kernels
Thanks for making me feel old
pacetherace··on Colombia shares unprecedented images of treasure-laden wreck
Lot of colonial claims become bogus if they don’t continue to keep that stance
pacetherace··on The human toll of Fallout 76’s launch
What you mean to say is that there are guys who get much more credit than they deserve when a game or for that matter any product becomes a success.

Fallout 76 seems to be a classic case of unrealistic development and testing deadlines.

pacetherace··on GitHub user sends notification to 400k users
I graduated 8 years ago and I check my university mailing address only for such useless but funny mail threads. haha
pacetherace··on American tech giants are making life tough for startups (2018)
Startups are not a crap deal. Startups that start with the dream of raising 100s of millions are crap deals.
pacetherace··on California court finds that bees fall within a legal definition of fish [pdf]
As per the law fish = foo
pacetherace··on I'm quitting my PhD
A lot of the discontent comes from the expectation that a professor in a well ranked university will be an expert in whatever research he/she is currently doing. So any student who prioritizes university/prof ranking over a professor/lab's expertise is going to be taken for a ride.
pacetherace··on What's new in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Hope you enjoy your retirement :-)
pacetherace··on TurboTax to pay $141M in agreement reached by all 50 states
Lack of punishments in form of incarceration being the norm is what makes this happen repeatedly.
pacetherace··on I need to find an apartment
1:1200 is probably worse than most selective universities.

I know it is not apples to apples comparison but it’s the first thing that came to my mind.

pacetherace··on Tell HN: A $40B company killed my 2yo son. Now they force me to keep silent
Hard to even imagine what you must be going through. If I may suggest

1. Let the lawyer fight your legal fight 2. Make sure the legal battle get publicity even if you settle with the company not admitting any guilt 3. Use the settlement money for your own betterment and however you deem beneficial to a cause personal to you.

pacetherace··on Two-minute battery changes push India’s delivery riders to switch to e-scooters
The gas grill + propane tank model
pacetherace··on Prediction that Kyiv falls to Russian forces by April 2022 goes from 90% to 26%
Exactly! Once the bombardment is over, the waiting part, which is the most horrible part of the siege will begin.
pacetherace··on Finland or Sweden joining NATO would spark Russian response, Russia warns
Really? He is fighting to have veto over who gets to join NATO. It will be a victory for him if he is able to freeze NATO membership to the current number.

Russian economy maybe be ruined for next decade or longer and most likely Putin will be dead or retired by then but he would be looked in Russia as the guy who keep Russia relevant.

Putin is embarrassing US and NATO by destroying Ukraine while they watch helplessly. I have utmost sympathy for Ukraine but where were the angry people when US attacked Iraq?

pacetherace··on SpaceX’s monstrous, dirt-cheap Starship may transform space travel
1. Lost records

2. Many companies that help build those rockets have ceased to exists

3. Technology and tooling have changed substantially

4. Standards to deem a rocket flight worthy for human space flight have changed

pacetherace··on $2,500 Ethernet Switch Effectively Isolates Audiophiles from Cash
One could literally cache all the audio in RAM and not worry about storage characteristics.
pacetherace··on Why SQLite does not use Git (2018)
Because Linus created it and Linux community adopted it.
pacetherace··on US throws out millions of doses of Covid vaccine as world goes wanting
Depends on where you count India
pacetherace··on Tesla’s Texas Move Is Latest Sign of California Losing Tech Grip
People raving about moving to Texas is plain stupid. Housing prices in places like Austin have increased to unaffordable levels for many locals. They are affordable only for California transplants.
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