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New comment by phaemon in "Sir Clive Sinclair has died"

phaemon — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 23:36:14 +0000

Sure. You're a useless cunt and when you die it will massively improve the life of everyone you know.

Welcome to the truth my friend.

New comment by phaemon in "Is America Inc getting less dynamic, less global and more monopolistic?"

phaemon — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 17:19:51 +0000

You mean people like you? Or are you working there for minimum wage?

New comment by phaemon in "Founder of $90M cryptocurrency hedge fund sentenced to seven years in prison"

phaemon — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 23:50:31 +0000

No, the price was rising well before any of the "whales" came in. You're just writing a narrative that suits your existing preconceptions.

New comment by phaemon in "Pay Transparency Is Coming"

phaemon — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 23:22:17 +0000

Yes, that's true. I guess I don't oppose it because I don't care. But I certainly know many developers whore highly concerned about their pay.

New comment by phaemon in "Founder of $90M cryptocurrency hedge fund sentenced to seven years in prison"

phaemon — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 23:16:01 +0000

By learning what they are. It's not that difficult. A pyramid scheme of any sort requires new participants continually. Crypto currency does not.

New comment by phaemon in "Pay Transparency Is Coming"

phaemon — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 18:37:40 +0000

Everyone having information is called "universal education". It's not a bad thing.

New comment by phaemon in "Lunar Crater Radio Telescope on the Far-Side of the Moon (2020)"

phaemon — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 15:58:06 +0000

Actually, it wouldn't need to be that long. The circumference of the moon is 40k kilometres, so assuming the site was in the center of the far side (though there's no reason it needs to be), that would put it at ~10,000 km from sight of the earth.

That's shorter than some transatlantic cables. I reckon it would be doable.

New comment by phaemon in "Lunar Crater Radio Telescope on the Far-Side of the Moon (2020)"

phaemon — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 08:45:14 +0000

Or a long cable...

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New comment by phaemon in "The effects of remote work on collaboration among information workers"

phaemon — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 19:40:00 +0000

Would like to know this too.

New comment by phaemon in "We still believe in private offices (2015)"

phaemon — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 18:00:29 +0000

There isn't any for mine; it's included with the house.

New comment by phaemon in "Toyota to spend 1.5T yen on EV battery development"

phaemon — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 20:48:41 +0000

Vague bet. What does "worth nothing" mean? Obviously collectibles will be worth something and even crappy cars will have scrap value.

New comment by phaemon in "Toyota to spend 1.5T yen on EV battery development"

phaemon — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 20:37:32 +0000

Have you genuinely never seen people refer to, say, $10k to mean ten thousand dollars? It's very common.

New comment by phaemon in "Financial literacy is a passport to financial freedom"

phaemon — Sun, 05 Sep 2021 21:04:24 +0000

That's fair enough. I didn't grow up in an ideal environment, but I also did have enough encouragement to end up where I am today.

New comment by phaemon in "New Evidence Against the Standard Model of Cosmology"

phaemon — Sun, 05 Sep 2021 21:01:35 +0000

How do I know that two objects are either receding or approaching? Because it's obvious. Think about it yourself.

Edit: ah, wait, your theory says that approaching objects look the same as receding ones. I think you need to justify that.

New comment by phaemon in "Financial literacy is a passport to financial freedom"

phaemon — Sun, 05 Sep 2021 20:41:43 +0000

Don't criticize your parents for not knowing as much as you do. I'm sure they hoped that would be the case.

New comment by phaemon in "Financial literacy is a passport to financial freedom"

phaemon — Sun, 05 Sep 2021 20:37:42 +0000

Wow. Although there are elements I disagree with, that said is a very well argued and explained point.

I suspect there are few here that will read through it though. Might be better as a blog.

New comment by phaemon in "New Evidence Against the Standard Model of Cosmology"

phaemon — Sun, 05 Sep 2021 20:25:15 +0000

Galaxies are either approaching or receding from our perspective. How could they possibly be stuck in some "place"? Your theory makes no sense.

New comment by phaemon in "The fungal mind: on the evidence for mushroom intelligence"

phaemon — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 19:13:40 +0000

Well...

New comment by phaemon in "The fungal mind: on the evidence for mushroom intelligence"

phaemon — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 19:12:56 +0000

Carrots were naturally white. They were bred to be orange for reasons you can Google.

New comment by phaemon in "Why can an ad break the Windows 11 desktop and taskbar?"

phaemon — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 16:52:52 +0000

Indeed, not an insightful comment at all. Everyone knows that.