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Re:Paul Graham is wrong about inequality on Thursday January 07, 2016 @05:17PM (#10861254)
Can you elaborate on the 401k point? Do you think they're a problem because generally people cant make good investment decisions, or that there are structural problems with the vehicle itself that make it a bad choice for any worker?
Re:Why We Should Build Cloud Cities on Venus on Monday February 02, 2015 @05:11PM (#8987363)
I'd agree, that doesn't sound right at all. Perhaps they meant doubling the size of the balloon? Doubling the diameter of a sphere indeed increases its volume many times more than double.
Re:What was your best passive income in 2014? on Wednesday July 30, 2014 @01:16PM (#8109561)
This is pretty darn interesting. I've definitely noticed there's a clear split between the interesting, longer, sort of more profound messages 'from space' and the flood of 1-word test or joke messages. Any thoughts on this - is it even a problem?
Probably not. In your ordinary browsing, you're not likely to download anywhere near the entirety of wikipedia. Plus, spreading out your requests over time rather than downloading it all at once is more gentle.
Re:LinkedIn Intro: Doing the Impossible on iOS on Wednesday October 23, 2013 @05:21PM (#6601804)
Certainly an interesting workaround. I'm not that familiar with iOS development, so could someone explain what technical reasons there might be for running a remote imap proxy server to do the message modifications rather than a local (on device) one?
Re:Families Hoard Cash 5 Years After Crisis on Monday October 07, 2013 @03:28PM (#6510584)
Paying off debt is a transfer, so while you're now spending less, your creditor is now able to either spend or make new loans.
Great work! I think this might finally be the one (and not a moment too soon!)

Is there any way to categorize new feeds? It imported my previous categories/folders just fine, but I don't see any to move new feeds to categories/folders.

Re:Assange in 2011: "They have automated the process." on Friday June 07, 2013 @09:49AM (#5838841)
Could you elaborate a bit on what you found on your honeypot?
Re:Chrome’s requestAutocomplete() on Thursday May 16, 2013 @02:36PM (#5720253)
Ah, but you see, it's "two-click" checkout. So we're good, right?