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perseusprime11··on Clubhouse’s Inevitability
I find Reddit more engaging than Clubhouse.
perseusprime11··on Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index
According to this report, Bitcoin mining is fueled by renewables: https://coinshares.com/research/bitcoin-mining-network-decem...
perseusprime11··on Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index
Correct. Ultimately, we will end up using Bitcoin as an asset and less for transactions. It is a better version of Gold.
perseusprime11··on Matt Levine makes sense of Wall Street like none other
http://link.mail.bloombergbusiness.com/join/4wm/moneystuff-s...
perseusprime11··on Commerce Department Prohibits WeChat and TikTok Transactions
Shutting TikTok is a good thing for the society at large.
perseusprime11··on Oracle Wins Bid for TikTok in U.S.
This should not be a surprise. If you want to monkey around with the codebase and the algorithm, which company is easier to dupe? Microsoft or Oracle?
perseusprime11··on Why Simon Sinek is fundamentally wrong about starting with “why”
What do you expect from a 'new age' consultant selling books and concepts to create audience?
perseusprime11··on Rethinking the App Store
I am an Apple customer because I believe in their oversight and governance on the App store. I really don't want third party stores and 30% fee seems fair given the access to huge distribution.
perseusprime11··on The demise of the second-hand bookshop
Nobody here is talking about EBay but I am able to get the books I want on EBay after the local bookstore closed in my town.
perseusprime11··on Intel ousts its chief engineer, shakes up technical group after delays
Wow! They are losing a genius in Murthy. This is a bear case for Intel.
perseusprime11··on Uber CEO Wants to Shift More Engineering Jobs to India, Sparking Internal Debate
20 cents on the dollar is what they have on their minds. But when you add in the right layer of management, factor in productivity gaps due to time zone differences and lack of business context, etc. You are actually paying 80 cents on a dollar. Tech executives know this but they are unable to persuade their business counterparts.
perseusprime11··on USA buys up world stock of remdesivir
They use some medical mumbo jumbo to show that patients spend less time at hospitals compared to other drugs and therefore Remdesivir works. They know how to lobby the scientific community so we will never know the truth. Sick patients will use and pay out of fear. I would love to see an unbiased study at some point if at all that shows the relative efficacy of Hydroxychloroquine with and without zinc and Remdesivir and other drugs.
perseusprime11··on Mysterious deep-space flashes repeat every 157 days
Every 157 days feels like travel time. Can we isolate everything that in the Universe that takes 157 days from Earth and scanning the sky?
perseusprime11··on Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz Is Out
Anti-socials are a big market and that is their target audience.
perseusprime11··on Jack Dorsey is giving Andrew Yang $5M to build the case for a basic income
This feels like BS. Sorry! K12 is free. There should be no problem expanding to college and beyond. Also, see no reason to not have a good universal healthcare that is detached from your employer. These are smart ideas worth pursuing.
perseusprime11··on University of California Will Stop Using SAT, ACT
I hope they don’t replace one standardized test with another standardized test. Although, that’s exactly what may happen. It is not far fetched to create a more personalized project based testing that factors in race, ethnicity, socio economic status, gender, etc.

Also, if all colleges are created equally, endowed similarly, we may not need a test and follow the K12 model of going to your local college because it is as good as any other college. It is about time we solve education along with healthcare and create equity in the system.

perseusprime11··on A first look at Unreal Engine 5
The Demo was unreal!
perseusprime11··on Twitter Will Allow Employees to Work at Home Forever
Smart Move! Twitter employees will be more healthier than others if they utilize this time to focus on health and socializing differently. Local communities will become stronger and will help employees work from anywhere. Personally, I would love to work in a warm place during peak winters.
perseusprime11··on Elon Musk reopening Tesla factory despite Alameda County order
Bookmark this comment. A week or two from now, we will hear covid+ cases at this factory. This is not going to be a great decision.
perseusprime11··on Dithering and Open versus Free
Not sure if I want to start paying for podcasts without knowing if I will enjoy or learn anything from them.
perseusprime11··on Companies consider abandoning open office layouts to prevent disease spread
Folks can at least multi task remotely and do the real work.
perseusprime11··on Companies consider abandoning open office layouts to prevent disease spread
We want everyone in the office so we can waste their time in meetings. Peter's principle in action.
perseusprime11··on Tesla Q1 2020 Update
I am still debating if he is a sociopath or a psychopath.
perseusprime11··on New Yorkers consider relocating post coronavirus
Right now WFH has a negative public perception because kids are at home and nobody can leave their home. So there is a lot of frustration that I can understand. But once it is all over, imagine folks working remotely and able to move around the world with freedom and bring more creativity because of their newfound happiness.
perseusprime11··on Build a real-time Twitter clone with LiveView and Phoenix 1.5
Are there any good tutorials to get started? What major sites are currently using Elixir?
perseusprime11··on New Yorkers consider relocating post coronavirus
WFH will become norm and folks can move around easily.
perseusprime11··on New MacBook Air
Is the webcam any better on this new Air?
perseusprime11··on Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus not contained
You have a good reason for your paranoia. Even today, we have flights from Italy, South Korea, and Japan coming into U.S and nobody is bothering to contain this situation seriously. Unsure how Insurance is going to treat a spread in U.S. We are not set up for success.
perseusprime11··on Ramanujan Surprises Again (2015)
I always found Ramanujan very intriguing. He operates on a dimension that is unknown to most of us. Makes me wonder if he is a great yogi or a time traveler.
perseusprime11··on HQ Trivia shuts down after acquisition falls through
founders could have made money if they accepted that it was a fad.
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