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sfe22··on GitHub Sponsors will stop supporting PayPal
Except it doesn’t, otherwise people would be already using it. Everyone knows about crypto, its not like it needs marketing.
sfe22··on Goldman Sachs lost $1.2B in 2022 mostly because of Apple Card
Shouldn't most of them be free from apple. This makes no sense to me.
sfe22··on Tim Cook to take 50% pay hit after shareholder feedback
Yeah, that is why I don’t think he gave this adjustment a second thought.
sfe22··on Ask HN: Plans for Weathering the Tech Recession?
You mean companies can create cartels and raise prices together? Yes, that can happen, but firstly, that is not inflation (no increase in money supply happened), and secondly most non-government cartels are not very stable. They leave opportunities for competition to take their business.
sfe22··on Ask HN: Plans for Weathering the Tech Recession?
I would say that energy and rent are not very correlated, so if both are increasing rapidly at the same time, it is probably because of inflation.

And which one of my statements is not true? Definition of inflation or that scarcity of a product will cause that product to become more expensive?

sfe22··on Ask HN: Plans for Weathering the Tech Recession?
You can look up the old definition of inflation (since recently they have changed it to be more confusing), which comes from the word inflate. Refers to inflating the money supply. Printing money is inflating the money supply.

Scarcity of goods or services a will cause those respective prices to go up, but not broad price increases, which is often the cause of inflation.

sfe22··on Ask HN: Plans for Weathering the Tech Recession?
People don’t like hearing the obvious. Also one correction, governments printing money IS inflation. They inflate the money supply. Banks can also create additional inflation, but that power is granted by governments usually.

Usually when significant inflation is created prices go up across the board (what we are seeing now) or prices stay relatively still, when they would have normally gone down due to more efficient production (2010s).

sfe22··on Devirtualizing nike.com's bot protection
EFF don’t say they know who you are, rather how unique your device appears. This is a problem because if you appear very unique, only if one site knows your identity, everyone can potentially know it.
sfe22··on NYC officials say they can't find EV garbage trucks powerful enough to plow snow
If it were such an easy problem, why don't you fix it? Can become rich as well.
sfe22··on Ok, Cloudflare I am leaving
at about 10c per gigabyte though?
sfe22··on React Native is not the future
Apple google don't “steal” from devs. Devs are a business and if they are worth their salt they account for business expenses in their pricing. If anything Google and apple “steal” from their OS customers. This is the same as saying government steal from corporations, while technically true they in reality steal from citizens as businesses account for their government expenses in their pricing.
sfe22··on Whatever happened to SHA-256 support in Git
Why not add a check to see if the new hash is a collision? With an index I don’t think it would ever be a bottleneck.
sfe22··on Exxon sues EU in move to block new windfall tax on oil companies
No please don’t sin tax kale. Cant have a government profit when its subject consume kale. Think of the incentives this creates.
sfe22··on EU adopts global minimum 15% tax on big business
What if France has complex rules and extra regulations that bring the profit from the country to just 1 percent, compared to ~10% on global operations. With your logic you will tax the subsidiary way more than 100%.
sfe22··on Solar furnace to melt steel at 2000°C for Swiss recycler
Thanks, that is awesome.
sfe22··on Solar furnace to melt steel at 2000°C for Swiss recycler
I always wondered why not use a system like this to heat water and use turbine to generate electricity. Shouldn’t this get much higher output efficiency compared to pv panels.
sfe22··on Ask HN: Why doesn't archive.today get shut down?
I see this as more of a suggestion to providers, not a rule to limit freedoms.
sfe22··on DoorDash lays off 1250 employees
Exactly, the best thing to do right now is hold on to your job. It is unclear when the economy will recover and you may be able to find a better job.
sfe22··on UK high street banks are quarantining from crypto
Not a crypto fan but I think you should be allowed to give your money to any scammer of your choice.
sfe22··on European countries begin taking down public company registers after ruling
Was was democracy a thing in the past?
sfe22··on California greenlights jaywalking. It’s a step in the right direction
Is it worth the risk to give a fake name?
sfe22··on Apple is becoming an ad company despite privacy claims
And why would government fix it if ads are propaganda tool? Shouldn’t it start using it to advance its interest and fix bigger issues?
sfe22··on Apple went from surely-about-to-collapse to most valuable companies ever
Would you buy the same phone that you are using if it was 2x the price? I think you can use the same logic here.
sfe22··on Apple went from surely-about-to-collapse to most valuable companies ever
No, why would you think Apple is that stupid. They hire 6000 employees because apparently people of Ireland are efficient, just like their government for corporations. They work for lower prices than alternatives so Apple likes them more.
sfe22··on Apple went from surely-about-to-collapse to most valuable companies ever
Also this all smells cartel behavior, except on global scale. Should we also demand the cheaper phone manufacturers increase their prices to match apple’s. Some countries are more efficient other more bloated.
sfe22··on Mercedes locks faster acceleration behind a $1,200 annual paywall
Going outside or even climbing my stairs is possibly dangerous, so you mean the government should get a cut of everything? Oh wait…
sfe22··on How long would society last during a total grid collapse?
They are the current rulers and they have ruled it be this way.
sfe22··on Digging 10 miles underground could yield enough geothermal energy to power Earth
Earth is way too big to have any significant impact even if we harnessed for millions of years, which we will likely not need.
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Take the chance to offer an alternative to the poll?
sfe22··on Air Force, FBI raid homes in probe of Area 51 website
Thanks for being understanding. Now like I also mentioned below, there is no true contract in reality. Since you need to have leverage to get your reward. The people don’t have much power in this de-facto contract that you mentioned, thus demanding things from the entity that has all the power sounds childish to me.
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