pcprincipal's comments

Really pumped to see someone is working on this - going to be a massive problem that no major government appears to be gauging the seriousness of right now.

Tim Urban of Wait But Why has a really good blog post that is an awesome overview of this issue:

https://waitbutwhy.com/2015/08/how-and-why-spacex-will-colon...

Go to the Space Debris blue boxer specifically.

Biggest tech holdings:

- TSLA - same reasons mentioned below - NVDA - GPUs could eventually replace CPUs, machine learning / autonomous vehicles, data storage, great core business (gaming) - AMD - similar reasons to NVDA, Epyc is making waves and taking market share from INTC - AMZN - $1 of every $2 on the internet is spent here, AWS alone is probably a $100 BN+ business, they have their hands in every imaginable cookie jar - GOOGL - diversified play on ML, internet of things and more, search business is cash cow

Surprised at the index fund answers here. If you had invested in FAANG (Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Google) stocks last 5 years, would have made a killing, and for people who regularly post on HN, all of these companies are regularly mentioned / cited as examples of superior engineering.

Anyone watch the game last night? The Cavs attempted 45 three pointers (http://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=400954513). For reference, the most 3s ever attempted in an NBA game is 61 (http://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/let-it-fly-rockets-set-nba...). Both were set this season. We are living in an absolutely insane time for basketball. Expect both records will be eclipsed next year.

"Cheap" is extremely misleading here. The gig economy has known data points where it has worked extremely well for a large number of people working within the rules defined by the companies who created these services. I heavily recommend Brad Stone's The Upstarts[1] as proof of this idea. There are Uber drivers and Airbnb hosts who did all types of incredible things because of the freedom that was a direct consequence of the gig economy. Sure, Uber Eats may be a raw deal, but let's not castigate a huge sweeping idea that has changed the face of humankind probably for the better.

[1]https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HZFB3X0/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?...

Any time you're generating percentage data that should sum to 100, not appreciating floating point math will burn you.

For those interested, the largest remainder method (https://gist.github.com/hijonathan/e597addcc327c9bd017c) is useful for dealing with this.

This is an absolutely terrific podcast. Two other great ones from the Changelog guys:

- Andrew Godwin on Django / Django Channels / Python - https://changelog.com/podcast/229

- Eli Bixby on Tensorflow / Deep Learning -https://changelog.com/podcast/219

Would love to hear other podcasts people enjoy.

We all would've been robbed of the best RoR book of all time had your timing been right...

So it's perfectly kosher to list big-time "investors" when your company gives them free equity? I was always under the impression that MLB, NFL, etc. voluntarily ponied up to invest in DraftKings.