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by AS37 5y ago
This is a promotional piece for a new book that comes out May 17th ( https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08R2KNYVX ) One of the authors is known for being a YCombinator partner. The other is known for responding to e
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by AS37 5y ago
> though the plane does not look like a Russian one A-10 "Warthog", only flown by the USA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunde...
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by AS37 5y ago
Bet sizing, maybe? It's certainly destroyed some big funds. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_O._Thorp#Bibliography
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by AS37 5y ago
IIRC they eventually figured out to soak the sponges in soured wine (a.k.a. vinegar) as an antiseptic. Which may add some depth to this passage: > About three in the afternoon [while being crucified] Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli
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Ask HN: What book would you want for Christmas if you hadn't already read it?
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by AS37 5y ago
Yeah, OP is basically the perfect candidate for WGU. With transfer credits and work knowledge they could probably get a bachelors in a year and go on to OMSCS.
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by AS37 5y ago
Joke aside, harm is well-defined and distinct from hurt. That "torture" will hurt, but should not harm.
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by AS37 5y ago
A defense lawyer gave an example - if you have red pixels and blue pixels, would the added pixels between be purple, a color not present in the original image? The answer is: bicubic, yes; bilinear: yes; nearest neighbor, no.
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by AS37 5y ago
> The intellectual left loves to pump out articles and books trying to explain right-wing thought: ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Righteous_Mind > Every time liberals lose elections, there is hand-wringing
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by AS37 5y ago
There are still parameters here. On {day/week/month} n, determine which {n} product(s) of {product brand}'s {product type} of {underlying asset type} gave the {highest/lowest/some of each} return. At n + {a number}
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by AS37 5y ago
Overfitting, even on a 20 year dataset.
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by AS37 6y ago
> The main problem as EV manufacturers look to shave weight the batteries are going to become more integrated into the car's structure For those looking for a source, here's Elon Musk saying exactly that to Sandy Munro. https:
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by AS37 6y ago
> At the very least they are paid very very well... to state only the information consistent with what the person paying them wanted to them to say Anecdotally, if you replace 'paid' with 'incentivized' my understandi
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by AS37 6y ago
Interestingly there's an area of psychology called Naturalistic Decision Making which studies how experts make decisions that they can't explain. (Example: a firefighter may be able to pinpoint where a fire is before they enter
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by AS37 6y ago
I'd like to encourage you, 5 minutes after you learn about someone's existence, not to wish for their death, execution, imprisonment, and /or disenfranchisement. The real world is too complicated to judge correctly in that
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by AS37 6y ago
> a forensic pathologist was giving fake prosecution evidence The doctor handled thousands of cases in his career, and a well-funded inquiry found issues with less than 1% of them. Sure we'd like that to be 0%, and society should sp
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by AS37 6y ago
Seems similar to RentAFriend, founded 2009. https://rentafriend.com/
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by AS37 6y ago
There are private MRI businesses, but not many. When a friend of mine had some hard to diagnose brain malfunction his family drove to NY to get one.
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by AS37 6y ago
Alchemy - Rory Sutherland. Written by an advertising executive, it's filled with little gems, especially about signaling. Honorable mention to The Elements of Eloquence - Mark Forsyth, which is a delightfully light read about the patte
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by AS37 6y ago
How can you tell?