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> u.isAdult() Being adult is not a property of the user but of the jurisdiction that the user is in. In some places or some purposes it is 18 but it could be, e.g., 21 for other purposes. If you software is not going to just run on the
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> Sexual exploitation concerns > Promotion of homosexuality > Incentives for children through virtual currency The official also highlighted issues with “robux,” Roblox’s virtual currency. Reports indicated that bot accounts were d
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2y ago
> Not so much for their engineering prowess (though it is typically great) but for being the symbol of the products they create. They are mostly known for being rich. Very very rich. Way better engineers creating way better products are
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2y ago
> "Even though Superfest glasses were ubiquitous in every bar, canteen and household in the Soviet satellite state, few people had heard of Paul Bittner, Fritz Keuchel and Tilo Poitz, the design collective who gave them their shape.
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> Coubertin called this sport in the service of global harmony – nothing short of a new “religio athletae,” or “religion of athletics.” I think that he succeeded. I see many people celebrating their nations pride, but also human accompli
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> But the project’s hefty price tag—an estimated $312 million over 6 years—drew immediate concern from several members of Congress, who asked GAO to conduct a review just 2 months after the initiative was announced. Many AI and Crypto pr
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2y ago
If you look for optimal you are going to spend more time looking for that textbook than learning. The optimal solution is to find a good enough textbook and start as soon as possible to learn and tonstop procrastinating.
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2y ago
and it was not. No plane was flying with that software. It was booking services and similar needs. Planes could fly just fine, it was impossible to book people, thou. My guess is that it's similar in this case. (Site is down)
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2y ago
> There is a recurring need in the software world for teams to convert a codebase from one language to another. Sounds more like a sales pitch than a reality. I have seen many times developers excited to port code from one language to an
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> It really depends whether it's "easier" for the network to learn an intuitive physics, versus a laundry list of superficial hacks that let it minimise loss all the same. Human innate understanding of physics is a laundry
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2y ago
Efficiency goes against resilience. Can you imagine having just one road connecting two big cities to cut costs? No alternative roads, nor big nor small. That will be really cheap to maintain, and you can charge as much as you want in tolls
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2y ago
I see that I am the only one bothered by the title. Optimizing for X is a very common expression, so I read it as "optimizing for loops" as is adding more loops instead of the correct "optimizing for-loops". Or am I the
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2y ago
I see the current gold rush of AI the same way I saw crypto-currencies. Even if originally there were people that believed in the concept it became just a snake-oil sellers business. The parallelism is made even more relevant by its hungry
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> this remains the best way to insert the character The best way is to use a Spanish-layout keyboard. Otherwise, Alt is a useful hack.
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Targeted ads is such a dystopian idea that it should have never been implemented. "We can show more relevant ads, things that you are interested on" has transformed in "we know your most deep insecurities and weakness and we
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> The more regulated stuff, They have been regulated for a reason. Without regulation they will also do all kind of stuff. (They still do a lot of really harmful stuff, but not as much as they could otherwise)
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Companies are not natural environments. There is an obvious established hierarchy that is not decided by the group but imposed from the outside. > Does the person target people who are less powerful? I have seen too many times a big-boss
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"charity spent millions to raise thousands" is a very usual way of tax evasion. The charity owner has parties with friends and family as guests. This is taxes as "charitable work". Can this be improved? Yes, this was goi
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> Picture a world where you can walk around New York City and everything you need is falling out of windows onto you. A funny way of criticizing something. Great commentary.
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> There’s no indication that the practice was company policy, encouraged, or even tolerated by the management. The headline is clickbait. The CEO just needs to do nothing for this to happen. I have attended many "anti-bulling"
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You can still rent an apartment for months. It is going to be probably cheaper and as a tenant you will have legal protections that AirBnB users do not have. > How will they limit temporal renting Like any other illegal activity. My best