Hokusai

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by Hokusai 6y ago
> We should see phones replace credit card entry even for transactions started on desktops. The two banks I use already have this, as many other banks. I already have to trust my bank, they literally have my money. I pay my taxes and sig
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by Hokusai 6y ago
> I'm thinking of the dodgier companies. Right now I have little to worry about when I leave my kid playing a game, all the payment need to go through Apple or at least the offending app will not stay up for too long. Nothing stops
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by Hokusai 6y ago
> While splitting the world into those who are “saints” versus those who are “pure evil” may protect oneself from pain and damage to their self-image, it ultimately stunts growth and development and ignores the ability to see the self an
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by Hokusai 6y ago
> my concern is that this would lead to a world where only the rich can have homes that give true ownership and everyone else is stuck in multi-family homes. I love to live in a city. I love to have access to museums, gardens, universiti
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by Hokusai 6y ago
> TSMC is very concerned about the talent outflow This is one of the key reasons you need to give the right incentives and compensations to your employees. I have seen too many tech companies failing at employee retention. The loss of ta
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by Hokusai 6y ago
I have been spending some time on the Virtual Reality version of Google Earth, and it is amazing to see the world in 3D from inside. Here there is a video on how Google creates the 3D for Google Earth: https://www.youtube.com&#x2
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by Hokusai 6y ago
> E.g. economies of scale are almost always more energy / environmentally friendly (efficient). This is just an argument for communism, and that does not work so well. Planning all the economy in a centralized way, private or publi
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by Hokusai 6y ago
> In this scintillating book, Nadine Akkerman demonstrates that women were unlikely to be suspected as intelligencers and, if unmasked, were usually treated more leniently than men. This reminds me a passage from "Homage to Cataloni
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by Hokusai 6y ago
> The conventional bombings on Tokyo killed more people than any atomic bomb. Tokyo had at the time a population of 1.1 million and 90,000 to 100,000 dead on the bombing of March 10th 1945. Hiroshima had at the time a population of 255,0
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by Hokusai 6y ago
I see how hard we are still trying to rationalize such a despicable act as the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. "We choose not to destroy cultural value" seems a compassion argument until one realizes that the atomic bomb murder
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by Hokusai 6y ago
> and maybe actually more the non-horrific but relentless robotic support for the war (or obedience towards the emperor, government, etc) among the people That is a lot of words to say "civilians trying to survive during a war"
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by Hokusai 6y ago
> So why do astronomy graduate students not know what color the Sun is? Without any proof, I will offer a guess: Because it is the wrong question! If you ask "What is the wavelengths of the light than the sun emits?", you are s
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by Hokusai 6y ago
> Suppose Margrethe Vestager called and said TikTok, you are banned unless you let a "very european" company Wouldn't do this make sense for Facebook? I would like to see a European company owning the European side of Face
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by Hokusai 6y ago
> Generally, attractive people are perceived as more intelligent, more socially skilled, more appealing personalities, more moral , more altruistic, more likely to succeed, more hirable as managers, and more competent. I am always a
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by Hokusai 6y ago
> 500 ground positions, 300 cabin crew positions and 300 cockpit positions and approximately 400 positions at KLM subsidiaries and Air France-KLM group functions Non-skilled employees are for a tough ride as a crisis is when most people
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by Hokusai 6y ago
> There's easily a multi-billion dollar opportunity If I was able to build such a software that has potential on stealing Autodesk software. And Autodesk showed at my door with $50,000,000 in cash. I would sell it so fast that I wou
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by Hokusai 6y ago
"This might be hard to believe, but I'm just a regular Joe. I just want to be happy. And happiness comes from the achievement of goals. It's just that when you've made your first billion by the age of 19, it's hard
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by Hokusai 6y ago
Gently reminder that Amazon uses to astroturf social sites. If this post sees a unfair amount of pro-Amazon statements is possible that is part of Amazon's PR strategy. - "Amazon workers are being paid to defend the company on Twi
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by Hokusai 6y ago
> Policing this is expensive, which is why it almost only happens under regulatory pressure. I completely agree. Before GDPR, many companies did not knew who was accessing the data, what was the reason to store it and if there was any v
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by Hokusai 6y ago
> Apple does not keep the 30% commission on a refund That makes sense. I worked for a big mobile games company and refunds happened all the time. It was a classic that people will buy in-game items and ask, int our case, Facebook for a r
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by Hokusai 6y ago
> You mean, pronoia? Yes. (psychology) A belief (sometimes regarded as irrational) that people conspire to do one good. [from 1981] Antonym: paranoia It is interesting how prevalent is "paranoia" in books and movies and how lit
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by Hokusai 6y ago
> I can almost guarantee it's to get you to click back into the store for re-engagement. Yes. I saw that while in China. I would get push notifications from Gmail and I was able to know what was the mail about without access to Gma
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by Hokusai 6y ago
> I can't believe people actually fall for them There is people with a high level of trust. They will believe almost anything. Sometimes they are in a vulnerable situation, sometimes it comes with age as cognitive function gets wor
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by Hokusai 6y ago
> adopt and supporting open interoperability standards Can you imagine not being able to send a UPS packet to a DHL address or not being able to call an AT&T phone from a Verizone one? And how long until I cannot send mails from my
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by Hokusai 6y ago
I could not stop thinking about this CGP Grey video: https://youtu.be/DIssymQvrbU?t=83 The last ancient slippy titan is being assault again by Gmail.
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by Hokusai 6y ago
You are tracked by more means that just cookies. Fingerprinting is not solved by clearing your cookies. The GDPR is not about cookies but about data retention and processing using cookies or not. Accepting to be tracked allows the website t
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by Hokusai 6y ago
There is many people that will change their business model once it's unlawful. Not everybody is willing to break the law. But, there is people that does not care for their customers nor the law. From safety food violations to illegal p
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by Hokusai 6y ago
Because it's not the only factor. Culture is an important factor but not the only one. Income is another factor. Richer people had access to better food and better medical advice that pressures then to eat healthier. Genetics are also
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by Hokusai 6y ago
> Obesity is largely a function of culture. It relates to sugary and fatty food availability. So, yes it's cultural and can be improved by improved the system. But, its root is the incapability of human beings on avoiding the '
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by Hokusai 6y ago
I have to disagree. I see the opposite problem. We think too highly of human intelligence, we should be more humble. Our most important source of intelligence is culture. We copy what we see others doing and that make us think that we are s

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