Invictus0

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by Invictus0 9y ago
The problem with these new giants is that people really want them around. People don't care so much that their neighbors are going out of business; they just want their crap cheap and as soon as possible. The current legislative enviro
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by Invictus0 9y ago
> Yet, Storr wisely does not advise redress. He ends on a simple note, with a suggestion that people are, in essence, good. Sounds interesting but I'd hate to get all the way to the end only to have this be the ending.
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by Invictus0 9y ago
China stands to be completely screwed over by another NK-USA war, and I find it hard to believe that they haven't even considered the possibility of this happening. Rushing to the chess table to negotiate a draw after the game's a
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Calling all mathematicians: my experience doing math at a hackathon(medium.com)
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by Invictus0 9y ago
The push towards electric cars is an ostensible step in the right direction from an environmental standpoint, but most commentators fail to consider the massive quantities of hazardous toxic waste produced as a byproduct of neodymium mining
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by Invictus0 9y ago
Wow, that's incredible. Even more surprising is that the media company didn't write a story about this.
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It has always appeared to me that VR was like 3D++, a fad inspired by futurists that would never be economically viable or practical. 360 video is a nice novelty but I don't think anyone ever thought that it would be preferable to have
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by Invictus0 9y ago
> When multi-billion dollar companies are gaining government sanctioned exclusivity to something through a patent, something seems off. So, in your world, why would a medical research lab spend billions researching and developing new dru
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by Invictus0 9y ago
First to market advantage isn't especially important in this area: the price of gas is low and all estimates forecast it will remain that way for many years to come, while the price of an electric car still far exceeds the cost of the
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The inability for even well-known universities to hold accountable their own is well-documented and discipline-independent. Whether pertaining to sports, sexual assault, or plagiarism, universities muster an incredible institutional inertia
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Given that Tesla opened up all its patents to the public, it's safe to say that they are at least on a level playing field in terms of tech.
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It is one thing to debated the veracity of a view, it is another to declare that that view should not be debated. For every point there is a counterpoint; every argument a counterargument. Arguing that the reasoning is flawed is not suffici
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by Invictus0 9y ago
Do you employ people with criminal records? As an employer, I want to hire the best people so my company can be successful. Why would I hire anyone from your site when there are plenty of other candidates elsewhere? Do you think people will
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by Invictus0 9y ago
You don't even necessarily need a large number of logic gates; with just one NAND gate you can build a (extremely slow) Turing machine.
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by Invictus0 9y ago
I couldn't imagine a more futile investment. Reddit users are notoriously combatant. Ads on reddit have extraordinarily low CTRs. After bumbling around for the last ten years, reddit still doesn't know dollars from doge and is bur
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by Invictus0 9y ago
You shouldn't need to be told that, as a HackerNews reader, you aren't representative of the population. Consider how many people still don't even understand how to use credit cards properly, and then ask yourself how many of
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by Invictus0 9y ago
> ...causing property values to rise in the "less expensive area" to match those in the urban center minus the cost of transport. This is a valid concern made invalid by the speed of the Hyperloop. If we estimate very conservat
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But you're the one that chose the partners: maybe that's your weakness. Regardless, your personal anecdote is not a good metric to evaluate solo foundership.
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The article didn't mention how Iliopoulos came to acquire his wealth in the first place. I did a few cursory Google searches but couldn't find much about him. This is truly a remarkable story.