InvisibleCities

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by InvisibleCities 7y ago
You say that as if you think we will have a choice in that matter. A centrally planned economy is the kind of numerical optimization problem that computers are far better at solving than humans are. Eventually, some country will implement a
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by InvisibleCities 7y ago
I am with you. I cannot for the life of me imagine who would want this machine. Companies that mass produce frozen pizzas have industrial processes that would put this gizmo to shame in terms of consistency and output volume. For restaurant
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by InvisibleCities 7y ago
This was definitely true during the Blairite New Labor days, but it's extraordinarily disingenuous to claim that Corbyn doesn't understand the needs of working Britons.
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by InvisibleCities 7y ago
I can’t really speak for NYC or LA, since I have never lived in either one for any appreciable amount of time, but in Chicago, it’s because of vastly unequal access to public transportation. Housing demand is skyrocketing in neighborhoods n
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by InvisibleCities 7y ago
>I genuinely don't understand your point. "Nanny state" and "welfare state" are synonymous, at least in the U.S. The term "nanny state" typically refers to legislation that aims to protect people from t
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The Adults In The Room(theconcourse.deadspin.com)
13 points by InvisibleCities 7y ago|0 comments
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by InvisibleCities 7y ago
But that doesn't really answer the question being asked. If the cryptocurrency is completely controlled by a centralized authority who has absolute rights over the system, why bother with the technical and cognitive hurdles of using a
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by InvisibleCities 7y ago
Who is "we" in this scenario? Changes to antitrust legislation was largely foisted upon the public by financial oligarchs that used the new rules to cement their own wealth and power, and unfortunately for my great-grandchildren,
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by InvisibleCities 7y ago
Universities in the US are no longer institutions of higher learning; they are hedge funds with affiliated football and basketball teams. Because of this, universities have decided to drastically cut costs by replacing tenure-track position
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by InvisibleCities 8y ago
I grew up in the suburbs, and starting at age 9 or so, my friends and I would frequently ride our bikes to each other's houses when we wanted to hang out, weather permitting. Often a group of 4-8 of us would wind up just generally ridi
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by InvisibleCities 8y ago
Reinsurance funds typically market themselves as a source of alpha for large institutional investors. The reinsurance company sells bonds that promise a relatively high rate of return, with the caveat that in the event that the fund needs t
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by InvisibleCities 8y ago
I think that B is going to be very difficult, if not impossible, for Uber/Lyft to overcome. The act of driving is the core business operation for ride-sharing companies; it’s the fundamental means by which they create value. I can’t se
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Self-Driving Uber Strikes and Kills a Pedestrian(washingtonpost.com)
2 points by InvisibleCities 9y ago|2 comments
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by InvisibleCities 9y ago
Is that really the reason? If you are heading west because you want to farm, wouldn't it be better to leave in winter and arrive in time for planting season than leave in summer and wait 9 months to plant?
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by InvisibleCities 9y ago
>This is why emergency exit doors must open outwards. People have died in fires in theaters trying to push on doors that said “Pull”. The crash bar on an emergency exit door is what’s known in design as an affordance. Is this true? I alw
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by InvisibleCities 9y ago
Not to mention that I would like to avoid getting second degree burns on my temples every time my glasses recognize my Uncle Ron.
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by InvisibleCities 9y ago
Trust me, if you don't like the idea of your entire livelihood hinging on weather or not a piece of equipment boots up, farming is NOT the career for you.
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by InvisibleCities 9y ago
Why is this better than using a fiber optic cable? I guess light travels slightly faster through the air compared to either glass or plastic (the two typical optical media used for cables) which would reduce the transmission time, but I can
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by InvisibleCities 9y ago
Wouldn't that just make the overall tax burden worse? You'd have to pay corporate taxes on the farm profits, then pay income taxes on the salary.
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by InvisibleCities 9y ago
I would imagine that most companies that are in the market for this have already decided to trust Amazon with most, if not all, of their most sensitive applications and data.
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by InvisibleCities 9y ago
Hmmmm. I don't know if I buy that. If the pattern is not cryptographically secure, then you're still vulnerable to man in the middle, and if it is cryptographically secure, wouldn't you get roughly the same security by just d
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by InvisibleCities 9y ago
Maybe I am missing something, but wouldn't this be vulnerable to a man in the middle attack?
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by InvisibleCities 10y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust
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by InvisibleCities 10y ago
I would imagine that it is about as useful to talk about "Depression" as it is to talk about "Cancer". There are so many forms, expressions, and causes of depression, requiring wildly different approaches to treatment, t
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by InvisibleCities 10y ago
> The gist behind this case is that the Judge's son owns patent law firm in East Texas where they often represent both sides. Isn't this a blatant conflict of interest? If this isn't grounds for disbarment, what is?
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by InvisibleCities 11y ago
Can a moderator add "Golang Web Framework" or something to the title of this article? I would imagine that most readers would assume this is about a new version of the Amazon Echo, and the current title seems almost engineered to
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by InvisibleCities 11y ago
I found this comment to be much better, and more interesting, than the original article: >The other side of the third possibility is that LDL and HDL levels are indicators of some underlying process, and not causative at all. So CETP inh
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by InvisibleCities 11y ago
Nowhere did i say, "Dropbox should be the same size as 37 Signals." I merely suggested that they would have been better off trying to be the right size for their revenue profile (which is probably larger than 37 Signals, but certa
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by InvisibleCities 11y ago
That's a great question, and one I won't pretend to have the answer to. On one hand, Basecamp has carved out a very profitable niche for themselves despite venture-backed competition from Jira and others, so it's certainly po
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by InvisibleCities 11y ago
Dropbox has the same problem a lot of the moderately successful unicorns have; it's a good product managed by smart people that would be much better off as a right-sized stable lifestyle business a la 37 Signals / Basecamp than as

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