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by T_S_ 16y ago
Competition doesn't matter, if your competitor... ...has a flawed vision. Then it is just market validation. ...has entrenched interests inside the company. Then it is subject to the innovator's dilemma. The bigger the company, the more lik
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Haskell for the Cloud(research.microsoft.com)
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I have a degree in Machine Learning. Recently I started working on a smartphone app involving CV. I am working closely with CV researcher. And guess what? They use vectors, linear algebra, probability and classifiers too! They just go to di
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by T_S_ 16y ago
We have a real dilemma... If we spread enough plutonium dust around, it will make original sin look like a walk in the park. (Which it was I believe :-) On the other hand, if we spew enough CO2 there might not be any sinners left in 50 gene
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Yep. It's good too. Consider it more of an alternative to Hutton than Real World Haskell.
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This is a great list if you want to do a deep dive into the area of FP. If you just want to learn some Haskell, and also want to use a book, I recommend a combination of two. Check out Real World Haskell in print of free on the web. It dea
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by T_S_ 16y ago
The ML class has become popular and has been split into different streams. You might try the intro class. Plenty of direction is supplied in that class.
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by T_S_ 16y ago
When people ask me what Hacker Dojo is all about, I tell them "Ever heard of a think tank?. The Dojo is a do tank."
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by T_S_ 16y ago
Good point. I never heard of anyone reading a patent to learn how to do or build something.
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When you grant people the right to seek and maintain monopolies, is it any wonder that some do so? Smart people will always find a way to exploit a weak system. We can point at the exploiters and cry foul or we can thank them for spotting t
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by T_S_ 16y ago
I find it interesting how many companies I am in a bad relationship with. We never break up, it's just loveless or worse. Sometimes, it's simply too difficult to avoid using some companies. I wouldn't pick American, but I would pick United,
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by T_S_ 16y ago
The author suggests we will have mechanisms that allow us to "own" data from smart meters. Never mind that the electric companies will think that they own the data. The reality is ownership is a concept that really only works for scarce thi
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by T_S_ 16y ago
That is a big, rambling presentation with a lot of interesting topics in it. Despite the title, I think Sedgewick is really making a case for putting more mathematics into Computer Science. I think this is an important long-term trend. Last
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by T_S_ 16y ago
In Haskell I frequently find myself searching libraries for functions (algorithms) based on the input and output type. The list is often short. Also there is some literature on deriving algorithms simply by specifying such types. If we had
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by T_S_ 16y ago
"overwhelmingly this is just pointless copy-and-paste of identical source code in blatant disregard of Occam's three-quarters-millennia-old advice." So isn't this analogous to asking why there are so many implementations of the quadratic
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by T_S_ 16y ago
Put some teeth into karma. Make more karma mean bigger upvotes and downvotes, say 1 extra point for every 500 points of karma. It doesn't have to be linked to when a person joined. It's elitist like a journal or university, but at least any
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by T_S_ 16y ago
The carrots assume the government knows which activities to undertake. A tax allows individuals to figure out what's best.
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by T_S_ 16y ago
Hacking the economy... + Carbon Tax - Sales Tax commit -m"Deter consumption in proportion to its harm."
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Find the Taxes That Do Double Duty(nytimes.com)
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Reinvention of the Book Review(scribblyjane.wordpress.com)
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by T_S_ 16y ago
Externalities are one form. They are the source of imperfections in markets for scarce resources. Informational asymmetries are another source of imperfection. I don't think taxes and subsidies can help remedy them. Regulation that promotes
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by T_S_ 16y ago
The price system is the best thing about capitalism, and it is a great thing, but only when it includes taxes to account for externalities. The concentration of capital is merely a historical accident or a symptom of parasitism, depending o
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by T_S_ 16y ago
Perfect for celebs. Know any?
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Great idea.
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I sympathize, but if too many people are doing too much multitasking it would be a good idea to have the interested parties continue alone. Sometimes I see people claiming their seat at the table without contributing as a new mode of passiv
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by T_S_ 16y ago
I've heard of reverse mergers, where people acquire a "used" company and transfer business assets into it. Not sure where to send you though.
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by T_S_ 16y ago
Tough business, punditry. You have to be right enough to get people's attention and wrong enough to make it interesting.
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by T_S_ 16y ago
Forking. Sacrament, not a sin. But don't tell that to the prophets.
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by T_S_ 16y ago
Great article. A good example of this flaw at work is energy policy. Too much activity centered on activity to make people feel like something is happening. Not enough on tax policy that would incent people to innovate on their own. Politic
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You can't use Google to prove anything. You are not privy to their evaluation of success and failure. But don't feel bad, very few are.

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