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by Vraxx 11y ago
If I'm reading you right, that's kind of exactly what Garmin's action camera Virb does. I got one for my dad to use mountain biking and it syncs up the video with the gps location, the speed he's traveling, etc. Those
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by Vraxx 11y ago
I was thinking the exact same thing. To expand, if retailers get upset and try to work against this in any effective manner, doesn't that just put them out of business? It's like basing a business off another company's api
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by Vraxx 11y ago
Actually you can in blackjack, it just involves playing outside the individual game of blackjack and employing card counting techniques across multiple tables. Although, at that point, I can understand if you distinguished between playing
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by Vraxx 11y ago
That's all good in theory, but then what do we do when we have people suffering because they spent all their resources on this ridiculous "game"? I'll tell you right now the answer won't end up being "let them
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by Vraxx 11y ago
It may even out from an expected value for the purchaser point of view, but the profits keep climbing for Powerball the more people that hop on the bandwagon.
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by Vraxx 11y ago
And funny enough this doesn't guarantee that you'll even hit the jackpot in that total. Man the lottery can be fun! (to be clear I'm not implying that you said that total will guarantee a jackpot win)
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by Vraxx 11y ago
If I had to guess it's probably because the conversational interface is designed to be less intimidating than a barrage of data.
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by Vraxx 11y ago
Wow, this news was crushing. I was on the fence about getting ynab for a couple of months now and I was going to get it sometime this week. Coincidentally the trial of ynab made me detest subscription models more than I already did and th
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by Vraxx 11y ago
Fair point, but a small glass of soda isn't exactly the typical serving size. Go to any gas station and that small glass of soda option got turned into 3 or 4 as your default option. As for the claim of drinking as much as you want a
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by Vraxx 11y ago
It's not though. As a kid I had a habit of trying to get out of putting my seat belt on. It was uncomfortable and I didn't understand at the time why I needed to be uncomfortable when I could stretch across the back seat without
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by Vraxx 11y ago
..but let's not overlook the fact that standardized tests aren't exactly stellar at determining "intelligence". I've had tests that allowed all manners of resources to be used during the test and it was still a dif
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by Vraxx 11y ago
Seriously.. They tried to complicate it by bringing expected value, which isn't terribly complicated even still, but the whole strategy can be summed up with the following. Do you like any of the gifts here more than than the "av
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by Vraxx 11y ago
Thanks for that info. It's also good to know that my BS detector is still in working order.
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by Vraxx 11y ago
Source on that? I'd want to see some pretty convincing evidence before I'd even consider doing that. For starters you'll be paying interest by doing that, which I guess is a "good" quality from the lender's p
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by Vraxx 11y ago
Yeah, I guess "fruitless nightmare" more aptly describes my feelings for the idea of micromanaging my phone behaviors. Either way, I think this kind of data extrapolation is a lot more likely to get people who don't normally
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by Vraxx 11y ago
Honestly I had the exact same problem. The solution for me was still pretty simple though, I just changed how often I would examine/categorize the information. I had much better recall of what transactions I have approved over the pa
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by Vraxx 11y ago
Honestly this is the type of thing that motivates me to care about privacy. Arguing against "Why should I care if I don't do anything wrong" never seems like it has an impact on either side of the argument, but this type of
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by Vraxx 11y ago
Sounds like the hardest part would be making sure it isn't a fire hazard. That being said I don't like my feet being warm while I sleep, so this project misses for me by being a sock. So close.
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Watch: Steam Controller Built by Aperture Robots in Valve's Factory(news.softpedia.com)
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by Vraxx 11y ago
Counter anecdote to your calculator anecdote. I grew up using calculators all through school and excelled in knowing math. Using a calculator did not inhibit my ability to question the result of the calculator whatsoever. I don't th
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by Vraxx 11y ago
Ah okay, I figured that since the rest of your argument seemed reasonable, but I wanted to verify since it struck me as odd. As for your actual meaning, that is definitely a weird yet amusing trend. I haven't really heard much of eith
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by Vraxx 11y ago
> It's funny how often it's brought up even before marriage. What do you mean by this? Do you mean that the topic of children should not be brought up before marriage between two people in a relationship? Or do you mean that
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by Vraxx 11y ago
Or sometimes it wasn't a choice at all (/s), or rather the choice was disguised as the choice of whether or not to have safe sex when they weren't thinking of having children.
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Quantum computers a step closer to reality after silicon coding breakthrough(theguardian.com)
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by Vraxx 11y ago
Hm.. Well that seems to be a shame.. This follows a weird trend of non-profits monetizing their brand-symbol of endorsement or support. Reading about this reminds me of another non profit that I dislike a decent amount, the Susan G Komen
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by Vraxx 11y ago
Well, I think for one is the support of his parents. I don't think "advantages" necessarily have to be monetary ones. Certainly in this case his advantages included his parents and the opportunities that OCW provided. This
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by Vraxx 11y ago
Could you please provide some sources for this claim? If this is legitimately true, I would like to know this, but a random statement on the internet leaves me rather skeptical.
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by Vraxx 11y ago
Ok, let me make this a little bit more clear then. Taken straight from wikipedia we have the definition of a straw man argument. A straw man is a common form of argument and is an informal fallacy based on giving the impression of refuting
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by Vraxx 11y ago
I wasn't addressing what should be done now, I was only correcting your straw man argument that you used to attack the parent poster.
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by Vraxx 11y ago
No, I think he meant other Muslims that aren't/weren't involved with ISIS. Remember, ISIS is still a radical minority, and there are Muslims who don't support ISIS.

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