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by _xander 11y ago
Michael Wolf comes to mind; a photographer that started down the same line of skyscraper photography but ended up with his own vision [1] through gradual innovation. [1] http://photomichaelwolf.com/#night/11
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by _xander 11y ago
I’d strongly recommend Bostrom’s book ‘Superintelligence’ for a good overview of the problem-space. My favourite high-level solution to the virtuous AI problem is Yudkowsky’s ‘Friendly AI’ approach[1]. The best part of this strategy is ‘Coh
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A Better Plan for Yahoo Shareholders [pdf](regmedia.co.uk)
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by _xander 11y ago
Not to mention that Nvidia Gamesworks games deliberately doesn’t play nice with AMD cards. Out the box, Fallout 4 does not run nearly as fast on AMD cards due to trivial graphics effects. Nvidia basically bribes companies to make games run
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by _xander 11y ago
This is a neat project. How much did you sell the company for and how much money were you making prior to the sale? I recognise that both those questions could be invasive. A ballpark-figure is fine and I won't be offended if you decid
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by _xander 11y ago
Superintelligence - Nick Bostrom Infinite Jest - David Foster Wallace 100 Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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by _xander 11y ago
Q2: You can. Hiding the update that contains the nagware worked for me[1]. You should allow windows to install other updates (fixing bugs, security risks, ect.). Q3: The 31 day deadline is to free-up space once a user has settled down with
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by _xander 11y ago
I think this point connects quite nicely to Untog's comment [1] about why Uber succeeds where Homejoy did not. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10451531
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by _xander 11y ago
Especially because access to their site requires entering information about a recent job or interview. There's very little incentive to do this thoroughly or accurately.
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by _xander 11y ago
Cataclysmic outcome: linkedin is embedded on a porn site/page and starts feeding the names and professional profiles of visitors to the owner. These people are then contacted and blackmailed based on socio-economic status (e.g. targeti
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by _xander 11y ago
Considering linking to pay-walled content is forbidden on HN, I'd say 100%.
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by _xander 11y ago
From an environmental perspective, these kinds of economic incentives seem highly damaging. Not that I've got anything against you for exploiting them.
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by _xander 11y ago
This is a timely announcement following chatter about Tesla's cash flow problems[1][2]. [1] http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1846965/tesla... [2]Flagged HN thread from 3 days ago: htt
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by _xander 11y ago
This is partly because modern societies are struggling to figure out how to enjoy prosperity without growth[1] (some would depressingly argue that prosperity is the growth of consumption). [1] A big topic for sustainable development: htt
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by _xander 11y ago
From what I've seen of UK-based law firms, this is typical. A young law-hopeful will face insane competition to get the relevant work experience and eventually get on a vacation scheme (2% success rate) [1]. Here they will do 2-4 weeks
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by _xander 11y ago
Luckily, some philosophy doesn't compete with the formal sciences because it operates outside of their remit; e.g. moral philosophy, political philosophy and epistemology. It is here that some meaningful work can still be done without
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by _xander 11y ago
Someone posted a novel take on this problem 10 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9905847
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by _xander 11y ago
It sounds like you have experience of the firm. I'm interested in tech consulting and was planning on applying after graduation. Would you advise against this? Are there any firms in a similar line of work that you would recommend? (Th
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by _xander 11y ago
Yeah, I think achieving this - or even coming sufficiently close to achieving this - is impossible. Tracking discrimination is very difficult. A person is an incredibly complex array of both discriminatory and nondiscriminatory features. A
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by _xander 11y ago
I picked it up from here: http://www.strategyand.pwc.com/global/home/what-we-think/rep... It's still only one sort of business strategy. Not every hardware company is necessarily pursuing this line.
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by _xander 11y ago
I encountered a similar problem with my Lenovo U410. Vanilla windows drivers simply don't play ball with certain hardware features.
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by _xander 11y ago
Their perspective is that they're adding value through software (i.e. without spending more money on hardware). Not that I agree with this line of reasoning...
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by _xander 12y ago
Take a look at Qifang ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qifang ) which was the efforts of another LSE student to tackle the Chinese student loan market.
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by _xander 12y ago
Yup I’ve given it a look-over. Coincidentally, a friend is also applying to YCombinator later this year so I’m aware of the process. Let’s compare Seldon to the financing structure of Make School (see: https://www.makeschool.com&
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by _xander 12y ago
Nah, I wouldn't call myself a programmer. I'm just 'technically curious' and enjoy the conversation found on hn. I might try and find work in tech consulting or security later on. References can indeed be a bitch, althou
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by _xander 12y ago
Ah - I'm qualitative. Studying Government
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by _xander 12y ago
Woah, fancy bumping into an ex-student - on HN no less. Do you have any survival advice? Something you wish your younger self knew? Exam season is approaching...
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by _xander 12y ago
Wow, those 'top' statistics are quite depressing. Mainly films, celebrities, conspiracies, war, death and missing airplanes.
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by _xander 12y ago
That's a good idea but I think MagSafe is patent protected so it'd have to be 1st party.
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by _xander 12y ago
I'm pretty confused by the term 'luck' in these papers. Surely 'random mutation' is exactly how cancer propagates in all cases? Risk factors coexist with 'luck'. The chance of suffering a cancerous mutat

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