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by aiyodev 7y ago
Where is that committee of independent directors that the SEC required to control Elon Musk's communications? Is Tesla just ignoring the settlement?
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by aiyodev 7y ago
Dewey Defeats Truman hncynic 1 minute ago It's a shame that the results don't reflect the outcome of their entire campaign. This guy should be able to predict the outcome. It's the "only winning a race is worth it"
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by aiyodev 7y ago
Your mystery can be solved by reading to the third paragraph. > Cancer center officials have not named any of the five researchers. MD Anderson President Peter Pisters says all are “Asian”; Science has confirmed that three are ethnically
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by aiyodev 7y ago
Only the first few votes give any kind of information. If you’re waiting to vote, it doesn’t matter if you’re voting with the crowd or against it. Your vote is meaningless after the cascade has started.
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by aiyodev 7y ago
Plenty of sources out there on network theory and information cascades.
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by aiyodev 7y ago
First question: “Is this a nice-to-have or a must-have?” What? Are we taking about the idea, the company, the product? Who has it, the owner, the investor, the user? When you were writing these questions did you do the thing or have that th
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by aiyodev 7y ago
You have to calculate the cost/time. If you do, Apple products are a steal. I once saw someone complain about the price of a MacBook Air on Reddit and, based on how long they used their current one, determined they were spending less f
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by aiyodev 8y ago
You're wrong. I never paid for Applecare.
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by aiyodev 8y ago
Don’t do this. I have the same model. Had overheating problems. Took it to the Apple store. They fixed it and refurbished it for me. Even replaced the bottom case because of a couple of dents. It’s like a brand new machine. Charged me $0. T
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by aiyodev 8y ago
It's a trolley problem but I believe we should always choose information over ignorance even if it results in greater harm.
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by aiyodev 8y ago
I think it's kind of interesting that, thirty years later, the CEOs of SpaceX and Blue Origin are bald men.
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by aiyodev 8y ago
You’re absolutely right. This is where someone usually says we need a decentralized web. But I wonder if we’re wasting time waiting for some new technology to save us. I’ve been waiting at least a decade and have seen project after project
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by aiyodev 8y ago
My wife and I don’t use Facebook or Instagram. When we have children I plan to setup an email account for them. I’ll document their life by sending them photos and messages as they grow up. If something ever happens to me they’ll know how m
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by aiyodev 8y ago
This Vice video shows what it's like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dkw15LkZ_Kw It's a Black Mirror kind of nightmare. Imagine spending your life sweeping sidewalks with a forced smile on your face hoping one of
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by aiyodev 8y ago
Everyone's focused on driverless personal transportation. Driverless delivery trucks will come first. Basically Amazon lockers on wheels. Anything you want 24/7 delivered to the curb within minutes/hours of your order. Every
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by aiyodev 8y ago
Someone who enters the military goes through military training. If we're just forcing people to work, it's not military service. It's slavery.
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by aiyodev 8y ago
So we should force a quadriplegic to join the military? We should force a hemophiliac to crawl under barbed wire? A blind person should have to learn to shoot a rifle? You said "no exemptions".
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by aiyodev 8y ago
No. The vaccine is only 97% effective. If you’re vaccinated you can still contract the disease.
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by aiyodev 8y ago
Automatically. Power company signals the thermostat which adjusts the temperature if you have opted in. You can then manually adjust it at the device or through the app if you like.
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by aiyodev 8y ago
They could become contaminated during production.
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by aiyodev 8y ago
In some states you can receive credit on your bill for lowering your thermostat during peak usage times. The Ecobee allows you to do this automatically.
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by aiyodev 8y ago
If prions stick to surgical instruments “like glue” what about needles and lancets? Could this be the link between diabetes and Alzheimer’s?
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by aiyodev 8y ago
This is interesting. I know that audio compression is also used by talk radio hosts. I know that Rush Limbaugh designed a special compression system that he uses on his show. He mentions it in this quote: > The incorrect way to use a mic
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by aiyodev 8y ago
The NSA collects the records of everyone two connections away from a terrorism suspect. This will allow the FBI to profile the families of criminals. I have a cousin who joined a white supremecist group. Does that mean my life ahould be put
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by aiyodev 8y ago
Do you have a source that supports that Locast is running ads?
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by aiyodev 8y ago
"blindly submitting resumes" Please explain what this is and why it would be a problem.
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by aiyodev 8y ago
This is still possible with Google Voice but through the legacy menu. I hope they aren't planning to drop these features any time soon. You can screen calls or automatically send them to voicemail. You can create rules for groups of co
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by aiyodev 8y ago
To do eat and do home.
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by aiyodev 8y ago
“He has all those skills but doesn’t have a job? Must be something wrong with him. I know several people his age and they all have jobs.”
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by aiyodev 8y ago
Gates is worth ~$100B. The US federal budget is ~$4.1T per year. This is like asking someone with a 4 Gbps connection to transfer some files and offering to burn a single mini CD to help them.

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