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601.
by akavi 14y ago
>exorbitant amounts of cash Really? I can fly to the other side of the world for less than $1,000. That seems like a very reasonable deal to me. And if the price of being able to explore the world cheaply is surly flight attendants, tha
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by akavi 14y ago
I wonder who the counterparties were. I'd be willing to bet there're some very happy algorithmic traders out there right now.
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by akavi 14y ago
I have yet to be convinced that brogramming exists outside of jokes by nerdy Starcraft-playing Facebook devs and the fevered dreams of CNN tech reporters.
604.
by akavi 14y ago
Does livestreaming a financial transaction strike anyone else as strange?
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by akavi 14y ago
I would say the opposite, actually. "They" as a gender neutral singular pronoun is, to me, perfectly natural. I use it dozens of times a day as such without noticing. Spivak pronouns, on the other hand, are blatantly marked, and were I to c
606.
by akavi 15y ago
So much for the theory that the threat of a veto is as good as a veto. Anyone willing to bet Obama won't sign this?
607.
by akavi 15y ago
My suspicion is that the wave of support at the end is for projects that haven't yet reached the funding threshold (thus, backers have an incentive to push friends/family/twitter followers to also fund the project). I'd be somewhat surprise
608.
by akavi 15y ago
My 3rd grade teacher read this to my class, and I, to this day, think of the phrases "a basement" and "in grey she ate" when I hear those words thanks to this book.
609.
by akavi 15y ago
International immigration (the article is only talking about state to state moves) and birth rates have kept the population growing.
610.
by akavi 15y ago
The cropping algorithm seems like a two-dimensional version of the one Reddit uses for its thumbnails.
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by akavi 15y ago
I've put about five hours in to this (The magnificent motivating power of procrastinating on something-else-you-need-to-do), and already I feel like I can identify individual dotsie words from a greater distance than I can the Roman words.
612.
by akavi 15y ago
Attempted to take advantage. Doesn't seem to have worked, or at least, I visited the link and it still shows the arrow unvoted. Edit: Looks like he commented it out before I clicked. So I guess it did work.
613.
by akavi 15y ago
That list is clearly not comprehensive (For example, there were multiple Steve Jobs related submissions that got over 1000 points).
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by akavi 15y ago
It's amusing watching the vote count skyrocket upward as the curious click on it. It's getting more than a vote a second. Side Note: I've always wondered why HN doesn't let you reneg on your upvote. I imagine this would have a good deal few
615.
by akavi 15y ago
Have the backgroundpattern made of alternating pieces of absorbent and transparent material, then. (I assume the machines work by measuring obstruction of rays. If they work by reflection of rays, then replace "absorbent and transparent" wi
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by akavi 15y ago
More descriptively, it's a aspirated unvoiced sub-apical palatal plosive. If you wish to make the sound, position your tongue like you're trying to stick it down your throat. The bottom of the tongue should be touching the top of your mouth
617.
by akavi 15y ago
I haven't attended Penn State or MIT, but I have attended the University of North Texas and Yale, and I agree with you 100%. While there were differences in curriculum, the biggest difference I found was in expectations for the work I pro
618.
by akavi 15y ago
>filtering chemicals out of drinking water I encourage you to give that a shot and report back on your results.
619.
by akavi 15y ago
It's like a hardware version of IFTTT.
620.
by akavi 15y ago
Having never experienced it, can someone tell me what the point of having the applicant code on a whiteboard instead of on a computer is (Maybe with screen-sharing so the interviewer doesn't have to be looking over the applicant's shoulder)
621.
by akavi 15y ago
You get looks when eating with flatbread? Really? Hmm, I'm going to be much more self-conscious from here on out.
622.
by akavi 15y ago
I don't know the circumstances of your life, so maybe what you say is true, but at least in my case, I had huge advantages in reaching the point where I could provide said value: 1) I was born in a wealthy, stable country 2) to, even for s
623.
by akavi 15y ago
Namecheap has been pretty successful at capitalizing on GoDaddy's SOPA boneheadedness, I'd say.
624.
by akavi 15y ago
This is what I don't understand. Google makes more revenue in a quarter than the entire recording industry makes in a year . Why then, does the RIAA have so much sway in Washington? Because they know money buys influence, and they are will
625.
by akavi 15y ago
Which is exactly what wouldn't happen should you go to any of the "elite" schools. Harvard, Princeton, Yale, and others go to great lengths to provide adequate financial aid, all of which is provided in the form of grants, not loans. I'm ve
626.
by akavi 15y ago
With regard to your first point, Google's autonomous cars have logged thousands of hours now without human intervention. You're spot on with the second and third, however; the challenge now is regulatory and psychological, not technological
627.
by akavi 15y ago
And an English word as well. For which the plural is "viruses".
628.
by akavi 15y ago
You have to hit "enter" at the end.
629.
by akavi 15y ago
If that is surprising to you, then much of human behaviour must utterly baffle you.
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by akavi 15y ago
A pretty obvious next step would be to pair this with facial recognition. That'd cut down the search space dramatically.

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