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by aleh 11y ago
I would give up Gmail, really.
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by aleh 11y ago
Totally agree on the "beginning of the end" of social networking. These days Facebook content quality is on par with TV and keeps going down.
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by aleh 12y ago
My train of thought was following: 1. vote result represents opinion of "masses" 2. the comment in question says "masses of people need a clear, obvious Right Thing" 3. the comment itself is not clear and obvious as it c
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by aleh 12y ago
wtbob's comment being downvoted is kind of proof in itself.
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by aleh 12y ago
Some people are better at noticing visual signs, some react only to what they are being told. Smoking on board is really dangerous, so why to take risks?
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by aleh 12y ago
Yep, we have shitload of data and then use complex model of earth climate to extrapolate this data. Being complex the model is extremely sensitive to parameters (Butterfly effect) and gives a lot of freedom in choosing parameters, which in
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by aleh 12y ago
Now, if something as seemingly straightforward as divorce rate is controversial to calculate, how about causes/existence of global warming which is orders of magnitude more complex and is driven by much more powerful special interest g
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by aleh 12y ago
There are numerous drugs which make people feel subjectively happy by changing the way their mind works, however from the outsider perspective the outcome is hardly desirable. People are inherently irrational just like the nature itself. It
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by aleh 12y ago
Schrodinger's cat hates the Principle of Excluded Middle.
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by aleh 13y ago
What about images which are mirror-flipped? Unless it is a symmetrical icon that particular algorithm will consider the two highly different.
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by aleh 13y ago
Perhaps this is because big companies are interested in loyal employees in the first place, so they prefer candidates which can learn certain not-so-practical pieces of knowledge just for the sake of passing the interview for that company.
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by aleh 13y ago
It's the same way around. If telcos drop SMS const or make them free few people will have initiative to use Whatsapp.
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by aleh 13y ago
Strength does not equal resilience. As long as the prosperity is based on top 10% performers (whether educated workforce or economy sector) the system is inherently unstable.The price of natural resources can drop, highly educated people c
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by aleh 13y ago
> Humans aren't too happy with every one getting the same. > We inevitable use our time to buy things that distinguish us from other fellow humans. IMHO this is cultural, not biological phenomenon. In developed countries, especia