andrewjl

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by andrewjl 9y ago
Facial data is stored on device, just like touch id fingerprints were. ML happening on device instead of on the cloud. By all means, if you see privacy leaks point it out but I don't see any here.
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by andrewjl 9y ago
The intention behind this tax regime was that long-term investing has positive external effects on the overall economy so should can be incentivized (which like all other social incentives in the US is done via tax incentives). In 2017 with
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by andrewjl 9y ago
At some point the idea that we don't own our own data and have to give it up in exchange for use of these products and services will have to be revisited. We already have models that preserve privacy out there, TouchID in Apple product
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by andrewjl 9y ago
Yes, goofed on that one.
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by andrewjl 9y ago
The data isn't public if it's in encrypted form. When you apply for credit, you'd decrypt it with your own private key and re-encrypt it with the creditors private key and send it to the creditor, they would then decrypt priv
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by andrewjl 9y ago
My understanding is their curriculum covers soft skills in addition to algorithms and data structures. For example students are trained on how to communicate well, verbally and non-verbally, while white boarding, as well as how to present t
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by andrewjl 9y ago
Check out https://outco.io which sounds like to covers the parts you find lacking.
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by andrewjl 9y ago
It might be akin to why startups regularly supplant and defeat large incumbents, you need a certain level of ingenuity and perspective that those incumbents don't have. Traditional aristocracy had a very different view of the world com
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by andrewjl 9y ago
Government regulations exist to fix market failure, usually due to information asymmetry. In the old days it was milk in chalk, in the modern day it's closed source code riddled with spyware and engine firmware that cheats emissions te
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by andrewjl 9y ago
The owner will be balancing those costs against the cost of shipping and extra logistics overhead for goods destined to North America or Europe.
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by andrewjl 9y ago
The Texas approach does sound like a good compromise. I'd be curious to know if this was proposed during the Prop 13 debate and what the public reaction was.
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by andrewjl 9y ago
Yes prop 13 is basically the reason behind the differential. And because it is a political non-starter it's misplaced incentives are baked into the CA real estate market.
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by andrewjl 9y ago
This isn't an issue of tech companies forcing anyone out. Bay area municipalities and NIMBY property owners have created a hostile regulatory environment for property developers, leading to a lack of new housing coming onto the market
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by andrewjl 9y ago
Goldman relaxed it's dress code for tech employees: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-goldman-sachs-technology-i... I think banks are realizing that changes need to be made, so they're happening, albeit slowl
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by andrewjl 9y ago
Regulation, especially for software powering critical systems. We'd have to have a good definition for what critical means, probably with different levels that escalate the security requirements.
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by andrewjl 10y ago
Even if this happens, it's likely that the assembly work will be automated. Very few manufacturing jobs will result from this.
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by andrewjl 10y ago
Instead of being randomly selected, why not allocate H1-B visas to the highest paying positions first? (If there's a tie at the end then the selection can be random.)
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by andrewjl 10y ago
What about circuits / probes made from biological materials rather than metal/silicon?
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by andrewjl 10y ago
It's not so cut and dry. One reason Aramco is worth so much is that the cost to extract their remaining reserves (on a per barrel basis) are one third of costs in the U.S. A collapse of oil prices may decimate the energy industry in th
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by andrewjl 10y ago
The working class wants to work because they derive their identity and significant meaning for existence from their jobs. Replace that with something else and this thinking will change.
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by andrewjl 10y ago
California can do that, but the demand for fruits and veggies will still be there. California grows the vast majority (in the US) of quite a few of those: peaches, carrots, strawberries, and others. Instead these will need to be shipped fro
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by andrewjl 10y ago
Two words: climate change
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by andrewjl 10y ago
> - Do they allow private ownership of property, including the means of production? Yes, Sweden's economy is almost entirely driven by private businesses. Government spending as % of GDP is an excellent metric re size of the governm
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by andrewjl 10y ago
Is this why IKEA, which is one of the largest non-state owned Swedish companies is set up as Netherlands-based entity (INGKA Holding), ostensibly for tax evasion purposes? Sweden does have a lower corporate tax rate than the U.S., though th
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by andrewjl 10y ago
Curious to hear how you use this perspective to rationalize the government structure for providing public goods in the U.S., such as defense, roads, and the court system. Is the U.S. not a free market economy in your view?
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by andrewjl 10y ago
Clickbait-y headline. But the author makes some valid points. Software engineering is in the end just problem solving. And re-implementing already resolved issues from scratch does not a good engineer make. (And by that I mean in a professi
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by andrewjl 10y ago
Thanks for sharing this. It's very inspiring and interesting to read about solutions to the very unique problems visually impaired coders face. Does make me wonder about non-text based input / code display methods that can help he
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by andrewjl 10y ago
Could that be because humans are more complex from a biochemical standpoint than mice?
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by andrewjl 10y ago
This was a proposal long on rhetoric and short on concrete action steps. Future referendums that are more substantive may be treated differently by voters.
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by andrewjl 10y ago
“A democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.” - Gary Strand A free for all democracy is no different from tyranny by the majority.

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