awch

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by awch 9y ago
See the 'how it works' section for a brief description of Burstcoin's proof-of-capacity mechanism [1]. [1] https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=731923.0
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by awch 9y ago
I often wish there existed a 'student course materials bill of rights'. At a minimum, it would require professors to indicate which version(s) of the texts are acceptable, and would require them to provide this information ~2 week
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Airbus to Join Forces with Uber for On-Demand Helicopter Service(google.com)
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by awch 11y ago
Interested in the answer to this question.
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by awch 11y ago
Nature had a good article [0] about the use of iPython notebooks in science that was previously discussed here [1]. [0] http://www.nature.com/news/interactive-notebooks-sharing-the... [1] https://news.ycombina
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by awch 11y ago
Cat bonds were developed by insurance companies to offset the potentially large losses associated with natural disasters. Investors purchase cat bonds, which pay interest as long as no predefined trigger conditions are met. If the trigger c
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by awch 11y ago
Would it be possible for companies to eventually become accredited? Or, alternatively, would the preponderance of nanodegree programs and "Google Schools" diminish the value of a traditional degree to the point that accreditation
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by awch 11y ago
Could you comment on the current state of affairs in HK?
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by awch 11y ago
I did. The online application (€50) was very easy to fill out, and I received status updates via email. My e-Residency was granted 51 days after submission, and the card was ready to be picked up 8 days later. I picked up my card at the Est
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by awch 11y ago
I agree. I'm curious, however, to know what the D&B replacement will be for these types of operations in the future. I believe CoinsSource provided a trust index for altcoin developers at one point [0], and it looks like Bitrated h
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by awch 11y ago
After reading some of the surge-related threads on UberPeople.net, it sounds like drivers say "don't chase the surge" because surge pricing immediately results in drivers saturating the surge area, causing the surge pricing t
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by awch 11y ago
Udacity has one: https://www.udacity.com/course/intro-to-relational-databases...
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by awch 11y ago
I'm a little confused about what you're trying to say. Light googling indicates that this is an extant system that has been fitted to aircraft since 2009: "DARPA, working in partnership with the Army Night Vision and Electron
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by awch 11y ago
ARGUS-IS "ARGUS is an advanced camera system that uses hundreds of cellphone cameras in a mosaic to video and auto-track every moving object within a 36 square mile area. ARGUS is a form of Wide Area Persistent Surveillance that allows
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by awch 12y ago
I found the Airbnb scraping/pricing project put together by some Harvard CS109 students to be pretty interesting when they released it in December. http://hamelsmu.github.io/AirbnbScrape/ http://nbviewe
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by awch 12y ago
You'll likely find this Reddit post useful. http://www.reddit.com/r/opensource/comments/2a1a0e/why_is_th... I'm currently trying out Laverna ( https://laverna.cc/ )
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by awch 12y ago
Agreed, but the author notes that "...after the plea-bargaining blew apart on January 11, 2013, Aaron's family was close to a million dollars in debt. He could not afford a trial." The disparity was financial- the bottomless
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by awch 12y ago
I had been hoping that this would eventually emerge from the nomad community - it's a great idea. The inclusion of a moped or shared vehicle in each location would seal the deal for me.
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by awch 12y ago
I got the last "cheap" one, at $3.94.
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by awch 12y ago
Obligatory "let's enhance" video - http://youtu.be/Vxq9yj2pVWk .
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by awch 12y ago
OC Robotics makes one such system, although it's used primarily for observing/cleaning in tight spaces. Pretty neat to watch: http://youtu.be/_gU6TWGynkU?t=28s