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by bcheung 8y ago
Options can be used for speculation and to increase leverage. They can ALSO be used to reduce risk. It all depends on how you chose to use them. Both are common.
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by bcheung 8y ago
AI is largely a research dominated field, and as such, it emphasizes novelty. Once the average developer starts using it I think things will change towards more practical concerns. We're starting to see this already with existing lib
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by bcheung 8y ago
Isn't it the job of property inspectors to make those kinds of determinations? Why would the EPA be evaluating existing individual homes? Isn't the EPA supposed to be responsible for more general and global environmental concerns
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by bcheung 8y ago
I'm not that familiar with CMOS-memristors. The paper is a bit scarce on background. Is this just for inference or training time as well? Is it digital or do the inputs have analog voltage rates and only then trigger like a neuron? Ca
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by bcheung 8y ago
With those you can normally distinguish what is paid advertising and what is the publication itself. This sounds like it violates that.
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by bcheung 8y ago
I'm not sure I like the new npm. It seems faster but it's annoying to use it with how often it prompts you to update it and all the verbosity, annoying messages about peer dependencies, and now audits that you can't really d
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by bcheung 8y ago
That's unfortunate because that is how consensus and dogmatic group-think emerge. People need to think for themselves. I love learning but stayed away from college because I couldn't stand how fundamentally at odds traditional ed
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by bcheung 8y ago
The 2017 standard deduction for married couples was $12,700 (compared to $24K in 2018). So the average homeowner also gets an additional $11,300 tax free. Granted so do non-homeowners. I don't think the "average homeowner"
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by bcheung 8y ago
Maybe not: You need to have a "Legal Basis" and only 1 of them is the "subject has given consent" one. There's another: "The processing is NECESSARY FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF A CONTRACT to which the data subject i
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by bcheung 8y ago
What about if you need to report any payouts made to an individual as required by a tax authority? How are you also supposed to delete all their information and be in compliance with tax law? You can't say, "I paid <ANONYMOUS
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by bcheung 8y ago
Funny thing is there are also mandatory data retention regulations that say data MUST be maintained for a certain period of time by law. It's getting worse, but it's generally been the case that it's impossible for an individ
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by bcheung 8y ago
Not sure I follow. The wealthier have higher incomes and higher property taxes due to buying more expensive homes. The $10,000 cap hits them even harder.
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by bcheung 8y ago
In spirit, yes, but I think this is a matter of debate and ultimately will need to be decided by the tax courts. The states are following the letter of the law but definitely circumventing the spirit of the law. This really comes down to
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by bcheung 8y ago
Classifying local taxes as "charitable contributions"? I'm really on the fence about this. On the one hand, it seems an absurd and grossly inaccurate characterization, borderline lying and definitely tax evasion. On the othe
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by bcheung 8y ago
It would be hard to fine them since they did nothing to encourage this behavior, nor do they have very much control in preventing it.
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by bcheung 8y ago
You pay to access the network, but once on the network it's a bit like Internet peering. You don't pay Verizon if you call a Verizon customer from your AT&T phone. I doubt cell phone companies see anything.
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by bcheung 8y ago
You bring up valid points. I wasn't aware there was block and mute as separate functions. > What if your local DMV tells a black citizen to go to some other DMV and get a driving manual ? Not sure the relevance to this discussion.
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by bcheung 8y ago
That's not what I'm saying. I agree that they should not be able to block people from seeing official communications, but I also argue that they should be able to ignore people who are harassing them. Separating the 2 would solve
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by bcheung 8y ago
Unfortunately once you're on the network there isn't much security to prevent spoofing. It's pretty easy to get access as well. I had a personal VoIP gateway and was able to just set the caller ID to whatever I wanted. It&#
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by bcheung 8y ago
Even ignoring unknown numbers got too distracting. My phone never comes out of Do not Disturb mode unless I'm expecting an important call. I don't know why we have such crappy cell phone audio quality and such an outdated convent
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by bcheung 8y ago
Unfortunately, multiple functionality gets cut off with a block. It should be finer grained.
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by bcheung 8y ago
Block also makes it so people can't harass you. I think this is an important distinction. By saying you can't block someone the judge is also saying you can't ignore someone who is harassing you. Anyone who isn't logged
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by bcheung 8y ago
This is right up there with making your favicon the secure lock icon.
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by bcheung 8y ago
Such reasoning is detrimental to a free society. It's not a house, it's a port. And a major one at that. Should ISPs be free to discriminate and ban anything they don't like too?
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by bcheung 8y ago
It already exists. https://www.popsci.com/bacteria-enzyme-plastic-waste Given sufficient time evolution makes pretty much any waste a resource. Oxygen used to be a toxic pollutant. Then nature evolved and started using i
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by bcheung 8y ago
Recyclable is a relative term. Given a really long time you could say fossil fuels are a renewable energy source too. I think the point here is that other types of bags are either sturdy enough to be reused, or paper, that decomposes MUCH
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by bcheung 8y ago
I thought the same thing for a brief moment.
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by bcheung 8y ago
Who needs Kaggle datasets when there is Facebook?
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by bcheung 8y ago
The U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission ruled that cryptocurrency is a commodity (not a currency). As such, all laws regarding commodities apply. So it isn't unregulated. The grey area will be where in the use cases where it
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by bcheung 8y ago
Everyone agrees it sucks. The reason they stay is the opportunity.

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