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by brg 2y ago
I found this exercise interesting, and as arcade79 pointed out it is the cost of replication not the cost to Google. Humorously I wonder the cost of of replicating Higgs-Boson verification or Gravity Wave detection would be.
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by brg 2y ago
Xenophobic is not really the correct term here. Political and social efforts to extract or maintain wealth for the incumbency is part of human society forever, e.g. the rollback of the Great Councils reforms in Venice and the fall of the r
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by brg 2y ago
One of the best pieces of advice/criticism I was told in elementary school, "Only boring people get bored."
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by brg 2y ago
It’s not a myth. Every week my parents or children request I’d remove malware or adware from their android device that they installed. On my other children’s tablet or family iPhone this has never been a problem once.
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by brg 2y ago
If this story were at all true, then you know very well that not everyone in science works hard. In my graduate cohort, those who did the sets first year, set themselves into research, and worked hard graduated. Those who did not left wit
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by brg 2y ago
In this area, Rivian's are everywhere and Cybertrucks are non-existent. Has anyone seen a compilation or response from Tesla why they didn't follow their own design decisions that started with the sportster through the E -- build
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by brg 2y ago
We have the world without it available for inspection. The Android ecosystem is a shambling mess compared to the quality that is availabe in the Apple Playstore. It does look heaps better on many dimensions.
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by brg 2y ago
I had a similar path. In the 90’s I was very much into Magic. Too much. But in 2017 I picked up Pokémon TCG and enjoyed it immensely. The local scene was strong pre-covid, and regional tournaments were a blast.
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by brg 2y ago
Britain led the way to abolishment of slavery.
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by brg 2y ago
I wish this preference applied to governments as well. No government should have dominion over more than either a a certain percentage of people nor a certain percentage of production capacity.
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by brg 2y ago
I think this being based on Llama makes it tenable. GPT4 and Gemini are monolithic multipod models. Multiple instances of Llama run per machines.
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by brg 2y ago
Every teacher and nurse in my cohort had student loan payoff as part of their employment offer, and quickly retired their debt. This was in multiple states across the country.
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by brg 2y ago
Report to other governments the allocation and distribution of government steel purchasing, and thereby provide estimates for the production and maintenance of warships, subs, tanks, and other vehicles.
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by brg 3y ago
I have found that folks who don’t like Snow Crash will enjoy Seveneves.
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by brg 3y ago
Its not uncommon. Instagram and Whatsapp had CEO's after purchase, as well as DeepMind and Youtube.
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by brg 3y ago
saberience’s reply should be read because it is more complete and insightful, but perhaps there is a simpler intuitive answer. Error rates increase exponentially.
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by brg 3y ago
It seems historically, unscrupulous corporations and governments entrench their power by holding back technology from wider adoption or further development. As long as technology can be used by a significant portion of the populace, they a
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by brg 3y ago
We are only a few years removed from people being threatened with detainment for showing their nose in public.
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by brg 3y ago
I went to graduate school at 30, and became and industry researcher at 35. My main advice is to realize that there is a lot of work in the transition, and your co-workers/advisor/etc will not care much about your previous accompli
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by brg 3y ago
While air is a passive requirement, I would suggest that writing, the printing press, speakers, radio, television, and the web are all more similar. They are intentionally used to increase engagement of content intentionally created.
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by brg 3y ago
I think it’s not wrong, just incomplete. Doing a good job on an important problem will be rewarded, in time. Once a persons impact and reliability is trusted, opportunities come to them.
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by brg 3y ago
Can you name a few people positions as an example? Particularly in lifetime earnings and total comp government work in teaching, chemistry, and administrative work is 1.5x or more that of theprivate sector median with much stronger protect
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by brg 3y ago
In the US, the Senate represents land ownership well.
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by brg 3y ago
One empirical study of this is the Georgia land lottery of 1832. For the first generation, median wealth increased. But by the 2nd generation wealth reverted to the mean, and by the 3rd there was no measurable affect by lineage.
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by brg 3y ago
Thank you for the number. In context, the EU is 15% of revenue for most ad based tech platforms, and its regulation has shown unbounded control over them.
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by brg 4y ago
For tech, mobile games and advertising, it is 15% of global market.
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by brg 4y ago
Southern California starting salary is 80k and student loan forgiveness. After a few years and education attainment increases most teachers are making well over 100k for 10 months at 35 hours per week. Why doesn’t the article list salary,
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by brg 4y ago
Contact, The Martian, The Andromeda Strain, and to a very large extent Jurassic Park.
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by brg 4y ago
I would ask you to consider that you have absolutely been the victim of hate speech. However you have not recognized it because your view of the world is one where you have personal agency, and the speech has been interpreted as a personal
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by brg 4y ago
Another data point that should point out the obvious, is this coincides with the unexpected rise in traffic fatalities in 2012-2013. It is the societal effect of smart phones.

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