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by chime 8y ago
Not to defend FB on this but I can see them doing this defensively. I've seen doctors offices using FB to keep patients updated with their activities (free 'Healthy Eating' seminar), which has unintentionally been used to sen
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by chime 8y ago
It says the processor is built for efficient convolutions. While that would be great for CNNs, could the same be used to make RNNs more efficient? I.e. can the problem of solving RNNs be reduced to solving CNNs?
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by chime 8y ago
If I understand it right, the best use-case would be a party or event where I could place the Clips camera pointed at the center/stage. The camera would record for 3 hours and then at the end I could sync it with my phone to get the be
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by chime 8y ago
That’s exactly how I felt when I trained for ultramarathons. You are running 100+ miles a week for months, hours and hours each day lost in your thoughts. Best time of my life.
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by chime 8y ago
This is fantastic! Added to my daily read-list. Already enjoyed two articles I'd have never come across. Thanks for your efforts.
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by chime 8y ago
For years, Google had a 1-800 free 411 service. Even a decade ago it was expected that they would use that data for AI.
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by chime 8y ago
Wind surfing has a surprisingly high fun/expertise ratio. You can start surfing on your own in as little as 2 hours of training. I was chasing dolphins on my second day of surfing. Of course, like any sport/hobby, it can take year
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by chime 8y ago
I know livelihood after automation needs to be solved but I'm worried about how a guaranteed fixed income for a large section of young population might be exploited. If you are 70 and get $1500/mo social security, nobody is going
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by chime 8y ago
Depends on the kind of security system. I manage over 150 IP cameras in our internal facility CCTV system and it is expensive to pull Ethernet cables to 10 different spots near the ceiling in a single production room just 20x30ft. I would b
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by chime 9y ago
I bought my first very similar house in 2005 and experienced this exact thing. Fresh out of college, moved to South for a promising job, and bought something small I could easily afford. I even wrote about the potential of a housing crash i
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by chime 9y ago
Apologies if I come across as harsh but as a consumer, I would prefer my consumption activities to remain as private as possible. In light of FB news, I don't think even some Options > Privacy Settings on Bandcamp would be sufficien
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by chime 9y ago
> - The article says, "If consumers recognize a brand, it creates a situation where mattress stores are slashing prices to compete with each other." But how is that different for Samsung or LG TVs? I can speak for this because
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by chime 9y ago
If you use computer/phone-based VPN, try https://www.dnsleaktest.com/ or http://dnsleak.com/ I have VPN on my home router with Tomato firmware. All of my devices pass this flawlessly.
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by chime 9y ago
And just a few hours ago the Cloud Act passed as part of the Omnibus bill. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CLOUD_Act
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by chime 9y ago
> mobile phones recharging in people's pockets whilst they were in a coffee shop. While not using the same Qi-like charging mechanism, the physics has been proven: https://www.disneyresearch.com/publication/quas
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by chime 9y ago
As bad as pill mills are, wouldn't 'Pain Management' clinics rate high in this query since they give out pills to manage legitimate pain? I have multiple herniated cervical disks and am going in for surgery soon because the p
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by chime 9y ago
That's the point I was trying to make. This was something where we could've bikeshedded for weeks with numerous interdepartmental meetings and spent way more hours than necessary to try to come to the optimal solution. Instead sin
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by chime 9y ago
Having worked on similar things on a smaller scale but higher up the chain, I can tell you the list of possible issues is a mile long. Everything from lack of leadership and conflicting goals to ever-changing scopes and insufficient resourc
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by chime 9y ago
Seeing as how the infant/mother mortality rate is so high in the US compared to other developed nations, I don't think home births should be encouraged as much in non-rural areas. Birthing Centers are better than home births thoug
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by chime 9y ago
> In other words - you're probably not in the target audience. > Not saying I agree with why he is saying you shouldn't be in his audience (you're clearly interested in Japanese candy) but maybe you're not because
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by chime 9y ago
After one of the recent updates, if I use a keyboard shortcut to switch to a tab while the mouse is over the Terminal window, it starts to rapidly cycle between tabs and will not stop until I move the mouse away. You can try to reproduce th
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by chime 9y ago
If you remember your password, you can still log into it at https://web.icq.com/
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by chime 9y ago
I hate that as an admin, I have that power instead of just restricting my ability to remove company email/calendar/contacts only. I have a handful of senior execs who do not want a company phone (or rather give up their personal p
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by chime 9y ago
When I ask people about the future of tech, most of them just end up listing their wish list. I wish in future we can do XYZ... Or they end up talking about human accomplishments (space, medical etc.) that they most likely don't get to
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by chime 9y ago
Two minute papers channel: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCbfYPyITQ-7l4upoX8nvctg
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by chime 9y ago
In the US the difficulty (factoring in stress, disappointment, and costs) of various options for infertile partners in ascending order: * IUI * IVF * IVF with egg donor * IVF with donated embryo * Surrogacy * Adoption (direct,
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by chime 9y ago
There used to be a Turbo button on most PCs in the 90s which would be on by default but could be disabled to support games made for slower CPUs.
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by chime 9y ago
Also Kindle Fire Kids edition is great for young ones. I have a completely locked down profile with only hand-picked shows/videos for my toddler. Mrs. and I are going through some medical stuff so it helps tremendously when he is able
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by chime 9y ago
That's exactly what I thought too. Apple generally prefers to limit features in order to provide adequate performance/usability. The moment hardware gets advanced enough to handle the features without issues, they build them in.
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by chime 9y ago
I apologize in advance for a political analogy but this sounds like "Obamacare is bad so we must repeal and replace it. I'll show you the replacement later." I've been a webdev for two decades now and while the author hi

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