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by ckastner 8y ago
Note that what constitutes a reportable breach under Article 33 GDPR [1] is not entirely clear yet, so companies tend to over-report rather than risk the consequences of under-reporting. For example, I know of a financial institution that r
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by ckastner 8y ago
> The German giant has staked its future, to the tune of 80 billion euros ($91 billion), on being able to profitably mass-produce electric vehicles - a feat no carmaker has come close to achieving. This is an immense number. This is al
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Key quotes: > Lack of transparency makes it impossible for users to exercise their rights under GDPR. There is no way to verify, correct or delete marketing categories that have been assigned to us, even though we are talking about our
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As a non-native English speaker, I understand the desire to name things in my native language (German), but for all but languae francae, naming things in a native language presents an obstacle to sharing these things with others. Compare ит
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by ckastner 8y ago
Bitcoin has become quasi-irrelevant before, and it didn't go to zero even then. And as long as there are zealots around, it won't.
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Interesting, so lobbying efforts from within the company appear to be unaccounted for. I'd also venture that ancillary costs (especially legal services) are unaccounted for. That really diminishes the meaning of the quoted $20m. For al
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by ckastner 8y ago
Well, not all of lobbying effort can be shockingly cheap. Referring to a quote attributed to Eric Schmidt from a sibling comment: > "The average American doesn't realize how much of the laws are written by lobbyists" Y
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by ckastner 8y ago
Can anyone explain how these numbers are calculated? Are these perhaps just expenses related to lobbying (eg: hiring an external agency, or expenses for a particular lobbying action)? Are salaries of internal staff included? $20m sounds rid
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by ckastner 8y ago
If NASA did indeed change anything, then I'd suspect it would have been the astronaut selection process. More precise: to select astronauts who can work 16 hours a day for 85 days. Not that I side with this view, but I can empathize
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I thoroughly enjoyed the story, and side with the astronauts. However: > After they returned, NASA became vindictive, and ensured that none of the crew flew again. That's not really vindictive. Mutiny is an extreme measure with no
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by ckastner 8y ago
> I’m sold, let’s get rid of the part of the government that costs the most and delivers the least. I’m talking about the military, of course. This is the same tortured logic that leads to cost-cutting with regards to IT security expendi
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by ckastner 8y ago
Nokia also had an upwards trend year after year, until they didn't. I acknowledge that the recent stagnation might only be short-lived, but it would be premature to call this new trend temporary based on the past performance. At the ve
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by ckastner 8y ago
> It's up 50% over 2 years and 400% over 3 So they've had an upwards trend in the past. That's no guarantee for future performance. > Ignore the crypto bubble/pump and NVDA is growing quickly Quoting the articl
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by ckastner 8y ago
> This is why Tesla is valued higher than GM, Daimler or pretty much any other car company. Tesla at it's heart is a battery company with products built around that. It was Samsung, not Tesla, who supplied the actual cells [1]: T
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by ckastner 8y ago
> The amount generated by sponsored posts is small compared with other top YouTubers, Forbes writes. It is "the result not only of how few deals Ryan (or his family) chooses to accept, but also the fact that his pint-sized demograp
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by ckastner 8y ago
There's a quote from one professor who's specialty seems to be sustainable energy, not agriculture. The mine owners "considering" this idea is about as non-commital as you can get. I occasionally feel the same frustrat
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The key argument seems to be: > Third, the futures markets have changed the game, enabling miners to estimate their mining losses and profits at the outset — if you can buy in a futures market at a price below my mining costs, why mine
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by ckastner 8y ago
How did you reach this conclusion? The schematic in the article only shows equipment needed for growing, and the £30,000 may be referring to just that. The article makes no mention of the troubles and dangers the original parent suggested.
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by ckastner 8y ago
> In a world with global warming there would be no humans. That statement is preposterously absurd. Global warming is a serious issue. Ludicrous statements such as the above just detract from reasonable debate.
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by ckastner 8y ago
> The Dutch Data Protection Authority (Dutch DPA) imposes a fine of €600.000 What a bargain! In the US, they settled for $148 million [1]. [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/26/technology/uber-data-br
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by ckastner 8y ago
The concern you voiced is expected and addressed in the preface of the book: The articles are based on reviewing cognitive psychology literature concerning how people process information to make judgments on incomplete and ambiguous inform
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by ckastner 8y ago
> he is asking if someone actively worked against or seriously questioned of a murder he/she is ordered to commit How could one reasonably produce publicly available documentation where someone refused to execute an unlawful order?
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by ckastner 8y ago
I don't think that is a reasonable question. To use an extreme example: I can ask for a examples where someone has committed murder, but it would be unreasonable to ask for examples where someone hasn't committed murder. There&#
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by ckastner 8y ago
I share the pain. I get emails, mostly call for papers from some conference organizer (not IEEE directly), to addresses that haven't been on file with IEEE for more than 10 years. All with an "reply to this email to unsubscribe fr
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by ckastner 8y ago
I believe that the title sounds more dramatic than the story actually is. A shifting regulatory environment is unpleasant, but not unusual for companies of certain scale, or certain industries. Ask any internationally operating bank.
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Perhaps because it's only 2ms per direction. I assume that someone that sensitive to latency wouldn't use satellite communications in the first place.
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by ckastner 8y ago
(Side note: your profits for AAPL are way off, they should be around $58 billion) This is an interesting comparison, but I don't think it is an applicable one. Amazon and Apple run vastly different business, whereas BMW and Tesla compe
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by ckastner 8y ago
BMW reported profits of €8.7bn for the year 2017. [1] Tesla stockholders must be very, very optimistic about its future performance when they value Tesla more than an already established, immensely profitable player. [1] https:/&#x2
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by ckastner 8y ago
> the linked page provides no extra value and removes the responses and spin-off threads To some of us, that is the extra value. Personally, if someone's going to write prose, I'd like to read it as such, instead of as a seri
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by ckastner 8y ago
Ah, so you're comparing them on basis of formation of will. That's not the point that was made, however. The post you replied to connected the military to democracies as protectors of their physical integrity.

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