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by coughupalung 3y ago
I worked for Weta a few years before the acquisition, let me just say that I'm not surprised that Unity didn't know what to do with it. It was never a single DCC set of code, but lots of separate tools (many very old) that only so
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by coughupalung 3y ago
From my experience, I don't think this is true (at least not in the way that matters). I finished my PhD in CS as few years ago from a good school and I am now a researcher in industry. In my time in grad school and industry, I have on
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by coughupalung 5y ago
It seems like you're trying to shoe-horn in an entirely different point? How does maintaining air supremacy as a military tactic relate to mass casualties?
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by coughupalung 6y ago
I lived downtown Toronto for several years and I had to replace my car battery three times because I drove it so infrequently that they died. I understand that living downtown isn't an option for everyone, but I strongly believe we can
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by coughupalung 6y ago
Yes! I thought the same thing. Such a great film.
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by coughupalung 6y ago
I don't want to defend that. I want to instead ask, what would the damage be if members of Congress were killed? I think the long-term damage would be much, much worse.
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by coughupalung 6y ago
I get what you're saying. In my mind, the plot to kidnap the governor of Michigan changes the priors in determining if it was purely symbolic.
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by coughupalung 6y ago
That's interesting. I wonder how they calculated the area. There's no way Yonkers is twice as dense as Auckland in a practical sense (I would guess it's similar). As for Wellington, there's a very limited amount of space
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by coughupalung 6y ago
I agree on the isolation. I lived in NZ. As someone from North America, it was strange how isolated it felt. Especially outside of Auckland. As for density, I disagree. Most of the country is empty but the cities are surprisingly dense by N
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by coughupalung 6y ago
I'm disappointed that this didn't end up getting more attention on HN. It seems like a rather important bit of news.
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by coughupalung 7y ago
I think it's still too early to tell. I live in Toronto and we've been mostly shutdown for two weeks. I believe we took actions earlier into our outbreak than Italy and the US did with theirs so hopefully that will help. We had te
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by coughupalung 7y ago
That's not what the OP said though. I am in academia and most of my colleagues would agree with you about publishers. That's why most of us publish pre-prints on our websites, so that everyone can access our work. We can debate th
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by coughupalung 7y ago
> It is only a poisoning if it is not true. That is literally not the definition of the "poisoning the well" logical fallacy. And if you actually did publish in Nature, congrats. You still didn't offer an alternative. Edit
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by coughupalung 7y ago
EW has a PhD but I can't seem to find any academic publications under his name. That doesn't outright mean he's wrong but it does mean that he actually has limited experience with the process. I have several and I've rev
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by coughupalung 7y ago
How about you do something constructive instead and propose a better alternative. You're just "poisoning the well" with empty accusations and ignoring how successful the scientific method has been.
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by coughupalung 7y ago
Where in Washington? I grew up in Vancouver and live in Toronto. Compared to Vancouver, winters in Toronto are horrible. For 4-5 months per year it's too cold to be outside for anything more than a few minutes. Aside from the west coas
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by coughupalung 8y ago
What journal/conference are you submitting to? I haven't come across any in CS/Math/EE that even have a Word template to submit with. Every last one has a latex template.
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by coughupalung 8y ago
Any reputable investment firm will have risk management reports. If you don't like your fund pouring significant money into A+ rate bonds of a country with potential headwinds then pull out or sue.
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by coughupalung 8y ago
When you say packaged into derivatives, what do you mean? I can sell you all sorts of derivatives today without ever owning the underlying.
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by coughupalung 8y ago
Oh yeah? There are no democratic countries with high speed rail? Hmm... I wonder where the Chinese stole their high speed rail designs from then...
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by coughupalung 8y ago
As long as they can continue to get away with it, sure. Let's see if their greedy algorithm continues to work.
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by coughupalung 8y ago
I remember seeing "leaders" in the Vancouver tech industry talk about a labour shortage and thought the same thing [1]. Given the cost of housing and the salaries Vancouver companies are willing to pay, it's not a mystery why
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by coughupalung 8y ago
As a 30-something year old Canadian, I was surprised to learn about this place just last year!
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by coughupalung 8y ago
Ah right! Thank you for the correction.
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by coughupalung 8y ago
Don't forget mortgage-backed securities.. oh wait. In all seriousness though, large pension plans have very diverse portfolios. Ontario teachers used to own 80% of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System
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by coughupalung 8y ago
I imagine it's like most money laundering laws where the circumstantial evidence that prompted the investigation is enough to convict if you don't provide a verifiable explanation.
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by coughupalung 8y ago
Where in Vancouver? My wife's parents live in Richmond and three houses in their block are vacant most of the year. I have a relative that lives near Oak and King Ed. and it's similar there too.
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by coughupalung 8y ago
What makes you say that Burnaby is a deadzone? Metrotown, Brentwood, Lougheed all seem to be growing like crazy. I moved to Toronto a few years ago and I'm find myself surprised by new buildings every time I go back.