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by dandare 9y ago
You may be overestimating the diversity in our world - consider what percentage of world kids population is exposed to the unifying experience of Bollywood, Nollywood, Hollywood, Pop Music, K-pop, WoW, LoL, memes. I would argue that kids al
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by dandare 9y ago
When your child is 3-4, you don't necessarily want to start with a foreign language, especially if the parents don't speak English. Think of all the languages supported by your favorite tablet. Or maybe you are right - I am sure l
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by dandare 9y ago
On a tangential note: I am still waiting for a philanthropic billionaire to create (sponsor) the ultimate learning digital world for kids of all ages (in 200+ languages please) aka Ready Player One. There are already some high-quality learn
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by dandare 9y ago
Speaking of which, how is that long-turn bet against China going?
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by dandare 9y ago
It reminded me of this old article describing various sources of gravitational waves and our ability to detect them. http://www.tapir.caltech.edu/~teviet/Waves/gwave_spectrum.ht... I don't know how accurate i
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by dandare 9y ago
This is fantastic.
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by dandare 9y ago
> too volatile, too risky, too energy intensive I am no expert but those three are features, not defects. 1/ Until there will be a central authority linking cryptocurrencies to the old financial system - impose taxes in CC - it wil
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by dandare 9y ago
tl;dr - Twitter is not the medium for essays
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by dandare 9y ago
Source pls.
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by dandare 9y ago
However, the article would greatly benefit from more factual information. What "threat to Londoners' safety and security"? Be specific please.
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by dandare 9y ago
If that is the only way business can be done in Uzbekistan then Telia had no business case in Uzbekistan. It's a no-brainer. And if you are going to argue with China taking the business, well, let China do the bribery and take the busi
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by dandare 9y ago
> Galileo observed that small animals like cats can survive falls much better than large animals like horses even over a couple of meters. The thing is that a things strength increases in proportion to its cross section but its weight i
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by dandare 9y ago
Yes, downvote me because I pointed out to blatant racism.
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by dandare 9y ago
I like how beautifully white are all the people in Tez ads. /s
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by dandare 9y ago
I thought the Council of Stellar Management was the alliance. Very confusing article.
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Inside Juicero’s Demise, from Prized Startup to Fire Sale(bloomberg.com)
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by dandare 9y ago
They still serve you the product carousel at the bottom of the post.
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by dandare 9y ago
That makes sense. Thanks.
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by dandare 9y ago
At this point, I believe they harras the small customers to cover up the real corruption. In the meantime: (UK at centre of secret $3bn Azerbaijani money laundering and lobbying scheme)[ https://www.theguardian.com/world&#x2F
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by dandare 9y ago
Just wondering, at what point could the Solaris name be reused for another Unix distribution?
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by dandare 9y ago
Could someone explain to a foreigner why is there so much damage in US areas regularly hit by hurricanes? Would making the river infrastructure hurricane proof be cost ineffective? Or is it a problem of lack of investment in such infrastruc
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by dandare 9y ago
I didn't know this when I joined CA. It took me 6 months to realize what I fell into - and I quit the next week. It felt like working in a hospice - most depressing few months of my professional life. Oh and don't forget to tell t
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by dandare 9y ago
Once I seriously wanted to have Penrose Tiling tiles in my bathroom but after soon found out nobody manufactures such tiles and would have to produce them manually with a tile cutter.
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by dandare 9y ago
I always considered the pay-offs in PD to be variables with various positive or negative values. That would make SD is just a subset of PD with different pay-offs.
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by dandare 9y ago
> Angola is often listed as one of the world’s most corrupt nations. And Portugal has been singled out for its laxness in reining in money laundering and bribery... The end of story.
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by dandare 9y ago
As an absolute layman, I always feared there is no way for the responsible part of mankind to control ALL ai research once the technology becomes reasonably available. I mean, we could not even prevent North Korea from getting nukes, how co
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by dandare 9y ago
Ellen Pao may have lost the trial but she changed - me. In 2015 I saw a tech world ruled by meritocracy with sexism and discrimination being the evils of the Med Man era. Two and a half years (and many other affairs) later I see how naive I
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by dandare 9y ago
I made a promise to myself that my next phone will be waterproof - especially for a device this expensive.
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by dandare 9y ago
I can highly recommend "Don’t Make Me Think!" to all software engineers regardless of their specialization.
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by dandare 9y ago
Can someone please explain the verb "to wax" in the sentence "When a release waxes poetic, it can suggest a CEO quit by choice."? I have checked several dictionaries but I still do not understand what the author meant.

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