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by deepGem 9y ago
Based on my cursory understanding of the topic, The Merkle tree has been around for a while, but Satoshi figured out how to use that to achieve decentralization, and consensus building. If you ask me, that's quite revolutionary. Yes, t
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by deepGem 9y ago
And half the reason we keep throwing code away is because it was created without consciousness of maintainability. Well, this has nothing to do with static vs dynamic typing. You can write unmaintainable code in static languages very easily
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by deepGem 9y ago
I have a question. This might turn out to be stupid. What happens if the value of 1 bitcoin falls below the required threshold i.e the cost of energy + hardware to mine. I do understand that the probability of such an eventuality might be c
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by deepGem 9y ago
That's an assumption. For some companies such as Augur, this is true and they even enforce that the tokens be used for placing predictive bets. You can't just buy the token and keep it in cold storage. I don't see how a crypt
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by deepGem 9y ago
They all have publicly stated that they don't prepare for talks or presentations.
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by deepGem 9y ago
This is how I've always felt about presentations, not just by Musk but anyone who presents candidly. Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger, Bill Gates also present more or less similar characteristics. They don't prepare/rehearse fo
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by deepGem 9y ago
Since the source is CNBC, I presume the $ is inflation adjusted.
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by deepGem 9y ago
"For every dollar a shopper spent on breakfast cereal in 1980, today you'd have to spend $2.93" Source from 2015: https://www.cnbc.com/2015/09/28/puffs-flakes-and-dollars-why... Which means tha
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by deepGem 9y ago
My ideal camera is just a simple autofocus camera which has two modes of operation. Standalone and paired with a phone. Standalone mode is built for speed - just manual controls, snap and shoot. No screen, no buttons at the back nothing. Ju
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by deepGem 9y ago
If nature is what you are after Canada won't disappoint you
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by deepGem 9y ago
Thank you for saying this. I just want to add how this becomes super hard in an early stage startup. People underestimate how hard it is to translate company goals to engaging team projects, when a startup is in a lot of flux. The goal post
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by deepGem 9y ago
Relevant : Dr Shashi Tharoor's talk on this matter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7CW7S0zxv4
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by deepGem 9y ago
If every check out counter had a tap for dispensing water, you could fill up your container while paying the bill. Reduces so much of the friction you speak about.
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by deepGem 9y ago
Can I ask what is considered chronic procrastination. For instance, I am sitting on a tax filing task for almost 2 months now. It's not gonna endanger my life, but it's one of those things I can't get my mind to do.
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by deepGem 9y ago
The more I think about this, the more I'm convinced it'll work. Somehow making the map truly dynamic by changing the scale according to the time it takes to reach the destination will be helpful. So the scale of the map changes as
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by deepGem 9y ago
I'm surprised that they went with AMD and not an ARM vendor. ARM is pushing into the ML space big time with ARM GPU with even a Caffe fork CaffeALC on the ARM GPU. These GPUs are built with mobility and energy conservation, so these pr
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by deepGem 9y ago
I have similar affiliations with my car for which I paid far less than 10K. I can feel the horsepower in my car, but I can't feel the horsepower in my phone.
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by deepGem 9y ago
How do you mean. So how can I buy bitcoins that aren't mined in India using INR. I probably will have to convert INR to USD by buying USD in India and then buy BTC using USD. No ? Some Indian BTC exchanges might be wrapping these trans
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by deepGem 9y ago
The situation is very similar in India. You can't just convert INR to USD freely. There's a limit of $250,000 per person per year. I don't know if anyone mines bitcoins in India (because of horrendously expensive power), but
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by deepGem 9y ago
Unless an order comes from the Supreme court, you can conveniently ignore all these messages. So far, the Supreme court has not mandated mobile/payments app linking with Aadhaar. Given the recent win in the privacy battle, Aadhaar prop
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by deepGem 9y ago
This is my only gripe with Apple. It's an incredible PITA to share devices even temporarily. You have to log the primary user out of their phone, login with your credentials and we are in business. This whole process is so long and fru
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by deepGem 9y ago
All of that is guesswork if you don't understand what the CNN is doing at each stage. Well, what the CNN is doing at each stage is very simple to understand. There is a forward pass which is a matrix multiply (and addition of there is
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by deepGem 9y ago
I think the single largest obstacle for the older mind to learn is time. A lot more responsibilities curtails your ability to spend as much time as you want to learn a new skill.
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by deepGem 9y ago
Well, sarcasm aside, it's fairly common to dismiss a new technology that can grow exponentially, because as humans we are tuned to linear thinking. In 1985, McKinsey speculated that there would be 900,000 cellphone subscribers overall
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by deepGem 9y ago
You're killing me. I thought only vision took a hit with age :)
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by deepGem 9y ago
As an Indian, who has lived and worked in USA, UK, Singapore and LatAM, I can attest that produce in supermarkets in all these geographical regions are tasteless. Mostly because, as someone mentioned below they are now bred for ease of ship
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by deepGem 9y ago
Yeah am feeling quite the same. Nevada Energy is another such suspect company in his portfolio. Oh well, I think it's time to take a bearish view on BRK. Their main cash cow - vehicle insurance is gonna get upended very soon, probably
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by deepGem 9y ago
What really baffles me is that the likes of Warren Buffett support WFC despite uncovering such wrong doing. I mean, what WFC did is completely unethical. Buffett, who practically epitomizes ethics, should have taken some action financially.
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by deepGem 9y ago
I am not as experienced as you are and I don't even know the term re-entrant functions but accidentally this is how I am now designing programs, mostly writing self contained functions that don't alter any global state. This appro
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by deepGem 9y ago
Tech has made real interactions hard, not just parenting. How many times have we sat for dinners or lunches with friends staring at our phones. I say we because I am guilty of this behaviour. It is not hard to fathom a future dystopian worl

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