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by dgudkov 8y ago
A counter-question: imagine the Earth's population is just 2 million . How many high-technology jobs would we have with the current level of robotics? How many Einsteins would we have? The [optimal] population size is directly linked
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by dgudkov 8y ago
That's a good point. Of course there is a physical limit of placing many humans in a limited space (if we assume that there will be no low orbit habitats which may not be the case). However, it would rather be economical reasons to lea
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by dgudkov 8y ago
TBH, I don't understand the argument about whole planet. Some nations (or species) can go extinct on their own, while the whole planet doing just fine.
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by dgudkov 8y ago
For all know biological species the size of population is a primary indication of health and well-being. Shrinking population indicates inability to adapt or some kind of malaise. Personally, I don't believe there is such thing as over
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by dgudkov 8y ago
>In many ways, falling fertility rates are a success story. Until they fall too low.
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by dgudkov 8y ago
You're welcome! Great to hear it happened to be of help :)
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by dgudkov 8y ago
Yes, we're partners with Tableau. Just returned from Tableau Conference 2018 in New Orleans where we had a booth.
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by dgudkov 8y ago
If you're looking for a real ETL-for-dummies, take a look at my EasyMorph ( https://easymorph.com ). We've made a number of simplifications that specifically target "dummy" users, e.g. columns may mix values
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by dgudkov 8y ago
>Algorithms chose for you, and they chose badly. The algorithms don't choose badly. They actually choose very well. It's just their optimization function is different -- their optimization goal is more clicks and more ad revenu
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Watch this little robot transform to get the job done(techcrunch.com)
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Uber Launches $14.99 Ride Pass Monthly Subscription(pcmag.com)
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by dgudkov 8y ago
I have a better idea -- every should contain (at least in metadata) public information about the organization who bought it. For political ads, there additionally should be the price paid for the ad.
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by dgudkov 8y ago
>Is a shrinking population actually bad in the long term? Technically speaking, for all known biological species, the size of population is the primary indicator of health and well-being. Shrinking population indicates either inability t
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Vin Mariani(en.wikipedia.org)
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by dgudkov 8y ago
I wonder which planets Kepler would see if someone used it to look at the Solar system from a far distance.
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Palm returns as an ‘ultra-mobile’ smartphone(techcrunch.com)
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Sears, the Amazon of its day, files for bankruptcy(engadget.com)
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Who Just Beat the Bay Area in Tech Jobs? Toronto(bloomberg.com)
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by dgudkov 8y ago
Fundamentally, it's a consumer problem. Consumers don't want to pay more for using green power, or eat less meat, or use public transit instead of a car, buy an electric vehicle, or other things that restrict their comfort or deg
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by dgudkov 8y ago
I don't think Google is dying. Sony is probably dying. IBM probably too. Google is in its "productivity plateau" which is not a bad thing. It's just not the Google we used to know, the one where "don't be evil&
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In few years renewable power may become a better economic option(weforum.org)
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by dgudkov 8y ago
>....and understand the downsides. I believe very few people (if any) actually understand the downsides of having a vast amount of personal data aggregated on every user. All the assumptions below are false: * I know exactly what informa
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by dgudkov 8y ago
I don't necessarily agree with the term 'colonize' here, but if you buy resources and depend on them, you would definitely want to control as much as possible the territories the resources are coming from. Especially if they
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by dgudkov 8y ago
> The 'it just works' narrative applies to Microsoft better than any other company right now, and consumers are noticing. 'It just works' is best tested when you connect to a printer via wi-fi. We sent humans to the m
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by dgudkov 8y ago
It's interesting that his list is rather long but it doesn't mention enterprise at all.
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Social Media Is Revolutionizing Warfare(theatlantic.com)
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by dgudkov 8y ago
My guess would be that the intrinsic value of gold is declining as it has no much use outside of manufacturing and jewelry. Gold itself is a complex market heavily influenced by regulations and a few players. But I'm in no way an exper
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by dgudkov 8y ago
He is talking about inflation as a way to resolve it, but my personal (and totally unscientific) pet theory is that inflation is already here. The prices are so high not because the real estate is expensive, but because the intrinsic value
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Netflix is planning a choose-your-own-adventure episode of ‘Black Mirror’(techcrunch.com)
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by dgudkov 8y ago
Why should you pay for maintaining roads you never use? Or social aid you never receive? It's the common good.

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