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by diab0lic 5y ago
A large chunk of the Netflix backend runs on the JVM. Much of it written in Java. While I agree that many devs avoid it like the plague, and I used to be one of them, once I let go of attachments to programming languages I found it quite a
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by diab0lic 5y ago
> No math, no numbers. I’m asking a very simple question: what then? The comment you replied to answered your question. The transaction goes through, absolutely no additional regulation or control comes into play at the transaction level
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by diab0lic 6y ago
Was it “Being the (Pareto) Best in the World”? [0] [0] https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/XvN2QQpKTuEzgkZHY/being-the-...
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by diab0lic 6y ago
Yeah there are all kinds of edge cases when a digital token represents ownership of a physical object that just aren't accounted for. What if I get foreclosed on but smash the hard drive containing the key out of spite. Who owns the ho
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by diab0lic 6y ago
This motivates productive use of that capital. Deflationary currencies just guarantee the rich get richer as an axiom.
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by diab0lic 6y ago
This seems like a bad idea. If I own a physical store and you’re in it I don’t want to encourage you to leave quickly. I want you in there as long as possible putting things in your cart.
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by diab0lic 6y ago
I had also understood it as a feudal Japanese term referring to revealing you have no blades hidden underneath. A reveal that must happen before a civil conversation can begin. Also I don’t think people are naked beneath their kimonos.
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by diab0lic 6y ago
Woah. Thanks for the link, as a PyMC3 user I was not looking forward to the transition to 4 expecting to have to relearn the API like the transition from 2 to 3. I was debating wether I should learn 4 or switch to a different library when a
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by diab0lic 6y ago
Yeah I was thinking of Control specifically when I wrote “until the base/pro split)”.
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by diab0lic 6y ago
That was certainly a very conscious and no brainer decision for them as a business. The install base for next gen consoles is nil compared to the ~114mm PS4 and ~48mm Xbox one units sold. Given that they clearly wanted to sell to this custo
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by diab0lic 6y ago
> When you buy into a Crypto you're investing into the technology itself. This argument of technology + limited supply is fallacious. If the technology is so useful the coin can just be cloned with more supply. The technology itself
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by diab0lic 6y ago
I think what the grandparent post is trying to make clear is that there is no technical impediment to moving money instantly as some others have claimed here. It isn't that the amazing technology of blockchain has allowed us to achieve
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by diab0lic 6y ago
This is likely because linear regression meets most widely accepted definitions of machine learning. [0][1] It is simple and very effective when learning in linear space. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_learni
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by diab0lic 6y ago
Large volumes of minerals that are already in space (don't need to expend energy putting them in orbit) to build settlements, ships, etc...
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by diab0lic 6y ago
> Yet Dell and Lenovo offer computers with Linux pre-installed, but so many technical people ignore them because Apple is shiny and fast. I got a Lenovo last year with Ubuntu preinstalled. It was he "blessed hardware". Wifi did
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by diab0lic 6y ago
'just doesn't work' and 'doesn't just work' are two very different statements. You said the former, but I've only spotted people saying the latter in here. Also if you have to argue with someone that linux
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by diab0lic 6y ago
> or even left Africa. I think it's pretty clear the parent post is talking about the first people to migrate to the Americas.
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by diab0lic 6y ago
It's the ignition temperature for paper. Fire burns at different temperatures depending on the fuel source, even paper will each a much hotter temperature after ignition.
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by diab0lic 6y ago
I have not tried this in a while but no. It requires a very involved setup compared to it's CUDA counterpart and certain functionalities don't work / performance characteristics for specific operations can vary wildly. If it
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by diab0lic 6y ago
Right but if you're a gamer and you wanted an AMD card and can't get one because of crypto demand you'll buy an Nvidia card, thus causing demand to spike. Obviously it didn't spike as high as AMD but consumers will feel
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by diab0lic 6y ago
Hey! Just wanted to say thanks for posting this, I wasn't aware of it but am excited to read it -- I've been craving a more technical treatment of Taleb's subject matter.
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by diab0lic 6y ago
I do work for a FAANG company and bear that bias, yes. I haven't always worked at a FAANG company though -- before I did I appreciated the upward pressure FAANG companies were putting on salaries. I took another look at your comment I
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by diab0lic 6y ago
That's a huge stretch so that you could pull two boogeymen into the conversation and stand them next to my argument. The big tech companies may have undesirable effects on the world but paying individuals too much isn't one of the
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by diab0lic 6y ago
> not to mention hiring everyone at 10X the salary a startup can afford to pay. This is how a functioning talent market works. It isn't unfair to the startup that big companies pay more, it's unfair to the startup employees tha
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by diab0lic 6y ago
> The view you just described is active support for the status quo. I hear this all the time but I cannot for the life of me figure out why it is "active support" isn't it at most passive support? If you were actively supp
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by diab0lic 6y ago
I was on Roy's team at this time. I am not one of the four mentioned in the link, but I definitely know exactly who is being talked about. I wanted to comment that these four were considered outliers even by Netflix standards for being
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by diab0lic 6y ago
> That’s...not evidence of a facebook employee being implicated. The account messaged and said a facebook employee was involved. It isn't proof, it isn't strong evidence, but it is evidence and an implication that a facebook em
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by diab0lic 6y ago
You seem to be implying that owning whatever guns and ammo it is you own will enable you, or the populace to resist the modern American military? I'm not sure as your answer was vague and abstract. The weapons shop was written in 1942,
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by diab0lic 6y ago
The greatest thing though? I'm curious what benefit it confers to you? I am legitimately curious to understand your perspective on why this is so important, not trolling.
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by diab0lic 6y ago
The right to keep guns is the best thing about America? You and I live in very different Americas, there are a lot of great things about this country and I'm not sure I agree that gun ownership ranks towards the top. Edit: Removing the

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