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by diego 7y ago
"how to succeed: pick the right thing to do." How do you know it was the right thing? Because you succeeded.
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by diego 7y ago
You are assuming that the driver's phone is the one connected. The typical use case is a couple, where either can drive. The first one to look up directions is the one who connects the phone. I do this all the time with my wife. Someti
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by diego 7y ago
Take a guess at the number of cities in the world with over one million people. See how many there are, and how many of them you knew existed. Think of how many countries have companies worth 4B. The world is a big place.
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by diego 7y ago
Why would you expect that a bank would hold your electronic euros for less money than a negative yield bond would cost?
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by diego 7y ago
Why would it even mean for mathematics to collapse? It's obvious that if a branch is based on rules that don't make sense, at some point that branch will break. But it only breaks to the root node, which is fine. But why would the
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by diego 7y ago
The thing is, 90% coverage is not that great. What happens is that you understand common words that make up for a lot of structure, but when an uncommon word appears it's probably important to the sentence. For example, "son, if y
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by diego 7y ago
That is a clickbait title. The reality is that it hasn't yet finished building a railroad to somewhere.
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by diego 7y ago
yes, of course. And obviously I would do it with loops, so you don't have to. Ultimately a Turing machine needs to have loops somewhere. The best you can do is abstract them.
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by diego 7y ago
I'd use functional programming, which is what I'd thought this post would be about. It seems the author is not familiar with the concepts of mapping, reducing and filtering. This is just a map() command.
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by diego 7y ago
No, it doesn't matter if they do wrong things lots of the time. What matters is that if a deep fake surfaces then they can use the pictures of that specific period of time to prove they were not doing that. If they happened to be doi
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The New Order of Silicon Valley: Forget the Silicon Part(diegobasch.com)
2 points by diego 7y ago|0 comments
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Tell HN: I had an idea to mitigate the risk of being framed with a fake video
2 points by diego 7y ago|3 comments
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by diego 7y ago
This is a case of an editorialized title removing useful information. I read it and I thought "this is absolutely obvious, are they going to be talking about mapping apps taking pictures of your backyard?" The original title is ab
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by diego 7y ago
That is not a good answer. It's perfectly possible for computers to boot in a fraction of a second. The argument that computers need to go from a useless state S0 to a useful state S1 and that takes a long time is just bullshit. The
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by diego 7y ago
I understand your intention, but you have a bit of an uphill battle. Users have to trust you on many levels: 1) The app running on your phone is powered by the software on github. 2) This will not change. The only way I would use an app lik
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Startups and Privilege(diegobasch.com)
2 points by diego 7y ago|0 comments
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by diego 7y ago
It's not so simple. The value of living in cities has increased because of economies of scale, population has grown and space in cities is limited. It's not like people want to build houses in the middle of nowhere. It does not fo
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by diego 7y ago
Well, they can sell the stock. If you don't believe in the CEO and can't fire him, you get out. Sounds like same shareholders are trying to stage a coup, good luck with that.
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by diego 8y ago
Too big for what? Without some qualification, the question doesn't make sense. Is it too big for it to be worthwhile to YC itself? YC obviously doesn't think so. Is too big for startups to feel like they are getting a good deal? Y
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by diego 8y ago
Curious why do you think it's useful. What do you imagine happens in large organizations without full-time receptionists?
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by diego 8y ago
One thing that not many people talk about: there's an oversupply of VC funds spawned by the technological waves of the 90s (internet), 2000s (mobile) and everything in between. Today there isn't a clear wave, yet those funds need
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by diego 8y ago
For those who don't know, CQ means "who's there?" in HAM code. It's an invitation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CQ_(call)
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by diego 8y ago
In this particular case it doesn't seem too bad. Someone's name and address are not (or should not be) particularly sensitive information. Passwords are, and that's why best practices only keep a one-way function of the passw
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by diego 8y ago
> previous reviews of the scientific literature have concluded that a well-planned and varied vegetarian diet can meet the needs of athletes, as it was for Roman gladiators or legionnaires. What does this even mean? "Meet the needs
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by diego 8y ago
What kind of work do you do? For some types of development, basic knowledge of mathematics will take you reasonably far. Knowing more math opens up possibilities. For example, I recently found myself wanting to add features to some flight c
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by diego 8y ago
Do you know anyone important who spent 100% of their time programming? That rules out books, talks, blog posts, entrepreneurship, etc. That's your answer.
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by diego 8y ago
These drones can have any sensor you want. IR, motion detection, radio signals, you name it. Hiding from AI equipped with the right sensors is very hard. The only advantage you have is that you can hear them coming. For now anyway.
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by diego 8y ago
a $40 micro drone is training. It's a completely harmless toy, even less harmful than a soccer ball. This is not a $1000 hobby grade drone (for which you definitely should undergo training). A $40 drone typically has extremely weak b
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by diego 8y ago
That's not a flight controller, it's a simple power distribution board, most likely [1]. Flying wings generally don't need flight controllers, they just need two servos and an electronic speed controller for the motor. A flig
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by diego 8y ago
Many people fell out of planes without parachutes and survived. Founders make the mistake of not jumping without procuring a parachute first, and it makes sense. But clearly a parachute, while helpful, is not strictly necessary.

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