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What if an autonomous vehicle see a pedestrian walking towards the road in front of the car (X meters in front but on a collision course with the car)? It calculates that if the human continues this path, they will collide. Should the car s
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What part of the country do you live in if you don't mind me asking? I'm just curious so that I can try to imagine the accent. I live in the southeast, we say things like reckon, yall, and wander, but "erb" is still the
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12y ago
What part of the US pronounces the H in herb?
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no, it was pronounced "her-bee" but herbal is pronounced "err-bul". Again, this is only for US English, not sure about UK. A Herbie toy. An herbal tea.
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It depends on how you pronounce it. In the US the "h" is silent and it's pronounced "erb".
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Teachers can be wrong, but maybe some words are pronounced differently with a Scottish accent. And the "or an h..." part is redundant because "honorary" starts with the sound "on". I've never heard "h
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12y ago
It's a lot more simple than everyone is making it out to be. You base a/an on the sound of the first syllable rather than what the first letter is. An hour. An herb. A hotel. An HMO. An REI. A one-off. An MRI. An fMRI. An SEO. A D
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12y ago
I think TextSecure is coming to iPhone soon, so just wait.
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I'm actually interested in betting on every market except the sports markets.
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12y ago
Do the phones have to be online at the same time in order to send the first key or does a Chadder server distribute the keys to each pair of users but simply not store the key after it's distribution? Sorry if this question sounds igno
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I'm amazed by the people who play video games and post play-throughs on YouTube with millions of subscribers. Even for the ones that don't make $1+ million per year that has to be one of the best jobs available. Here are some esti
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My definition of AI was based on human-like intelligence. I see your point that AI won't necessarily have human-like intelligence but could have something completely different, something that my puny human brain can't even compreh
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12y ago
What do you mean by "1:1 connections into the network by individuals"? It would be required to have the same amount of bets bought and sold, just like the stock markets.
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12y ago
This could be huge in my opinion, until prediction markets become legal at least. Is there any real value in it being decentralized other than bypassing laws? There is enormous value in prediction markets, I hate that they are illegal in th
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12y ago
What is the end goal for humans? Floating through space with near unlimited computing power seeding planets? Will we keep our human bodies and enjoy the simplicity of living while machines build us giant (on scales we can barely fathom) str
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12y ago
"Because T. gondii can sexually reproduce only within cats, they are defined as the definitive host of T. gondii." No cats, no toxoplasma gondii brain parasite. I have nothing against cats, but the phrase "brain parasite"
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12y ago
The site is much more informative now. Thanks.
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12y ago
I'd be willing to bet that pet hippopotamuses are more likely to kill their owners than pet cats. http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2011/11/pet-hippo-kil...
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While that's technically true (some countries have numbers as high as 80% infection rates), over 16% of the US human population is infected. That's a very large amount when talking about a brain parasite. http://www.cdc
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I didn't realize the 1st stage was destroyed in the ocean. http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2014/04/25/spacex-falc... The above article says the next landing zone will be closer to land wh
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Yep, cat people hate when you talk about their beloved pets. I've seen friends parents not wash their hands after playing with cats, after I suggest that they should they think I'm crazy for saying the phrase "brain parasite&
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12y ago
Ops can mean a lot of things... IT operations? Business operations? Military operations? There's zero content on the site you submitted. I'm guessing it's yours, because I can't imagine why anyone would submit a nearly b
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12y ago
Why was internal storage for the video camera not available?
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13y ago
According to the link below he was 52 in 2005. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/11/magazine/11FREAK.html?page...
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The article ends by saying that most airlines don't do the optimal methods of boarding in order to encourage people to upgrade to priority/early boarding, and that it makes them more money that way. Wouldn't it make the airli
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I agree completely about how sketchy LinkedIn seems. It feels like every action I do on LinkedIn is tracked and available for purchase. Then there was their, "send all of your email through our servers" app. A Google Professional&
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13y ago
iGoogle, DuckDuckHack, WordPress. Widget is a nice name that hasn't been abused and gets the point across to both technical and non-technical users. It's kind of like an addon or sometimes a labs feature. Not required by all users
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I'd like to see Google+ converted to an iGoogle type homepage that could be 100% private and would have the option to completely disable the +1 buttons and tracking across websites. It could have customizable widgets, optional social m
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Try using Chrome's multiple profile feature. I use one for each Google account and it makes the multiple accounts issue much easier to manage. I also use LastPass across profiles and 2-way auth for both LastPass and Google accounts. If
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This mentions the 30%, they should have mentioned it in the article, it's the standard amount they use every year I think: http://nlihc.org/oor/2014 Also, many places won't let you rent without meeting the 30
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