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631.
by dogruck 9y ago
What about the hypothetical scenario where the procedure is free, and the volunteer also receives, say, $2,000?
632.
by dogruck 9y ago
If we support "cash for clunkers" why not support "pay people to be sterilized?" I don't mean "pay poor people and criminals" -- I mean, open up the program to any person who volunteers.
633.
by dogruck 9y ago
Ah, Rolling Stone -- great source for solid info on LIBOR.
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by dogruck 9y ago
I had luck booking a place with Airbnb, in Idaho.
635.
by dogruck 9y ago
Wow, what a beautiful piece. Fascinating mix of philosophy and art and science. It also made me even more excited to see the eclipse on the 21st. I had been wondering if people would scream.
636.
by dogruck 9y ago
Ever been to Red Lobster? :-)
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by dogruck 9y ago
When was the first "rebellion against an office plan"? Can anybody link a report from the early 1900s? The 80s?
638.
by dogruck 9y ago
Great point. How hard would it be to create a special cleaning machine?
639.
by dogruck 9y ago
TIL Josh White.
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by dogruck 9y ago
Vandalism: "action involving deliberate destruction of or damage to public or private property." Destruction, eh?
641.
by dogruck 9y ago
In my defense, the linked research paper is about multiple genders of a species, with the thesis that they are the same creature. I admit my additional joke about Google was unnecessary.
642.
by dogruck 9y ago
If this guy changes his pronoun, heads will explode.
643.
by dogruck 9y ago
Why is there a glaring typo in the first sentence of the abstract? "In this paper, it is argued that probability theory, when used correctly, is suffrcient for the task of reasoning under uncertainty."
644.
by dogruck 9y ago
I wonder what the annual revenues are. I'm skeptical.
645.
by dogruck 9y ago
Yes, the accounting for his legal defense was always annoyingly murky.
646.
by dogruck 9y ago
Do you mean pay the scientists or a different group?
647.
by dogruck 9y ago
I had to lol at "there is significant possibility of unexpected changes."
648.
by dogruck 9y ago
Perfect, thank you.
649.
by dogruck 9y ago
Where can I read the report, and what is the list of scientists?
650.
by dogruck 9y ago
Wouldn't it be great if the listeners who donated to Adam Carolla's fund got their collective $500,000 back?
651.
by dogruck 9y ago
Max should meet Luke Rhinehart -- The Dice Man: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dice_Man
652.
by dogruck 9y ago
Would be nice to see a standard academic platform for backtesting. Then, the paper could say "we submitted our implementation of this strategy to Backtest (which includes transaction costs and slippage)."
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by dogruck 9y ago
Uber-for-breakups YC 2018.
654.
by dogruck 9y ago
LBJ
655.
by dogruck 9y ago
One point of view: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bell_Curve
656.
by dogruck 9y ago
Rude awakening -- you rarely get honest feedback about rejection. Consider breakups. The Seinfeld classic "It's not you, it's me" is hilarious because it touches this truism. Move on.
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by dogruck 9y ago
Which country does it best?
658.
by dogruck 9y ago
I agree with you. I just don't know how it will work. Suppose we have a program that approves or denies loan applications. We input the acceptable default rate, and it makes the approval decisions. Then, we notice that the software
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by dogruck 9y ago
The higher level question is how should we respond when machines, trained on facts and data, systematically make decisions that go against our sensitivities?
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by dogruck 9y ago
Shall we abolish the FDIC and the SEC? Then, should we redirect some of the funds into gambling addiction support groups?

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