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by dpatru 15y ago
The graphic does what it's intended to do: give a high-level overview of machine learning concepts and techniques. Even if not perfect, it's a lot better than a block of text.
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I don't think anyone wants pharmaceutical drugs not be be tested. The issue is whether consumers should be free to choose who does their drug testing or whether government should take away that choice and force everyone to test drugs with t
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Mens rea has to do with the natural consequences of the act while legal mistake (not knowing the law) has to do with the legal consequences. So, eg, if I burn down your house, mens rea asks, "did I intend to cause the fire?" while legal mi
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can you provide examples of this?
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Just last month one of my friends with a debilitating back condition that forced her to spend many days in bed was told by medical doctors that she needed surgery to get rid of the pain. On the advice of friends, she went to a chiropractor
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probably 24in60.com
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Compare New York's approved tutoring companies ( http://www.p12.nysed.gov/nclb/ses/ApprovedProviders/AlphaLis... ) with Khan Academy which is not approved (khanacademy.org).
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by dpatru 15y ago
> If 1,000 people die, is the company held liable by the government? Intentional or negligent killing is prosecutable. I doubt, though, that not requiring bonding for a money-transfer startup will cause the deaths of 1000 people. As to
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> can you name one good building material that you can't actually use to build a house? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKH0qoaXR88 Discusses how building codes hinder new and "natural" building methods. In particular, the speaker ment
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The whole point of this thread is about whether bonding should be required by threat of force (or torture) by government. Advocates of government regulation claim yes. Opponents claim that there are better, non-violent ways in which consume
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> Information and resource asymmetry are not easily overcome; The best way to "overcome" information and resource asymmetry is through a free market. In particular prices and word-of-mouth/"the Internet" do this work as well as possible
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> Private companies have killed, enslaved, tortured, kidnapped, etc. There are a tremendous amount of examples of private companies being coercive. These are instances of private companies acting like governments. What characterizes pri
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You're right. Governments have gained the power they have because they offered people a better alternative. I read somewhere that Napoleon was welcomed as a conquerer into parts of Italy because his government was a lot better than the loca
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The people complaining will be those who drive their own cars and are paying attention to how the computers drive.
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An unregulated market will spawn entities that provide the services it needs. This includes security and trust. Insurance companies, for example, are entities that people trust to protect them against loss. Rating agencies are entities that
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Government regulation is in just about every case either not needed at all or better provided through non-coercive institutions. Since government innovates more slowly than private industries, government regulation tends to become outdated,
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Why is banking (specifically money transfering) different than other kinds of business? Seems to me that money transfer is a particularly easy business for the market to regulate. A failed money transfer is a lot easier to spot than, say, a
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As long as the Facebook feature nets AirBnB more than it did without the feature, I don't see how this hurts them. Lots of successful businesses "suffer" from the free rider problem. What percentage of users of Google and Craigslist bring t
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Magic Ink(worrydream.com)
1 points by dpatru 15y ago|0 comments
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As long as a pig thinks his farmer wants him to live a long and happy life, the walls of the pigpen seem like defenses against enemies, not the elements of a prison. The reason I'm uncomfortable with government surveillance is that I see it
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Electronic tracking is a very cheap way to gain a lot of possibly useful information about potential suspects. It thus allows government to keep us safe without spending a lot of money. There are only two downsides. First, innocent people m
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I suspect many law enforcement people take the attitude that if someone hasn't done anything wrong, they have nothing to hide, and if they have done something wrong, they should be brought to justice. Also, the use of electronic surveillanc
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The aim of both the gold standard and bitcoin are to limit the power of governments and banks to defraud their citizens by forcing them to use fiat money. > gold standard is a tool used by a central banking authority to promote stable p
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> Gold isn't "real material" any more than paper. It's only has its value because of supply and demand, just like fiat money. If this is so, then why have plundering governments consistently sought to replace gold with paper?
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> nobody forces me to use Dollars Actually, if you're in the US, you do have to use dollars. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_tender#United_States and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Dollar .
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The web design company that never charges you.(mute.co)
2 points by dpatru 15y ago|1 comments
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Do it yourself Fiber Optic Cable(youtube.com)
2 points by dpatru 15y ago|0 comments
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Roads are paid for with gas taxes, something that is hard to avoid if you drive. Public schools and libraries are supported by property taxes, again, something all residents pay. Income taxes primarily go to the federal government to pay fo
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If the earth-moving industry were like the education industry, the hand shovel would still be the tool of choice and bulldozers, backhoes, and other machines would not exist. A basic problem with education is that the technology has stagnat
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Marcin Jakubowski: Open-sourced blueprints for civilization(youtube.com)
4 points by dpatru 16y ago|0 comments

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