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by drones 3y ago
Yeah, edited my comment. Agreed that direct outreach is ineffective if you aren't b2b. If you're selling commercial products for a mass market, I think doing things like sponsored content might be more effective. If I'm selli
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by drones 3y ago
What is the average ROI on advertising by using google AdSense et. al? Advertising is an assumed cost of business for any medium to large company these days, but I feel there's a growing silent minority who slowly believe, slowly know
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Does data show drinking alcohol is good for you?(twitter.com)
10 points by drones 3y ago|2 comments
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by drones 3y ago
Why does Wikimedia give so much away when Wikipedia itself is completely reliant on donations? Saw some "if everyone gave $2" banners earlier today.
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Mechanical components in hard drives can act as synthetic microphones (2019)(ieeexplore.ieee.org)
1 points by drones 3y ago|0 comments
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by drones 3y ago
A kettle with a nice collection of teas, accessible while remaining in my office chair.
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by drones 3y ago
Personal favourites: SciFi/Space collection: https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/albums/72157638... King's Topographical Collection: https://www.flickr.com/photos/briti
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British Library's Public Domain Images(flickr.com)
12 points by drones 3y ago|2 comments
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by drones 3y ago
Wouldn't multiple jobs like this make you a huge security/IP rights liability?
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by drones 3y ago
While there are definitely some tortured genius types out there, I think many of those who present as such described in the article really aren't. You know, it's pretty easy to appear like a genius when none of your peers have any
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The Most Important Algorithms(koutschan.de)
3 points by drones 3y ago|0 comments
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by drones 3y ago
Disagree with the negative outlook of this article on "Gameification". Like in industry, fighting new technology for the old is a losing battle. Think about the value proposition of reading against tiktok or youtube or videogames
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by drones 3y ago
Even if LK99 isn't the real deal, god has it been an exciting 2 weeks. Though I know absolutely nothing about material science, I have enjoyed the sheer enthusiasm and optimism the scientific community has shown. I feel like I'm p
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by drones 3y ago
article presents this as a confirmed finding, yet the paper was published on arxiv, a prepublishing site. it's not peer reviewed or replicated. we need to hold our horses a little bit.
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by drones 3y ago
My dad, who once applied to YC, said that YC favours founders between ages 25-35. Not too young to be inexperienced, not too old to have other obligations.
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Second Room-Temperature Superconductor Paper Retracted for Data Fabrication(nature.com)
2 points by drones 3y ago|0 comments
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by drones 3y ago
Does anyone else think that WeWork, as a concept, still has potential? WFH has a lot of benefits for the employee, but it's clear that many employers still desire some face-to-face contact. WeWork was already going downhill pre-pandemi
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by drones 3y ago
I was already writing a comment about procedural generation before I saw yours. I was thinking about placing shapes on the boundary of a basic character shape, and placing random points within those shapes which then have lines/splines
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by drones 3y ago
Generally speaking I don't take lab results seriously until I see tests in real world environments. Deployment always presents new challenges after development. Not trying to be dismissive, but statements like that reminds me of "
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by drones 3y ago
Be careful when using Llama 2 for large institutions, their licencing agreement may not permit its use: Additional Commercial Terms. If, on the Llama 2 version release date, the monthly active users of the products or services made avai
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by drones 3y ago
From news release: Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz announced today the release of a report of investigation regarding the Federal Bureau of Prison’s (BOP) custody, care, and supervision of Jeffrey Epstein w
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Review of the Prisons’ Custody, Care, and Supervision of Jeffrey Epstein(oig.justice.gov)
1 points by drones 3y ago|1 comments
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Ask HN: Best Resources for Learning Computer Vision and Self-Driving Vehicles
1 points by drones 3y ago|1 comments
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by drones 3y ago
Why? What's so unique about Mastercard?
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by drones 3y ago
Huh, TIL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_boot_attack
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by drones 3y ago
I thought ram chips had volatile memory. As soon as it loses power it effectively wipes all data, no? How does the physical removal process preserve the contents? Are modern RAM chips not volatile anymore?
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by drones 3y ago
Interestingly enough, I think the core gameplay loop of the first cell stage has actually influenced gaming much more than anything else in spore. All of the popular .io games I know (Agar.io, snake.io, diep.io) all have some feature of tha
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by drones 3y ago
Terrorism isn't marketing? Marketing is all about advertising your ideas and changing people's ideas. 9/11 wasn't marketing for Al-Quaeda? Even if he was purely driven out of self-interest and ego, the result of his acti
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by drones 3y ago
For the most part the underlying observations are hard to disagree, even if you disagree with the conclusions. 14: - Yep this is quite off. I disagree. 15: (Some) Leftists do operate under a slave morality, which does lead them to morally b
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by drones 3y ago
There are way more Ted K's running around today - it's just that you don't need to kill people to get heard anymore. Nowadays the spectacle of ruining your own life is enough to get noticed. Anyone with an internet connection

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