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by drpgq 9y ago
The pub won one. A few of my friends ran their own small ones that mainly just us.
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by drpgq 9y ago
Interesting that at the same time I was using a C64 with 300 and 1200 baud modems to get on the local BBSs in Canada. Which was way more of a hassle.
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by drpgq 9y ago
With global warming, Saskatchewan and Manitoba production could really take off.
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by drpgq 9y ago
Some Canadian diplomats have been affected too, which makes it even weirder. Surprised the article didn't mention it.
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by drpgq 9y ago
I wonder how easy it is to do the 35 hours of train. If it is a course that is only run a couple of times per year, then that's pretty prohibitive.
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Uber says it's leaving Quebec if province insists on stricter rules(cbc.ca)
96 points by drpgq 9y ago|218 comments
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by drpgq 9y ago
I think the pro leagues in the Philippines have a limit on foreigners and they are also limited to 6'6" so I guess that kind of exists.
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by drpgq 9y ago
It would be interesting to know for different types of software developers, embedded, front end, scientific etc. Sometimes 20% seems high to me, but I only work at one company so I'm sure I'm missing something.
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by drpgq 9y ago
Meh Duda and Hart came out in 1973. I could just be somewhat old and bitter.
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by drpgq 9y ago
I found this example interesting as a Canadian, as currently there's a big tax battle over people incorporating to avoid high marginal tax rates and take advantage of relatively low small business tax rates, plus income splitting (whic
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by drpgq 9y ago
Well another reason to go to Niagara Falls I guess.
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by drpgq 9y ago
As far as I can tell LCBO store staff are hired based on nepotism, not whiskey knowledge.
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by drpgq 9y ago
Well at least people will be able to grow a few plants at home. I'll be curious what percentage of the market that will get.
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by drpgq 9y ago
Supposedly this happened to Canadian diplomats as well.
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by drpgq 9y ago
Isn't agreeableness a big 5 psychological trait? It's probably mostly genetically fixed and not affected by your profession, although it probably affects your choice of profession.
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by drpgq 9y ago
It would be interesting to see the stats for litigators versus other types of lawyers. If I had to guess patent lawyers would probably have a lower chance of divorce than litigators.
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by drpgq 9y ago
Maybe he can get together with Damore and commiserate.
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by drpgq 9y ago
I wonder if he pays rent.
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by drpgq 9y ago
OK obesity I can see, but smoking. Haven't men's smoking rates in the countries measured declined over the time period?
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by drpgq 9y ago
As a Canadian, that's kind of depressing.
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by drpgq 9y ago
I wonder about starting a coin where everybody on Earth is assigned a set amount.
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by drpgq 9y ago
I didn't think dilbert was that male oriented. Male oriented sure but 94%?
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by drpgq 9y ago
Is it that big a deal? There's a steady stream of H1Bs to make up for half the population opting out.
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by drpgq 9y ago
Maybe a mention of how hard it is to get a tenure track job in physics would also be a good idea.
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by drpgq 9y ago
Well before deep learning you could get good performance on people in your training set. Source worked as research scientist for a face recognition company since 2003.
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by drpgq 9y ago
I sometimes wonder if Canada's tech industry would be more ahead if there was no TN visa.
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by drpgq 9y ago
Interestingly the NFL uses the Wonderlic test.
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A Man in a Hurry: Claude Shannon’s New York Years(spectrum.ieee.org)
3 points by drpgq 9y ago|0 comments
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by drpgq 9y ago
Disrupting the fertility treatment industry? I wonder what Musk would do with that.
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by drpgq 9y ago
Technically wasn't his father born in the US?

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