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   by drpgq 11y ago

   Yeah I have to wonder how great Duolingo would have been if I had it as a kid as a learning tool for French (I'm Canadian). I generally got good French marks, but I think Duolingo would have boosted my actual ability.
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   by drpgq 11y ago

   Yeah when they made the film How to Marry a Millionaire in 1953 with Marilyn Monroe, a million really meant something.
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   by drpgq 11y ago

   If you have $10 million you should give the Ferrari no more thought than a Camry. No if you have fifteen Ferraris that's where things become problematic.
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   by drpgq 11y ago

   The Millionaire Next Door is a good read related to this although it is getting a bid dated.
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   by drpgq 11y ago

   I'm surprised Maine is only twice times Norway.
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   by drpgq 11y ago

   Is there any specific nutritional regime that physicians recommend for cancer patients currently?
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   by drpgq 11y ago

   Sometimes I wonder with addiction what would happen if you took the person to a remote island where the boat comes only every six months. Would this guy have gotten better over six months? Or would he have found another way to destroy himse
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   by drpgq 11y ago

   One thing I think that is good to keep in mind with regards to doing things in the past, is that if there was money to be made, people would find a way to get things done. Certainly in 2015 with computing it is far easier to flexibly accomp
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   Everything ‘needs to be treated as a biohazard’ after Airbnb renters trash home(news.nationalpost.com)

   4 points by drpgq 11y ago|3 comments
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    by drpgq 11y ago

    "Air travel is set to more than double from today's 3.3 billion passengers a year to 7.3 billion by 2034, says the International Air Transport Association" Even with more efficient planes, that's a lot of greenhouse gas
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    by drpgq 12y ago

    I remember reading an IEEE Spectrum article about death rates over 100, and while obviously very high, apparently they didn't increase much. I can't seem to find it unfortunately as it was a good article.
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    by drpgq 12y ago

    Yeah the 6+ is big enough that it can get by on desktop viewing. I'm guessing the average mobile screen size has been steadily increasing and will continue to in future.
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    by drpgq 12y ago

    I wonder if a small part of the dancer/bartender vs engineer situation is that engineers (statistically usually male) often are working mostly with other men. My sister is married to a ballet dancer (who just retired to start studying
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    by drpgq 12y ago

    Wow $3 for a GB of data? I'm paying more than three times as much in Canada and that's considered a good deal.
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    by drpgq 12y ago

    I agree it is a problem, but for those in a particular field, you learn pretty quick which are the reputable journals and conferences.
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    by drpgq 12y ago

    Lately everything deep learning seems to get upvoted, even rather mediocre stuff. I like deep learning and certainly think it is interesting but it is getting ridiculous.
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    by drpgq 12y ago

    "The other thing about ads is that 41 percent of millennials are using ad block. My daughter has ad block and she goes around infecting every machine she gets to. She puts it on everything." Didn't realize that ad block was t
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    by drpgq 12y ago

    That's really not that interesting. I work as a research scientist at a face recognition company. If you want, you can detect faces at any angle, but sometimes for speed you will only check upright faces.
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    by drpgq 12y ago

    I think when comparing Japan's growth versus other countries one has to remember the differences between GDP growth and GDP growth per capita (as the article alluded to). I live in Ontario, which basically has been sub 2% GDP growth si
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    by drpgq 12y ago

    Well even Robert Putnam has admitted that diversity is overrated.
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    by drpgq 12y ago

    I think unfortunately Bayesian inference often does mean bigotry. And bigots aren't necessarily always wrong.
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    by drpgq 12y ago

    I'm always amazed that places like Germany generally have people including photos with their resumes. Blew my mind when I moved there from Canada.
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    by drpgq 12y ago

    I thought this recent Razib Khan post on the origins of the Japanese was interesting http://www.unz.com/gnxp/scions-of-the-hairy-ainu-not-amatera...
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    by drpgq 12y ago

    You can do things other than just invest in regular stocks and mutual funds with your RRSP? I've got to look into this.
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    by drpgq 12y ago

    I think Bard's Tale 2 had a code wheel which I photocopied as a kid for playing on my C64. Wasteland had that little book you had to refer to for little text snippets.
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    by drpgq 12y ago

    I always like Carpenter's They Live. Who knew Roddy Piper could act? Or at least sort of act.
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    by drpgq 12y ago

    Here's the latest sunshine list data for York University: http://surlyhamiltonian.blogspot.ca/2014/04/york-university-... Shoukri is at C$478K
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    by drpgq 12y ago

    Anyone remember Archon and Archon 2? They were similar although you actually fought a battle for each contact between pieces.
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    by drpgq 12y ago

    That wasn't what I was expecting but cool nonetheless. I remember @canada's first tweet and wondered why it took so long.
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    by drpgq 12y ago

    That's definitely not the same thing as being 90% plus ethnic Finnish.