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by drpgq 8y ago
I wonder what will happen in Canada once October 17th, the legalization date comes.
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The Cartel Next Door(texasmonthly.com)
177 points by drpgq 8y ago|22 comments
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by drpgq 8y ago
Ugh, I can only imagine the amount Canada wastes on dubious SHRED grants.
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by drpgq 8y ago
I think this a lot different then tracking their identities. Some store worker could count how many people come in and make guesses for age and gender. Would that be banned?
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by drpgq 8y ago
I work in the industry and obviously I can't say for certain, but I don't think Amazon has anywhere near the most accurate face recognition software available. If you want to see where the tech is in terms of performance, the vari
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by drpgq 8y ago
Python is certainly way better for a layman trying to do small things than C++
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by drpgq 8y ago
As someone in the industry, I'm amazed that Amazon is bothering with this market. Support for this is pretty demanding and usually the big guys want nothing to do with that.
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by drpgq 8y ago
Yeah but how much did the community college teacher publish?
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by drpgq 8y ago
Does Kairos actually produce any useful software or does it just exist so Brackeen gets publicity?
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by drpgq 8y ago
I find it irritating as an IEEE member that you don't get access to everything with a membership.
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by drpgq 8y ago
Wondering as a Canadian if these will ever show up here, or if the weather is too bad for too long to bother.
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by drpgq 8y ago
Interesting that carpooling was once way more important
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This Armada of Saildrones Could Conquer the Ocean(bloomberg.com)
2 points by drpgq 8y ago|0 comments
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by drpgq 8y ago
When people deny the usefulness of IQ tests, I always point out how useful it is to the US army.
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by drpgq 8y ago
That sounds like a few of mother’s cats over the years
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by drpgq 8y ago
Interesting that the decline started in 2007. That seems like a long time ago in internet time.
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The More of Everything Problem(ianhathaway.org)
1 points by drpgq 8y ago|0 comments
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by drpgq 9y ago
I've worked in the industry for since 2003. Algorithm improvements in the past few years have been impressive. Plus if you set up a decent chokepoint at the ticket gate and get good images things are even easier for the algorithm.
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by drpgq 9y ago
It's more a fixed trait for adults than for children.
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by drpgq 9y ago
"On the other hand, getting a Ph.D. in life sciences seems like a pretty fool-proof path to the upper-middle class. Sure, you may not be a Nobel Prize winner, but I'd imagine in the worst case, you'd be pretty employable by p
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Cambridge Analyticas billionaire funder got his break from Canadian bilingualism(thestar.com)
1 points by drpgq 9y ago|0 comments
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by drpgq 9y ago
I'm not really sure what Canada can do about this. Maybe make startup equity crazily low taxed?
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Will Canada’s universities step up to stop the brain drain?(theglobeandmail.com)
1 points by drpgq 9y ago|1 comments
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by drpgq 9y ago
I suppose stock option values will plummet, but I guess most get stock grants now.
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by drpgq 9y ago
I miss the oil drum. It had good content and good commenters. Too bad they couldn't survive the rise of oil from shale.
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by drpgq 9y ago
They could make it so advertising on FB or Google isn't considered a valid business expense. Canada does something similar for advertising for magazines.
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by drpgq 9y ago
Makes you wonder if with a bit of luck, the Viking presence in North America could have been a lot more. NB is certainly more hospitable than Iceland or Greenland (or Newfoundland for that matter).
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Why this archeologist believes New Brunswick is home to a lost Viking settlement(nationalpost.com)
2 points by drpgq 9y ago|1 comments
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by drpgq 9y ago
As Canadian who spends a fair amount of time in Germany, I've always found German bankruptcy laws somewhat horrific. Although to be fair the idiots I've known that went bankrupt personally in Canada wouldn't have been able to
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by drpgq 9y ago
They have watch lists of people banned from the stadium.It has been used years ago for hooligans in European soccer stadiums. Demographic info like age and gender can be used. Checking if season seat holders are actually there is something

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