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by epiphanitus 7y ago
Wow really? That's fascinating. Can you tell us more?
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WeWork presses on with IPO, ignoring pleas from Softbank(cnbc.com)
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by epiphanitus 7y ago
That's an interesting setup. Is there a specific reason why you run your big experiments on your own machine instead of AWSs machines? I'm very interested in the field myself, but I haven't yet reached the point yet where my
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Ask HN: Why don't word processors automatically add close quotes?
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by epiphanitus 7y ago
>> I agree with you re: the bottom point about EMT's salaries. It's the same with teachers; they're one of the most essential parts of society, and they're paid so little. See also: - Truckers - Farmers (though som
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by epiphanitus 7y ago
Who knows, maybe a giant octopus was looking for an easy snack.
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by epiphanitus 7y ago
You could start cooking with bugs. That way you're squashing bugs by day and cooking them by night.
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by epiphanitus 7y ago
Thank you for that. That was really interesting. Have you seen any data on conversion rates for native podcast ads? They may not be targeted but given the amount of money being thrown at podcasters these days I wonder if there's a part
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by epiphanitus 7y ago
Fun Fact: Much of the Great Wall is still in very good condition thanks to its amazingly resilient mortar. The secret ingredient: sticky rice. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/778584.
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The first people to live at high elevations snacked on giant mole rats(arstechnica.com)
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by epiphanitus 7y ago
That's interesting that there are data scientists going the other way - you don't really hear about that on the outside. What sorts of SDE positions do these data scientists go into? Are there any additional skills they pick up as
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by epiphanitus 7y ago
Should we just interpret these filings as CYA measures, or do they show the company preparing for an ugly legal battle with investors? Is it possible to tell the difference?
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by epiphanitus 7y ago
Is there anybody here who believes WeWork will eventually be profitable? I know most of the people here are skeptics but I'm interested in hearing the other side.
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by epiphanitus 7y ago
Speaking of scraping, does anyone know where one can get a hold of full text news articles/press releases for nlp research? Most APIs that I have found only offer partial texts. I know that Aylien has an API for this but it's out
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by epiphanitus 7y ago
I thought about your comment re: video and I did some more poking around online since I was hoping to avoid having to do a fresh install. I tried updating my video codecs and now Netflix/Hulu works! Hooray! >> JavaScript coin min
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by epiphanitus 7y ago
Thank you for your answer. It's good to know that dealing with freezes is not a problem only faced by newbs like myself. Re: playing video, for some reason I can't play South Park on either Firefox or Chrome. Videos on twitter als
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by epiphanitus 7y ago
What do you recommend doing when Linux Freezes? It doesn't come up a lot, but when it does it can be kind of unnerving since the three-finger-salute doesn't work. I would also love to know if anybody has a solution for getting vid
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by epiphanitus 7y ago
1) and 3) to a lesser extent. China's currency has been pegged to the USD for some time now. This is actually a common arrangement. A currency peg is basically a commitment by a government to keep its exchange rate with another country
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by epiphanitus 7y ago
Wow, that facility has had a lot of accidents. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayak#List_of_accidents
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by epiphanitus 7y ago
>> The markets are kind of like a massive, distributed, realtime, ensemble, recursive predictor that performs much better than any one of its individual component algorithms could. That's really interesting, I never thought of it
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by epiphanitus 7y ago
There was a study done on what separates chess masters from beginners. Chess masters and beginners performed equally well on memorization tests. Where they began to separate was pattern recognition - chess masters are really good at pattern
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by epiphanitus 7y ago
I personally would attribute most of our current standard of living to better technology and better healthcare. Besides, we live in an innovators paradise, where thanks to the cloud you can build whatever you want for peanuts and there are
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by epiphanitus 7y ago
You know, I was thinking about the US founding fathers, and how people back then accomplished so much when they were teenagers - teenagers! and it occurred to me: 1. No smartphones 2. No internet 3. No social media 4. The news came maybe on
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by epiphanitus 7y ago
+1. I would add that most humans are not stupid. They think the way they do for a reason. That reason could be emotional or cultural but really those are just other forms of information that can be truthful or be made to lie, just like misu
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by epiphanitus 7y ago
On the other hand, the fact that it's just a cap on transactions over 10k AUS could mean it really is an anti money laundering statue and not a covert attempt at creating a cashless society. Again, I am by no means an expert on Austral
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by epiphanitus 7y ago
Very cool. Thanks!
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by epiphanitus 7y ago
Just noticed the 10k ceiling. That would make sense. For whatever reason I thought the proposed law was more restrictive than it actually was. I guess the late hour here is taking its toll.
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by epiphanitus 7y ago
I hate how hard it is to sort out truth from fiction when it comes to new science regarding health and especially dieting. One study says one thing, another says another. How does anyone sort out fact from fiction on these things if they&#x
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by epiphanitus 7y ago
Anybody have a good Linux command line reference they might recommend? I've been using Ubuntu on my computer and it would be nice to have a resource for when I get stuck.
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by epiphanitus 7y ago
Who is lobbying for this? Who wants this legislation to pass, and why? (American here, not sure how things work in Australia, but these are questions I often ask in my own country)

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