esalman

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931.
by esalman 7y ago
This. It is not long enough to gain wisdom and pass it to the next generation.
932.
by esalman 7y ago
I think there's more nuance to the claim from statistical perspective. How is the average estimated, what kind of a distribution does population IQ have, and what factors influence it?
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Ask HN: Strategy for Dealing with 0.5PB of Data and AWS
2 points by esalman 7y ago|2 comments
934.
by esalman 7y ago
Agree about the address bar positioning, last time I used a browser that had this feature was dolphin browser, at least 5 years ago.
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by esalman 7y ago
> "I’m extremely careful about my financial security ... Revolut is one of a new generation of banks that are app-only" I wouldn't open an account with this bank if I were careful about my financial security.
936.
by esalman 7y ago
Yes, they are preserved and it works great.
937.
by esalman 7y ago
Containers and privacy are the main reasons I'm hooked to Firefox now. Maybe chrome will get containers too, but there's no point if they are tracking users across containers. But as they are on par in terms of performance I see n
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by esalman 7y ago
Big Corp and media has created this impression that you, an individual, is responsible for this and need to do all the hard work. It basically takes the focus away from those big corps like oil, gas and other industries, which are responsib
939.
by esalman 8y ago
If someone wants to find beauty they should work for a charity. There are people suffering everyday everywhere. When you help someone in need, and the happiness you both experience in the process, it is more true and beautiful than anything
940.
by esalman 8y ago
> I don't understand why folks subject themselves to this for $1000 when other options are available. After my "flagship" HTC10 became unusable within 2 years because of battery issues, I was in the market for a new phone.
941.
by esalman 8y ago
I bought a Nokia 6.1 phone and was pleasantly surprised to discover FM radio on it.
942.
by esalman 8y ago
A fraction of the people are still going to spend money when they return items, knowing that they will be refunded by Amazon eventually.
943.
by esalman 8y ago
The system is wired to goad students to fall into debt to sustain a decent living standard. I am transferring school from a fairly low-cost city (Albuquerque, NM) to Atlanta. My own issues are not comparable to these kids, but about 60% of
944.
by esalman 8y ago
These kind of review patterns are easy to spot. I used to read through recent review etc. These days when I find a product on Amazon that I feel like buying, I go to reviewmeta.com and check the review trend before deciding.
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by esalman 8y ago
Not exactly technology theft, but one example which comes to my mind is illegal clinical drug trial on population in developing countries like China and India. It still benefits Western/colonial powers (drug companies). Not that it mak
946.
by esalman 8y ago
Thank you for pointing it out. I am sure there were always a few who did focus on the social aspect. I just feel that the direction in which the car industry and self-driving tech has grown obviously suggests that they underestimated it. Ev
947.
by esalman 8y ago
Driving on the road is about cooperating with the other people so that everyone benefits. Almost everyone underestimated the social aspect of it.
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by esalman 8y ago
We do. However, car manufacturers usually try to downplay reports of issues with the cars to the point when they can't do anymore. That's when something like a recall happens, which results in a substantial financial loss for them
949.
by esalman 8y ago
If a car manufacturer is faced with a problem so that it loses the ability to prevent accidents, would you let that manufacturer continue its business?
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by esalman 8y ago
My uncle has chronic kidney disease (CKD). On my recent visit back to my country, my aunt showed me a clip of a news segment aired in a local TV channel. It was a report on a local clinic offering stem cell treatment for CKD patients. The r
951.
by esalman 8y ago
Like academic publications, every news article should be published along with acknowledgement of funding, conflict of interest and maybe data availability statement. It is a lot easier to judge a news article when you know who own the publi
952.
by esalman 8y ago
That's interesting. I remember now that I signed up for the beta. However I never received an invite :(
953.
by esalman 8y ago
AAA game publishers such as EA, Ubisoft and Activision have already translated such obsession into multi-billion dollar pseudo-gambling businesses. I think more scrutiny on these are welcome.
954.
by esalman 8y ago
I find the attitude of "I go wherever Google maps tell me to go" problematic. We should be asking more questions. When we don't, we are basically complying to what the government/corporations are asking us to do. That&#x
955.
by esalman 8y ago
I love Zotero. Thanks.
956.
by esalman 8y ago
You can use a private window too.
957.
by esalman 8y ago
Similar things were said about neural networks in the 90's, funnily enough. I also believe the underlying blockchain technology is important. It's just that many tech-savvy fraudsters are using the cryptocurrency hype for scamming
958.
by esalman 8y ago
Got that from my work Google apps account. But got results from my personal Gmail. It indeed looks like a list compiled from my email invoices. I don't remember asking Google to keep track of it though.
959.
by esalman 8y ago
Advanced math topics are based on layers upon layers of abstraction (theorems, corollary etc.), like an enterprise software. I also dislike the hand-waviness, but I do understand that I have to read up on the basics in order to grasp the ad
960.
by esalman 8y ago
I don't understand why the patent examiner wouldn't look into something like Google Scholar for prior art. This is the "unpatented database" where people submit inventions all the time- journal articles, preprints etc.

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