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by everdev 8y ago
> Ever gone to the cinema and stayed to the end of a film you actually loathed 10 minutes in? I think the author is assuming that what preceded will therefore follow. Hate the first 10min? The rest of the movie will be bad. Lose $100 gam
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by everdev 8y ago
> > We don’t see, hear, smell, touch, or taste time. And yet we somehow measure it.
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by everdev 8y ago
We don't hear, smell or taste light either but somehow measure it. Exclusively using our unique human senses to reason about the nature of something seems pretty fallible.
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by everdev 8y ago
Has there been any crossover success with gaming AI to other problem spaces? It seems like they're just highly optimized for a particular game and can't necessarily replicate that success outside of gaming or even in other types o
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by everdev 8y ago
It's frustrating when people cry wolf over topics like this with so many legitimate digital privacy and security concerns to actually report on.
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by everdev 8y ago
> It was scuttled in 1778 along with 12 other ships to act as a blockade in the lead up to the battle of Rhode Island. Why would sinking a ship act as a blockade? I can see if it was in shallow water, but I'm presuming these shipwre
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by everdev 8y ago
Applaud the ambition, but please be careful. People go to jail in the US for trying to hack or cheat at gambling games.
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by everdev 8y ago
An unfortunate one though and akin to saying "white people" or "poor people". Sweeping generalities about mass groups of people although faster usually break down communication.
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by everdev 8y ago
History is full of foreign influence, true, but that doesn't mean it was a good thing. The US has laws protecting against it because we fear the subversion of our independence. In fact, many countries fight civil wars between a nationa
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by everdev 8y ago
My hunch is that Trump simply thought of this type of foreign assistance (and the hush money payments) as business deals. You help me with the election, I'll help you with sanctions and we'll build a better relationship: win/
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by everdev 8y ago
The same way most Americans don't approve of or want to be associated with Trump. Democracies allow more freedom of choice, but large minorities or even small majorities in democracies can be ruled by people they see as detrimental to
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by everdev 8y ago
I've always wondered: why poison? It doesn't always seem to kill the victim and makes it easy to identify the perps as state actors.
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by everdev 8y ago
Very true, but as the recipients we risk misunderstanding rude and intimidating behavior as strength or stubbornness as confidence. When we elevate and accept these behaviors we all lose.
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by everdev 8y ago
I'll miss reminders the most because I use my mail client as my ToDo lost as well. I switched to Gmail preemptively and I'm back to writing emails to myself again...
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by everdev 8y ago
Yeah it's confusing. Is this a way for multiple people to control the same screen?
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by everdev 8y ago
> no one is quite sure what happens when a global superpower like Japan reaches a debt-to-GDP ratio of 224 percent. The U.S., U.K. and France have all surpassed the 100 percent level It sounds like the author is nervous about the rise of
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by everdev 8y ago
I remember the national being a huge issue in the 80s (and probably before). This send like important and scary reporting but I'm not sure how this time is different from all the other alarm bells over the past 40+ years. Is this a cas
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by everdev 8y ago
I think the majority like the idea but surprised there isn't a financial effort from the prison and associated industries to fight the idea. If it works though, it's a huge win for getting minor offenders out of concrete cages.
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SEC Hits Two Cryptocurrency Firms with Formal Charges(ccn.com)
1 points by everdev 8y ago|0 comments
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by everdev 8y ago
I'm not sure that job is ever "done". I think a more likely story is a pump and dump by some large investors.
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Crypto’s 80% Plunge Is Now Worse Than the Dot-Com Crash(bloomberg.com)
13 points by everdev 8y ago|21 comments
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U.S. Judge Says Initial Coin Offering Covered by Securities Law(bloomberg.com)
1 points by everdev 8y ago|0 comments
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SETI's New Neural Network Detects Fast Radio Bursts from a Galaxy Far, Far Away(gizmodo.com)
3 points by everdev 8y ago|0 comments
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by everdev 8y ago
The OpEd reads more like a speech. I'd assume there are some publicly available speeches (or videos with subtitles) that can be analysed instead. Some articles mention that anonymous sources specifically take note of the speech pattern
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by everdev 8y ago
There's is a hidden "not interested" button on mobile where you can then say why you don't want to watch a video and choose to block the channel or similar videos. The algorithm isn't ideal, but after a couple days
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by everdev 8y ago
Yes, and I've been "laid off" before after having compensation discussions with management. The employer dodges a lot of liability they would have if they fired me after asking for a pay raise. But for me the end result was I
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by everdev 8y ago
> employers can't choose (freely) who to fire. It's first in last out, or if you want to sidestep that, you'll have to compensate the employee quite heavily Do you mean "lay off"? Employers should be able to fire
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Twitter bans Alex Jones and Infowars for abusive behaviour(bbc.com)
67 points by everdev 8y ago|122 comments
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by everdev 8y ago
The Go community is against the proposed implementation and has provided a well thought out alternative. If the past is any indication, the community proposal will be rejected and we'll have the original proposal that no one is really
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by everdev 8y ago
I was at a store in Reno that was giving out free gifts to people who weren't on Facebook or Twitter. The tide is turning on the public perception of utility and safety of large social media networks, even if extremely slowly.

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