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by gervase 9y ago
Alternatively, it could also indicate that there are ulterior (financial, legal, etc) motives to obscuring the objective truth of the topic.
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by gervase 9y ago
I assume potential sarcasm would be related to the difficulty differentiating between similar symbols, based on length, with different lexicographic meanings. For example, dash vs endash vs emdash, etc: ‒ – — ― If those symbols were used
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by gervase 9y ago
Based on the perceptual bias the author let slip, I'm surprised that graph wasn't labeled "Bastardy".
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by gervase 9y ago
Thank you for taking the time to find some examples supporting your argument; I found them quite persuasive.
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by gervase 9y ago
The biggest problem with terms with a positive connotation is that both sides will claim them. For example, Comcast will simply say "we support Open Internet" with the implication that "Open" in this context means "
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by gervase 9y ago
My supposition is that this is a response to changing tastes over time. However, I think 10 videos or less it probably an overreaction to this problem. For example, let's say they have a user who watches 100 videos a week, for ease of
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by gervase 9y ago
I had a very difficult time reading it as well, but then, I couldn't handwrite in cursive to save my life, so there's probably a correlation there. I assumed this font was for marketing purposes only; regardless, I also assume tha
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by gervase 9y ago
I didn't find anything in the article that indicated that the decision was a "big mistake", just that some employees were annoyed. Did this affect their employee turnover? Productivity? Any objectively measurable effect at al
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by gervase 9y ago
To be fair, the USPS is only "losing billions" on retirement funding due to the pre-funding obligations imposed by Section 8909a of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006, not obligations owed to current employees
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by gervase 9y ago
A big factor of the ranking algorithm is related to the number of comments; as the number increases, the ranking of the article goes down. This is intended to penalize controversial articles that may result in flame wars. This article has &
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by gervase 9y ago
My understanding is that all new Tesla vehicles have all the necessary hardware, and the features are software-locked behind that $8,000 fee. Apparently, these features can also be unlocked at a future time, for a higher fee of $10,000.
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by gervase 9y ago
Google will happily permit you to download trained models of <100MB to your phone via Google Translate, which permit not only offline vocabulary recognition of a remarkably wide range, but will also then translate that input into another
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by gervase 9y ago
My understanding is that this is not the case when you get up to the research level, where they use altogether different signaling (citation count, impact factor, etc) to disqualify applicants.
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by gervase 9y ago
I know it may have been rhetorical, but I just don't think managing your own data is possible (yet) for the truly non-technical person, at least at a level that competes with FB in both price and simplicity; it's still a choose-
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by gervase 9y ago
Agreed. Greater efficiency, lower power and data usage... are those not things that premium phones can benefit from also? I suppose you have to give up some features, but given how few of the features on most apps I do use, I think this cou
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by gervase 9y ago
I might be an outlier, in that I don't experience motion sickness / vestibular mismatch from VR, but I suffer from this focal issue pretty severely. When I'm in VR, I notice it slightly, but it's easy to get used to. How
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by gervase 9y ago
In many (most?) areas, solar systems are considered "overimprovements" from the perspective of appraisals. This generally means that any increase in home value (increasing appeal to the buyer directly) won't translate to a hi
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by gervase 9y ago
This is probably quite accurate. I doubt more than 20% of the population even KNOWS that their router has a "configuration screen", much less how to access it. The biggest practical security upgrade for most users was when they st
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by gervase 9y ago
I might be an interesting case. I had previously been a big supporter of their name, agreeing with some other posters that it promotes the durability of the system. However, after a move last year, I was forced to live with cockroaches for
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by gervase 9y ago
Ultimately, all password managers are just data storage with encryption and convenience layered on top. However, I think the main advantage many password managers bring is cross-platform compatibility, specifically all of: - Windows - Mac -
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by gervase 9y ago
For me, a big one is being able to get only the audio stream of a video. Then, I can listen to it while my phone is locked, saving both power and data. This usually requires either a 3rd-party app, or a subscription to Youtube Red, and obvi
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by gervase 9y ago
I use it daily. It's not quite as good as the Mac's terminal in many ways, but in a few ways it's even better (apt > homebrew, for example). If all you need to do is ssh into a VM or server, it's awesome. If you need
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by gervase 10y ago
I think the main difference is that the more experience (and age, if correlated) you have, the more accurately you can judge whether or not (A) an idea is brilliant, and (B) whether you have, or can hire for, the skills to execute it succes
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by gervase 10y ago
If you can live in NYC/SF and still save 6 figures a year, I think your current job would already qualify as "high paying", depending on your lifestyle and expenses.
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by gervase 10y ago
This article is from 2015 - could we get a date tag on the title?
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by gervase 10y ago
Give 5 interns 5 balls each, and a black sharpie. Have them count the dimples on each ball by putting a dot in the ones they have counted. If there were more than 500 per ball I would be shocked - the group could be done in under an hour. N
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by gervase 10y ago
Honestly, I don't think most people realize just how cheaply politicians can be "influenced" compared to the effect they can have. I mean, $2,500 for a local politician seems cheap to us, but to a corporation making billions
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by gervase 10y ago
Additionally, it may be a way of hedging their bets. If it all goes smoothly, great. However, if it turned into a big flaming dumpster fire, an iOS point release has a lot less to lose than a major release (and the associated new hardware t
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by gervase 10y ago
He did specify "in the long run", which I think is probably true as the timescales get longer. I doubt anyone would argue that humanity would live lives relatively unchanged from the present say, 3000 years from now. So it's
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by gervase 10y ago
I can say that I was required to use one to get back into the U.S. while transiting through Schiphol back in October 2013. No opt out, just the scanner and "I'm not forcing you to fly today - you can stay here." Pretty rude

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