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by gervase 11y ago
I can't speak for Cortana, but I have personal experience with Siri, Now, and Alexa. In terms of the actions that I do day-to-day (I would never ask for a dirty joke, for example, but I ask for the weather daily), I would rank them Now
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by gervase 11y ago
A few credit card companies offered this in the mid-2000s (Providian and Citi, possibly more), but it seems to have fallen out of favor in the intervening time. I liked to have it as an option, so I'm glad it's making a comeback.
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This actually doesn't seem to be the case. Take a look at Google Translate's offline voice recognition AND translation - it's really amazing, considering it's all happening on your device.
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by gervase 11y ago
They actually discuss this in the article, including the concept of oracles, 'reputation', etc. See more at the referenced site[0] or the Youtube video[1]. [0] http://www.augur.net/ [1] https://www.yout
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by gervase 11y ago
Or maybe not - the Grand Tour[1] was historically restricted a wealthy elite, after all. I guess it depends on the time scale of the perspective. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Tour
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by gervase 11y ago
Is there any reason why this tool can/should only be used by European citizens? Presumably an easy-to-read and nicely formatted resume is something that would be helpful internationally.
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by gervase 11y ago
One major caveat that I just recently discovered - purchases made through Amazon are only covered if they're actually sold by Amazon, not through a third-party reseller and fulfilled by Amazon. If you change your purchasing habits to c
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by gervase 11y ago
There seems to be some speculation[1] that the performance increase from Maxwell to Pascal will be larger than usual. Given that 2016 is supposed to be the "year of VR", it makes (marketing) sense that the GPUs released this year
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by gervase 11y ago
I agree 100%. I'm certain that the airlines have never considered the 'ethics of ticket pricing' when setting prices. Is haggling unethical? Is using coupons unethical? This article is nonsense.
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by gervase 11y ago
Very exciting. As things like this become more well-defined, and start to solve the security/ease-of-use problem, I think (hope?) that we'll see some truly groundbreaking applications of distributed decision making tools.
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by gervase 11y ago
I don't think looking at this as a replacement for the existing ballot system is the right way to look at it. For the kinds of elections that are currently conducted, the current ballot systems may be sufficient, and even preferable, a
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by gervase 11y ago
I completely agree. To make this useful, perhaps you could set up some kind of saved preferences. For example, let's say I'm setting up a business trip. I like hotels that are within 1 mile of the conference center, and they have
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by gervase 11y ago
Jesus, I thought we had it bad, but some of these other comments are making me rethink that. We're paying ~$640/mo for a $0 deductible, 0% coinsurance ACA Gold HMO, purchased off CoveredCalifornia. That's without any subsidie
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by gervase 11y ago
The answer they were looking for was: Let the numbers be x, y, and z; x < y < z must be true. Their hypothesis was that most people would guess as you did (they mentioned 78% of people did so).
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by gervase 11y ago
http://world.std.com/~reinhold/diceware.html https://www.random.org/ I believe the current suggestion is 7 words. It shouldn't be hard to come up with a mnemonic device to match your new password.
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by gervase 11y ago
Additionally, it would be helpful if you could select your passports, and then it would suggest on a per-country which passport to use for entry, based on visa restrictions, costs, etc. There are a number of websites that offer the informat
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by gervase 12y ago
6:07AM - Wake up, shut off alarm, grab phone, get back into bed and read int'l news until clearheaded. 6:35AM - Get up again, use restroom, cook breakfast. 6:45AM - Eat breakfast. 7:00AM - Shower, shave, brush teeth, etc. 7:18AM - Get
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by gervase 12y ago
The site was extremely slow to load for me; here's the Google cache. https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http:/...