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by gibba999 7y ago
This is a repost. Short summary of the prior discussion: Google may or may not be stealing, but if they are, it's not from Genius. Whether or not Google can show lyrics under Fair Use is an open question, but if not, the party whose ri
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by gibba999 7y ago
The model seems incorrect: 1) It misses pricing. If I am next to another gas station or hot dog stand, I have competitive pressure; my best strategy is to price just below the competitor. If I am isolated, I can jack up prices by however mu
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by gibba999 7y ago
Try it. You might be surprised. I thought I was really lousy at that sort of thing too. It turns out the back-and-forth has a big impact. That's not just me. Lots of my friends use it. Nice thing about CDs is you can get them from the
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by gibba999 7y ago
> I've been looking over their website - it seems like it is just audio lessons and no tutor is provided? If that is correct, how would someone learn to correctly pronounce words in say Mandarin using this? Audio lessons vary widely
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by gibba999 7y ago
I found the article to be BS. My experience: 1) Classes with other students are just about the least effective way to learn a foreign language. You just reinforce each others' bad accents, grammar mistakes, etc. 2) Duolingo is okay for
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by gibba999 7y ago
Generally, yes. Put yourself on the other side. Someone breaks into your house, steals a painting and pawns it off for $500. Unbeknownst to them, it was worth $10,000. Breaking in, they broke a window. Unbeknownst to them, you're trave
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by gibba999 8y ago
It's a bit of a disaster. Government processes aren't rational; they're bureaucratic, with specific (and complex) procedures intended to guarantee fairness. The government receives a set of proposals, and must evaluate them b
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by gibba999 8y ago
Parent never described how it made them feel -- they described the motions they made, and called that not ergonomically safe. If op has said "I got a kink in my neck," it'd be a different story.
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by gibba999 8y ago
I'd like a citation here. Keeping your headed tilted at an odd angle for months is ergonomically unsafe. Head motions? I've never seen studies that motion was unsafe, so long as the neutral position was neutral. Indeed, all I&#x27
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by gibba999 8y ago
I think the key is to establish an unassailable logistics network. Once enough drivers, passengers, and other users (delivery, etc.) use either service, it becomes a pretty big moat. If my driver is closer, and I have scale to keep them bus
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by gibba999 8y ago
I don't buy it. AoPS is a great organization, but the focus is on pure, theoretical mathematics. Understanding calculus is key to understanding many beautiful areas of applied mathematics: image processing, signal processing, control s
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by gibba999 8y ago
Don't use expiring emails for that purpose. Seems simple enough.
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by gibba999 8y ago
There are two schools of thought: 1) Security has to be enforced by code 2) Your employees are reasonable, and won't try to maliciously bypass security controls I'm firmly in camp #2. In a normal corporate setting, a locked door o
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by gibba999 8y ago
I had one. It broke just outside of its warranty period. I opened it up. Plastic gears and complete junk inside of a tough-looking metal housing. Same with their blender; broke pretty fast, with relatively mild use.
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by gibba999 8y ago
Some of the projects I work on are pretty high-profile. I assumed they did that for everybody, but perhaps that lead to special treatment?
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by gibba999 8y ago
... and you get what you pay for. Whenever I've had a problem on AWS, I've spoken to a human being, and had a detailed information on what was happening and how they were fixing it. I don't have a support plan through Amazon,
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by gibba999 8y ago
I don't think Make is ideal, but: 1) It's simple, standard, everywhere, and everyone knows it 2) I haven't seen anything better. Most of the other systems are disastrously complex. I certainly, never, in a million years would
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by gibba999 8y ago
3. We don't throw people in the deep end of the pool, but that has a lot more to do with not wanting people to drown than with what's best for learning. And regarding MIT, it's hardly an example of a school where faculty eith
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by gibba999 8y ago
1. MIT has maybe 5% of funding from tuition. Students are clamoring to go there. 2. True 3. All data seems to suggest showing kids complex problems leads to more learning. "Too hard, too soon" isn't really a rational argument
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by gibba999 8y ago
You're saying it's okay to bully people and violate people's privacy because it's good for them? Interesting argument. If you really believe that argument, post the most cringeworthy video of yourself on the Internet. Fo
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by gibba999 8y ago
I don't think the right word is 'trolls,' so much as bullies. While there's a fair bit of trolling on reddit, what concerns me more is the culture of bullying. Entire subreddits -- iamverysmart and similar -- which are d
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by gibba999 8y ago
I will make a few speculations: 1) ML algorithms will be able to adjust stock art to have a common look. Think MM fonts on steroids. 2) Common themes will develop in stock art libraries. In other words, I'll be able to pick a world, ha