gtremper

10 ms·

31.
by gtremper 11y ago
Everyone is a potential criminal.
32.
by gtremper 11y ago
The Onion is sometimes too accurate. https://youtu.be/NYSxkqL9l_8
33.
by gtremper 11y ago
Replace "stupid people" with "people being stupid"
34.
by gtremper 11y ago
The price of something is determined by how much people are willing to pay for it, not the marginal cost. We don't pay people based on the marginal cost to keep them alive.
35.
by gtremper 11y ago
Amazon only sold books originally, and they still don't sell "everything"
36.
by gtremper 11y ago
I have all my LendingClub funds in a Roth IRA so I don't have to deal with any of the tax loss/gains stuff. I've heard the tax accounting can get tricky in normal accounts, so I highly recommend putting your LendingClub funds
37.
by gtremper 11y ago
I've been using it for about a month and its one of the better LendingClub auto-investors out there. By far the best interface, but the fee is a little steep, though the fee only takes effect after investing 10k though them. I've
38.
by gtremper 11y ago
But claiming someone has privilege isn't a value judgement on the person, or a sin. Its not claiming they did anything wrong, or that its their fault. I'm not sure why people are so offended when others point out their privilege.
39.
by gtremper 11y ago
I'm sure Facebook can do this if they wanted.
40.
by gtremper 11y ago
There's no real alternative to flash at the moment for live video. Youtube only recently switched from flash for live video for chromo/safari and still uses flash on Firefox.
41.
by gtremper 11y ago
He's saying all Californians are underrepresented in the Senate because we have the largest population and still only 2 Senators.
42.
by gtremper 11y ago
Its not supported currently at least. I get [5mFoo[0m
43.
by gtremper 11y ago
The "ends justifying the means" is not a fallacy, unless you think Consequentialism is completely wrong[1]. In this case, it seems a lot of people do think the ends justify the means. In other words, the risk was morally justifi
44.
by gtremper 11y ago
Yeah, every computer is a super computer compared to those that came before it.
45.
by gtremper 11y ago
> Human: where are you now ? > Machine: Kobol .
46.
by gtremper 11y ago
It seems like direct modification would be safer than natural mutation since we know exactly what changed with direct modification.
47.
by gtremper 11y ago
This is blowing my mind. I remember Berenstein Bears as well.
48.
by gtremper 11y ago
I just opened secret for the first time in months(years?), and the first post was a very explicit dick pic... Seems like an appropriate send off.
49.
by gtremper 11y ago
Didn't Google use some sort of auction at their IPO? They're the only company I've heard doing something like that.
50.
by gtremper 12y ago
And a step beyond that, saying "amoral human" is redundant. ;)
51.
by gtremper 12y ago
Wow, I'm all for not wasting food, but that's really tacky.
52.
by gtremper 12y ago
I think its more that if the "value" to society of sending the person to jail is less than the cost of sending them to jail, then you shouldn't do it. In this case, he's expressing that the value of sending them to jail
53.
by gtremper 12y ago
There are still people who profit from the non-privite prisons. The money is going somewhere.
54.
by gtremper 12y ago
Also, references can't be nullptr, which eliminates needs for null checks and makes clear that nullptr isn't a valid value. RVO also makes "returning" values through non-const references not as necessary. Though, the mos
55.
by gtremper 12y ago
I don't think they're breaking into their system at all. They're just abusing a public interface on their sight. A more apt analogy would be repeatedly calling their phone, or ringing their doorbell nonstop. Your analogy impl
56.
by gtremper 12y ago
I think Google is going for the "Star Trek computer", void of a personality. Specifically an interface rather than a personality. Notice how Google's "assistant" is the only one without a name or persona, in contr
57.
by gtremper 12y ago
What about people that only want to use chat, without having the Facebook app. Especially since you don't need a Facebook account to use messenger.
58.
by gtremper 12y ago
I was really confused about the point you were making until I realized you didn't mean user engagement.....
59.
by gtremper 12y ago
I took this exact class in person while I was at Berkeley. I also highly recommend. Shewchuk was one of the best lecturers I had.
60.
by gtremper 12y ago
Insects are eaten in most of the world. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entomophagy

More ›