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by igk 10y ago
Thing is, that's not how it's pitched, and the trade-off needs to be worth it. I personally would rather we found a way to do verifiable e voting (no idea how though, some cryptographic way to sign the logic used to express the pr
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by igk 10y ago
I thought so as well, but we were asked for sponsorship instead of donations again and again, not because they wanted more of a service but "because I need an invoice" It might be that the legal framework is there, but the process
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by igk 10y ago
Example : we organised a trip to a large trade fair and got 1000 € support pledged verbally by a large chip maker. As we get to the date of the trip, we get an email in English from the (apparently British) accounting department :they need
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by igk 10y ago
Meanwhile in Germany : as long as the institution can provide a Spendenbescheid, companies can in theory donate all they want and simply deduct it from their taxes. But all the Anglo companies don't grok this, so now students unions et
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by igk 10y ago
Would you care to share those things now? Here or email if you prefer
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by igk 10y ago
Interested mainly in PhD or research opportunities in the area of AI, robotics and high performance computing, bonus points for FPGA, ASIC involvement. data science also interesting Location: Switzerland Remote: yes Willing to relocate: for
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by igk 10y ago
So how exactly would they find out how you earn that money? And why would they have the right to terminate you if it's not in the original contract?
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by igk 10y ago
Yes, how devious. Reporting potential crimes
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by igk 10y ago
Which is kind of...ok? I studied ewto wing chun, and in our small "fight club" I always came out pretty well against the boxer/kick boxers if the group. So I'd say there are definitely"effective" styles, based
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by igk 10y ago
> Contrary to popular opinion, people want to see ads. Which is why adblockers exist:-p More seriously, you are right but people only like ads that are entertaining by themselves,introduce them to something new and worthwile or perfectly
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by igk 10y ago
Not possible to cut them out of your sight... unless you use adblock
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by igk 10y ago
Yes, am doing it successfully using the awesome iredmail.
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by igk 10y ago
To be honest? I'll take 5% more efficient banks. The boring stuff is usually worth a lot more to Society. Just doesn't catch us tweens less easily Also, if you've followed the urbit guys from the start, then you know how cult
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by igk 10y ago
Don't have a product right now, but are there any resources you can point to which have quality marketing wisdom? Or is this something you just have to learn as an apprentice to a good marketer? I am always torn because while I can app
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by igk 10y ago
So why is that misogynistic? Is girly a bad trait?
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by igk 10y ago
The problem is consolidation. If more and more earn and own less and less, while less and less earn and own more and more,this creates power imbalance, impededes real growth( as in, new value being created due to Innovation. A balanced port
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by igk 10y ago
I just interviewed at autostore:) They seem have really cool and clean technology and the one person I had contact with so far seemed really nice.
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by igk 10y ago
Disagree. Transistor, car, heck even the iPhone (and I say this as a massive hater against apple) are not describable by this. Neither is anything which 1) actually solves a problem 2) in a legal way (Airbnb is pushing legislation, Uber is
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by igk 10y ago
You pushed almost ALL of my buttons...note that I on every point I almost agree with your points (which of course meant I have to nitpick them:). 1. I agree that it is important to broaden your horizon and not blindly think everything wor
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by igk 10y ago
German here, what did you just say?!/s
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by igk 10y ago
Or you know, this is him making a living (I assume) of providing a good at a certain price, which allows everyone in his community who buys it right now to enjoy it. They know and trust him and are willing (I assume) to pay a little extra f
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by igk 10y ago
>I agree with you, igk. AI is a threat right now and has to be countered. Now the problem is: is there an organization dedicated to countering current AI trends through government regulations to slow down AI research and prevent AI misus
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by igk 10y ago
Max Schrems would like to have a few words about that.
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by igk 10y ago
Couple of things 1.: I take issue with non concerned issues being dismissed as exactly one reason why people should be concerned. I dislike circular reasoning. 2.: There does not exist uniform agreement that AI is safe, in fact at least in
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by igk 10y ago
>It is very inefficient to bring people to Germany and other western countries in order to help them. We could help one person in Germany, or another 10 people in Turkey for the same money. So let's start doing that, then close th
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by igk 10y ago
They are specifically talking about "sending a message that caring is optional". Not quite the same thing. Going on your second question, there are good arguments on why not being charitable, solidaric, or however you want to ca
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by igk 10y ago
Does this offer stand for Europeans as well?
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by igk 10y ago
Can I ask you for details about your background? I grew up in central Europe and never experienced what you seemed to have experienced
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by igk 10y ago
Also close enough to Germany(hours with a train/bus from TUM)to hoover up the bright minds from there. And then there is France (polytechnique) and the rest of Europe...
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by igk 10y ago
I'd rather see some which are honest about wanting to exploit the cost of living diffential instead of acting like charity, or some which are actually nonprofit charities, not startups like Angela and tax optimisation schemes like zuck

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