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Equality of Opportunity in Machine Learning(research.googleblog.com)
1 points by inspectahdeck 10y ago|0 comments
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by inspectahdeck 11y ago
This seems functionally pretty similar to the 'rope' [0] data structure used by GtkTextBuffer [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rope_(data_structure)
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by inspectahdeck 11y ago
I think he's suggesting that only supporting a language thats not in top 25 languages today is their #1 problem
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by inspectahdeck 11y ago
China owns a ton of US treasuries. It will sell some of those in exchange for dollars. It will then buy it's own currency, the Yuan, with those dollars. Selling treasuries will make US bond prices go down. Buying Yuan will increase it&
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by inspectahdeck 11y ago
I heard a similar story from a Sony employee about the Sony hack. Was able to find it mentioned in a Vanity Fair article: >...this morning, as she began her day, she discovered that a bizarre specter had hijacked her computer. The screen
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by inspectahdeck 11y ago
Well, the article is wrong. Here's Microsoft's actual announcement: https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2015/08/05/the-employee-exp...
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by inspectahdeck 11y ago
The third point here seems wrong to me: >The third reason for why individual options are probably worth less now than they used to be is that both employer and employee need to account for the fact that the time until IPO or liquidity is
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by inspectahdeck 11y ago
The problem is that almonds and watermelons are exported from California, exiting it's water cycle.
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by inspectahdeck 12y ago
Most HFT players are market makers, not market takers. If you take a look at the fees in that link, the fees for liquidity taking are positive, i.e. $0.0027, whereas the fees for liquidity providing are negative, i.e. $(0.00150). Exchanges
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by inspectahdeck 12y ago
"George R.R. Martin is not your bitch."
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Jews ordered to register in east Ukraine(usatoday.com)
18 points by inspectahdeck 12y ago|4 comments
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by inspectahdeck 13y ago
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-the-fox-knows/
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by inspectahdeck 13y ago
"we personally match you with other lovely Dating Ring members (groups of 3 men and 3 women, or 4 members for gay groups) and act as your personal dating concierge" [0] [0] http://thedatingring.com/faq
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by inspectahdeck 13y ago
One question I think is worth considering: if the quality of STEM education increased, wouldn't that increase the number of vacancies in STEM jobs per year? Theoretically, more qualified people -> better research -> new companies
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by inspectahdeck 13y ago
Having grown up in St. Louis, I will say that the statistics about violence are highly skewed. Yes, the rates of violent crime in East/North St. Louis are extremely high. However, it's not terribly difficult to avoid these areas (
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by inspectahdeck 13y ago
"MIT was never involved in any plea negotiation, and was never asked by either the prosecution or the defense to approve or disapprove any plea agreement" http://swartz-report.mit.edu/docs/report-to-the-presid
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by inspectahdeck 13y ago
MIT's report on their involvement in the prosecution of Aaron Swartz: http://swartz-report.mit.edu/
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by inspectahdeck 13y ago
Hey, that's not what the Palantir UI looks like!
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by inspectahdeck 13y ago
I live in NYC and my net income is just under 60% of my gross income
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by inspectahdeck 13y ago
To be fair, Houston had already dropped out of school from a year to start an SAT prep company, so he's not entirely a first time founder. [0] [0] https://www.linkedin.com/in/drewhouston