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by jeffwass 10mo ago
I see the opposite quote a lot. Advertised “No Fee” currency conversions, but a HUGE spread built into the conversion rate that comes out to a massive fee.
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by jeffwass 10mo ago
The “expected distance” is not what you think here. For a binomial distribution of probability p and (1-p), after N steps the expectation value of right steps is Np. The Variance is Np(1-p), so the standard deviation (or Root-Mean-Square)
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Toffee Crisp and Blue Riband can't be called chocolate any more(bbc.co.uk)
6 points by jeffwass 10mo ago|0 comments
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by jeffwass 10mo ago
Same. It’s a wonderful movie that can be thoroughly enjoyed by young and old alike!
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by jeffwass 10mo ago
He was also brilliant as Michael “Meathead” Stivik in the phenomenal TV series “All in the Family”. Amazing how many classics he worked on throughout his career.
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by jeffwass 10mo ago
The first time after getting my driving license and having to find parking in the city, I was so jealous of George Jetson whose car collapses into a briefcase when he gets to work. Glad to see TV converging to reality.
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by jeffwass 10mo ago
A few people I know had moved to houses on one side of the bridge for easy access to schools and jobs on the other side, and were hit hard by the closure. Their commute times skyrocketed to go to the next Thames crossing.
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by jeffwass 10mo ago
To be fair, this issue isn’t endemic only to big companies. I’ve seen similar even in academia, some people just know how to “play the game” and play it very well. It really depends on the culture of where you are, which can even vary team
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Hamas Victims' Families Sue Binance, Accusing It of Aiding Terrorism(nytimes.com)
3 points by jeffwass 11mo ago|1 comments
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by jeffwass 11mo ago
I don’t understand the seeming lack of regulation for flashing bike lights. I don’t mean a simple “normal” flashing light, but the super bright ones that are like a camera flash strobe going off 2-3x per second which hurts your eyes and kil
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by jeffwass 11mo ago
Title is a bit misleading - it's not pure germanium that superconducts here, it's germanium doped w/ Gallium atoms. Superconducting germanium alloys have been known for decades, I used a Molybdenum/Germanium superconduct
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It's better to be rich than right(cnn.com)
36 points by jeffwass 1y ago|29 comments
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by jeffwass 1y ago
The sheer irony of your unwarranted pedantic critique of the usage of “next” is that all HN threaded comments, including yours, have a “next” link in their headers which clearly does NOT refer to unwritten future comments. Not sure why I
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Minus World – The Glitch in Super Mario That Obsessed Gamers(bbc.com)
9 points by jeffwass 1y ago|0 comments
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by jeffwass 1y ago
Reminds me of Google Maps for the NES : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rznYifPHxDg
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“Technological Breakthroughs” turn out to be AI-sparked delusions(cnn.com)
4 points by jeffwass 1y ago|0 comments
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by jeffwass 1y ago
I’ve learned all sorts of strange facts about eels by doing crossword puzzles. EEL is a super common crossword answer. If the clue references some aquatic creature and the answer is 3 letters long, very likely the answer is EEL.
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by jeffwass 1y ago
This is cool, my Dad has an old OSI (Ohio Scientific) computer circa 1978 that likely used this or similar version of BASIC. He fired it up a couple of years ago and it booted to the welcoming Micro-Soft message (I think it had a hyphen lik
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by jeffwass 1y ago
I’m curious to know what your diet is like. Eg, if you are only eating meat, do you eat more bones and sinews than the usual omnivore to get enough “roughage” for digestion? Eg, birds at a falconry can’t be fed just the usual bird “meat”, t
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by jeffwass 1y ago
Obligatory Simpsons clip from 32 years ago : https://youtu.be/7D_eAtU4_DA?si=Ynafg1d_G-GRo5vM
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by jeffwass 1y ago
Ahh, Egghead, the one time I cracked a password (by lucky guessing). There was a floor display computer at the shop with some random demo presentation, and to exit the program you needed to enter the password. I guessed 'egg' and
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by jeffwass 1y ago
> You briefly wonder how she managed to procure wine from over 2000 years ago before recalling that the wine cellar was built deep inside of a hypothetical scenario. Lol
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by jeffwass 1y ago
When I was learning Spanish (on my own) 25 years ago I had a Spanish/English dictionary. It only translated verbs to Spanish infinitive, but each had a numerical index mapping it to a class of verbs with the same conjugation pattern. T
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A.I. Researchers Are Negotiating $250M Pay Packages. Just Like NBA Stars(nytimes.com)
2 points by jeffwass 1y ago|3 comments
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by jeffwass 1y ago
The problem with the call center A.I. is that almost every time I need to call somewhere that uses them, I have some kind of edge case. They always give examples of how the automated agent can handle simple queries like “what’s my balance”
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The Cosby Show star Malcolm-Jamal Warner dies aged 54 in 'accidental drowning'(metro.co.uk)
2 points by jeffwass 1y ago|1 comments
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by jeffwass 1y ago
> About 20 years ago, a neuroscientist named David Eagleman strapped a bunch of students into harnesses, hoisted them to the top of an imposing metal tower, and then, without warning, dropped them 150 feet. Though the students landed saf
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by jeffwass 1y ago
I think you just wrote that 'off the cuff' but it's really a brilliant quote that succinctly clarifies science vs engineering.
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by jeffwass 1y ago
LOL, the idea it just pitched me was inspired by the HN Slop submission itself!
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Four astronauts launch to the ISS as NASA grapples with leak issues(cnn.com)
2 points by jeffwass 1y ago|0 comments

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