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by johnnycab 7y ago
>I remember London black cabs as mainly being a reliable service with reliable drivers >The cliche of not going south of the river held up to some scrutiny too. >At least it was a two way conversation with a cabbie. It seems that y
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by johnnycab 7y ago
The article seems like a collated excerpt from stories shared on the front page of the internet, albeit still a good read. In between the bizarre justification for why water costs more. There are book-ended TIL moments like: for Lufthansa
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by johnnycab 7y ago
It might be far easier to buy crypto via an ATM. Sure, it will cost a bit more but you will have some anonymity. https://coinatmradar.com/
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by johnnycab 7y ago
>Moreover, AMEX somehow is not subject to this regulation. NAL. It is somewhat complex and involved Amex exploiting a 'loophole' in the EU law, which capped the fees. It revolves around how three party and four party arrang
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by johnnycab 7y ago
The linked TED talk is by Janelle Shane, an optics research scientist and an AI researcher. She maintains a blog, which is quite funny and has also written a book drawn from her experiences with NN's, particularly GPT-2. https:/&
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by johnnycab 7y ago
Firstly, I apologise sincerely, if you felt in anyway whatsoever, that I was being uncivil. Secondly, it is extremely unfair to label someone a 'nasty troll', when they have diligently provided official sources as a basis to condu
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by johnnycab 7y ago
Ah, yes, of course, the super-secret 'CuRrEnT FrAmEwOrK PoLiCy' which you can't link to or share? By attributing any authority to what is essentially a loose collection of a government's ambitions, aspirations, pipe drea
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by johnnycab 7y ago
>Didn't WhatsApp used to be $1 a year before Facebook bought them and it was a very successful pricing model? I was hounded and paid £0.69 to renew the 'subscription' ─ which was subsequently offered for free to everyone,
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by johnnycab 7y ago
>That's basically it. >If nothing else has worked, let's try threatening Openreach until service improves. That is basically NOT it and issuing random threats to incumbent telcos, whilst contemporaneously empowering them is
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by johnnycab 7y ago
>Oh god! They divorced in 2015. I am sure if Google had any such plans, it is just as likely with any other CEO up there. Any subsequent marital issues or extracurricular activities of the individuals concerned cannot erase the fact that
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by johnnycab 7y ago
Deepmind Health was a pure-data play, like most Google acquisitions; including Fitbit ─ which might initially suggest it is a way to sell gadgets or a platform but reverse is true ie. it is a strategy albeit not a cohesive one, to acquihire
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by johnnycab 7y ago
>Amazing scan, and the comment is fascinating There is an entire Byte magazine archive, which will either blow your nostalgic mind, bring a smile or just make you ponder ─ how much/what has really changed? https://archive
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by johnnycab 7y ago
I would pick Airpods over Shure, but they don't fall in the $99 category! I was replying on the basis of a specific model and made it explicitly clear that an alternative pair meant either a foray into slightly expensive pairs (still c
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by johnnycab 7y ago
>If you want inexpensive, SE 215 is what you're looking for, for $99. Shure has jumped the shark. I own these and have stopped endorsing them, the sound quality is utterly rubbish compared to some alternative wireless pairs, which m
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by johnnycab 7y ago
It is disappointing that you decided to ignore the death and misery caused by this version of the bus and instead chose to pose a question on journalistic integrity. You did not provide evidence or refute any facts to support your claim tha
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by johnnycab 7y ago
>If you don't have a 4x4 Chelsea Tractor lobby, you can just use bendy buses. I fail to see the specific connection between the SUV drivers and bendy buses, as these articulated buses were operational on only 12 routes out of 700+ d
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by johnnycab 7y ago
>Incidentally I got a proposal to vote on the other day proposing changing Park Lane southbound into park land with cafes which I think would be nice. It is unlikely to be happen due to the 'solutions' proposed in section 3.3.1
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by johnnycab 7y ago
>either do whatever Torbrowser does or use the most popular iPhone. Using a iPhone does not preclude you from being blindsided, as illustrated by a NordVPN bug, which was exposed a couple of weeks ago. Here's how it works: The user
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by johnnycab 7y ago
>He's both an opportunistic speculator buying 15 (!) medallions and a victim who was conned. Depending on when the market took an eventual downturn he could have been a villain. He could have been part of the ominous "they&quot
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by johnnycab 7y ago
I found the article to be a sad tale, rather than defining it as baffling. The answers to most of your questions can be found in the article, which describes the latent demand for medallions, allowing the opportunistic speculators to swoop
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by johnnycab 7y ago
The faux-pas is not entirely restricted to cockney pronunciation; here is an example of another UK comedian, Michael McIntyre taking the piss out of TV chef Gino D'ACampo's (Italian) mockney version: https://www.youtub
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by johnnycab 7y ago
This reminded me of dickfromaccounting . https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20068269
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by johnnycab 7y ago
>I wonder why nobody else is willing to do this? It seems like it works, and it keeps you in the news... The gaming of keywords, offline and online, to influence SERP's has been done before and continues to do so ─ the optics on the
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by johnnycab 7y ago
>But most small suppliers are so in thrall to the huge company they supply that they won't even ask for that money. You are contradicting yourself by stating that it is understood that suppliers will get squeezed on payment terms an
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by johnnycab 7y ago
You are correct that Proof of Postage only records the postcode, which can only be obtained at the the Post Office (for free), when handing over the letter/parcel at the counter. However, you can insist upon the address or the proper
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by johnnycab 7y ago
>The day ublock origin doesn't work on chrome is the day users will flock to firefox. >This is because since their core functionality is so similar, small advantages will tip the scales. It is a a bold assertion, which is not bac
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by johnnycab 7y ago
They will likely get away with it, despite straddling a number of dark patterns ranging from 'sneaking it into the basket' to 'forced continuity'. They will probably get a slap on the wrist by claiming that they did info
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by johnnycab 7y ago
>He's a Windows guy but still, you'd expect he knows what he's doing. Weird flex but ok.
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by johnnycab 7y ago
This clip from Mr. Robot S02e11 regarding eCoin, substituted with Libra in this case, maps suprisingly well to the hypothetical narrative on the shifting nature of skewed monetary power. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ee-c
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by johnnycab 7y ago
This question is also asked in the RFC by adopting a rather philosphical stance towards assigning a patent to an 'AI based entity'. 4. Should an entity or entities other than a natural person, or company to which a natural person

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