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by johntiger1 8y ago
I feel very sorry for her loss. This article and the NYT one by the Chinese daughter posted a few days back are really hitting me hard. As someone not really raised in the culture of my parents, it saddens me to think that I probably won&#x
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by johntiger1 8y ago
Great post, yeah sometimes doing nothing or something that seems unproductive pays off quite well actually! It's why I'm a little more lax when it comes to enjoying life nowadays. Ultimately, in my opinion a lot of luck is involve
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by johntiger1 8y ago
I think most Chinese people would blame Mao for the CR, not women...
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by johntiger1 8y ago
Not OP but I suspect they will say something about the math behind it. It's very true you can get quite adept at plug-and-play machine learning models (and indeed be quite successful) but the theoretical statistics, linear algebra and
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by johntiger1 8y ago
20% is pretty significant actually, I've read papers where they report baseline beats in the 0.1% to 1% range.
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by johntiger1 9y ago
Wow, there's a huge difference if you have 10k in savings already vs starting from scratch. Eye opening!
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by johntiger1 9y ago
While often disparaged these days, the US has long been one of the most charitable countries in the world both in terms of private citizen contributions and public government aid. Glad to see some of the good deeds finally being recognized!
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by johntiger1 9y ago
I saw an article recently about how an American immigrant was purchasing a home in Germany and was actually forced to pay LESS by the housing authority! Despite German economic strength, house prices are not outrageous. Whatever Germany is