jomamaxx

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by jomamaxx 10y ago
Exactly. The bulk of 'practical AI' don't come from massive products, like 'Office' - but from very specific neural algorithms, applied to very specific things - done by a few people. That said - this kind of resear
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
" and wasn't clear how Google could get that value out in a reasonable timeframe." Tell us, how the valuation can be justified in terms of dollars. Which 'AI' products are useful in the portfolio today, that makes p
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
"What I don't get is why private industry doesn't see this as an opportunity for economic growth." There are thousands of companies trying. The inherent problem is that solar and wind are generally crap ways to make it w
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
Ontario has hydro sources and Nuclear. At least on the hydro front, it's a difficult comparison. Quebec even more so - they have a lot of hydro opportunity. France generates 85% from Nuclear, so effectively 'emissions free',
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
Musk, Thiel etc. are the last people you should be listening to on the subject - moreover - their statements have nothing to do with 'standard of living'. Musk and Thiel are just old enough to remember and era when technology was
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
The definition of 'tax evasion' is 'the illegal nonpayment or underpayment of tax'. So - it's not up to you to decide what is 'tax evasion'. You can commandeer the term if you want, but you'd have to
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
XBox One is better than Nintendo 64 and it's not just a 'feel good thing'. Tomatoes that you can buy - any time of year - instead of just when they are 'in season' is a material thing, not a fantasy improvement.
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
"So how about sources then?" Are you kidding me? You must be young :). Don't you have grandparents? Ask them. Look at their photos. Are you too young to remember a time without smartphones, internet? Have you ever driven a ca
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
The 'difference' is one is illegal. If you have $1M in a Swiss bank account earning capital gains, and don't declare it to the IRS - that's 'tax evasion'. If you have a company in Switzerland generating revenue
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
"Important to whom?" Important to lawful civilizations. If you think that there should be better regulations around setting transfer pricing, then vote for it. Unless companies are breaking the law, then there is a very profound &
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
Transfer pricing is not 'tax evasion' - it's 'tax avoidance'. To be clear, 'tax evasion' is illegal. Most companies do what they can to avoid paying taxes, which is rational in some ways, but they usually
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
You have little to lose with applying to YC and getting rejected, nor do you have with investors. If you fail to get a seed-round going after meeting with maybe 1/2 dozen VC's you will be significantly 'more ready' for t
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
Good point. Maybe they could set a 'holding price' that is a function of the likely value of the domain name. I'll bet at $30 a month - a huge basket of names become completely untenable to 'sit on' whereas it would
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
Just because an organization is 'not profitable' does not mean they are not efficient, and that there aren't stake holders raking it in. 'Non profit' means that investors are not making anything (there are none). Bu
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
"I suppose that is why he is making $125,000/month running this business and you aren't." We have no idea how much he is making. Especially since if he is saying he is making that, he attracts attention and is therefore
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
If ICANN charged $5 a month for all domains perhaps it would not be so lucrative to sit on domains. Though it would still be profitable for some domains. The money could pay for ICANN or whatever.
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
That's not a 'biography' it's an 'autobiography'. Hey Zeus. Also - you don't read a 'biography' without grasping there will be some bias, and as far as the article's position goes - most peo
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
In the 1960's people did not travel. Commercial air was for the rich. People might have had a family outing, by car, to Disneyland or something. Now people travel worldwide. "Real wage growth stalls half way through the 70s, just
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
Facts are not BS.
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"It seems people 50 years ago didn't have to dedicate their waking hours from 6 to 18 years old constructing an impressive enough resume" People 50 years ago didn't go to University - and they took a menial job at the fa
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
A robot to clean my bathroom, clean the floors, tidy up, do my laundry.
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
"Sports (and events) Netflix/live streaming" The issue here is rights. The rights to this content are very tightly controlled, it's very expensive, and contracts are allocated usually in the billions. It would take a s
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We should not have to do that.
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
I think they are distinct. Passion implies that there is likely a sense of purpose, fulfillment or fun in it. If you do something you are very passionate about, money matters a lot less.
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I had all the symptoms. Point blank. Ergo 'I had it' - because it's a condition defined by it's symptoms. The kind of 'fatigue' I had was very odd: it was not 'sleepy tired' and it was not 'energ
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5 hours.
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"What is the latest thinking with respect to the cause of the condition" It's not really a 'condition' - rather, it's a series of symptoms they just lump together and give a name. They have no idea what it is,
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
Try living without your iPhone. I put it away most of the day, and don't have any email reminders. Get away with the least you can. After a while, notifications etc. become bothersome and you'll actively find ways to get away from
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
Dark fibre I think is used simply to refer to fibre that's not being used at a given time. So I guess it can mean different things.
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Yes, the observation destroys the entanglement. The communication does not really happen between the state that is 'teleported' - you still have to manually send the photons 6km or whatever. But - very crudely - you can pass infor

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