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by kirykl 10y ago
Like their predatory lease program. The terms are clear as mud for the desperate person this attracts. http://image.et.xchangeleasing.com/lib/fe9412737265067b77/m/... https://consumerist.com/
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by kirykl 10y ago
A win win for everyone but the drivers. Sure they can quit but doesn't excuse Uber from using its negotiating power against exploiting them wherever possible.
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by kirykl 10y ago
which flights are over Iraq?
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by kirykl 10y ago
LA has a very underrated transport system. You can get pretty much anywhere, it just might take longer than by car, but only by an hour or two. Biggest hurdle is bus frequency, but even the routes on the hour are reliable and usable.
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by kirykl 10y ago
Age of life on earth: ~3,800,000,000 years Age of earth life knowing about electromagnetic radiation: ~217 years Radio SETI will arguably only help us find a species in our relative window of technology. But I think it's worth working
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by kirykl 10y ago
Something like this is already covered under libel law (in the US) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actual_malice Labeling it as fake news is too broad, hence new-speak. Call it what it is 'libel'
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by kirykl 10y ago
"Fake news" is the ultimate new-speak. Since fake news is nearly by definition opinion this type of law in a round about way makes it illegal to have opinions deemed fake by the government. There's accrediting organizations
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by kirykl 10y ago
LA is pretty walkable, thats part of the reason its not very drivable. Limited road capacity. It actually wasn't even designed originally for the car, it had an extensive electric rail system.
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by kirykl 10y ago
Would antimatter interact with gravity opposite that of matter, prohibiting an alien (or anything) from being made of antimatter ?
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by kirykl 10y ago
Anecdote: Recently I had a sears gift card number but not the actual gift card. Tried to buy vacuum in store with just the number not the card, and they said no way, even said they should call corporate security to investigate my scam. I we
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by kirykl 10y ago
Coming soon: Amazon automated testing centers featuring Amazon Go Store tracking AI
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by kirykl 10y ago
if the costs of the products are reduced along with the operating and spoilage costs then its a net + to the customer, which aligns with Amazon's basic value propisition
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by kirykl 10y ago
incentives can be positive or negative
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by kirykl 10y ago
Avoiding getting charged is an incentive to put it back in the right place that doesn't exist currently. Maybe not even where you picked up just a discard area
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by kirykl 10y ago
I'm estimating. There is 11,000 miles of sidewalks to fix. plus the problem is kicked down the road to homeowners. http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/LA-Expected-to-OK-Pl... "$1.4 billion plan to r
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by kirykl 10y ago
In LA the economic value of a tree is overall negative - as the fast growing trees planted long ago have become too large and destroyed miles of sidewalks
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by kirykl 10y ago
But that's not my point. My point is actual exploitation of Ubers data that's already happened, is worse than fear mongering politically biased hypotheticals
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by kirykl 10y ago
Yea just throwing it out there. I think you're right it would most likely require more data
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by kirykl 10y ago
Sorry to disrupt your narrative but a theoretical action by Trump is worse than what's already happened under Obama? http://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/477921/
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by kirykl 10y ago
Said I'm not advocating it. Just stating it as thought experiment.
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by kirykl 10y ago
Maybe possible to use this technique on space probes to capture true colors in a single channel, saving on data transfer
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by kirykl 10y ago
Not that I'm advocating this as viable but you could just ban the raising of livestock, and have a DEA type agency that infiltrates illegal animal farming operations
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by kirykl 10y ago
The Overjustification Effect says the opposite to this, basically saying gamification would actually decrease engagement over time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overjustification_effect
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by kirykl 10y ago
Google Allan Erlick
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by kirykl 10y ago
This does make me wonder why there's not an AM and PM toothpaste sub category. AM toothpaste with caffeine and PM with some type of mild sedative. They could double sales
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by kirykl 10y ago
Not to the user. The internals are a black box, and what's presented is taken at face value. But In poker the user might expect the presentation to be based on probability (52 choose 5) and the 2nd example would result in more near mi
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by kirykl 10y ago
Examples of a near miss that are indeed part of the design: - third wheel spins that change visuals/audio to enhance anticipation of landing that last needed symbol - symbols that look very close to eachother - symbols that appear to b
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by kirykl 10y ago
Legal weed dealers cannot yet issue a special type of credit at their discretion, for which they can employ the DA as a collection agency
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by kirykl 10y ago
That's a great documentary. I'd like to see a followup on some of the people he interviewed. Some research online will show that the "Mattress King" had lost his young son shortly before this was filmed
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by kirykl 10y ago
Wouldn't Facebook have the perverse incentive to define 'misinformation' to be any information which offends the most people, regardless of truth, in order to keep users from leaving

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