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   Rockstar Games co-founder Dan Houser leaving the company(polygon.com)

   2 points by kratom_sandwich 7y ago|0 comments
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   by kratom_sandwich 7y ago

   Not an instructional video, but I rewatch the Facemesh scene from "The Social Network" over and over: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSKoVsHs_Ko IMO, everything about this scene is fantastic, starting with the fa
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   by kratom_sandwich 7y ago

   For those who are interested in a similar article for economics, I can recommend this one from the Journal of Economic Perspectives, which is freely available online: https://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257&#x2
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   by kratom_sandwich 7y ago

   This is a question that comes up semi-regularly and a search of HN might yield threads that are interesting to you. On thing that I haven't seen mentioned so far is an idea of mine which might be useless but I want to share it anyway:
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   by kratom_sandwich 7y ago

   I mean ... When was the last time thickness was a limiting factor to you in any way? Why not focus on weight or size, which really do make a difference in everyday activities? Edit: Most replies here in favor of thinness write something ak
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   by kratom_sandwich 7y ago

   Interesting. I would love to see a number for Austria - until this month, it was IIRC one of the few EU countries which didn't require any form of identification for a prepaid phone.
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   by kratom_sandwich 7y ago

   I had a look at it and there appear some good opportunities to make a quick buck ... How high is your bank roll altogether? Mind sharing a few details?
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   by kratom_sandwich 7y ago

   There's this bot on Reddit which summarizes articles: https://np.reddit.com/r/autotldr/comments/31b9fm/faq_autotld...
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   by kratom_sandwich 7y ago

   Also, it's easy to imagine that there are a lot of "unskilled" betters, i.e. old folks betting for the thrill of it, people betting a few bucks just for kicks, ... With wall street, there might be a few unskilled people, but
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    by kratom_sandwich 7y ago

    Care to elaborate? I have played GTA V, but I haven't played Online. Are you talking about the recent Casino update?
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    by kratom_sandwich 7y ago

    I think that data availability is the problem, rather than the statistical technique (ML vs. "traditional" statistics). How would you - as an "outsider" - even get hold of the countless variables which determine outcome?
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    by kratom_sandwich 7y ago

    IIRC card counting relies on tracking which cards have been drawn and thus inferring which cards are remaining in the deck. Shuffling by hand is a tedious process, hence it is done only so often and this makes counting possible. With electr
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    by kratom_sandwich 7y ago

    But where would you even start discovery? I guess no one with a remotely useful idea wants to share it ...I did a bit of Googling after the article came out last year and apart from a few research papers and that Wired article about Joan Gi
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    by kratom_sandwich 7y ago

    Let me links to a previous discussion on this topic: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17892731 Are you talking about knowledge storage for you personally or within a work context?
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    by kratom_sandwich 7y ago

    I don't think that the research process is different for academics and non-academics since most databases are publicly available (although the actual papers might be not). If you have already found a paper on your topic, locate that pa