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Possible? Yes, but it isn't a smart move to do so. Implementing the whole HTTP spec will be a waste of space and time. Also, 'reprogramming' isn't as simple as it sounds. It is a pain staking process to test RTL you want
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He does mean typical, but I'm not sure if the definition is correct. Mode of a sequence is the unit occurring most number of times. So the modal employee is supposed to be the most frequently occurring one.
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Huh. Looks like it can be applied to a bunch of other innovations too. "Destabilizing Nation-states with Biology" - Bio weapins "Destabilizing Nation-states with Nuclear Physics" - N-bomb
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There's a problem I don't see anyone addressing here, which is the encoding speed. It is especially important for your use case. I thought that AV1 is going to be the Opus of video codecs, but with the encoding being so compute in
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> I have a house worth 100k, and there's a recession that values it at 50k, assuming I can stay employed is there a difference to me? You can sell now, get 100k. Buy during recession for 50k. You now have 50k profit.
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Often financial aid is given out to very needy students (don't even have anything as collateral for loan), and there's sometimes a quota.
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That sounds like corporate talk. It's been 11 years since YouTube has been acquired by Google. Insane amounts of money has been poured into YouTube. Sure, it gets revenue, but I bet it's not close enough to justify the expenditure
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I don't think loss leader is the correct term either. YouTube doesn't make money, nor intends to make money in the near future[1]. The key here is to get entrenched in the market, then assert their monopoly. On surface this might
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It absolutely is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumping_(pricing_policy)
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I believe it is because much of the ideas were already formulated, but the recent advancements in silicon tech, especially GPUs was a huge contributor. Pair that will exceeding amounts of data being collected from/posted by users, you&
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And I bet the critical sub-domain vulnerability was fixed too. The problem is that they are going to keep adding code, but won't get a security audit with every update. So all it takes is a slight mistake for it to be vulnerable again.
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I feel the company's modus operandi is to have easy and cute UX to simplify using security tools. Their VPN software is apparently very easy to use (from reddit comments). The same will probably apply to the password manager. They also
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They also had 3 'Critical' vulnerabilities reported by Cure53 in their extension VPN offering last year. https://cure53.de/summary-report_tunnelbear.pdf
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Well, the article makes it sounds like they are defying physics - "breaks laws of batteries"? Then also quotes >“I don't think they're lying,” Jaffe said. “I just think they left something out of the public reveal tha
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I don't think they are hiding it either https://youtu.be/8uTcwgWhnb8?t=29s
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Here's the text since it seems to be overloaded (italics theirs): #Tether Critical Announcement Yesterday, we discovered that funds were improperly removed from the Tether treasury wallet through malicious action by an external attacke
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>I'd bet that 80% of computer users just store their password in the built-in browser password managers (without even a Master password set) and be done with it. The misconception here is that setting a master password provides any
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He's right! There are transistors which have light at different frequencies on the same hardware. This paper[1] talks about how they've achieved 1.125 Tb/s throughput with various techniques. So he's right about optical
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>I think they are biting off more than they can chew. I don't think anyone will disagree with you about that. But we sure as hell want to see them succeed.
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>If I was a consumer sitting on a Model 3 reservation I would be pissed that they are taking yet more money for yet another car they can't seem to ship at scale. I mean, by the same reasoning, Model S owners should be pissed, Model
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>Diesel mechanics tend to be ridiculously intelligent and very resourceful. I was just saying about maybe the driver being in the picture isn't something Tesla is going for. A prime argument Tesla has was about eventually eliminatin
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I mean, with Semi's isn't a big thing going to be about self driving, therefore not needing such experienced drivers? I'm not saying have a kid on there, but what angle do they have if not for self-driving? Poor range, unrepa
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There's a reason why companies say they support specific OSes. You'll have a point if they said they supported linux. But they don't.
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>Most of the stocks you will invest in, probably won't exist in 50. I wasn't just talking about stocks. There are so many other places to invest with that amount of money.
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>For some people, buying art aren't isn't too different from buying stocks You are making it look like there's no emotion involved. Buying art in my opinion is mostly an emotional one, unless you're lucky and getting
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If anyone want's to know the soundtrack, it is 'On the Nature of Daylight' by Max Richter. If you think you've heard it somewhere, it was in Arrival - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2543164/
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“When information is cheap, attention becomes expensive.” ― James Gleick We've come to a point where we're inundated with everyone trying to push their own agenda that it is difficult to both sort the BS out, while also becoming
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Couldn't find the measurement process. What is the common root cause of error? Inaccuracies in measurement or the model classifying data incorrectly?
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Calculus: Thomas, Weir & Hass - Thomas' Calculus Linear Algebra (which is what you really need): Gilbert Strang - Linear Algebra and its applications These two are all you need, with which you'll get a solid base. Then you&#
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The amazing part about this is the blocktime is now 1.5~ mins and going down. https://bitinfocharts.com/comparison/bitcoin%20cash-confirma...
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