lewilewilewi

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by lewilewilewi 6y ago
While this is true, it might be costly (as it has been for Citigroup) https://www.ft.com/content/a50cd095-2811-41ab-b783-b09944691...
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by lewilewilewi 6y ago
What about a 'did you mean "in:trash"' if it detects the localised variant?
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by lewilewilewi 6y ago
You can't use Sweden as a counterfactual for the US (or any other country aside from their nearest neighbours) because their culture is so different. Most people in Sweden live by themselves, it's a reasonably socially-distant cu
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by lewilewilewi 7y ago
You mean like the PFA [1] who are the oldest professional sportsmans union in the world? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_Footballers'_Asso...
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by lewilewilewi 7y ago
"Third to last"
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Tory party rebrands party Twitter account as FactcheckUK during televised debate(theguardian.com)
3 points by lewilewilewi 7y ago|0 comments
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by lewilewilewi 7y ago
Resemble? Or resent?
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by lewilewilewi 7y ago
If you produce a good one, you can sell them for $3000 (probably Canadian Dollars) a pop: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/06/sports/olympics/curling-s...
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by lewilewilewi 7y ago
First amendment - yes, in most cases. Second amendment? Hell no.
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by lewilewilewi 7y ago
This bit >Article 12(1) GDPR requires that the information provided to an individual in response to an access request is in “a concise, transparent, intelligible and easily accessible form, using clear and plain language”. At its most ba
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by lewilewilewi 8y ago
The lesson here appears to be that the balance between feature development and fixing technical debt isn't obvious - these things are measured historically and you only know that you've got it wrong after the fact. In fact, if you
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by lewilewilewi 8y ago
Why is it comparative? In the article it says that people left because they didn't like that others were getting a larger part rise to take them up to the minimum salary, which seems that envy is a more important driving force (for tho
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by lewilewilewi 8y ago
The old complaint of corporations that they can't find enough good staff, a shortage of workers etc always amuses me, because the unsaid part of it is 'at the price we're willing to pay'. Offer more money, you'll ge
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by lewilewilewi 8y ago
I absolutely love Kaya Toast - I had it every time I stayed in Singapore!
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by lewilewilewi 8y ago
Killing Hope ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_Hope ) is a write up of all major US efforts at controlling other countries. I don't know what Americans think of it, but it's fascinating as an outsider.
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by lewilewilewi 8y ago
Yep - someone posted an original proof of the lower bound for the Haruhi problem http://mathsci.wikia.com/wiki/The_Haruhi_Problem
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by lewilewilewi 8y ago
The safety aspect is... well, in my experience, the rich like dangerous sports. Think skiing, horse riding/polo, sailing/yachting. The rules of boxing are named after an aristocrat. They're all expensive, they're all f
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by lewilewilewi 8y ago
Fluidly | Senior Engineers | London, UK | Onsite | http://www.fluidly.com Fluidly is a fintech venture that's using ML / AI to help small businesses to manage, forecast and optimise their cashflow. We've last clos
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by lewilewilewi 8y ago
Cool, so my measly pension is invested in a pension fund (as it has to be, legally). The pension fund managers then buy some exotics, which gives me exposure to the same exotics. then something bad happens, such as 2008, and I lose my fut
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by lewilewilewi 8y ago
Monzo have an API you can use: https://developers.monzo.com/
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by lewilewilewi 8y ago
Fluidly | Senior Engineer | London, UK | Onsite | http://www.fluidly.com Fluidly is a fintech venture that's using ML / AI to help small businesses to manage, forecast and optimise their cashflow. We've last close
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by lewilewilewi 8y ago
> If I tell you that 9 is the result of my squaring operation, you can easily deduce that the input was 3. Or minus 3.
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by lewilewilewi 8y ago
Fluidly | Senior Fullstack Engineer | London, UK | Onsite | http://www.fluidly.com Fluidly is a fintech venture that's using ML / AI to help small businesses to manage, forecast and optimise their cashflow. We've
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by lewilewilewi 8y ago
How did they go to college before they were making the decisions about taking a loan in order to go to college?
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by lewilewilewi 8y ago
You're right - a URL is an address, and a link is a sign saying 'go here'. The address still exists with or without the sign.
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Sexual Offender Stefan Glaenzer Quits VC(techcrunch.com)
1 points by lewilewilewi 9y ago|0 comments
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by lewilewilewi 9y ago
Fluidly | Senior Frontend Engineer | London, UK | Onsite | http://www.fluidly.com Fluidly is a fintech venture that's using ML / AI to help small businesses to manage, forecast and optimise their cashflow. We've r
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by lewilewilewi 9y ago
It's ironic that the author misuses the word 'comprises' in his rant about the quality of English education. Things never comprise of - a group comprises the parts, or it is composed of the parts. The parts compose the wh
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by lewilewilewi 9y ago
It is insidious, as the land is being sold off by public bodies (local councils etc) without any announcement, and then there is no signage to let people know that the land is no longer public. The first that most people know is when the
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by lewilewilewi 9y ago
Even in central london you wouldn't be paying more than, say, £5.50 for a pint.

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