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by longerthoughts 7y ago
>But you can't do upfront pricing under CA law - the driver has to be able to earn whatever they earn from driving I think the two parts of this statement can be decoupled. Couldn't Uber feasibly keep fixed upfront pricing on t
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Drug Company Payments Linked to Doctors' Drug Choices(propublica.org)
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by longerthoughts 7y ago
I didn't see any distinction between types of "deception" in the paper which means it's classifying things like social anxiety and generally self-conscious behavior as deceptive. While strictly true it makes the algorith
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FDA Grants ‘Breakthrough’ Designation to Eko’s ECG-Based Screening Algorithm(ekohealth.com)
1 points by longerthoughts 7y ago|0 comments
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UK opens inquiry into Google’s takeover of Looker(apnews.com)
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by longerthoughts 7y ago
I really don’t think OP meant “there is no way to avoid using Search”. The point is that nothing that you described is a serious competitive threat to Search. You might get a lot of gratification out of avoiding giving Google your data but
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When I was nineteen years old, Elie Wiesel grabbed my ass (2017)(medium.com)
2 points by longerthoughts 7y ago|3 comments
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Let's Stop Judging People for Using Phones Outdoors(outsideonline.com)
3 points by longerthoughts 7y ago|1 comments
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by longerthoughts 7y ago
Nobody said it wasn't reasonable. They're saying this will make your life suck more if you're a foreign worker regardless of whether or not you're a spy. Even if you view it as a necessary evil, it can still suck for peo
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by longerthoughts 7y ago
1) You’re responding to a point about you attributing no value to concept by doubling down on the importance of realist technique and ignoring everything else. Even pieces that truly don’t require technical skill can still have value, which
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by longerthoughts 7y ago
Complexity is not exclusively visual. The complexity of modern art largely comes in the form of the effect it has on the observer and the meaning they derive from it.
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by longerthoughts 7y ago
>I only appreciate art that I recognize takes skill above my own to create Even if you had the skill to create a passable forgery of a Pollock, which you probably do not, you're attributing no value to the importance of concept and
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by longerthoughts 7y ago
>the worst and most incoherent art works they could find Even if either of the sources you cited suggested that the CIA specifically looked for low-quality art (spoiler: they don't), I'm not sure the CIA qualifies as the foremo
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by longerthoughts 7y ago
I agree with you here but would just add that this line of thinking has limits. I am not a serious student of astrology but feel perfectly comfortable dismissing the validity of horoscopes and the authority of those who peddle them. The tro
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by longerthoughts 7y ago
Any chance this plays into a broader strategy with Verily? Not sure how that would work organizationally since it's Google and not Alphabet acquiring Fitbit, but seems like the data would be especially useful there.
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by longerthoughts 7y ago
Analogies can sometimes be a useful supplement to make an argument easier to digest, they just shouldn't be used as a substitute for a coherent argument. The latter tends to lead to what you're describing here: >A common antipa
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by longerthoughts 7y ago
I don't think Andrew Yang has any expectation of actually becoming the Democratic candidate, let alone getting elected. Seems like he's just trying to bring new ideas to the debate stage because candidates actually trying to get e
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by longerthoughts 7y ago
>I really have no trust that google will keep promise not to use the data Worth clarifying that they didn't even promise this. What they said was... >The company never sells personal information, and Fitbit health and wellness da
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by longerthoughts 7y ago
Interesting. Would they be behaving differently if they were just racing to be first to general AI rather than already being "extremely close"? Seems like they're making great strides with specific applications but given th
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by longerthoughts 7y ago
Any idea what hotels typically do in this situation? It's not exactly apples to apples but if you're going to make money by the same methods it seems within reason to play by similar rules.
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by longerthoughts 7y ago
>Perhaps part of it is not wanting to switch from a winning position to a losing one This is reminiscent of the endowment effect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endowment_effect
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by longerthoughts 7y ago
> Promotions don’t unlock new responsibilities; the new responsibilities and increased scope come first and then we recognize it with a promotion. I think a big part of the problem is the difficult position managers are in when they cons
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by longerthoughts 7y ago
If the IRS decided to seize all of your assets tomorrow without reasonable justification, you would probably win in court. That doesn't mean we should all be indifferent to whether or not they make the attempt. It's great that thi
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by longerthoughts 7y ago
I think their point was more general than your interpretation of it. Allowing the government to impose conflicting laws and penalties is not good for anybody and saying it's fine here because they're rich reeks of envy and spite,
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by longerthoughts 7y ago
>The story discussed here applies only to the extremely wealthy, and such people don't deserve any pity for having to contribute back to the society that allowed them to accumulate such wealth. Nobody here is crying for rich people
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by longerthoughts 7y ago
Are the works that are remembered necessarily best at defining the age in which they were created?
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by longerthoughts 7y ago
Be loud, watch for tracks and scat, avoid known feeding areas (rangers can help with this).
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by longerthoughts 7y ago
>Truth is you're all a bunch of totalitarians who want impose your ideas and don't like free speech You can support free speech without supporting all of the things people choose to do with it.
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by longerthoughts 7y ago
What alternative would you propose?
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by longerthoughts 7y ago
Can you substantiate this? Based on conversations with musicians I know in that long tail, seems like it's helped them get discovered but they're not earning a livable wage from it. It's not clear to me that they'd be an

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