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by mamon 9y ago
>> the state _has_ to have a monopoly on violence I think that the whole point of 2nd Amendment to US Constitution was to prevent government monopoly on violence. The possibility of citizens making successful military rebellion agains
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by mamon 9y ago
Yes, with Tesla you are not a driver, you are a driving teacher for Tesla autopilot. And, as anyone who ever tried to teach their own kid how to drive knows, being a teacher is inherently more difficult than simply driving.
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by mamon 9y ago
So, the logical conclusion would be that every citizen has the right to privately own state of the art nuclear missiles?
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by mamon 9y ago
Its easy to succed when you have the monopoly in PC operating systems so success of Win 8 proves absolutely nothing. Touchscreen in PC is about as useful as a waterproof towel
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by mamon 9y ago
I was under impression that in SV 160k barely covers your expenses, including insanely expensive rent. is it really possible to save 60k out of such salary?
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by mamon 9y ago
So, the logical next step would be what? Apply that tool to Tensorflow to make it run on AMD GPUs?
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by mamon 9y ago
Wasn't there a study in Denmark that basically proved that ADHD is caused by sending children to school too early and then forcing the usual classroom rigor on them? Delaying primary school until the age of 7 decreased ADHD rate by 73%
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by mamon 9y ago
Additionally, they are not refugees at all. By international law's definition they stop being refugees when they reach the first safe country, which for most of them is Turkey, or Saudi Arabia, or other Middle East/African country
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by mamon 9y ago
As the old saying goes: "If the democratic elections really could make a difference they would have been forbidden by now". American law for example reflects views and interests of small group of oligarchy, and not general public.
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by mamon 9y ago
So, you want to be like Erlich Bachman from "Silicon Valley" sitcom? :) Once upon a time comedy was just for fun, now, if you are screenwriter for a sitcom you have to be carefull because someone, somewhere will take your foolish
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by mamon 9y ago
Current technology is great but still sometimes it fails. It's comforting to know that there's an actual human being that you can talk to and ask them to fix the mistake made by software. That's what makes technologies like B
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by mamon 9y ago
There's a very naive assumption in the article that Blockchain being incompatible with GDPR issue can be resolved by altering GDPR. I think it is impossible: GDPR is specifically designed to prevent sensitive personal information from
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by mamon 9y ago
Of course it is, you are just unaware of it, because, unlike its Chinese counterpart, NSA chooses to maintain illusion of freedom and democracy.
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by mamon 9y ago
Let me get it straight: if your global revenue is €10 million, you won't pay 4%(€400k) penalty, you'll pay €20 million, because it's greater of the two? It seems like this will be especially harmful to small companies.
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by mamon 9y ago
So, the GDPR is doing you a favour by forcing you to think in advance "who will my users be?". So far web applications were "accidentally" global, now you have to be more careful and deliberate. Which is a good thing.
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by mamon 9y ago
Google does not "manage" it's market value, because most of it is frozen, not readily available for Google's CEO to spend. It is also mostly virtual, while GS assets are hard cash. The point is: with $1.5 trillion in ass
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by mamon 9y ago
Market cap is especially misleading in case of investment banks: it's not about how much money they own, it's all about how much of their clients' assets they manage, and that's about $1.5 trillion. Google can only dream
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by mamon 9y ago
Both of those happened: first is a part of "Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union", soon to be required to be implemented by all member states. Second is already happening in the UK, although, I admit, it's not
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by mamon 9y ago
Anti-hate speech laws can lead to similar effect: first you ban most obvious things, like death threats or racism. Then someone comes up with the idea of banning any criticism of abortion, because it might hurt feelings of women who had it.
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by mamon 9y ago
There's also some evidence [1] that exercise promotes hippocampus neurogenesis in adults, which could improve your memory in more permanent way, not just remedying stress effects. [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc&#x
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by mamon 9y ago
>> Most vegetables are less than $3 a pound. And you call that cheap.... In my country most vegetables cost below 1$ per kilogram, which is 6 times cheaper. I think this has to do with EU policy of subsidies for farmers.
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by mamon 9y ago
What’s striking is that net worth of MBAs is as low $30k - I am a programmer living in Eastern European country and my net worth is around $170k And I thought Americans are supposed to be richer
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by mamon 9y ago
They try it, but the results are usually pathetic. Think of all those CIA's attempts to kill Fidel Castro...
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by mamon 9y ago
Flat tax rate IS equal sacriface: everyone sacrifices the same percentage of their wealth.
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by mamon 9y ago
So, sooner or later we end up with all companies being owned by the government. That has been proven to end up badly (by Soviet Union and rest of the communist countries).
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by mamon 9y ago
Most diversity programs state 50/50 man/women ratio as their goal, which, according to the article is counterproductive.
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by mamon 9y ago
In actual free market selling at loss is a very short-sighted strategy: you may cause the bankruptcy of your current competitors, but bariers to entry are low, so once you raise your prices back to profitable levels the new competition aris
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by mamon 9y ago
4k is the worst thing that could happen: it is so heavily marketed and has 16:9 aspect ratio. It is only appealing to people who use computer mostly to watch videos (who, unfortunately are majority of PC users). The rise of so called "
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by mamon 9y ago
>> The best basketball players start by spending years and years just playing the game all the time, as recreation. No, they start by joining a club where they get professional training, from a very young age. Just playing the game al
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by mamon 9y ago
You are probably confusing e-payments with cryptocurrency usage - so, for reference: "traditional" e-payments are based on actual bank accounts and inter-bank payment platforms like SWIFT, or credit card payments.

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