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by mehwoot 11y ago
Again, if true, some enterprising person should have found a way to tap all the amazing talent. Only if you actually believe the market is 100% efficient and everyone has perfect information. After a few bad experiences, someone isn&#x27
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by mehwoot 11y ago
Well presumably rounding up support locally whilst still trying to stay undetected is pretty hard. Realistically you'd probably only want to have enough people for the plan to succeed informed, any more and the chance of detection ris
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by mehwoot 11y ago
Women have been trading for a long time, and there doesn't seem to be much evidence of them outperforming the men. http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2014/01/ec... Cavets: this is i
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by mehwoot 11y ago
That isn't a source, that is just a link to other people making the same claim. What I think the commenter above was asking for is a link to the evidence that is mentioned in the article.
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Awesome game, and a very detailed writeup too.
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It makes zero sense from a logical point of view No, it makes a lot of sense. Treating all species the same would make very little sense. Do bacteria have the same rights as lice which have the same rights as mice which have the same ri
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by mehwoot 11y ago
Well the projects were successful, it's just people didn't care as much about disenfranchisement at the time. So of course the projects didn't magically care about that. In this case the federal government succeeded pretty
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by mehwoot 11y ago
Gee, I'm not sure, maybe there is something about being a very famous movie star that would help open doors to getting investment. Possibly?
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by mehwoot 12y ago
1. Studies that say "XX% of active managers don't beat an index" include every tiny poorly managed fund. The best attractive lots of capital; Bridgewater has $169 billion under management and has a long track record of large
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by mehwoot 12y ago
As a lead developer, if my developers are only motivated to do something each day because of being held accountable the next day The commenter didn't say it was the only motivator, they said it was a motivator. It isn't some
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by mehwoot 12y ago
Is there any calculation on what resolution would be even theoretically possible? There are only a finite number of photons being emitted by the surface of the earth and so at a certain distance there wouldn't be enough to show detail
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by mehwoot 12y ago
I think at least part of it is because the people on HN enjoy solving problems so much. Or we're all cynical assholes. Just possibly.
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Belief requires free will Why?
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0.30 to 1200.00 within just 5 years is already more grandiose than any of us could have ever imagined. Not really, given the claims. I've seen people predicting values of $10,000+ for bitcoin years ago. If it actually does become t
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by mehwoot 12y ago
I love it when the richest people in the entire history of civilization By dollar value, maybe, but adjusted for inflation they aren't even close.
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by mehwoot 12y ago
Snapchat originally set out to raise $40 million, but demand for the round skyrocketed, and it decided to shoot for an ambitious $900 million instead. When that didn’t work out, it dialled it back to $500 million. Mind boggling.
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by mehwoot 12y ago
Right, but you can't demand more realism for the results you don't like and accept the conclusions for those you do like. The article is just showing why segregation is possible even if people have a very slight bias towards b
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by mehwoot 12y ago
according to The Washington Post, the company was so lax about such sensitive data that it even allowed a job applicant to view people’s rides, including those of a family member of a prominent politician. worries me a lot more than a 20
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by mehwoot 12y ago
Because they don't make any money, because only the sorts of shitty practises people often complain about are what enables making money providing free services. If enough people were actually willing to pay to use a search engine you c
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by mehwoot 12y ago
People are richer now and live longer, but still mostly miserable. Really? Do you have a citation for that? Because most evidence points to the opposite... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Happiness_Report Six k
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by mehwoot 12y ago
than buying something expensive using a bank account Because a robber can't demand you transfer money from your bank account and expect not to be traced, that's why.
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by mehwoot 12y ago
http://searchengineland.com/google-25-of-queries-are-new-add... 25% of google searches are unique. I bet another 25% would be so rare and numerous you couldn't possibly have time to tune them. In fact, when you think
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cossacks_II:_Napoleonic_Wars
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Mostly short ones though.
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That explains it well, thanks!
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This is very confusing. "But according to quantum mechanics, the answer is 50%". How is this so? The article doesn't mention how quantum mechanics explains what is going on, just that "classical physics" doesn&#x
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by mehwoot 12y ago
1. It is standard drinks. A reasonable sized medium strength beer can be ~1.6 standard drinks, so you'd only need 3 of those for 5 on a weeknight. A standard drink generally corresponds to one shot (44ml) of spirits. 2. You're
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I think everyone got them all, I thought maybe the point was how quickly you could do it?
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The first graph from those questions is weird. It seems to stop in the mid 2000s... in 2004, at least 280,000 people died in the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. That would make the graph sharply rise again, yet it isn't on there
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Also the fact he owns roughly half a billion dollars in bitcoins. Not many people pass that test.

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