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by monodeldiablo 7y ago
I suspect you've not known many rich people. Most that I've encountered are spectacularly dull, isolated, and self-centered. Also, if they've hired a chauffeur, it's because they've decided that the time they'd
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by monodeldiablo 7y ago
He didn't "climb the political ladder". He was born on the top rung. His whole family are politicians, and his dad was president.
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by monodeldiablo 7y ago
There haven't been many "serious" people at the helm since the Brexit vote. Clowns are running the show, and BoJo plays a very convincing clown. Ultimately, though, that's a sideshow. He has no principles, forethought, o
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Using Monte Carlo and Kx Ratings to Predict the Champions League Winner(kortexanalytics.com)
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Simulating the Europa League Final(kortexanalytics.com)
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by monodeldiablo 7y ago
I think the guilt itself exacerbates procrastination. Perversely, I only stopped procrastinating once I stopped beating myself up about it. Now, I tell myself that some problems just need to marinate, or that I have some other need that I&#
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by monodeldiablo 7y ago
Of course, I can't just link the model code (even though I'd love to!), but it's not just for reasons of secrecy that we use an "opaque magic number". All semi-sophisticated ranking systems wind up being opaque ma
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by monodeldiablo 7y ago
Clubs and agents can use it for scouting and player valuation, managers can use it for team selection, and anyone can use it to follow a current player's effectiveness on the field (paying customers get access to ~250,000 players globa
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Show HN: Compare soccer players by their influence on the result(kxrank.com)
2 points by monodeldiablo 7y ago|4 comments
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by monodeldiablo 8y ago
The fact that doctors overwhelmingly choose non-intervention and palliative care for themselves at their end strongly implies that they're not merely traumatized as doctors, but also that they feel it's terrible for the patient.
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by monodeldiablo 8y ago
My kids and my wife absolutely matter after I'm dead. I'm not so self-centered as to believe that they exist solely to give me pleasure.
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by monodeldiablo 8y ago
> Life is still life, and death is still infinitely worse. ^^ That's an opinion, phrased as if it was a fact. It's a value judgement and nothing more. I respect that it's your opinion, but just because you fervently beli
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by monodeldiablo 8y ago
That's your opinion. No matter how absolute you phrase it, it's not a fact. And I've seen enough suffering and death to know that not everybody shares your opinion. I've seen people who, when they were healthy, held opin
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by monodeldiablo 8y ago
I'll say! Thanks so much for the link and for your hard work. I've been looking for a way to do continuous, multi-variable soil monitoring across my olive grove, and the Stenon probe looks like it could be perfect. Do you have any
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by monodeldiablo 8y ago
The night my CS final project was due, I went out drinking. I don't recall coming home and I don't recall working on the project. But I do recall getting very, very, very intoxicated. The next morning, I woke up late in a panic. I
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by monodeldiablo 8y ago
You are the internet at its absolute best. Thank you.
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by monodeldiablo 8y ago
I lost my best friend last year to Crohn's disease. He was only 33 years old and left behind a 5 year old son. The utter helplessness in the face of such horrific suffering and interminable decline is a pain I wish nobody had to endure
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by monodeldiablo 8y ago
Most commercial olive oils use heat extraction, which can also mellow the flavor (in addition to factors like fruit maturity and variety). We have almost 100 trees of a common variety ("Oblica") that is regarded as very mild, and
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by monodeldiablo 8y ago
Ditto (from Croatia). I never understood the obsession with oleander around these parts. It's (in my humble opinion) not any prettier than "native" ornamentals, and it's toxic to boot. Add to that list that it's app
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by monodeldiablo 8y ago
To tie this all together, I'm a programmer and (small time) olive farmer who worked on FieldView, among other products. Small world.
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by monodeldiablo 8y ago
TL;DR: I built this name generator for my own projects. It's decent and the supply of names is essentially infinite, so I packaged it up and am dropping it here in hopes that other people find it useful. Long version: I hate naming pro
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Show HN: UnikNik – A name generator for startups and brands(uniknik.com)
4 points by monodeldiablo 8y ago|1 comments
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by monodeldiablo 8y ago
This seems, to me, to illustrate perfectly how Microsoft still doesn't understand open source as an idea nor as a culture. The whole movement exists as a reaction against central, corporate control. Large companies think that, by acqui
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by monodeldiablo 8y ago
Or a pilot, or anybody who works in television, or cancer researchers, or professors, or...
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by monodeldiablo 9y ago
City planners would if they could, but they're not autocrats. They know that green space (and mixed zoning and high density and...) is a good thing, but they are captive to the whims of politicians and poorly-informed citizens. And pro
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by monodeldiablo 9y ago
Why is the redistribution of societal wealth "stealing" when it comes from rich people, but "earned" when it comes from poor people? Poor people suffer far more theft on a daily basis -- they are forced to pay higher rat
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by monodeldiablo 9y ago
I'm no expert, but I can think of a few potential approaches off the top of my head: 1) Force neighboring jurisdictions to take control of blighted areas, increasing the effective tax base, as advocated by TFA. There are NIMBY and fisc
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by monodeldiablo 9y ago
Hug a municipal worker today. They deserve it.
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by monodeldiablo 9y ago
I'm not sure you read my response. I'm not saying that "it wouldn't be fun" to move away. I'm saying that, for a huge swath of the residents of these areas, it's practically impossible. Logistically and fi
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by monodeldiablo 9y ago
I'm not an expert by any stretch, but my understanding is that plenty of pensions have steep early retirement/termination penalties, especially in state and municipal service. And if the full pension benefit was already small, any

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