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by nandemo 9y ago
"Ha! He's lying on his resume! Rejected".
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by nandemo 9y ago
That's not a good analogy. When they say S&P 500 stocks are "expensive" than before, that doesn't mean (just) expensive in absolute terms. It's expensive in terms of price/earnings ratio and such metrics. T
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by nandemo 9y ago
Nah, in this case it's good sarcasm, if someone doesn't get it they need to work on their sarcasm detector: http://www.wikihow.com/Detect-Sarcasm-in-Writing
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by nandemo 9y ago
Is that the official reason though? "The service cannot be stopped even for planned maintenance" doesn't sound like a reasonable constraint.
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by nandemo 9y ago
Ah, makes sense. I'm from Brazil where rice & beans is a staple, but 500g sounds like a lot!
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by nandemo 9y ago
> black beans (raw) What sort of black beans are those? The ones I know aren't edible when raw.
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by nandemo 9y ago
Swipe a card? At least in my building there's no need. It's hard to imagine random people messing with it. The low-tech thing has its downsides: the other day the delivery guy wrote down the wrong code so I had to wait for the bui
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by nandemo 9y ago
Mt Fuji is only about 100km away from Tokyo. Main problem is there are tons of buildings blocking your view, but if you're at a high enough floor you can see the it even when it's a bit cloudy. For example, see the last pic here:
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by nandemo 9y ago
We came here to bury Flash, not to praise it.
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by nandemo 9y ago
How is it unfortunate? Korean might have some features that sound familiar to a Japanese speaker -- e.g. word order and morphology of Sinitic vocabulary -- but phonology is quite challenging and non-Sinitic vocabulary is completely differen
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by nandemo 9y ago
That's too kind an assessment. Monopoly sucks. It sucks as an educational tool and it sucks as a board game. First, if it was meant to teach the evils of capitalism it has failed in many levels, as the article illustrates. Even if you
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by nandemo 9y ago
> I do find it remarkable the extent to which knowledge workers are discouraged from sitting and thinking about stuff. That's such an uncharitable interpretation of the post. It's a job interview, not a final exam. You'
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by nandemo 9y ago
Glad to help. But I noticed the analogy is a bit flawed; testing for membership does not add anything to the set, but the analogy might imply asking yaSeenThisFaceBefore(x) will make the savant remember x. I should change the story and the
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by nandemo 9y ago
If I was going to explain a bloom filter like you're 5... a bloom filter is like a savant who never forgets a face -- maybe he's got a job in passport control in Arstotzka -- if you show him someone's face or picture once, h
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by nandemo 9y ago
> Why do so many people hate systemd but not macOS's launchd [0]? My guess is, it's not as relevant because Mac OS isn't as widely used in servers as Linux.
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by nandemo 9y ago
I don't get it; I mean, I understand the idea of selection bias but what does that have to do with grandparent's point? OK, a relatively large percent of hunter-gatherers die due lack of antibiotics & other modern medicine. Bu
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by nandemo 9y ago
No, credit cards essentially replace the tab. In fact that's how credit cards were invented: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diners_Club_International#Orig... With tabs, the bar management has to do risk management:
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by nandemo 9y ago
In addition to what wdewind said, the restriction on charging interest and late fees is problematic. What to do about defaults and late payments? In the Gulf, the solution is to put debtors in prison.
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by nandemo 9y ago
You're kidding, right? No way a generic observation about a markov chain (which doesn't even model interest) implies that "uncapped debt reduces wealth mobility".
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by nandemo 9y ago
Right (not sure why you're downvoted). I don't think the spread will have a large effect though, for such infrequent trading.
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by nandemo 9y ago
Hence the qualifier "with exceptions". This could be elaborated but again, not trying to convince anyone, was just pointing out that being anti-abortion doesn't have to be based on religious beliefs.
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by nandemo 9y ago
I think y'all are overestimating the risk. He isn't throwing it away. He's mentioned here that it's max 1 trade of 1 share every 5min. The initial portfolio is very diversified, so barring a concerted attack this experim
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by nandemo 9y ago
Not trying to convince anyone, but: I believe abortion (with exceptions) is somewhere between manslaughter and murder morally, and therefore should be illegal. Nothing to do with religion. The "pro-life" label is silly. I don&#x27
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by nandemo 9y ago
Well, GS has done illegal things before. But yeah, I don't think they'd try to do something blatantly illegal like this. This wouldn't even appear on HN's radar if it wasn't Tesla.
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by nandemo 9y ago
What you're doing is technical analysis. It doesn't work.
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by nandemo 9y ago
> the absolutist belief that these peoples' lives will be improved by exposing them to a modern education I haven't seen the documentary, did anyone say that? My point is if you get monetary benefits, then you need to be able
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by nandemo 9y ago
The Everett Sr.'s paper that I linked elsewhere in this thread mentions a bunch of other researchers that have studied Piraha.
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by nandemo 9y ago
So your fascination with their way of life is more important than kids getting basic education? FIY, mandatory schooling doesn't apply to indigenous people. But they're still Brazilian citizens, and our government is obligated by
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by nandemo 9y ago
Everett's reply here: ling.auf.net/lingbuzz/000427/current.pdf
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by nandemo 9y ago
Whether that claim is accurate or not can be judged on data, no? Out of curiosity I googled "graduate high school, maintain employment, and don't have children out of wedlock" and this is the first result: > Let politicia

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