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by nanis 9y ago
There is supposed to be a link to the release notes on https://www.python.org/downloads/
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by nanis 9y ago
> Then move on and don't respond at all. You misunderstand. If you are paying me, I have no problem letting you spend more of your money by not giving enough information to solve the problem. I will point out once, and if you expres
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by nanis 9y ago
> Can you please show the code referred to on line 49 and the surrounding code for context?” If you are paying me my hourly, I'll pretty please you to no end. Otherwise, I am not sure why I am expected to beg for people to give inf
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by nanis 9y ago
> And there is no way to report/flag/discuss a moderator actions on Stack Overflow. Yes there is. See Meta. E.g., see https://meta.stackoverflow.com/search?q=why+was+my+question+... You can also flag your own q
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by nanis 9y ago
Here's something she complains about (she posted a screenshot of a comment): "If the error says line 49, it tells you exactly where the problem lies. If you post 7 lines of code here, we clearly cannot tell you what the problem is
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by nanis 9y ago
> that code is more difficult to comprehend when it contains ONLY letters and abbreviations as identifier names. [emphasis mine] Well, DUH! On the other hand, I really do not need 67 letters to describe a simple array index in a loop.
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by nanis 9y ago
And I point these out, because I know how these kinds of "academics" sell these kinds of "studies"[1]. Here is what the title and subtitle of the Marie Claire story on this research says: > What’s a Label Anyway? &gt
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by nanis 9y ago
Just another deeply flawed, likely invalid "study". > We analyzed the Online College Social Life Survey dataset[1] Is there any way to guarantee that the sexual choices and attitudes are independent of the likelihood of respond
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by nanis 9y ago
One might have nothing to hide from one's neighbor either, but one might wonder why he is keeping a detailed log of one's comings and goings, visitors, the times the bathroom light is turned on etc, as well as attaching tracking d
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by nanis 9y ago
So-called "Passenger Bill of Rights" takes away options from passengers[1]. "We found that for every minute of tarmac time being saved there is, on average, a three-minute increase in the total passenger delay,&
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by nanis 9y ago
These days, it's not the legacy. It is mostly regulation pushed by Chuck Schumer[1]. Predictably, the policy has made it much more profitable to outright cancel flights at the first sign of trouble. Add to that the consolidation that o
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by nanis 9y ago
> I would’ve been happy with just any seat on that direct flight. And, the goal of the Volantio is to collect data on you so that the airline never over-compensates you. That is, all the benefits from the rebooking transaction accrues to
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by nanis 9y ago
> It's a little more complex than this. It's highly feasible to offer compensation higher than than the original purchase price of the ticket while inducing passengers to move to a different flight, meaning they're effecti
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by nanis 9y ago
The title is a polite way of putting it. In reality, what they are backing is a startup which claims that the data they gather will allow airlines to gobble all consumer surplus by being able to offer compensation equal to the reservation p
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by nanis 9y ago
I am not sure the author of this post knows what "middle of nowhere". His definition seems to be more than 75 miles from Brooklyn.
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by nanis 9y ago
> but the driver of the car behind you is at fault That will be small consolation if you cause harm to others' persons or property when trying to avoid an animal such as a deer. That is the practical upshot. If you hit a deer, insur
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by nanis 9y ago
Surely the car's computer had data about all sorts of things around it. The car does not and cannot know anything. It would have been up to some programmers to tell it what to do with the data.
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by nanis 9y ago
The intent behind such laws is simple: You must not endanger others to save an animal. These are good laws, even if those without actual driving experience may not understand them. As the Globe and Mail puts it: "It doesn't matter
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by nanis 9y ago
This is pure speculation, but it is my working theory: The car's so called "AI" thought the thing in front of it was a four legged animal (e.g., see < https://goo.gl/images/3qAmiM> ). In most states,
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by nanis 9y ago
The direction of causality presumed in the title is mixed up. The EPA did not materialize in a vacuum. It came about in a context of increased concern about pollution which had exceeded tolerable levels AND the U.S. had grown to the point
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by nanis 9y ago
Maybe it's time to learn from others' experience.
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by nanis 9y ago
I am afraid you don't understand what makes Stats hard.
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by nanis 9y ago
Having taught the topic for almost a decade, I know that both among undergrad and grad students, Stats is viewed as a roadblock by most. In addition, most people who teach the topic, don't want to teach it, so they do it in the easiest
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by nanis 9y ago
95% of published papers are bulls t and you know it the moment you read the abstract. The problem is having the time and energy along with a healthy disregard for the gatekeepers on your academic path to keep pursuing this. That's why
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by nanis 9y ago
The "Terms of Service" page does not impress. Screenshot https://imgur.com/1ELAQal ... Maybe I am too cynical, but this would be an easy way to hijack one's accounts.
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by nanis 9y ago
So, I guess he's going to come out against labor unions, minimum wages, subsidies for specific industries, ILO rules, licensing requirements etc as well ... After all, they all have similar consequences. One can't say internationa
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by nanis 9y ago
To clarify, the problem here is Bloomberg automatically turning YouTube's PR statement into their headline. "Mistakenly" is how YouTube's PR copy wants to describe the actions to soften the impact. A neutral headline wou
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by nanis 9y ago
You know, this group is still active, collecting revenue on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsdGlryupg5aU1849rUzeHw ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loose_Change
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by nanis 9y ago
Regardless of whether the actions are against company policy, they were taken on purpose by the "moderators".
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by nanis 9y ago
"mistakenly"

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