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by nkoren 9y ago
Yes, but the source article is clearly addressing the general public, not scientists. And it's doing a much better job of representing the state of technology than other sources that are addressed to the general public. So not sure w
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by nkoren 9y ago
Who said anything about illegal? Merely monetised. You'll be able to find the videos at www.lookwhohadsexinthebackofataxi.xxx.[1] 1: This does not reflect the views of any previous, current, or future employers, or indeed of myself whe
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by nkoren 9y ago
And then you remember that as part of the passenger safety case for driverless taxis, there will necessarily be cameras and microphones and the ability to lock the doors and redirect the taxi to the nearest hospital or police station, right
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by nkoren 9y ago
Wow, I... didn't know that gesture was a thing. Thank you! It seems to help a bit! I'm now getting a 50/50 son/soon ratio. That said: when I manually type "soon" -- definitely with a double "o" -- it
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by nkoren 9y ago
It actually does this with such consistency that I think it's a very specific mistake. For example, I frequently swipe "See you soon." It always, always renders as "See you son", which I then have to manually rety
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by nkoren 9y ago
Doesn't work that way in London: there's public revenue in the form of "stamp duty" for the sale of a property, but no ongoing property tax from an empty property. City services are funded by "Council tax", whi
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by nkoren 9y ago
Toss a coin (known to be non-evenly-weighted) five times. It comes up heads once. Can you now estimate the probability of the coin coming up heads? Of course you can. What you can't do is put error-bars on that estimate: you might ha
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by nkoren 9y ago
We've just seen the one, but we've only had the capability to detect something like that for ~5 years. So in the absence of further data, it's reasonable to conclude that `Oumuamua-like objects pass through the solar system o
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by nkoren 9y ago
Okay, you have an alright understanding of the contemporary meaning of the term "arranged marriage" in that case. I find that sticking with contemporary parlance really helps avoid misunderstanding. The term you presumably meant t
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by nkoren 9y ago
You're moving the goalposts, but are still wrong. I don't have time to dig up the references, but there are plenty of studies showing that apes (and other animals) can develop arbitrary culturally-transmitted "taboos", w
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by nkoren 9y ago
> India until 2 generations ago - arranged marriage is good. Today that's evil. Suggest you do some homework. Something like 80%-90% of marriages in India are still arranged. And most people are pretty happy with this situation, or
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by nkoren 9y ago
Apes are demonstrably aware of the future: https://www.livescience.com/2620-humans-apes-plan.html And also demonstrably have a sense of morality: http://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/19/health/
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by nkoren 9y ago
Here's a cockatoo that genuinely seems to dig Elvis (worth waiting until 2:00): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEQuDyuQFKE . And Whales have music: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale_vocalization#
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by nkoren 9y ago
> Aha! I know! We're the only animal which continually comes up with reasons why we're special. Nope, that'd be cats.
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Imatest LLC | Boulder,Colorado | Full-time | ONSITE Imatest provides customers with software, charts and equipment to meet and exceed image quality testing standards. Learn more at http://www.imatest.com/ We are looking to
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by nkoren 9y ago
When I was a small child in the 80s, I visited one of those Death Valley ponds which is the entire habitat for a pupfish species. They were actually pretty amazing. A small piece of foil had fallen into the pond, and they were grabbing it i
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by nkoren 9y ago
> If you know of a corporation (including a union) that's actually pooling their resources and giving them to campaigns or politicians, you should report it, because that is illegal. You can't keep asserting that that is legal
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> Ironically, New York serves as a great counterpoint to your argument, because it has some of the strongest - if not the very strongest* public campaign finance laws in the entire country. There are limits to what individual donors can
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No, what you've done is substitute "campaign contributors" for "voters". They're not the same thing, especially when those campaign contributions -- while they may originate with individuals -- are routed throu
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by nkoren 9y ago
Rubbish. As long as there is no explicit link between the money and the results, this is completely legal, open, and standard practice. Consider Senator Richard Shelby[1]. He is a staunch advocate of the "Space Launch System" -- a
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by nkoren 9y ago
Bribery absolutely is legal in America -- as long as the funds go towards campaign finance, rather than directly into the politician's personal pocket. Which then gets them a job, which puts funds in their pocket; and in exchange for
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My previous career was as a consultant for public transport infrastructure. I was involved in consultations in roughly two dozen countries, depending on how you count, including India, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, and other localities not well-kno
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by nkoren 9y ago
Nonsense. Nickel-iron asteroids are called "metallic," because they're largely made out of, well, metal. Stony asteroids are called "carbonaceous" because they've got a lot of carbon. They're very definite
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A journey through a land of extreme poverty: welcome to America(theguardian.com)
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Better than sitting on a desk.
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No, it's not. What gives you that idea?
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That's not how UBI works, or how math works. The person who makes $120k would contribute $24k and receive $12k. So yes, they would be a net payee. But they're in the top 7% of income earners: they can afford it. Or, more pointedly
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I left a rather hot-blooded response to somebody else below, but given that your question is obviously sincere, I'll post a redacted version of it here (this is probably bad HN form, sorry): The trick with Universal Basic Income is tha
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by nkoren 9y ago
> The math doesn't work and has never worked. UBI proponents will never talk math because it doesn't add up, even with the most casual analysis. Wrong, utterly wrong, on accounts. > It's not enough to do anything with.
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I use this for my MacBook stand: http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/products/small-storage-organisers/... It folds up compactly, is extremely lightweight, and has survived 4 years of almost daily use without comp

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