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by novacole 8y ago
If you read the Tiskoff paper [0] on the genetic diversity of Africans, it’s actually thousands of genetically diverse groups. Africans as a race is nonsensical genetically speaking. [0] The Genetic Structure and History of Africans and Af
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by novacole 8y ago
These groups pop out with k-means clustering. But only at k=5 do you get something that looks like traditional racial grouping. Beyond that the races are unrecognizable. And so too for below that. At K=2 there are only Africans (with Europe
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by novacole 8y ago
I think a better approach than calling them lazy, would be to look into how easy it is to sue, who can be sued and what the difference is between the limit on liquidated damages allowable between the “lazy” countries and a place like the US
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by novacole 9y ago
My Masters thesis covered a lot of what is in these papers. Here are a few possibly surprising things people who think genetic clusters point to races may not realize: 1) People from Papua New Guinea and Chinese people would be considered t
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by novacole 9y ago
The Rosenberg et al paper just says that at a particular K partition (5 in this case) you get genetic structures that closely map onto what Americans view as race. It also says that at K=1 there are only Africans,and at k=3 there are only
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by novacole 10y ago
Sounds like he's using tweetboss
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by novacole 11y ago
what is this nonsense?
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by novacole 12y ago
Down votes why? As a black man I find this sad.
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by novacole 12y ago
This is sad
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by novacole 12y ago
How is this different than just renting a VPS?
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by novacole 12y ago
Why not just use an already created solution like tweetboss?
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Easy web scraping with BuildABot Studio(buildabotnow.com)
3 points by novacole 12y ago|0 comments
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by novacole 12y ago
Good luck. I look forward to your updates
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by novacole 12y ago
If you are familiar with iMacros, BuildABot Studio is essentially the same, but allows much more control. For example, you can use conditionals, and compile your scripts into standalone exe's.
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Heavy duty browser automation(buildabotnow.com)
1 points by novacole 12y ago|1 comments
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Create powerful web automation scripts without programming(buildabotnow.com)
1 points by novacole 12y ago|0 comments
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by novacole 12y ago
Since the code will never finish executing, it isn't correct to say that free will has been proven to be an illusion. Even if it could, the most that can be proved to be true is that a certain aspect of the universe is fully determined
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by novacole 12y ago
This is interesting. Thanks for sharing this. I wish more startups would share books.
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by novacole 12y ago
Looks cool
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by novacole 12y ago
I am not saying that racist views are acceptable. I am saying that racist views only matter if the racist is in power. You can't be racist in any meaningful way, such that your racism affects large parts of society, unless you are in
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by novacole 12y ago
Malcolm x never called for racial violence. Ever.
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by novacole 12y ago
Lol I certainly don't think I or the majority of other black people are too incompetent to think. What I am saying is that if a white person has stupid racist views, I don't care. Unless that racist person is in power, what differ
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by novacole 12y ago
Black people can't be racist in any way that really counts. Racism only matters if the attitude had some sort of negative effect on the group you're racist towards. Since blacks have no real power as a whole, they can't be ra
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by novacole 12y ago
My favorite book of all time.
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by novacole 12y ago
The software doesn't break CAPTCHA's. It does however allow the user to integrate CAPTCHA solving services in their bots if the wish to do so.
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Ask HN:Anyone willing to beta test our marketing software?(buildabotnow.com)
3 points by novacole 12y ago|2 comments
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by novacole 13y ago
The answer to this question is easy. Of course the universe is fundamentally deterministic. Simply look at the current state of any given system (the in this case the universe) at any given point in time. If we were to look at all of the el
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by novacole 13y ago
A site for independent musicians to share their music and collaborate with other artists. Fans of independent music can discover the best new talent.
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Show HN: Reddit/HN for Indie Music(hitkarma.com)
1 points by novacole 13y ago|1 comments
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by novacole 13y ago
Do you mean apps that make money for the user or apps that are profitable?

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