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by numakerg 6y ago
- Cold call marketing - Sell it as a cost-saving technology - Figure out how much alternatives are costing them and tell what they could be saving - Offer the paid plan for a trial period - Limit the size of the organization, but open the f
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by numakerg 7y ago
It really doesn't. An experienced dev could recreate the core features in a web app within two weeks or less. The more difficult part: - Understanding the work that goes into making and releasing a podcast - Figuring out that a step in
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by numakerg 7y ago
>These types of disclaimers are anti-intellectual They are, but it's a habit gained from forums with a broader audience, like Reddit, where a single mistake or unacceptable association can have your voice removed from the discussion
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by numakerg 7y ago
What are the chances that residential electricity, gas or water get shut off as a result of an outbreak in North America? I live in a mid-sized town and we have enough dry beans and cereals to last a few months, but without hot water it wou
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by numakerg 7y ago
Here's a sample of different "clickable" URLS you can find in an email from the NSLSC, the Canadian student loans department: click.csnpenslsc.ca csnpe-nslsc.cibletudes-canlearn.ca nslsc.ca app.studentlending.ca p
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by numakerg 7y ago
Bill C-309 is the law in question [1]. It should only affect "unlawful" assemblies, but I'd be interested to see what the functional criteria are, how much warning is appropriate, and whether a protest's status can be ch
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SSDs May Get Pricey This Year with NAND Prices Expected to Rise 40%(tomshardware.com)
4 points by numakerg 7y ago|0 comments
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by numakerg 7y ago
I tried renaming the "kingdom" and found it to be oddly consistent: You are , a wizard living in the kingdom of Larion. You have a staff and a spellbook. You finish your long journey and finally arrive at the ruin you've bee
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George Stinney Jr.(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by numakerg 7y ago|0 comments
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by numakerg 7y ago
> Admiral: Restrict the inclusion of a % character. I guess the password is being used in a query template? Seems like a very bad idea.
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by numakerg 7y ago
You wouldn't have to go as far as bartering. I didn't see anything in the article about banning other currencies. People would just adopt the next most stable/integrated currency, like USD.
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by numakerg 7y ago
Dang's response to a similar (but slightly more confrontational) comment from me: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19459658 While I mostly agree with what he said, I think there are some things they could do to giv
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by numakerg 7y ago
I think living state, score and x,y position is all you would need to train a player. Is there any advantage to consuming the state of nearby cells if the game is entirely deterministic?
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by numakerg 7y ago
It would have to be higher dimensional properties observed by someone who doesn't have mathematical experience relayed to and confirmed by someone who does.
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by numakerg 7y ago
> Edible marijuana takes time to absorb and to produce its effects, increasing the risk of unintentional overdose No citation for this. Do they mean a larger than intended dose or a dose that results in a serious toxic reaction or death?
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by numakerg 7y ago
Would this replace income and capital gains tax as well?
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by numakerg 7y ago
What about using plastic or some flexibly epoxy. Would it have some adverse effect or is there a cost issue?
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by numakerg 7y ago
Everything from the UI, to the movement, the blurriness and the intro message is reminiscent of the original Assassin's Creed. Not surprising that the credits show at least six people from the original Assassin's Creed team in add
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by numakerg 7y ago
>only 1 out of 250+ submissions was from a woman Mark didn't cite a source for this, which is what I was looking for in the Twitter thread.
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by numakerg 7y ago
I saw Mark's point about 1/250 but I couldn't locate the statement from the organizers. Larry says a number of speakers offered to swap their double sessions for more female speakers, but would those new speakers be the singl
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by numakerg 7y ago
I'm reading through the Twitter thread, but I can't decipher the exact issue(s). Did the organizers select a lower ratio of diverse speakers than applicants? Were there very few diverse applicants and the organizers decided none o
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by numakerg 7y ago
>Therefore, if you borrow £100 from the bank, and it credits your account with the amount, ‘new money’ has been created. It didn’t exist until it was credited to your account. If that £100 is spent into the economy but is not returned, d
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by numakerg 7y ago
>let the same free citizens start their own competitor. Except that starting a competitor often requires far more capital than the incumbents needed to reach their position. I don't support protectionism, but "true free market&
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by numakerg 7y ago
It's very possible that they are not being manipulated, simply that most people who use the internet are more left/right wing. That's the amplification of the majority.
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by numakerg 7y ago
So the bank levies a micro tax on all holders of the currency with the expectation that their investment in the receiver of the loan will yield a better return?
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by numakerg 7y ago
>The internal discussion could really be hard to read for me (I'm black) Was it a minority of people who had views that were hard to read or the majority? I was under the impression that most people at Google were not supportive of
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by numakerg 7y ago
That could be the case if the distribution of views were evenly stratified, but they are not. Even the application of very simple mechanics can subtly amplify the views of the majority. Search is one example, as is jury selection.
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by numakerg 7y ago
Built in containerization.
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by numakerg 7y ago
I think OC is talking about operational costs, not research.
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by numakerg 7y ago
>rescue or purchase a pet as a potential strategy to improve their cardiovascular health as long as pet ownership led them to a more physically active lifestyle I wonder if they tried to correlate this with the dog breed. I don't se

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