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Columbia Celebrates Launch of First Publicly-Funded VR/AR Center in the Country(engineering.columbia.edu)
1 points by otoburb 8y ago|0 comments
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The AI Cold War That Threatens Us All(wired.com)
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Tokenizing Corporate Capital Stock(gabrielshapiro.wordpress.com)
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My Parents Give Me $28,000 a Year(ejroller.com)
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by otoburb 8y ago
Had a bit of a shock since one of those "Vancouver specials"[1] including the neighboring houses looked just like our old house, but thankfully the timeline doesn't match up at all. I'm unfortunately not surprised that t
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by otoburb 8y ago
Money laundering is a problem they must have faced earlier when allowing BTC trades, so presumably they'll operate under the same AML/KYC regulatory compliance umbrella required to offer their current (and growing) set of digital
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by otoburb 8y ago
>> Why not just use Chaumian ecash [...] David Chaum probably asked exactly the same question, and starting working on his own own blockchain and cryptocurrency[1] in 2015[2]. I'm a bit sad he didn't call it eCash 2.0. [1]
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by otoburb 8y ago
Note that this isn't about kicking Huawei out of the existing network deployments (2G where it still exists, 3G & 4G/LTE). This is about not letting Huawei compete for 5G network infrastructure bids. I understand the national
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by otoburb 8y ago
There's huge demand for cellular-based broadband. I wasn't aware that TELUS' wireless coverage in the Interior was so bad, and slightly surprised that there isn't more negative news coverage when TELUS and Bell tout &quo
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by otoburb 8y ago
>> Canada needs improved cellular services and it needs them now. In what way does Canada require improved cellular service? I'm nodding my head to the other points you've made but this one puzzles me. If you're talkin
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by otoburb 8y ago
Key quote is further down in the article, although I don't know if the referenced study accounted for health care costs: "Mr. Yan conducted a study looking at the median housing values of various North American cities, as well as
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by otoburb 8y ago
WhatsApp seems to have similar widespread market adoption in Brasil[1] too. [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/whatsapp-i...
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by otoburb 8y ago
INSEAD is a highly respected MBA program (outside of the US) that offers a 10 month MBA[1]. This sounds more like what you are referring to, geared towards those with around 6 years of work experience. [1] https://www.insead.edu&
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by otoburb 8y ago
This reasoning is sound. If one felt an MBA was worth it, probably better to try for a part-time MBA while keeping their current job. The only disadvantage is that many have said the networking and career opportunities are slightly better f
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by otoburb 8y ago
>> [...] also a lot of companies will pay back your tuition when they hire you. By all general measures, company sponsorship in any significant manner is shrinking[1]. I believe the US employer education assistance tax credit is limi
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by otoburb 8y ago
You should figure out why you want the next degree. If it's credentialing, then having a non-technical graduate degree would cover your "breadth". If you want to be exposed to a different audience and learn from different b
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by otoburb 8y ago
>> You have to very careful getting an MBA outside of finance or consulting. I would add here that if you intend to break into or continue on in the consumer packaged goods field (e.g. traditional brand manager career trajectory at P
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A collaborative platform for reproducible research(worksheets.codalab.org)
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by otoburb 8y ago
>> [...] the people can be as cold as the weather. Most of the people in NYC I've come across have been fairly nice or neutral, although that could be entirely dependent on the neighborhood. Having said that, just the other day
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by otoburb 8y ago
>> This can lead to weirdly misaligned incentives, like C-level executives on a failing company trying to get fired because their severance package will leave them better off than staying with the sinking ship. If anybody is fired in
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Crypto Pioneer David Chaum Says He’s Built a Better Bitcoin(wsj.com)
3 points by otoburb 8y ago|1 comments
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by otoburb 8y ago
Depending on your hours and your location, Spacious[1] has worked for me (briefly). Good for "office" daytime hours when you want to work in sync with (but not actually "with") other day workers. Spacious was very useful
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by otoburb 8y ago
Are the cultures very different between Munich and Berlin? Your comment implies this and would be interested in hearing about this for those of us that have only infrequently visited other cities in Germany such as Frankfurt or Düsseldorf.
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by otoburb 8y ago
>> Some drivers unfortunately see horn use as hostility. I have dealt with a few road raging drivers who were very angry that I honked at them. You'll fit right at home biking in NYC since constant car honking is par for the cou
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by otoburb 8y ago
Fewer full nodes can download and keep up. But light weight ethereum clients[1] shouldn’t have an issue. [1] https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/Light-client-protocol
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by otoburb 8y ago
>> I am financially self sufficient and will continue to be, and hence making a living out of my phd is not a consideration. I'm curious about this scenario from the advisor or departmental perspective: If a PhD candidate is fin
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by otoburb 8y ago
They knew of Robin Hanson's work around futarchy[1], and interviewed him[2]. Augur initially planned to implement an automated market making scoring mechanism, but changed the dynamics[3] during alpha testing. [1] https://en
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by otoburb 8y ago
>> Can anyone comment on how settlement actually works? The Augur whitepaper[1] explains the gory details, but at a higher level when the market creator defines the prediction market and event states through a smart contract, they mu
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by otoburb 8y ago
>> Hard pass. Blockchain and Gambling still don't really go together yet. s/Gambling/trading In Augur's case the provably fair aspect seems to be restricted to the correctness of the order matching and trad
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Chile Has So Much Solar Energy It’s Giving It Away for Free(bloomberg.com)
1 points by otoburb 8y ago|0 comments

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