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by otoburb 4y ago
>> I'd hate to have my college credits killed by Google once they get bored of this. The good news is that once Google gets bored of this then any college credits earned should still be valid because the credits are backed by AS
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by otoburb 4y ago
Congratulations on the launch -- this looks super slick and well executed. I commend your approach on avoiding religious texts, or really any domain that has numerous doctrinal nuances where people could/will become overly polarized. L
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>> Like, who cares? The HN voting mechanism suggests that some HNers care enough to upvote these types of announcements to the front page.
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by otoburb 4y ago
>> I heard in the West its similar, lots of baby boomers want to retire with small businesses that no one wants to take over. Yes[1], and this becomes even more complicated when these baby boomer small business owners are/were p
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When Algorithms Rule, Values Can Wither(sloanreview.mit.edu)
63 points by otoburb 4y ago|35 comments
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by otoburb 4y ago
You've hit the nail on the head to what I believe is the crux of the issue: OP is "jumping headfirst" into a cybersecurity role for a 30 person company with large/important clients without considering what they will need
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by otoburb 4y ago
Congratulations! >> [...] now I'm "responsible", of the cybersecurity of a 30 people startup/scale-up, on top of actually building/maintaining features. >> [...] we're going to raise more money soo
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by otoburb 4y ago
I guess financial billionaires will forever be stuck between a rock and a hard place every time they speak: either they're "talking their book", or "hypocrites for not putting their money where their mouths are". I&
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by otoburb 4y ago
Huawei is one of a handful of companies in the world that spends more than $20B USD on R&D per year , which just happens to be approximately ~20% of their revenue.[1] I know the $1.5B from CHIPS is effectively a kickstarter of sorts, b
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by otoburb 4y ago
For families that frequent HN, wouldn't HSAs be the superior option since this demographic is more likely (for better or worse) to have higher discretionary income to weather the up-front HSA costs until hitting the family deductible l
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by otoburb 4y ago
>> I see a lot of negativity in this thread, which mirrors my experience: in most places, you'll be paid like a researcher with the respect of a lab assistant – unless you have a PhD and a postdoc. As an outside observer to this
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by otoburb 4y ago
Depends on the child, but started with Scratch with mine for the visuals. I've heard good things about Swift Playgrounds recently too but it was rougher a few years ago. One thing that I'm not doing is pushing this too heavily as
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by otoburb 4y ago
>> I’ll be lucky to walk with 1 BTC after more than a decade. The payout is clearly stipulated on the MtGox website, assuming you've done the work of registering as a creditor. The minimum you'll be walking away with is rou
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by otoburb 4y ago
You can try by contacting the official support email (support@mtgox.com), but I believe you have missed all deadlines to register as a creditor.
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Base and Prime Editing: Precise Chemistry on the Genome(twitter.com)
2 points by otoburb 4y ago|0 comments
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by otoburb 4y ago
>> On the otherhand, I know I would resent the technical cofounder receiving an enormous financial benefit from developing a non-viable disaster from which the company needs to be rescued. If the technical cofounder created a working
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by otoburb 4y ago
Even with Amazon Textract, the middle step to curate extracted information into some form of meaning is still missing. Didn't realize this is still an unsolved problem.
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>> Tether has not been contacted by US officials or law enforcement with a request to freeze the addresses sanctioned by OFAC, but as noted above, Tether normally complies with requests from US authorities, being in contact with them
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by otoburb 4y ago
>> No one can predict with full certainty which way it will go. Until somebody tries to float a trial balloon (case) in court.
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by otoburb 4y ago
>> I think it's because they know that a lot of their coworkers will choose not to come into the office anymore [...] That was probably true during the pandemic, but anecdotal conversations I've had with non-tech colleagues
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by otoburb 4y ago
>> So... those of you working at companies demadning a return-to-office... are you going to quit? As with most situations of this nature, it's infinitely easier to make this decision if you already have a decently competitive jo
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by otoburb 4y ago
>> The worst part is that anyone who wants WFH can have it, but I cannot have what I need. Some employers are mandating back to office, so this option is being taken away. Those that prefer to WFH are not able to have what they need&
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Beyond Hyperanthropomorphism(studio.ribbonfarm.com)
70 points by otoburb 4y ago|89 comments
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I guess nobody credible has verified Uganda's claim that they are sitting on cf. 320K tonnes of (currently underground unrefined) gold to be mined.[1] All currently known above- and below- ground gold deposits, plus Uganda's claim
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by otoburb 4y ago
Interesting that Espressif recently announced they are moving exclusively to RISC-V[1]. This will likely drive costs down even further, but unsure if they will improve on the power efficiency in the near term. The ESP32-C3 is mentioned in t
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CXL Enables Microsoft Azure to Cut Server CapEx by 100s of Millions of Dollars(semianalysis.substack.com)
2 points by otoburb 4y ago|0 comments
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Qualitative humanities research is crucial to AI(fast.ai)
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by otoburb 4y ago
>> while i love my wife, i need a lot of it. If you are struggling because you need this alone time, both you and your wife may see an improvement in your domestic life if you are honest with her about this need.
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by otoburb 4y ago
>> Would I get severance? Severance is almost always an agreement between the employer and employee. It is not mandated at the federal level[1]. But certain states may mandate minimal severance under certain conditions.[2] [1] https
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by otoburb 4y ago
I welcome anything that helps to grow Toronto and other Canadian cities. But the already unaffordable housing market[1] will become even worse for average Toronto household[2] if the tech talent continues to move into the city. [1] https:&

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