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by pg314 9y ago
> Python is insanely fast at data processing and analysis because it has very fast libraries. It doesn't have fast libraries for everything. E.g. for the use case I brought up, it doesn't (or at least none that I could find at
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by pg314 9y ago
> I'm curious who or where the author heard that from (not specifically the people themselves but the domain they are in). In the telecom domain, I've dealt with data big enough that Python wasn't really feasible. Think 10
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by pg314 9y ago
The source code of whatever software you're using. Here's some C code I used when I played around with it 5 years ago. No guarantees that it is bug-free or does anything useful (you still need a double sha256 and base58 encoding t
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by pg314 9y ago
You're conflating the value and price of an asset. E.g. if you own an asset like a stock that pays dividends, the value of that stock is the net present value of the future dividends. The price is determined by buyers and sellers and c
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by pg314 9y ago
> There is just no way to securely create a secret key. That is wrong. You can generate one relatively easily with dice (google for it). > Because the algorithm is so complex, you have to trust somebody else's software to create
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by pg314 9y ago
There are plenty of medical procedures that save lots of lives but occasionally kill people. The public is ok with that because it is way better than the alternative.
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by pg314 9y ago
> I've never once seen such a program that actually is out of memory safe. Invariably the codepaths triggered by malloc returning null are never exercised. sqlite takes care to correctly deal with out of memory conditions. It has ex
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by pg314 9y ago
Any country not in North America? In Belgium, the bus company had to ask parents not to put children under 5 alone on the bus, which happened in a couple of instances (see [1], in Dutch). Presumably they have no problems with kids older tha
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by pg314 9y ago
> Sure, your sensors and cameras might be able to read signage correctly in 99% of conditions, but when there's graffiti on the sign at night during heavy rain, all bets are off. In the vast majority of the cases, that sign will hav
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by pg314 9y ago
Are deaf people allowed to drive? How do you think they handle these situations?
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by pg314 9y ago
You can do the same with fiat currencies. It's called redenomination [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redenomination
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by pg314 9y ago
> But consider that in order to get a job as a programmer, I first had to spend 4 years taking relatively intensive courses in math and computer science (even longer if you go back to elective courses in high school), and empathy was not
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by pg314 9y ago
> If the general population has a different distribution (again whether you agree or not with that assumption), then there should be a natural imbalance among the cream of the top that made it to Google. Your conclusion does not follow f
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by pg314 9y ago
True, but then your timing is even more crucial. You can be right about a coming crash, but if it happens after your put option expires, it won't do you any good...
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by pg314 9y ago
You can be right that it will crash and still lose your shirt if you short it, if you are wrong about the timing. As Keynes said: “the market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent.” There is an inherent asymmetry between goin
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by pg314 9y ago
> I did say there are exceptions. You said: There are rare heel-running sportspeople but running is not their competitive strength. Do you agree that Meb Keflezghi's competitive strength is running? The study you link to mentions
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by pg314 9y ago
> As a lifelong athlete the on-your-toes style of barefoot running is the best way to run. If you cannot run on your toes you are not built to run. Nonsense. You can go tell Meb Keflezghi, winner of both the Boston and New York marathon,
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by pg314 9y ago
From the abstract: However, this concept is still hypothetical and there is some inconsistency in the reported findings. Furthermore, lifelong vigorous exercisers generally have low mortality rates and excellent functional capacity. I&#x2
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by pg314 9y ago
> Marathon shoes are much closer to Vibrams than to regular running shoes. No, they aren't. Track spikes maybe, marathon shoes definitely not. Have a look at the Adidas Adizero Adios [1], a shoe that Kimetto ran in to set the world
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by pg314 9y ago
He was talking about editorial independence.
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by pg314 9y ago
The editorial board of the Washington Post is independent. Bezos doesn't exert any editorial control. If you have any evidence to the contrary, I'd be interested to see it.
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by pg314 9y ago
Yes. That is mentioned in the article.
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by pg314 9y ago
That is mentioned in the article.
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by pg314 9y ago
Or have universal health care, working public transportation, (almost) free higher education,...
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by pg314 9y ago
Money isn't the only metric for most people. Better healthcare (even if you lose your job), more paid holiday leave and paid maternity leave are all things people take into consideration.
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by pg314 9y ago
You're anonymous in a metro train. You're not in a self-driving car. As others have mentioned, the app can have a button to report a cleanliness issue. Working back from the first report means you don't have to review 12 hour
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by pg314 9y ago
> The Belgian system contains costs in other ways. For example, doctors (especially GP's) are paid significantly less. That's exactly the point! Single-payer is much better at containing the costs. The cost of a GP's visit
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by pg314 9y ago
> I don't think single-payer works the way you seem to think it does in nations where it's been implemented. I don't think single-payer works the way you seem to think it does. > I have an expensive employer-provided
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by pg314 9y ago
> Well you also can't spend paper gains, you have to sell and therefore pay taxes. Wealthy people don't have to spend their capital. They have enough income through e.g. dividends. E.g. Warren Buffett bought (through Berkshire
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by pg314 9y ago
It's even worse than you describe. For the part he doesn't sell, no taxes are owed on the capital gains. Only when capital gains are realised, are taxes owed. If he holds onto that stock forever he can keep compounding forever, wi

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