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by pg_bot 8y ago
If you are building a system that mimics human speech you need to teach it to be imperfect and use common parlance. Otherwise you will fall into the uncanny valley. If you listen to the conversation again there are several points where they
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by pg_bot 8y ago
Of course, the internet is fantastic for pedantic nitpicking. While we're on the subject of map projections, I would suggest taking a look at the Authagraph projection.[0] It preserves the size and shapes of all the continents while s
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by pg_bot 8y ago
Robotic pets are often used in therapy for people with dementia. http://www.parorobots.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFvGAL9tesM
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by pg_bot 8y ago
This might fly in some niche software product, but for anyone who wants to run a permanent software business this is a recipe for disaster.
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by pg_bot 8y ago
I mean there are press conferences where his press secretary is literally handing over a check to the head of the respective agency. [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZkLEmJvDjQ [1]: https://www.youtube.com&#
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by pg_bot 8y ago
There is some nuance that needs to be discussed before I answer your question. The executive branch does not have the power of appropriation, that duty is handled by congress. The president does submit a budget request to congress, and sign
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by pg_bot 8y ago
Opportunity cost and the time value of money. You would likely be better off putting that money to work elsewhere.
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by pg_bot 8y ago
Here is an article that details the donations.[0] So far it has been 100K checks given to a different federal agency quarterly. He has donated to the National Parks Service, Department of Education, Health and Human Services, and the Depart
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by pg_bot 8y ago
I would argue that this is a poor trade-off. Servers are generally cheap for most projects while labor is expensive. When using percentages you always have to ask 70% of what?
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by pg_bot 8y ago
You are living my nightmare
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by pg_bot 8y ago
As mentioned in the article https://www.allbirds.com/ Have a few friends who won't stop talking about them.
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Recycling innovator is going to prison for trying to extend computers' lives(latimes.com)
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by pg_bot 8y ago
Why would the Paris Court of Appeals have any jurisdiction in this case? I'm surprised web.com didn't have their lawyers review the request and then throw it in the trash.
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by pg_bot 8y ago
I am working in this area and would love to pick your brain. (My brother and I run a clinic in SC, which I've made the software for) We've made some cool stuff and are close to releasing it to the general public. My email is in my
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by pg_bot 8y ago
Dr. Howard Florey and Ernst Chain deserve most of the credit for the development of Penicillin. They received the Nobel with Flemming and did most of the work in getting Penicillin out of the lab. I don't think relying on wonderful acc
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by pg_bot 8y ago
An excerpt from Michelle McNamara's letter to the golden state killer. The race was yours to win. You were the observer in power, never observed. An initial setback came on September 10, 1984, in a lab at the University of Leicester, w
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by pg_bot 8y ago
"Your Oreos are too sweet and your Chips Ahoy are too dry; the offerings at your local CVS are no good. You have been lied to. These candies do not suffice as guilty pleasures, and you did not choose them freely. You chose them under t
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by pg_bot 8y ago
That's what I get for hastily making a homepage. Thanks!
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by pg_bot 8y ago
Ford caters more to the business market who are buying these vehicles due to their usage in heavy duty hauling. The fact that they are focusing on trucks/SUVs doesn't have to exclude moving to electric vehicles in the future. It&#
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by pg_bot 8y ago
Do you consider yourself a covered entity? If not, what kind of data are you collecting about your users?
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by pg_bot 8y ago
Whoops, sorry for lying I've updated my about section.
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by pg_bot 8y ago
Sure, my email is in my profile. Send me a message with what you would like to know and I will get back to you.
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by pg_bot 8y ago
Wow, that would cover 2 years worth membership at the clinic I run. We charge $49 / month for unlimited visits, freezing the mole would've been around 10 bucks. You likely could have gotten a plane ticket, flown to our clinic, got
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by pg_bot 8y ago
You need to multiply the numbers, (and they must be prime) not add them.
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by pg_bot 8y ago
YMMV but in my experience npm would break consistently doing the most trivial of tasks. Switched to yarn and haven't once looked back.
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by pg_bot 8y ago
Yes, that is what I meant.
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by pg_bot 8y ago
Number 2: No One Believes Anyone Can Actually Code It's surprising to see the number of people who interview for lead technical roles that cannot code, or whose work is exceptionally sloppy. Incompetence is more commonplace than the au
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by pg_bot 8y ago
The United States has a perfectly capable social safety net.[0] It makes no sense to employ people unproductively. If you believe that your work should have meaning, this would be the ultimate insult. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org
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by pg_bot 8y ago
While corporations have the legal obligation to collect and pay taxes, only real people can bear the economic burden of the tax. The people who pay the tax are principally shareholders and workers of the corporation. It is up for debate how
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by pg_bot 8y ago
I know it's politically unpopular, but most economists across the political spectrum believe that corporate taxes should be eliminated entirely.[0] It's more effective to tax people directly as the corporate tax is extremely volat

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