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   by pimmen 9y ago

   Have you considered it might the best possible way to spend their time because they have hardships finding another job?
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   by pimmen 9y ago

   If cryptocurrencies are the currencies of the future and they're not just an investment product for people who want to get rich on hype, prove it to me very simply; spend your cryptocurrency. Really, it's that simple; use all of t
3. 483.▲
   by pimmen 9y ago

   Is it harder to build this thing resistant to earthquakes than if it was made out of steel and concrete?
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   by pimmen 9y ago

   There are also cases of immigrants being deported for taking a second job to pay the bills because the law for a worker's visa says that it applies to "a job" as in singular [0]. The same applies if you quit a lousy job and f
5. 485.▲
   by pimmen 9y ago

   The problem is that I do want the data to be stored because it could act as training data to make the vehicles better. But I also recognize the potential for abuse. This one's tricky...
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   by pimmen 9y ago

   I did read the comment, that's why I refereed back to it with an "as you say".
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   by pimmen 9y ago

   And we stopped the cigarette people from advertising to children and required that they become completely transparent about their habit forming product. As you say, we can't make everyone a humanist but we can demand that everyone be t
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   by pimmen 9y ago

   When these statisticians, engineers and developers stand face to face with one of their beloved "whales" who lost his wife, children and home to his addiction will they say "I was just doing my job, could you ever forgive me?
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   by pimmen 9y ago

   It's both very expressive and readable, and it's the last part I absolutely love. I can understand Python code very quickly and I can often recognize the algorithm that's implemented. And you can do composition easily, that&#
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    by pimmen 9y ago

    Because markets move quicker than they did in the 18th century. These bubbles have progressively grown and collapsed quicker and quicker with the introduction of railways, telegraphs, phones, improvements in printing presses, radio, televis
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    by pimmen 9y ago

    I read about it first in The Intelligent Investor By Graham, but it's nice to get a more in depth description of this anecdote. One of my friends once asked me how the growth in cryptocurrency value i an unsustainable bubble when so
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    by pimmen 9y ago

    When you make judgements about individuals based on their race and not their individual actions you're being racist. It's as simple as that. This is what the paper is looking at. You can argue for being racist if you want but you
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    by pimmen 9y ago

    I don't know if you're American but wouldn't it then be reasonable to say that the idea of supporting Israel with billions of dollars was America's own idea that it has to take responsibility for? The US is free to spend
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    by pimmen 9y ago

    And yet they didn't produce that much stuff that people actually wanted. If you went to a grocery store in Moscow in the 80s the shelves were empty unless you knew when the store would buy the allotted inventory. Not saying the USSR di
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    by pimmen 9y ago

    Yep, they produced a lot of research. So, how did they apply these technologies to create products the market actually want? And abundance for all people to lead better lives?
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    by pimmen 9y ago

    It will absolutely affect boats in the Pacific.
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    by pimmen 9y ago

    The vast majority of people who learn calculus in school will never model a changing system in their life again. The vast majority who didn't take statistics courses in college will still try to use the limited understanding they have
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    by pimmen 9y ago

    We've been implementing these schemes across Europe for a long time. In my home country, both Stockholm and Gothenburg has them and they're unpopular but actually do a lot of good. My parents have finally started taking the train
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    by pimmen 9y ago

    No, but they could perhaps ask law enforcement for help.
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    by pimmen 9y ago

    Is there really precedent of debt collectors being unable to seize Bitcoins? Could they simply not just ask about your credentials to get access to your wallet?
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    by pimmen 9y ago

    I agree, but management acting ignorant of how the sausage is made is just as bad. Basically, that criminal's employer should also face dire consequences or his take away will be "lets properly vet the next criminal I hire so this
22. 502.▲
    by pimmen 9y ago

    And management always escapes the blame. "Really? Automatic billing? For an entire year?! I never ordered any such thing, I just set up impossible revenue goals! Oh my cheese and whiskers!"
23. 503.▲
    by pimmen 9y ago

    You mean the right to call groups of people hurtful things meant to insight violence?
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    by pimmen 9y ago

    As you say, it's not perfect, but it would absolutely help us preserve culture beyond what is still classic 75+ years from now. We have lost the vast majority of silent era films and more historical films will follow since it's il
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    by pimmen 9y ago

    Yeah, but post-mortem activity hasn't seen a lot of progress lately. If anything, the dead do less useful stuff beyond their life now than ever what with all these pesky laws against violating corpses. Yes, it's sarcasm
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    by pimmen 9y ago

    I don't really think I am underestimating it, we can see a clear connection between supporters of Trump (and other far-right populist politicians) and the disinformation they've received from Russia. I'm not suggesting Russia
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    by pimmen 9y ago

    This year is election year in Sweden and we know the Russians spread disinformation during the Finnish election through social media. They’ve had plenty of practice for taking on our small country. Denmark, Norway and Finland have a populis
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    by pimmen 9y ago

    Studying analysis gives you more tools to model changing systems. The more tools you have, the easier it is to abstract things. That's really all applied mathematics is, abstracting stuff to things you can do mathematical operations on
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    by pimmen 9y ago

    I feel bad about paying taxes to a one party dictatorship. If you qualify for this visa you have lots of opportunities in life to change stuff for the better and turning this visa down is one of them.
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    by pimmen 9y ago

    I have low expectations of human behavior when it comes to IP. They have a chance to be exceeded in that case, and when they are, that feels good.