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by pinko 5y ago
Bookfinder to the rescue: https://www.bookfinder.com/search/?author=&title=&lang=en&su...
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by pinko 5y ago
I can see the potential utility of an immutable public pointer to immutable public data, I guess -- but not the utility of "ownership" of that pointer.
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by pinko 5y ago
How does this increase the utility of what is essentially a pointer written on a global bulletin board? (I'm not being rhetorical -- I'm not sure why the immutability of the thing pointed to increases the utility of the NFT point
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by pinko 5y ago
Yes, exactly. Actuaries are quite good at their jobs, which means the cumulative lifetime cost of insurance generally exceeds the (cost of covering a loss * the probability of that loss), so the only three good reasons to buy insurance are
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by pinko 5y ago
(not a rhetorical question) Won't stick+drywall houses require more diligent maintenance in order to stand 500 years? E.g., new asphalt roofs, etc. It's not unusual for homes in Europe to last that long with major maintenance ne
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by pinko 5y ago
I'm not sure if this is the scammiest crypto product I've seen this week, but it's in the running.
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Theopetra’s Self-Repaying Mortgages(medium.com)
2 points by pinko 5y ago|2 comments
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by pinko 5y ago
In this case, an expired stockpile is better than no stockpile (and close to as good as an unexpired stockpile). Those expired masks could have saved a lot of lives.
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by pinko 5y ago
In terms of the science, land-based and space-based GW detectors are complementary, as they detect GW waves at very different frequencies. One doesn't replace the other. There are also serious (if obviously longshot) efforts by collea
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by pinko 5y ago
You might be interested in this talk on the future of GW detectors and the resulting science prospects: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iet6pS4gxCk (esp. from ~25:40 to the end).
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by pinko 5y ago
Additional detectors improve our ability to detect somewhat (assuming they're of similar sensitivity -- otherwise they can actually hurt our overall network sensitivity!). But the _real_ advantage is in source localization to guide mul
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by pinko 5y ago
Unique as far as I know, at least in a scientific collaboration like ours. But we were unusually sensitive to the risk of false detections given (a) skepticism of LIGO's prospects from other physicists, and (b) the lingering stain of
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by pinko 5y ago
Yes, we carefully explain the statistical confidence of our detections in each discovery paper, and there are dozens of methods papers that go into excruciating detail on those techniques. Prior to our first detection, the overwhelming prim
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by pinko 5y ago
LIGO collaboration member here: we focus on maximizing the cumulative number of detections over time, and it turns out that by turning the detector off for a year to upgrade it, we can increase the sensitivity so much that a year after that
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by pinko 5y ago
LIGO collaboration member here: this is a tunable knob, independent of the number of detectors, that we've set very intentionally based on feedback from astronomers who want to follow up with optical/gamma/neutrino instrument
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by pinko 5y ago
Mods: this is a better link than the OP.
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by pinko 5y ago
If Google does ever kills off matrix.itasoftware.com, and you build a replica, I would pay for it and/or help you to the extent possible.
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Hackers steal $130M from Cream Finance(therecord.media)
7 points by pinko 5y ago|4 comments
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by pinko 5y ago
"more value = social benefit" -- only if you ignore externalities, it seems to me. If companies had to pay for their environmental impact alone, much of the S&P500 would be wildly unprofitable. Leaving aside social externali
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by pinko 5y ago
A couple decades ago I ran an NSF-funded project to develop and run a public, open-source automated built-and-test platform for ~50 distinct versions of a dozen or so unix OSes (plus a token Windows version or two), long before modern CI pl
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by pinko 5y ago
Same. I ran Linux 0.12 on my 386sx 16mhz in my dorm and it changed my life (literally).
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by pinko 5y ago
Agree completely. It's a strong signal that someone has a military cosplay fetish (which very few people with experience in the actual military do), which in turn tends to come along with other dysfunctional traits. It's a warni
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by pinko 5y ago
Interesting -- I had no idea! From wikipedia: 'Some combat sports (such as boxing, judo, taekwondo and wrestling) award two bronze medals per competition, resulting in, overall, more bronze medals being awarded than the other colours.&
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by pinko 5y ago
When it comes to Five Eyes, which one of the five actually executes an action is somewhat secondary. They plan and share the intel together, formally or informally (depending on legality).
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by pinko 5y ago
I believe Icelandic fermented fish was one of the few foods Anthony Bourdain found revolting. Based on my own experience with Icelandic and Japanese approaches to flavor, I would bet Funazushi tastes better, though.
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by pinko 5y ago
I can echo (no pun intended) this experience with the Echo Show, but I would love something much bigger and higher-def. My family is separated long-distance, and I would pay big money for a higher-def "window to another home" pro
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by pinko 5y ago
Thank you for this idea!
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by pinko 5y ago
IANA tax accountant or attorney, but are you sure this is true? My understanding is that, if it is reasonably obvious that you will owe the IRS at tax time next year, you are obligated to pay estimated taxes in advance, every quarter. You
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by pinko 6y ago
You may not realize, but "gyp" is a bigoted ethnic slur. Please don't use it here or anywhere.
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by pinko 6y ago
Listening to it now, thank you.

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