ralphmelish

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by ralphmelish 4y ago
And has >50% of the votes via special shares. He is basically unaccountable.
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Starlink is getting daytime data caps(theverge.com)
1 points by ralphmelish 4y ago|0 comments
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by ralphmelish 4y ago
The original paper: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/095679762211193...
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Anxiety does not cause bad results in exams(economist.com)
1 points by ralphmelish 4y ago|4 comments
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by ralphmelish 4y ago
So your prices are constantly changing? How much do you pay on average for a kW?
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by ralphmelish 4y ago
That's quite interesting. Prices seem quite cheap compared to what I'm paying right now. Too bad they are not taking new customers.
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by ralphmelish 4y ago
That's why I asked. Thank you for your detailed explanation.
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by ralphmelish 4y ago
It doesn't change during they day, it only changes when the government approves price increases. I guess variable means a different thing in the UK. Do you have peak and off-peak prices?
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by ralphmelish 4y ago
What are the kWh prices in Amsterdam? I'm in London and would need to consume more than 1,700 kw to pay that much (£0.3866 per kWh, £0.3849 standing charge). Edit: I'm also on a variable contract
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Apple has indeed nerfed ANC on the AirPods Max through automatic software update(xda-developers.com)
41 points by ralphmelish 4y ago|11 comments
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by ralphmelish 4y ago
The US Census Bureau have been categorising Indians as Asians for more than 20 years. I'm not interested in any racial discussion, just stating how they are classified as.
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by ralphmelish 4y ago
You are wrong. 'Caucasian' is used to classify white Europeans. The US Government defines 'Asians' as 'having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent includ
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Edward Snowden granted Russian citizenship(bbc.co.uk)
13 points by ralphmelish 4y ago|5 comments
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Argentina Government Intervenes After Country Runs Out of World Cup Stickers(bloomberg.com)
3 points by ralphmelish 4y ago|0 comments
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by ralphmelish 4y ago
Exactly. People like Hal Varian or Susan Athey contributed nothing. That is why all this companies have Chief Economists and hire Econ PhD on a regular basis...
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by ralphmelish 4y ago
Get a license for what? I don't really understand the relationship between bureaucracy and buying a book... You can buy anything you like from anywhere in the world, pay your duty online, and have it delivered to your door. I did it a
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by ralphmelish 4y ago
UK doesn't have 18% inflation, that is just a projection from Citigroup [0] (if gas prices continue to grow it will probably get there, like the rest of Europe). Inflation is at 10.1%. I'm not sure why you say 'low salaries&#
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by ralphmelish 4y ago
The Elements of Statistical Learning is by Hastie et al, not by Goodfellow. Goodfellow wrote Deep Learning. They are both available for free on their websites.
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by ralphmelish 4y ago
I know they exist, but they are not the norm. They even call them 'international bank accounts' in most cases (I think HSBC calls it that, or Barclays). Most common bank accounts will require proof of address in the respective cou
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by ralphmelish 4y ago
I've just checked the description in the Play Store and it says 'Open a full UK bank account'. Maybe that is new, but it is pretty clear.
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by ralphmelish 4y ago
It is not a simple app, it's a bank. Not sure how you expect to open a UK bank account not living in the UK... Edit: I've just checked the description in the Play Store and it says 'Open a full UK bank account'. Maybe th
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Management Science Replication Project(msreplication.utdallas.edu)
1 points by ralphmelish 4y ago|0 comments
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Oracle Database Service for Azure(oracle.com)
1 points by ralphmelish 4y ago|1 comments
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UK lawmakers tell Visa and Mastercard to justify fee rises(reuters.com)
22 points by ralphmelish 4y ago|2 comments
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by ralphmelish 4y ago
I believe he is talking about this thread: https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1450324226129338369?lang=...
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Through Recession and a Pandemic, the Book Business Is Thriving in Buenos Aires(nytimes.com)
4 points by ralphmelish 4y ago|0 comments