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by riggins 13y ago
wikipedia's not the best source but from my limited experience this is in the right magnitude, with the key thing being $55k per violation. That can add up quickly depending on how its interpreted. http://en.wikipedia.org&#x
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by riggins 13y ago
Content owners can see Netflix's share price. As soon as they start doing well the price will go up on content licenses. Unless Netflix negotiate 5, 10, or 15 year terms they aren't going to be able to avoid arbitrary price hikes
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by riggins 13y ago
this made me laugh out loud.
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by riggins 13y ago
the parent comment was sarcasm. I immediately thought 'google will tie this into your google phone for you. That could be pretty nice.'
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by riggins 13y ago
it's hard to take the courses seriously when only 5% of the enrollment finishes the course. Same comment as michaelo. why does the completion rate matter? If 100,000 people sign up, and 5% complete the course, that's 5k people.
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by riggins 13y ago
all I have to say is this is horrible. Maybe this is a case were law enforcement hasn't caught up with technology.
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by riggins 13y ago
you do realize its absurd to talk about 'out-of-context' quoting when the full comment is sitting right there for everyone to read? I was responding to a particular part of the comment, hence why I highlighted that, but obviously
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by riggins 13y ago
nitpick. here's the spirit. Often people will dismiss the human consequences of innovation with the logic that it hasn't been all that bad in the past. But the reality is that for effected people it really has been all that bad. T
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by riggins 13y ago
have not been particularly terrifying. well that's not quite true. For mankind as a whole, no. For people who's livelihood has been automated ... its been pretty terrifying.
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by riggins 13y ago
this will become something serious I agree. It seems to me that robots have the potential to have a greater impact than the internet, social, mobile. And that's not to diminish the profound change those innovations have brought about
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by riggins 13y ago
that too. it just seemed like the 'income inequality' is an orthogonal issue. A headline of 'Fix fundamentals first' or 'You need fundamentals before you can teach coding' would have made more sense to me. with
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by riggins 13y ago
I thought the primary argument was kinda weak. Allocating resources to teach coding will take away from teaching the fundamentals ... hence leading to worse outcomes and greater inequality. Something about that argument doesn't sit rig
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by riggins 13y ago
I'm not sure that knowing how to code is even that useful for most people. In the actual world we live in I agree with you. However, in a thoughtful world, we would get everyone started coding at 5 and have many many classes devoted
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by riggins 13y ago
Are you sure it will reduce the pollution (genuine question)? I live in NYC. I was thinking specifically of the air quality in NYC which its almost sure to improve, rather than total pollution. However, I think it will improve total pollu
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by riggins 13y ago
I can't wait for widespread adoption of electric cars and reduced pollution.
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by riggins 13y ago
He's not a great teacher. By what measure. He's better than every teacher I had from K-12. Better than most of the Profs I had at uni as well. What was your experience?
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by riggins 13y ago
doomed to fail? only if there's no demand. And I think there's a floor on how low demand can go that comes from the black market. So I don't think its doomed to fail.
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by riggins 13y ago
for a second I thought this was indestructible bacteria accidentally brought back from a trip to outer-space and was momentarily terrified.
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by riggins 13y ago
A little more capability to attack requires an immense amount of additional capability to defend against. I think that depends on the type of weapon. Part of the issue with airlines is how highly valued human life is. If for example all w
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by riggins 13y ago
Africa and Brazil is part of what I'm thinking about. We don't have to imagine elites walling themselves off and being indifferent ... there are places on earth where that already exists. In fact, to be fair to Africa and Brazil,
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by riggins 13y ago
A solution to this dystopian future would be the basic income I'm fascinated to see how philanthropic society will choose to be. Here's why. With the advent of robots I believe that something fundamental has changed. Elites, if
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by riggins 13y ago
bring on the cricket protein powder
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by riggins 13y ago
saying that 3 strikes laws should apply to murders != murders should get 3 chances.
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by riggins 13y ago
in a sane world this would be true. sadly, in this world 3 strikes laws aren't meant just for murderers.
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by riggins 13y ago
yep, just over a century. The story of the forceps is both extraordinary and disturbing, because it is the story of a life-saving idea that was kept secret for more than a century. The instrument was developed in the seventeenth century by
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by riggins 13y ago
here's a fun trivia question. How many years did the Chamberlen family keep the invention of the forceps secret so they could enjoy monopoly profits?
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by riggins 13y ago
Will we see a dramatic increase in the formation of unions as a defensive response? Most likely. I'm struggling to follow how a union could help this situation. What would happen? Workers would go on strike if their firms use robots?
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by riggins 13y ago
but I can't recall a single finance giant acting for the good of ANY community. Consider another interpretation. I don't think Shiller is saying that finance acts altruistically. I think that Shiller is claiming that finance doe
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by riggins 13y ago
I agree that the way to deal with increasing rents is to build new buildings. In fact, I think that is probably Bloomberg's greatest accomplishment. He made it much easier to develop new buildings which led to a boom in development.
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by riggins 13y ago
this is definitely happening in NYC. A friend of mine just told me how he was considering getting in on it. In NYC there's an enormous arbitrage. The cheapest hotel room in the city is $300/night. Meanwhile, you can rent a 1BR apt

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