rmtech

8 ms·

91.
by rmtech 6y ago
"+" is the wrong mathematical operation for combining fractions of distinct sets. The right operation is a weighted sum: 1/3×1/2 + 1/3×1/2 = 1/3 The "1/2" is there because each of the two se
92.
by rmtech 6y ago
"e" is alphabetically before "o" ?
93.
by rmtech 6y ago
Because it makes the mouse input worse. I always turn it off.
94.
by rmtech 6y ago
on the other hand, if you enjoy goofing off playing video games more than you enjoy doing math courses & you act on that, then reality will find you a job at McDonald's instead of a coding job. So choose what you enjoy wisely.
95.
by rmtech 6y ago
The all pairs loop is unnecessarily low level, and it would be hard to spot a mistake there. It would be great if there was a way to say for i < j <= N as this is super clear.
96.
by rmtech 6y ago
Yeah but there should be a SERIOUS warning preventing that
97.
by rmtech 6y ago
Have you considered editing it to remove the offending language?
98.
by rmtech 6y ago
"If you're really careful and watch them like a hawk, AWS won't steal from you" - sure, but that's a low standard and I'd like to see it raised over time with new legislation.
99.
by rmtech 6y ago
Solid advice. I wish I'd heard this back in 2016. Thanks.
100.
by rmtech 6y ago
(though a portion is outstanding)
101.
by rmtech 6y ago
It's not really buyer's remorse if I didn't actually buy anything. I tried a free trial service, as far as I can remember just for an hour or so, and didn't need it. You may not like this, but I'm posting my exper
102.
by rmtech 6y ago
Well the fact that I wasn't using any services, wasn't logging in, wasn't running anything except a default t2 instance is indicative. But also there is IMO a reasonable expectation of a confirmation moving from free to paid
103.
by rmtech 6y ago
It was a surprise because I was not monitoring the relevant account. The funds were being withdrawn month-to-month.
104.
by rmtech 6y ago
No, it definitely wasn't a stolen credential. It's just ~$15/month for 4-5 years, which I didn't notice due to changing banks and an international move. Once my account was dry I found out via the bank (+associated bank
105.
by rmtech 6y ago
They claim to have sent billing emails but I cannot find them. I found out when my bank informed me that my account was overdrawn (it was an account I was no longer using, due to an international move)
106.
AWS charged me $500 over 4 years for a “free” micro instance
4 points by rmtech 6y ago|16 comments
107.
by rmtech 6y ago
Python at least has if ... elif ... else to deal with it.
108.
by rmtech 7y ago
As a woman, what would you want out of a better dating app?
109.
by rmtech 7y ago
Tesla will not use lidar apparently. They'll use cameras, radar and ultrasonic. In theory you could have all four.
110.
by rmtech 7y ago
Radar, ultrasonic. The radar can penetrate fog, rain, etc. https://navtechradar.com/features/autonomous-vehicles/ Ultrasound works well up close for detecting a potential collision.
111.
by rmtech 7y ago
If I was going to try to disrupt dating, I would look at ways to please the women on the site. The women are the limiting factor, it's important to get more of them. I think this will look like harsher and more invasive prescreening of
112.
by rmtech 7y ago
> Avoid ELOs and other ranking algorithms. Why? What would the outcome of that be? You want to create a 2-sided market where you troll people by matching them with low quality partners? > Enforce a 50:50 ratio OK, so if there are 1000
113.
by rmtech 7y ago
> clinically trained psychologist-cum-matchmaker (pun not intended) who can certify that the matches you are set up with are people with a track record of dealing honestly "Honesty" isn't a binary attribute and it might no
114.
by rmtech 7y ago
There's an implicit assumption in this comment that anyone who doesn't want a serious relationship isn't a valid use case. Tinder demonstrated that people seeking casual sex based mostly on looks is a legitimate audience. Gri
115.
by rmtech 7y ago
People obsess about weather conditions as a limiting factor for level 5 and it's bizarre. Bad weather conditions will favour robots over humans because the robot drivers have sensors that can penetrate fog and rain whereas humans have
116.
by rmtech 7y ago
> couldn't see general self-driving vehicles coming within 20 years. I still say that's true. 20 years is a long time, arguably you're already wrong because self-driving vehicles already exist. But Self-driving with the ab
117.
by rmtech 7y ago
Cancer is a group of illnesses that share a key common trait of uncontrollably dividing cells. But when I say intractable I mean that the amount of output in lives you get per dollar of input is small compared to other issues that you can h
118.
by rmtech 7y ago
That's not an answer to the question that was asked. Some people might not want to help animals or people in the third world, they might specifically want to help cancer patients. Furthermore if someone is looking for the most import
119.
by rmtech 7y ago
I mean they should flag \*.com.thing where thing is anything other than a valid country top-level domain like au. It's not perfect but it would make this type of phish a lot harder.
120.
by rmtech 7y ago
OK but outside of a few legitimate exceptions? Surely it's reasonable to flag .com.blahblahblah.thing.spamdomain as fishy? .com.au/ or any other actual country top level domain is ok

More ›