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by robzyb 10y ago
> I think what John is saying is that people commonly use R^2 as measure of model fit where something like root mean squared error (RMSE) gives a better measure of model fit (by measuring the distance from the true model) I don't me
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by robzyb 10y ago
> It's pretty similar. The bank has some cash on hand, and the rest sits in less liquid assets (like loans). That model is far too simplistic. And for most intents and purposes, especially when talking about bank runs, it fails rath
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by robzyb 10y ago
> You're basically describing a bank run [...] A bank run is a very special case, and while it might have similarities, it pays to be cautious when drawing comparisons. Bank runs are special because of the fractional reserve banking
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by robzyb 10y ago
Definitely need to mention: http://bettermotherfuckingwebsite.com/
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by robzyb 10y ago
SpaceX's care about "our established presence in space" is secondary to their care of revenue and profit.
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by robzyb 10y ago
Some (most?) of his @ThreeUKSupport tweets are New Tweets and he doesn't want these going to his followers.
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by robzyb 10y ago
> But if I just get a "I'm 5 mins late" from my friend, I don't think a "Don't worry, I'll wait" suggested by the algorithm is that bad and I myself would not mind getting such a "algorithmica
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by robzyb 10y ago
Was super interested, until I realised no LINE nor KakaoChat :(
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by robzyb 10y ago
"Just implemented better"? "Just"? If it were as simple as you imply it is then surely we'd see this change made trivially to SMB, NFS, WebDAV, or SSHFS. I agree with you that in hindsight this is an obvious feature
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by robzyb 10y ago
I feel a strong need to throw Mike of mikeselectricstuff[1] into the mix. His dayjob involves building awesome bespoke electronics, and his vlog has teardowns of heaps of really unique items. Clive/Dave/Mike make up the entirety o
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by robzyb 11y ago
> I do think the kitchen sink should be included by default, even for experimental stuff. Optimisation and minimisation should be the expert case. A common theme in the counter-argument is that developers should be aiming to get Babel to
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by robzyb 11y ago
It is, of course, perfectly legal to do that with permission. The problem here is that it was done without permission. The OP is claiming that the impersonation without permission is a crime, and that it is impossible to waive the crime-nes
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by robzyb 11y ago
How much diversifiable overhead does a data center have? My spidey-sense is telling me that its very little.
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by robzyb 11y ago
> One thing I miss from ICQ was the ability to have messages stored on the server and delivered next time your friend logged in. None of the popular messaging apps today do that. Eh? Firstly, people are never offline these days. Secondly
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The World of Blind Mathematicians (2002) [pdf](ams.org)
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by robzyb 11y ago
> I still use Visual Source Safe for my personal projects. It's never failed me in 20 years. Right click, check out, right click checkin. Perfect every time. 1st reaction: Horrified that you are still using VSS. 2nd reaction: Was th
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by robzyb 11y ago
An AWS lambda function powers this Twitter account: https://twitter.com/actdigstream Considering that the lambda function was pretty easy to write, free to run, and very portable: why would an Appengine app be better?
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Symbian, Nokia, Microsoft and Apple Downplay Android Relevance (2007)(engadget.com)
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Internationalized Domain Names FAQ(unicode.org)
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by robzyb 11y ago
Cloud hosting companies are making logical choices. They care about a company's growth, not its profit. They'd rather get $1M/annum from an unprofitable VC-backed company than $100k/annum from a profitable bootstrap.
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by robzyb 11y ago
I really love questions like this. The insight obtained from from comparing the computer-like rationality to what would happen in the real world is truly fascinating to me. Also, your example of Bob negotiating fits in very well with the th
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by robzyb 11y ago
Their income would be less than the $100k. They would have incurred expenses when they provided the services. I paid $100k, the provider took the $100k and spent $60k. This means they declare $40k income. The company pays $12k tax. The Gove
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Show HN: EmojiViewer - An Android app for decoding iOS9.1 emoji(play.google.com)
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by robzyb 11y ago
> does a new business really need Slack? How many man-hours am I going to spend fracking around Rocket Chat, Mattermost, and Sandstorm? I think I'd much prefer just paying Slack to worry about that for my hypothetical new business w
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by robzyb 11y ago
> Receivers are far, far better than they were in the tube era. Only two "far"s? That's a significant understatement :P
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by robzyb 11y ago
rsp1984 says that what seperates AR from VR is the need to have latencies <15ms. zipppy says "what if AR was delayed 15ms to make it equiv. to VR". Zipppy's intent was to make AR compete with VR, not HVS.
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by robzyb 11y ago
> So... this was a tax raid? Quite a harsh response, considering the rules were drafted 12months ago... You're making very ambitious assumptions that the tax raid is related to the rules that were drafted 12 months ago. I'd bet
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by robzyb 11y ago
Fellow Australian here (albeit currently living in Tokyo). The "We create tax refunds" part of your homepage says that a company can get a tax refund even if there is no sales. Does this mean that if I establish a company tomorrow
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by robzyb 11y ago
Funnily enough, I am writing an article about this now. FYI I don't think its right to say "forget means, medians, percentiles, etc." They are hugely useful. You just have to note that they aren't everything . As you&#x
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by robzyb 11y ago
It was that easy? Man. Looking forward to giving these a shot...

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