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by rpedela 10y ago
That doesn't jive with history. The mafia became dominant during prohibition. Alcohol becomes legal again and what happens? The corporations take over and the mafia loses some of its power although not for long thanks to bans on cocain
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by rpedela 10y ago
> Users do not know how to tell a good search engine from a bad one. I am sure there is a presentation bias. I am sure that there are plenty of cases where a user cannot tell if a set of results are good or bad for a specific query. I am
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by rpedela 10y ago
Yes I have used similar methods. In addition to using generic, relevant searches on Google, Reddit, etc., I did competitor searches looking for discussions about them. That helped me figure out which competitors were most popular. Typically
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by rpedela 10y ago
I think it depends a lot on context. If I am looking to contribute for the sole purpose of improving the OSS project, then I follow your method. If I am using an OSS project in a larger commercial project and I need a bugfix or feature now,
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by rpedela 10y ago
1. The original comment was deleted. My comment would make more sense in context. 2. FUD is using false information to spread fear, uncertainty, and doubt. When someone claims nutritional supplements have some sort of miraculous medical ben
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by rpedela 10y ago
Then please don't spread FUD.
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by rpedela 10y ago
That claim needs a citation from a trustworthy source.
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by rpedela 10y ago
Not necessarily. They obviously need that change so it wasn't wasted. However they have to maintain the change themselves if it isn't merged.
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by rpedela 10y ago
Here is an interesting comparison between FastText and word2vec. https://rare-technologies.com/fasttext-and-gensim-word-embed...
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by rpedela 10y ago
If someone checks in code that breaks a bunch of tests, then you know right away. And the underlying assumption is that tests are written by multiple people with varying degrees of quality. Can bad code sneak through the tests? Of course! B
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by rpedela 10y ago
I would just start with HTML basics so they could build something "cool" right away. Part of a beginner class is getting them interested in the topic and showing them why it is important. Starting with one of the most boring topic
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by rpedela 10y ago
The C corp's money is not owned by the shareholders until it is distributed as a dividend. That is where the double tax comes into play since that money was already taxed at the corporate level and then it will be taxed again at the pe
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by rpedela 10y ago
Started with tax returns. Given how the rest of the personal audit went, I am sure they would have asked for more. BTW no one had trouble buying a house in 2005 which helped 2008....
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by rpedela 10y ago
One thing I didn't realize until recently is that when applying for a home loan, they perform an audit of your business in addition to your personal assets if you have an LLC. The reason is because the company's profits pass throu
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by rpedela 10y ago
Sure. The purpose of a SaaS product would be to improve efficiency and save time. Given lawyers typically charge by the hour, they would lose money unless they could bill their clients directly for the use of the more efficient software to
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by rpedela 10y ago
I investigated doing a SaaS product in the legal space. One of the things I heard multiple times from lawyers is that they are more likely to buy a product if they can bill their clients directly. What you are talking about would not fall i
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by rpedela 10y ago
Have you tried Quandl? They solve some of those problems for financial data.
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by rpedela 10y ago
On the surface, you are right. However you often still need custom code to handle the business logic. If a new customer joins you have spin up a new instance. If a customer leaves then you have to delete the instance. How do you automate ba
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by rpedela 10y ago
I am beginning to think there is another housing bubble, but this time I am not exactly sure how it would play out if it burst assuming there is one forming. Would it affect the Chinese economy? The economy in each US city? The larger US ec
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by rpedela 10y ago
The compile process is complicated but more because of ES6/ES7 than React and JSX. Everyone wants to use ES6/ES7 which isn't fully supported yet by all browsers. And yes there are a lot of dependencies for a typical project b
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by rpedela 10y ago
RDS doesn't support untrusted languages which includes Python [1]. 1. https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.5/static/plpython.html
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by rpedela 10y ago
There are businesses like that already but most (not all) act as consulting services. Beyond regulations, there are three main problems. 1. Each organization has their own data silo and treats it as if it were gold. Therefore it is difficul
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by rpedela 10y ago
Also from the FAQ (you are both right) ========================================================= Q: What happens during failover and how long does it take? Failover is automatically handled by Amazon Aurora so that your applications can res
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by rpedela 10y ago
"The USA and its allies, as a matter of foreign strategy, have propped up secular "democracies" since WWII." While that is certainly the rhetoric, that isn't actually true. We have propped up secular democracies in
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by rpedela 10y ago
If the phenomena is real then it means that some theory is wrong or incomplete, but not necessarily conservation of momentum. In the paper they give some ideas how conservation of momentum can be preserved. More research needs to be done fo
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by rpedela 10y ago
For #1, I get random emails now and then from various equity firms including VC. If your startup is listed on AngelList, Crunchbase, or other startup lists then you will likely get them. Or you are in the news for some reason like winning a
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by rpedela 10y ago
Do you mean any and all advertising or advertising for the IPO specifically?
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by rpedela 10y ago
https://www.google.com/search?client=ubuntu&channel=fs&q=ori...
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by rpedela 10y ago
I haven't read the book, but from my experience I have found that truly new ideas/products are much harder to explain (I have tried a couple). If someone is already using a competing or similar product then you can say it is like
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by rpedela 10y ago
Your comment would be immensely better without the personal attack at the beginning. The personal attack is totally unnecessary. It is also why you are being down voted.

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