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by rpedela 8y ago
People have been saying that for decades. After spending 10 years in the 3D graphics and VR industries, I just don't see it happening any time soon. The technology, including Oculus, is certainly getting better but it still sucks. It s
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by rpedela 8y ago
Many early employees end up with nothing even if they are given significant equity and they aren't screwed by VC or founders. Employees have 90 days to exercise their options when they quit and often it is better to not exercise becaus
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by rpedela 8y ago
What is the business model?
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by rpedela 8y ago
I thought SOX came out of Enron and WorldCom which didn't have much to do with the 2008 recession?
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by rpedela 8y ago
This is awesome! Is there a plan to support all the major embedding algorithms?
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by rpedela 8y ago
That is precisely why I chose PageRank as a comparison. I think it is one of the most beautiful equations invented in computer science on par with some physics equations. Yes, if you can turn your problem into a graph then you can use PageR
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by rpedela 8y ago
I think blockchain will end up like PageRank. Both are amazing algorithms with very narrow use cases. And maybe a few companies can generate enormous value with blockchain like Google did with PageRank, but that will be it. That's my p
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by rpedela 8y ago
For some production use cases, it is possible and others it is not or extremely difficult. There are a few reasons for this. The quality of search is a combination of both precision, ordering by relevance, and recall, finding relevant docum
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by rpedela 8y ago
What does that prove?
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by rpedela 8y ago
The study was not a double-blind, placebo trial which means the positive result could have been because one of the following: 1. Patients didn't actually have Alzheimer's. Given the only definitive test for it is a brain exam afte
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by rpedela 8y ago
Oh I get it. I have heard the same stuff about cancer, heart disease, and every other major disease. And yet the people who take the natural route end up dying sooner on average. Once a disease progresses to a certain point, diet and exerci
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by rpedela 8y ago
While sleep, exercise, healthy food, etc may certainly prevent or delay the onset [1], once you have Alzheimer's, it is too late. This is like telling someone with gangrene that all they need is neosporin, a fresh bandage, and rest. Ex
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by rpedela 8y ago
Wouldn't performing better on two different cognitive tests over placebo be a positive effect on symptoms?
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by rpedela 8y ago
Given current diagnostic technologies, correct. I think genetic data and other types of bio data can be used to invent significantly better diagnostic tools that would reduce or eliminate the problems you talk about. For example, we current
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by rpedela 8y ago
How does one network throughout the entire company as an outsider?
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> If you're updating a field frequently, having it in it's own column makes more sense and should absolutely be worth the time. It's tremendously more efficient to increment a typed number than it is to increment a piece o
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by rpedela 8y ago
I deal with messy data often and there are definitely times when a JSON row should contain a field but doesn't. If I also needed to increment the field as part of cleaning the data, it would also be nice to upsert in the cases where th
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by rpedela 8y ago
Where is "here"? Talking to 4-5 people in SV and large tech firms is common in my experience.
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by rpedela 8y ago
I think this partially the law's fault and partially example bias. I worked for a company who was acquired and I did very well especially considering I was a relatively new employee when the company was acquired. In other words, I thin
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by rpedela 8y ago
To me, blockchain is equivalent to PageRank in terms of impact. An amazing algorithm with extremely limited use cases. Maybe one company can create significant value like Google did with PageRank, but that is probably it.
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by rpedela 8y ago
There is going to be a reaction time difference between someone actively driving the vehicle and someone who is monitoring an automated system. It is human nature to get bored and not pay close enough attention. This is exactly why some of
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by rpedela 8y ago
True, but a human would have applied the brakes at least which may not avoid the collision but would reduce the injuries. We can never know but maybe a human would have been able to stop. Or maybe a human could have braked enough to prevent
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by rpedela 8y ago
Who you calling an official organism? :)
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by rpedela 8y ago
What about a PO box? Would that work?
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by rpedela 8y ago
> The ones that pay are not the ones that receive the benefit. Again, that is factually and objectively incorrect. I even gave you a personal example where I pay and I benefit. You are entitled to your own opinions but not your own facts
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by rpedela 8y ago
Democracy is a justification actually. That is the point of the system. If you want a different one, good luck but so far no one has been able to beat democracy. Personally sometimes I get what I want and sometimes I don't. Democracy i
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by rpedela 8y ago
That is what a tax is and how it is levied. The people in the town agreed via voting to levy the tax so that we could all collectively benefit. I am sure some people disagreed but that is democracy.
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Okay but why is it sloppy? Saying the true cost is on consumers, etc is a start but it is not a full argument. How do you know where the true cost lies? And like the other commenter, you seem to think a tax is a cost/disincentive which
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by rpedela 8y ago
> taxation is a cost on the person paying for it, and will have the same effects to him as if the person lost the taxed money into the abyss. In my town, in addition to the normal local taxes, there is a special greenery fee/tax tha
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by rpedela 8y ago
I think you and I fundamentally disagree on what a tax is. You seem to view it as punishment or a burden. I view it as the method for paying for things that help the collective good. Not a punishment but rather a duty for those with the mea

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