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by runeb 6y ago
I guess what they hope for is that landlords would face foreclosures or dump property, causing prices to fall, enabling more people to buy their own housing. That all depends on how many of current tenants are just outside the ability to bu
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by runeb 6y ago
Add a pain brush plotter to this and it could get pretty interesting
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by runeb 6y ago
There is already a pretty good one using GPT-2 https://www.reddit.com/r/SubSimulatorGPT2/
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Norwegian Air cancels order for 92 Boeing 737 Max, sues for compensation(reuters.com)
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by runeb 6y ago
The pandemic is also used as a reason to stop consular services around the world, in effect stopping any new visa applications even for non-immigrant visas not mentioned in this article.
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by runeb 6y ago
Developers are the target
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by runeb 6y ago
Apple Watch sales are increasing year over year. "Apple now sells more watches than the entire Swiss watch industry"[0] [0] https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/5/21125565/apple-watch-sales...
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by runeb 6y ago
Alibaba? They turned $20 million into $60 billion with that one.
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by runeb 6y ago
You felt the need to refer to someone as a proponent of democracy?
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by runeb 6y ago
I’m going to go against my instinct that you are trolling and take you seriously. I suggest you read up on the various travel bans that are in place in much of the world.
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by runeb 6y ago
What a privileged and narrow view. For people living alone much of the hard part of lockdown is not having human touch or connection. I don’t know if I’ll see my significant other in 2 months or 12-18. But sure, I’ll just watch some Netflix
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by runeb 6y ago
I know the feature they alluded to, thanks for the explanation. Comments on a thread are finite at any moment in time though, you wouldn't find "related content" as you were scrolling a specific thread page on HN. That was my
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by runeb 6y ago
What is endless about it? You’d assume there will be a finite amount of comments when you load the thread page, and the new implementation can just render that.
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by runeb 6y ago
Could you turn the spy sats around and use them for astronomy? Or is the hardware specifically for looking at the earths surface?
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by runeb 6y ago
I'm sorry your mind immediately goes to such a dark place regarding this subject. Sex and sexual fantasy can be a wonderful thing.
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by runeb 6y ago
Dystopian sci fi, maybe
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by runeb 6y ago
This concept of Code katas are well established. I learned it from the pragmatic programmer book [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kata_(programming)
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by runeb 6y ago
A similar interesting usage of a exotic medium for pressed music are the bone records or "rib records", apparently used to smuggle western music into Soviet [1]. I've also heard of pressing music into postcards, but cannot fi
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by runeb 7y ago
Ah, thanks for the clarification! English isnt my first language.
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by runeb 7y ago
How can you own data that is submitted to a site you don't own? Or do users submit to hacker news through your site?
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by runeb 7y ago
Which is why you'd want to contractualize agreements. Sounds like you're, naturally, wary of entering into a gentleman's agreement with someone you don't feel is a gentleman.
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by runeb 7y ago
Link that works in Europe https://eu.jsonline.com/story/news/special-reports/2019/10/1...
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by runeb 7y ago
I get some of it in Norway. English speaking call centers running scams. A lot of it comes from foreign numbers though, so it is easy enough to at least ignore.
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by runeb 7y ago
Why do ads need to run code on our computers anyways?
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by runeb 7y ago
You are assuming they are relatively normal hairline cracks. They are grounding planes, so the cracks reported here might be different from that. There does not seem to be enough information to conclude sensationalist news.
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by runeb 7y ago
Simply seeing what servers you connect to can reveal a lot about you. Where you work, what social media accounts you have, what apps you have installed, what you are interested in reading etc. HTTPS doesnt help you with that.
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by runeb 7y ago
"Not invented here"
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by runeb 7y ago
Anyone know how GDPR would handle fining a country? 4% of GNP would be hefty.
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by runeb 7y ago
Depends on where you live I guess. Here in Norway 25% of all new cars sold is a Tesla.
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by runeb 7y ago
Here is some work looking at a possible connection between contact with bovine viruses and colorectal cancer. I wonder how many of human cancers are caused by viruses. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22212999

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