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by ryanackley 9y ago
No. In most places I have lived in the USA, streets are not only public property but they regulate what can be placed within so many feet of the side of the road. So basically, they restrict your land use next to a road, even if you own the
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by ryanackley 9y ago
I hope the couple win this case. It's totally a question of privilege. The notice being sent to the deceased bookkeeper is the adult equivalent of the dog ate your homework. People who are out of work or live on a fixed income (i.e. mo
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by ryanackley 9y ago
Sorry, I meant LibreOffice and OpenOffice. I've tried both.
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by ryanackley 9y ago
I used to love this project when it was OpenOffice and supported by Sun. At that point in time it was a pretty good MS Office alternative and it was getting better all the time. Don't get me wrong, it's great that there is some op
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by ryanackley 9y ago
If more people said "F * this, I don't want to live out of my car" and then drove away to someplace cheaper, business owners would have to raise wages to attract people to either stay or move to the area. What I'm inter
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by ryanackley 9y ago
There are easier locations to live on $15/hr in California and the USA than Silicon Valley. Some of the people featured in the article have vehicles which implies mobility. I wish the article focused more on the reasons people choose t
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by ryanackley 9y ago
Purely anecdotal but in my experience of the two big recessions I've lived through, it's not the predictions of imminent doom you should worry about. It's the slew of articles that predict "no end in sight" that see
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by ryanackley 9y ago
Along those lines, I have always wondered why tech salaries I see advertised for the UK seem so depressed (£40k-£50k) compared to the USA (typically > $100k). Is it because of EU labor mobility? If so, will Brexit push tech salaries up t
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by ryanackley 9y ago
Same. After I read this article I wondered if I'm doing something wrong to generate the playlist.
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by ryanackley 9y ago
The atom bomb was a giant explosion made for killing people. The logical extrapolation is bigger explosions and more death. Doesn't take a lot of smarts to see that. The current state of AI is some clever algorithms to solve very speci
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by ryanackley 9y ago
I'm curious, is there a good article or source that contains an accurate summarization of concerns that bona fide AI researchers have?
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by ryanackley 9y ago
He was using the Newton time-travel story as a device to make a point. The point is that people making extrapolations on the ability of AI is based on an amazement with the what is possible now without any real understanding of how AI actua
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by ryanackley 9y ago
I think a lot of comments here are missing a tacit point of the article. It took 30 years for this recent "breakthrough" to happen. Nobody has figured out how to use deep learning to develop the next breakthrough in AI beyond deep
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by ryanackley 9y ago
It's possible they're trying to tank Kapersky but considering all the backdoors the NSA injected in American software (RSA[0], PRISM[1]), it seems very plausible the Russian government does exactly the same thing to Russian softwa
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by ryanackley 9y ago
Most CAD programs work on Mac. It's just 2x-4x more expensive to buy comparable Apple hardware that runs it. I agree that the scripting is a moat around Window's dominance but most small businesses run Windows because the hardware
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by ryanackley 9y ago
You have made my point twice. Nobody predicted the levee was going to break. Nobody predicted Harvey would be a Cat 4 by the time it made landfall. There is no way to know which storm is going to be the "big one" until the afterma
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by ryanackley 9y ago
Our pricing is typically in the range of $.05-$.35 flat fee per transaction depending on various factors. The main one being your monthly transaction volume. We have a monthly minimum of $250. We never charge basis points but places that do
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by ryanackley 9y ago
In hindsight, it worked out OK for most people. Most of the time it does. The problem is that sometimes it turns out really really bad. I'm from Florida and I worked in construction during college. I was down in South Florida after And
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by ryanackley 9y ago
There are several companies that provide an API on top of ACH. I work for one[1]. For high volume ACH (like a payroll company) it's usually cheaper to go through an API provider than it is to go directly through the bank. I'm not
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by ryanackley 9y ago
Part of what we see as "human intelligence" comes from our biological origins. For example, intelligence AND emotions drive our actions: ambition, empathy, fear, greed, jealousy, love, etc. They are survival and reproductive mecha
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by ryanackley 9y ago
I get about 150/requests/sec on a $25/month google cloud instance. Each request queries or updates a mysql database. The database is about $200/month though. Although the database doesn't break a sweat until about 1
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by ryanackley 9y ago
How is Twist (the product they announce in this post) much different from email? Besides not using open protocols? Don't get me wrong, it looks like a beautifully designed email client. There are some interesting features here but it s
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by ryanackley 9y ago
I'm guessing his point is your lifestyle changes very little between the bottom and the top of the middle class. You have four walls and a roof over your head. Have home internet. Eat out a few times a week. Have a smart phone, etc. Yo
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by ryanackley 9y ago
There is a wide spectrum of possibilities here. On one end you have malpractice. On the other end, you have a patient that ignored the clinic's advice.
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by ryanackley 9y ago
Consumer of pen testing services here. I feel like it's saturated with sales-driven companies. Basically, "call us so we can figure out how much to charge you". If there was a pen testing company with no annoying sales people
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by ryanackley 9y ago
From a consumer standpoint, I stopped using Yelp when I left a 3-star review (neither good or bad) and it was flagged as "fake". I was so puzzled, i contacted support. They still refused to publish it. I figured the business owner
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by ryanackley 10y ago
From your own source, the government _made_ about 2 billion off of the BofA bailout. This includes the 2 billion write-off of TARP funds they gave to the home mortgage group. Not defending BofA, just saying your source material doesn't
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by ryanackley 10y ago
Yup, in general, people predicting the imminent end of civilization from sentient A.I. lack technical understanding of how current A.I. works. Yes, it may put you out of a job one day but it won't actively seek to destroy the human rac
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by ryanackley 10y ago
Just don't fly United. Of all the major carriers, they usually have the lowest prices. IMO, the reason they are the cheapest is that they suck really bad. No legroom, antiquated planes, and terrible service. I always avoid flying on Un
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by ryanackley 10y ago
In the linked article, the IRS is quoted as saying they are treating BitCoin like property. Essentially, they are looking to tax people who made a profit from selling Bitcoins using Coinbase. They don't seem concerned with the currency

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