ryanmonroe

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by ryanmonroe 8y ago
Well, it only looks pretty to you if you're into that type of thing. I don't think it would be hard to find people who don't think gold jewelry looks good. My point is that the utility is entirely dependent on the subjective
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by ryanmonroe 8y ago
> Investments need to have intrinsic value. > there’s no value in any particular set of random numbers What is the "intrinsic value" in e.g. an iPhone? Would that value exist without humans? I would say no, it only has value
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by ryanmonroe 8y ago
Why do you say gold jewelry has utility? Because people are willing to pay for it? How does that distinguish gold jewelry from Bitcoins, which people are also willing to pay for?
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by ryanmonroe 8y ago
It also describes stocks, and anything non-tangible which you can sell for money. I'm not sure what your point is, unless it's just "cryptocurrencies are like money", which was the point your parent was making with that
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by ryanmonroe 8y ago
> iOS11 seems to have almost purposeful security weaknesses Can you expand on this? > Both those decryption devices seem to rely on iOS11 Why do you say this? The article says > based on GrayKey marketing material, that the tool ca
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by ryanmonroe 8y ago
The files you get from iTunes are also unprotected. Artists can choose to offer lossless format, in which case iTunes will give you the files in their proprietary format ALAC, but there is still no DRM and you can easily convert to FLAC&#x2
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by ryanmonroe 8y ago
I use whatever the latest version of iTunes is and sync to an iPhone X over my personal Wi-Fi connection. For whatever reason their default sync is very bad. If you instead put all your iTunes music in a playlist and choose the option to sy
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by ryanmonroe 8y ago
Well, it also adds a space before and after so you're saving one keystroke vs space = space
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by ryanmonroe 9y ago
Luckily iPhones 7 and up have up to 256GB of storage
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by ryanmonroe 9y ago
> Similarly, Google might reasonably infer that if someone is searching for their own race, sexuality, or religion, they're probably more interested in information or support groups than porn. Sure, if they have data to back that as
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by ryanmonroe 9y ago
>I think Google is responsible in 2018, now that they offer extremely tailored results. Duckduckgo, maybe not. But if Google is going to say "we're going to show you listings for restaurants in SF in your simple 'restauran
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by ryanmonroe 9y ago
Hopefully self-driving cars stuck at intersections will draw decision-makers' attention to the issue and fix it for humans.
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by ryanmonroe 9y ago
Yes, "100% Satisfaction Guaranteed" is a common marketing theme, and explicitly encourages the behavior parent commenter calls "not a defacto right"
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by ryanmonroe 9y ago
You start by saying the parent comment is hard to understand, then go on to explain why the statements are true. These two statements are essentially the same >Since gathering / ad-selling services are so lucrative, they essentially
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by ryanmonroe 9y ago
It's common for brokerages to have exchanges for both their own index funds and the assets those funds track.
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by ryanmonroe 9y ago
$150/hr is the maximum of the range they give, and then you have to subtract payroll taxes, equipment, marketing, etc. On top of that, it's not like plumbers are working jobs back to back 40hrs a week.
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by ryanmonroe 9y ago
I think what's meant is something like p(mud_{t+1} | rain_{t}) = 1 and p(rain_{t+1} | mud_{t}) = p(rain). Say during 10 units of time it rains at points 1, 3, 4, 6, and 10 and it's muddy IFF it rained in the previous period. Then
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by ryanmonroe 9y ago
One of the features of iMessages is that they're encrypted and can't be unencrypted by anyone but the Apple-authenticated recipient. This has the downside that the only way to access those messages on non-Apple devices is to creat
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by ryanmonroe 9y ago
fiat: An authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.
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by ryanmonroe 9y ago
> When I program my computer, I specify all the steps to accomplish something. You certainly do not specify all the steps your computer must take to run the program because that would make even the simplest program a nightmare to read. I
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by ryanmonroe 9y ago
If they only allowed people to sell and not buy they'd probably be accused of market manipulation.
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by ryanmonroe 9y ago
Internet Explorer 11, windows 7 (work computer). The width doesn't change. Here's a screenshot https://cdn.pbrd.co/images/GVVb0Zm.png
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by ryanmonroe 9y ago
Just use GDAX. No fees if you use limit orders.
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by ryanmonroe 9y ago
On smaller screens, e.g. my 1440x900 screen, the numbers in the order book on the left overlap.
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by ryanmonroe 9y ago
Here are some percent-unsanswered stats for other SO tags tf r julia sql python unans.pct 0.49 0.25 0.12 0.21 0.24 all 19213.00 211525.00 3529.00 414833.00 853087.
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by ryanmonroe 9y ago
I work at a large bank. Mostly people hold all relevant knowledge in their own head, and when they receive a request for information they only respond if their manager knows yours. Then, they will mostly refuse to create any type of actual
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by ryanmonroe 9y ago
R has a function for this qbirthday(prob = 0.5, classes = 1e6, coincident = 2) # 1178 You could also just calculate a bunch of the probabilities and find the minimum more "maunually" in.room <- 1000:1500 probs <- sapply(in
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by ryanmonroe 9y ago
The letter p was chosen to suggest probability because the p value is a probability.
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by ryanmonroe 9y ago
It seems like you're using this example to imply statistical education is likely to blind people to obvious logical problems with their interpretation of evidence. If that's the case it isn't a very good example since multipl
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by ryanmonroe 9y ago
I think he's just saying they will use data to determine which type of show gets funded, but will not to use it in ways that affect the internal logic of the show. So they may fund a show whose main character often goes to a coffee sho

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