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by saltedonion 6y ago
I think most people were bothered by the technology integration, and not the urban planning.
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by saltedonion 6y ago
Precisely, hence the brownie points from China.
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by saltedonion 6y ago
Because dominant media platforms have a huge crosshairs on their backs, with different groups criticizing they aren’t doing enough to remove misinformation, and at the same time, they are too heavy handed. The consensus is that the platform
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by saltedonion 6y ago
If you read or watch enough of dalios interviews, you will realize he almost never says anything negative about China.
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by saltedonion 6y ago
But if this was a coordinated misinformation campaign, why not just use a VPN or dynamic ip?
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by saltedonion 7y ago
I’m on mobile safari and the ePub and mobi files open as text. This means I can’t export them to Apple Books or the iOS kindle app. Could you please trigger a download instead if possible ?
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by saltedonion 7y ago
Can someone with knowledge in Labour protection explain to me why we shouldn’t let that labor market decide how much these workers are paid? After all, these technology platforms are making supply and demand more transparent, and theoretica
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by saltedonion 7y ago
This is fair. A lot of hotel groups have seen their revenue drop 75 to 90 percent. Airbnb was never profitable (I think) and this round of trip cancellations put them deeply in the red.
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by saltedonion 7y ago
How is this any different than having an algorithm do it for you? If human moderators use these rules, it probably means the content it lets through is correlated with high engagement. What’s the material difference to an algorithm that jus
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Ask HN: Why do we not observe 2D objects in our 3D world?
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by saltedonion 7y ago
This is beyond troubling. Especially given how conservatively the Canadian government is reacting, for the sake of political correctness. They should implement travel ban from china and get all Canadians out of China ASAP. Edit: the confide
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by saltedonion 7y ago
Mobile safari says can’t connect to the server. Is it down or does it not have a web interface ?
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by saltedonion 7y ago
When the innocent pays for the mistakes of the regime.
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by saltedonion 7y ago
Can someone if medical background comment on the claims about facial masks. Specifically ineffectiveness of N95
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by saltedonion 8y ago
Isn’t the justice department under the executive branch? With head appointed by the president? Or are they the judicial branch and have independence?
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by saltedonion 8y ago
One of the arguments that the reviewer makes is that breakout success looks unattractive from an vc point of view and are thus hard to predict(category killers like Microsoft/not the first os, Facebook/not the first social media a
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by saltedonion 8y ago
Hahahha de_rats. That’s a classic. So many good memories
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by saltedonion 8y ago
Ah. The Internet cafe. Used to be part of my daily routine with friends as well. Except I grew up in china and my parents would beat me to shits when they found out that I went. Good times.
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by saltedonion 8y ago
Have they made the architecture of this bot public ?
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by saltedonion 8y ago
I’m no subject matter expert, but I think what brd was saying is that farm subsidies are hugely distorting to the agricultural commodities market, and that leads to inefficient capital and resource allocation, which in turn causes misalignm
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by saltedonion 8y ago
Can you explain why wild fire insurance is not tenable? Here in Canada all home insurance include wildfire insurance. All insurers have to do is to pool risk and diversify across geography. No way only California has homes near forests? The
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by saltedonion 8y ago
were the financial terms of the acquisition disclosed?
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by saltedonion 8y ago
“the program invites foreign entrepreneurs to work part-time at a school, either as a mentor or an adjunct professor. In return, entrepreneurs may get a cap-exempt H-1B visa that gives them the latitude to work on their own startups” Seems
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by saltedonion 8y ago
Any stories to back this up? Sounds interesting. Personally have a lot of respect for PT’s investment views