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by seren 11y ago
Discussion on original article : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10386214
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by seren 11y ago
> (and hell, likely made you a drain on your hunter-gatherer tribe) Apparently there are some arguments that having elders around was a boon for prehistoric tribes. http://www.theguardian.com/science/2011/jul&#x
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by seren 11y ago
> Horn testified that the decision to use the cheating software was not made at the corporate level. Instead, it was "software engineers who put this in for whatever reason." He said three people have been suspended over the is
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by seren 11y ago
Most companies already have code of conducts. A quick google search will give you : http://www.volkswagenag.com/content/vwcorp/content/en/the_gr... Maybe I am jaded but I honestly don't understand h
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by seren 11y ago
Reddit is a YC company, so it is discussed frequently on HN.
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by seren 11y ago
There is usually a contract between the state and the company providing the drug. An example there : http://www.fiercepharma.com/story/france-strikes-big-hep-c-t... The thing is that is the state refuse to reimburse th
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by seren 11y ago
This is certainly true, but observing some of my peers, I now have the distinct feeling that the desire to learn new things, both physically and intellectually, diminishes much more quickly that the actual ability.
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by seren 11y ago
They have legacy applications, written in the late 90s, that have been maintained barely alive because they are linked to a critical process like supply chain, pay, etc, and they still require their employee to use the most ie6 compatible b
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by seren 11y ago
This is true for the historical center, not for the suburbs. Most people are leaving outside the Paris city limits anyway (Paris: 2M, whole Paris area: 12 M). And siblings hare already answered, they are still used.
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by seren 11y ago
On that subject, I recommend to read Spin by Robert Charles Wilson. It is not exactly a Kessler syndrome, but for some reason, one day a kind of dome/membrane encloses the Earth blocking communication with every satellite. (Physical
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by seren 11y ago
I have already encountered website blocking content if an adblocker is enabled. A very quick google search should have shown you : https://github.com/sitexw/FuckAdBlock However, most of the time, I am reading some news
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by seren 11y ago
As European, I had never heard of the Legacy system before. This is kind of shocking, or at very least, at odd with my world view. However, I understand a little better why racial quota have been implemented in the US.
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by seren 11y ago
Thanks for the clarification. In my mind, it was mandatory.
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by seren 11y ago
I might be wrong but it seems the point of the TTIP is to say "Ok our norms are equivalent in the US and EU, so a US car does not need to pass EuroNCAP to be sold in Europe" Or rather we would align EuroNCAP on less demanding amer
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by seren 11y ago
Some fields are more capital intensive than other. It is much easier to launch a mobile app than an oil refinery. It does not distort the competition between companies who have to follow the same rule book. I understand where you are coming
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by seren 11y ago
That's the bad part that is bothering me. Did they replay your whole life once you died and gave you some score for each event or decision ? Who established the rules and the scoring ? Would it change with societal change in a given so
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by seren 11y ago
Regarding an equal playing field, if all actors in the same space have the same constraints, I don't see how it distorts anything. There are already plenty of standards for aeronautics, healthcare, automotive, (MISRA, DO178,...) that d
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by seren 11y ago
I enjoyed the book. However, I have a minor complaint : even if it describes extensively virtual hells, it never mentions what determined if you went to hell or not, and for how long. Even if its a minor plot detail missing, in itself it co
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by seren 11y ago
You should submit your findings to some independent media like mediapart or ASI. Edit: it is already circulating in some media, but has not been pick up by other yet.
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by seren 11y ago
If this is provided by a third-parties, there is a requirement written somewhere for the supplier to have two different modes of operation, one for test and one for road. This is likely redacted to be innocent sounding, but there is definit
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by seren 11y ago
They emit less CO2 per kilometer but much more particulates (this is why they have a filter), which is worse health wise.
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by seren 11y ago
Until maybe 5 years ago, I would read almost anything. This is great for discovery, but sucks when you have to plow through an abysmal book. I remember vividly reading the sequel of Dracula by a descendant (and a handful of ghostwriter) of
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by seren 11y ago
This is from hearsay, but from what I understand from the (french) site you are paying Blablacar when reserving, and then you give a code to the driver IRL before the ride, so that he/she can redeem the payment. So you don't pay &
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by seren 11y ago
You are paying through the app, the driver gets most of it, and Blablacar takes a few percent. Regarding the price, I think the application is recommending a price given the distance, gas price, possibly the type of car, and availability. B
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by seren 11y ago
My wife is working in a school library. For some reasons, the previous book database has been lost. The fact that you could snap a picture of a shelf, do some check, and get a raw text file with title, author, ISBN number would be a tremend
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by seren 11y ago
Good idea. Can it only identify American or English language books ? Even if 45 millions is impressing I can't find a FAQ with the answer anywhere. I guess I'll have to try.
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by seren 11y ago
There is a big incentive for any state to have a well run tax administration. It is the profit center for the state.
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by seren 11y ago
I don't have hard data, but only a feeling that it should be easier to bootstrap in France than in US. Assuming you have worked previously, you can get unemployment benefits, around 60% of your previous salary for a year, and are cover
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by seren 11y ago
Without all the technocratic apparatus of the European Union involved, the crisis would look a lot worse with countries closing their frontier, blaming their neighbor : it does already happen, but at least, we can talk about it in a kind of
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by seren 11y ago
> Historically, realms that have been patched together from previously autonomous bodies have not done too well (I would appreciate counter examples). At least Germany, Spain, Italy, France have evolved from a myriad of city states, duch

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