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by skaevola 13y ago
From the article: > A survey of workers on Mechanical Turk done by Panos Ipeirotis, an Associate Professor at the Stern School of Business at NYU, found that the majority of American workers are young, have at least some college experien
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by skaevola 13y ago
How would you regulate it? The jobs aren't specified by the time it takes to do them, they're specified by the task that needs to be accomplished. This is unlike a typical minimum wage job, like in retail, where a cashier just nee
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by skaevola 13y ago
Memories are stored in the hippocampus, the changes took place in the occipito-temporal cortex. I'm not a neuroscientist, but my understanding is that the changes were directly related to processing, not memory.
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by skaevola 13y ago
Nope, learning physically changes the brain. For example, learning to juggle will increase certain portions of their brain. [1] It's like running Crysis, and having your video card's capability increase, 1. http://www.p
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New technology is poised to disrupt America’s schools, and then the world’s(economist.com)
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by skaevola 13y ago
But that would require the local government to allow forms to be submitted online. Which mine hasn't :(
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by skaevola 13y ago
Most standards are not set by the government, they're set by professional organizations. See ANSI: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_National_Standards_Ins... Safety standards ARE often set by the government,
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by skaevola 13y ago
I don't think he's facing the death penalty. According to this article he faces a maximum of 10 years on each charge: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142412788732368350457856...
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by skaevola 13y ago
I'm sure the NSA would be thrilled if web service was run by the government.
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by skaevola 13y ago
Is that just because gold is strongly anti-correlated to the dollar? I don't know for sure, just speculating.
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Comeback: Why the US Sits at the Brink of a New Boom(pbs.org)
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by skaevola 13y ago
That opens up a whole can of worms. How do you quantify the damage? If my battery is degraded 10% do I pay $15,000 * .1 = $1,500 just to get back on the highway? Like I said, this is easy if the customers don't own the batteries, but r
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by skaevola 13y ago
I don't think battery swapping is a great idea. The problem is that the battery is such a huge part of the car's cost. I can only guess, but I would estimate $15,000-20,000. Getting someone else's poorly treated battery could
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by skaevola 13y ago
AFAIK C is by far the most prevalent language for embedded systems, which are typically the applications FPGA's are also used for.
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by skaevola 13y ago
I guarantee the things you are thinking of are implemented in microcontrollers, not FPGA's. FPGA's aren't even that good at state machine type logic - they excel in parallel tasks which make the most use of each (longer) cloc
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by skaevola 13y ago
It's not obvious that applying for a job you're "underqualified" for is ever a good idea. But, it's a good way to start.
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by skaevola 13y ago
Applying.
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Moderate Wins Iranian Election(nytimes.com)
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by skaevola 13y ago
Waterboarding was banned in 2009 by presidential order.
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by skaevola 13y ago
Given the recent IRS scandal, I'm surprised the number isn't higher.
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by skaevola 13y ago
I just did some searching to try to find what percentage of the Republican Party identifies as libertarian as opposed to conservative, and I didn't have much luck. But, considering the party's platforms on gay marriage and immigra
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by skaevola 13y ago
That's not the way it works. I'll quote whoever I want, whenever I find their articulation of ideas interesting. It's intellectually bankrupt to ignore a person's ideas just because you don't like them.
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by skaevola 13y ago
That post has no relevance. Ideas are what matter, not people.
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by skaevola 13y ago
Yes, it's called solid laser sintering.
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by skaevola 13y ago
I don't think this is true. There are many on the right who detest the ACLU as liberals trying to undermine the country.
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by skaevola 13y ago
The fact that we're having this conversation proves how wrong you are. If you honestly see the world this way, you might take the time learn more about China's internet. A good starting point are the 9 articles in the economist&#x
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by skaevola 13y ago
http://www.theonion.com/video/cias-facebook-program-dramatic... ;
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by skaevola 13y ago
He was also acquitted of all charges due to lack of evidence.
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by skaevola 13y ago
SV begins monetizing the drug trade.
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by skaevola 13y ago
Nothing wrong with labor. Dirty hands make clean money.

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