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by skzv 6y ago
In comparison, Telegram offers APIs and libraries that allow you to create clients for any platform [0]. [0] https://core.telegram.org/tdlib
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by skzv 6y ago
They acquired Intel's modem division, so that may change in the future as well.
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Google releases ‘WifiNanScan App’ to measure distance between phones(9to5google.com)
3 points by skzv 6y ago|0 comments
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by skzv 6y ago
No, it makes sense. "Copy this" buttons are common on websites, but probably require a button click to initiate. Since you clicked on a button, you provided the input necessary to copy to the clipboard.
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by skzv 6y ago
Or rephrased: is instantaneous velocity real? Are limits real, or just a mathematical invention? Well, I think instantaneous velocity is real, and I think I have a convincing argument. Imagine you have a piece of gum stuck to your bike tire
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by skzv 6y ago
Yes, actually, Googlers are encouraged to use their personal Github accounts.
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by skzv 6y ago
In many circumstances, particles filters are superior. Two major advantages off the top of my head are the ability to track multi-modal distributions (Kalman filters only track one peak) and apply non-Guassian likelihoods (Kalman filters as
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by skzv 6y ago
This is common in Russian as well. See Rostov-na-Donu (Rostov-on-Don, Rostov on the Don River), Komsomolsk-na-Amur (Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Komsomolsk on the Amur river)...
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by skzv 6y ago
At any given instant, velocity is linear. That is, if you take a snapshot of the top, you can draw a straight vector for each particle of the top, indicating the direction of velocity. And, if the top suddenly flew apart, each piece would c
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by skzv 6y ago
> The agency has investigated 13 of the deaths so far and concluded that common adverse reactions of mRNA vaccines, such as fever, nausea, and diarrhoea, may have contributed to fatal outcomes in some of the frail patients. We have known
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by skzv 6y ago
Now, it's not concrete evidence, but I find it truly curious that Telegram has been banned in many authoritarian countries, but WhatsApp wasn't. It does suggest the authorities do have access to WhatsApp chats in some manner, at l
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by skzv 6y ago
Yes, and I trust Durov.
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by skzv 6y ago
The only rationalization I can imagine is that providing whatsapp potentially prevents the emergence of a competitor who steals users from Facebook through their chat service.
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by skzv 6y ago
Thanks for the links. Looks like you're right, interest is not considered consumption. What is included is rent, or for owner-occupied residences, the "owners’ equivalent rent" - the figure which would be charged if the owner
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by skzv 6y ago
To be slightly more correct, they only consider interest payments in calculations of inflation, since they consider the principle a recoverable investment.
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by skzv 6y ago
Great, thanks for the detailed and informative explanation.
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by skzv 6y ago
What does it mean for a microphone to be depowered? Doesn't the movement of the diaphragm induce a current, which is amplified- so it's the microphone amplifier that's depowered? Are we assured that the current produced by th
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by skzv 6y ago
Oh okay, makes sense. Can you share a resource where I can read up on this?
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by skzv 6y ago
> Delta is not a linear function, meaning it will not change proportionately with the stock price. Someone please correct me: can't gamma (the second derivative) be a constant, implying delta (first derivative) is linear? Then the p
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by skzv 6y ago
> But political affiliation is not a protected class. Classes that are protected now, were not protected at some point. I think the discussion revolves not around whether political affiliation is a protected class, but whether it should
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by skzv 6y ago
Related: Pavel Durov (Telegram founder, CEO) claims that Facebook (or others...) is astroturfing and editing wikipedia to promote WhatsApp. You can read his full post, with citations, on his Telegram channel: https://t.me/Pa
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Telegram CEO claims FB is astroturfing and editing Wikipedia to promote WhatsApp(twitter.com)
3 points by skzv 6y ago|0 comments
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Arbitrage as a shortest path problem(skzv.medium.com)
3 points by skzv 6y ago|0 comments
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Alexey Navalny: “ban of Donald Trump ... is an unacceptable act of censorship”(twitter.com)
25 points by skzv 6y ago|9 comments