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by slededit 8y ago
> reflection from a rural roadside mailbox's prism looks similar to the eyes of a deer Deer hits a major cause of fatality out in the country. If your driving at night in deer country and you aren't eyes wide open then you are
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by slededit 8y ago
You don't ignore a law for 2 years and then just after it comes into force say "at least we're working on it". Honestly I thought the GDPR was a bit of an over reaction when it came out 2 years ago but seeing how little
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by slededit 8y ago
This is ridiculous, its not like they didn't have notice.
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by slededit 8y ago
You don't consider a country's reserve assets to be a factor in their monetary system? An interesting way to see the world.
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by slededit 8y ago
The global financial system is interconnected. Fast transactions can happen because counter party risk is removed by a government backstop. In effect you can't have Visa without a "risk free" store of value. Vaults such as
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by slededit 8y ago
Fort Knox has an entire military base to secure it. That alone would use up a good chunk of your few hundred million dollar budget. I think you are vastly underestimating the cost in supporting our current financial system.
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by slededit 8y ago
3 times over 4 years isn't unreasonable for interesting content. With the exception of the unlucky post this has generated good discussion each time and I think is safely in the interesting category.
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by slededit 8y ago
Its interesting they essentially passed all memory reads through a barrel shifter right in the critical path. This would have been a huge performance bottleneck had the platform survived. It is very flexible, but... costly.
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by slededit 8y ago
The China model is actually pretty similar to the VC model, except with the government as the venture capitalist. I don't know whether it will work out for them or not, but one thing China has going for it is a higher level of pragmat
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by slededit 8y ago
You can't setup your company outside the boundary and access to services is limited to that location. So while my understanding is you can drive where you want - your ability to stay there for long periods of time is limited. In addi
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by slededit 8y ago
The number of people I know who had to go to China because their business is manufacturing is astounding. None seem to have much trouble getting over there. There are "special economic zones" setup specifically to keep the mixin
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by slededit 8y ago
A number of funded charities are setup that way. Carnegie made many of them. Bill Gates is actually a bit unusual in terms of the ultra rich setting up foundations - most wanted their institutions to carry on indefinitely. However BillG
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by slededit 8y ago
I don't think it will effect the industry nearly as much as it did in the past. Tech is simply more integrated into society now, the fundamental thesis is proven in a way that it wasn't in the 2000s. Its akin to the early days o
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by slededit 8y ago
If you stop R&D and coast you can have outside profits for a while until your share erodes completely.
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by slededit 8y ago
Yes, but it does a reasonable job of hiding it.
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by slededit 8y ago
Try not to phrase it like an essay question, the last thing you want is to come off like you've spent the last week thinking of the question (even if you have). However yes, "What are we doing in the AI space" is a good ques
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by slededit 8y ago
The WHY is because they want a unique brand identifier. If they used a font anyone else could use then it would no longer be unique to the brand. Essentially they don't want you to feel comfortable or at home on a competitors site wh
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by slededit 8y ago
A lot of people are cynical about the whole thing, and while I wouldn't expect to get any actionable information these things are gold for your career if used correctly. If you can ask an insightful question that is also non-threatenin
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by slededit 8y ago
The geneva convention only covers militaries not police forces. Regardless "international law" is a bit of a misnomer. It exists only at the tolerance of sovereigns who can and do ignore it whenever it suits them.
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by slededit 8y ago
I would love to see the cost benefit analysis that showed a company wide ban on USB keys would save more money than it cost. Meetings happen daily, an iffy wifi connection is enough to waste the time of everyone in the meeting (10 minutes x
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by slededit 8y ago
The problem with blanket policies like this for an entire organization is that they don't consider the type of work being done. A publicist for example has as their job to distribute information publicly, you aren't helping them
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by slededit 8y ago
First, using USB drives was never against security policy at my work - so your personal attacks are unjustified. But secondly my powerpoint presentation isn't exactly top secret classified material. If we were talking about handling t
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by slededit 8y ago
If Chicago is too violent then it's equivalent to 6 months in NYC which most people consider safe these days.
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by slededit 8y ago
I remember they came to our school to show off their new hot desk software they wrote. Look how efficiently we can use space! I saw it as saying your so unimportant we won't even give you a dedicated desk. Now apparently you can'
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by slededit 8y ago
I assume he meant GM, Ford, and Chrysler/Fiat
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by slededit 8y ago
Canada's native population has suffered. But it's important to put things in perspective. In 2016 there were 142 female aboriginal homicides total in all of Canada [1]. In comparison it takes Chicago alone only 2 months to hit tha
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by slededit 8y ago
Zilog refused to send me Z80 manuals when I was a teenager. I was pretty sad. I did print out the datasheet but it wasn't the same.
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by slededit 8y ago
This is what a loss of soft power looks like. The US has burned its reputation and is loosing influence in all areas of the world.
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by slededit 8y ago
Cut and Paste is really the same as cutting out a shape in construction paper and pasting it elsewhere. Its gone from its original location and can be put in a new one. The only place the metaphor fails is that you can paste multiple time
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by slededit 8y ago
Most cryptocurrencies are spec'd to stop creating new coins after a period of time. But that doesn't mean one couldn't design a coin where inflation is controlled by an entity with the right key. Even without that considerat

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