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by sosa2k 8y ago
In the article it talks about how the app has been displaying trip prices for the test users (even though they don't pay). No dates given but that's a positive step.
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Understanding multimodality: An analysis of early JUMP users(medium.com)
2 points by sosa2k 8y ago|0 comments
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Ecuador will hand over Julian Assange to the UK(theintercept.com)
348 points by sosa2k 8y ago|276 comments
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by sosa2k 8y ago
Shkreli's crimes had nothing to do with the drug prices. Unless you think the jury/judge was biased due to it.
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by sosa2k 8y ago
I was going to comment in here about how the Simons Foundation runs Quanta. Glad other people have mentioned it. Simons is an amazing guy.
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How “Fansmitter” Malware Steals Data from Air-Gapped Computers(technologyreview.com)
1 points by sosa2k 9y ago|0 comments
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by sosa2k 9y ago
Twitter can be a very valuable resource if you follow the right people. No matter what industry you are interested in, there are leaders worth following on Twitter. One example for finance, Cliff Asness. He's a billionaire quant hedge
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Safety-Critical Autonomous Systems: What Is Possible? What Is Required?(youtube.com)
1 points by sosa2k 9y ago|0 comments
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by sosa2k 9y ago
I've always thought Shannon has been a bit underappreciated as a scientist
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Jim Simons, the Numbers King(newyorker.com)
12 points by sosa2k 9y ago|0 comments
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by sosa2k 9y ago
I vividly remember when it crashed down from around 900 a few years ago and the /r/bitcoin subreddit literally had suicide hotlines pinned.
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by sosa2k 9y ago
It's quite obvious they're doing this to diversify. It's not exactly a shock.
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by sosa2k 9y ago
2001: A Space Odyssey is the greatest movie ever IMO.
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by sosa2k 9y ago
Here's a YouTube playlist where a guy made a self-driving vehicle in GTA V using Python. https://youtu.be/ks4MPfMq8aQ
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by sosa2k 9y ago
This is misleading. They are only changing the desktop app. For me, not much changes.
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by sosa2k 9y ago
What about "creps"?
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by sosa2k 9y ago
I wish I could read faster
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by sosa2k 9y ago
I'm sure those that work at the SEC are under pretty tight monitoring for insider trading.
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by sosa2k 9y ago
Apple, and many other companies, are not going to "just pay" billions in taxes.
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by sosa2k 9y ago
Wall Street bailouts were necessary to keep our country and economy intact. Most if not all of the money has been paid back. Agree on the war part though, it sucks that we spent so much on it.
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by sosa2k 9y ago
http://www.red.com/hydrogen Looks pretty interesting. I'm not a photographer/videographer but I'm familiar with RED due to its use on YouTube. I'm pretty excited to see more of this phone. I'm not s
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RED is making a $1,200 smartphone with a ‘holographic display’(theverge.com)
3 points by sosa2k 9y ago|1 comments
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by sosa2k 10y ago
I posted this comment about 15 minutes after I discovered Hacker News. Wasn't sure on the culture here compared to places like reddit. It seems to be similar to the more specialized subreddits.
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by sosa2k 10y ago
I read the book Complications by Atul Gawande a while back and it touched on this issue. He mentioned how a computer was more accurate at detecting heart attacks than an experience doctor. He also talked about how if the computer is better