threwaway4392

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by threwaway4392 2y ago
They haven't even started their own versions of AdWords. Google's money printing is based on people telling Google what they want in the search bar, and google placing ads about what they want right when they ask for it. Today peo
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by threwaway4392 2y ago
For vim users, jupyter-vim [0] coupled with a jupyter QtConsole is hard to beat. The short video [1] is maybe self-explanatory, but in short: - vim on the left half of the screen, a jupyter QtConsole on the right, showing any plots, possibl
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by threwaway4392 5y ago
I am not even old and remember tips meant appreciation of service rendered. Now tips are requested upon payment before service rendered. In front of workers and next customers. Minimum wage subsidies passed on to the consumer through socia
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by threwaway4392 5y ago
A friend is a faculty and says the institution online access to books and articles often does not work. Login issues, VPN issues, cookie issues if you started the VPN after trying to access the paywalled paper (might work in incognito mode
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by threwaway4392 5y ago
The US tax authorities want automated data collection from EU banks about all "US persons"? Sure, that's FATCA. Reciprocity? Nope, US banks don't send anything back.
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by threwaway4392 5y ago
Sanctions appear tough but will isolate the Belarusian people even more. The EU could up their game by recognizing the democratically elected Belarusian individuals as the rightful government in exile, and propose to kick-start EU integrati
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by threwaway4392 5y ago
Building a startup for on-demand nuclear plant submarines for coastal cities worldwide. Coastal mayors and governors have access dashboard to order nuclear submarines and pay by the hour. Submarine plant comes within a week, plugs itself to
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by threwaway4392 6y ago
Can't crypto kill front running entirely? Alice, wanting to transact, writes down two opposing orders, say buy 1 share of A for $10 and sell 1 share of A $10, plus a signed secret stating which order it actually is. Other players subsc
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by threwaway4392 6y ago
What benefits are we talking here? I presume mostly healthcare, though I may me missing something. What you suggest is overly complex compared to untying health care from work. In many countries healthcare is not tied to work.
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by threwaway4392 6y ago
Here is another incentive: When users share their bills and EOB, provide them with an automated analysis of their bills: what seems weird, which billed items were far above average prices, etc. This information can be precious when negotiat
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EU places export controls on coronavirus vaccines(cnbc.com)
2 points by threwaway4392 6y ago|1 comments
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by threwaway4392 6y ago
> I don't think I could reasonably expect a person from a journalism/liberal arts degree educational and work experience background to identify steganography. Typing the whole leaked document into a brand new Word file does not
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by threwaway4392 6y ago
The Pentagon, through a political appointee appointed after Nov 3, blocking neighboring states over sending the national guard towards the capitol during the riots [1]. (edited for better wording)
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by threwaway4392 6y ago
It's quick to sample 10-20 accepted NeurIPS papers randomly and realize that almost all of those have useless platitudes as impact statements. I am not so sure the letter attempts to cancel Anandkumar. Although her blacklist clearly we
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by threwaway4392 6y ago
Important context: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25419844 The author of the blacklist retracted the list and apologized.
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by threwaway4392 6y ago
Related discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25419844