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by tinbad 8y ago
Immediately followed by: “In conclusion, I am not convinced that this paper moves us any further forward in this debate.”
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by tinbad 8y ago
This is an integral part of a driving exam in the Netherlands. You are drilled to look over the shoulder for literally every maneuver (lane switch, turn, etc.) and if you fail to do it even once during the driving exam you will get a fail.
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by tinbad 8y ago
I don’t know. In the US, the cheapest brand new iPhone (7) is $449. I think it’s just more that Apple has heavily expanded their offering upmarket.
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by tinbad 8y ago
I recommend anyone interested in genome exploits to watch this talk at DEFCON by John Sotos[1] about why you should be very hesitant in giving away your DNA. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKQDSgBHPfY
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by tinbad 8y ago
I don’t know about the others but in Russia, most employers will make you go and vote. Sometimes for a small reward, go vote for the “preferred” candidate and get $100. Which is significant for someone living off a median wage.
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by tinbad 8y ago
“It seems from those comments there that a lot of people on here were quite sceptical to their methods from the start.” This is no different for literally every HN post.
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by tinbad 8y ago
This is completely off topic but the headline made me immediately think of this: https://youtu.be/TGkPMZxWPpA Since most here are not Dutch it requires a bit of explanation , this was a parody video made in the early 2000’s
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by tinbad 8y ago
"Some were investigated, but only superficially, the government just really isn't enforcing our antitrust laws. And that's what's happened. None of these acquisitions have been challenged." Behemoths like Google eme
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by tinbad 8y ago
Why is this surprising? Any spiritual practice is a way to better ones "self". My yogi friend put it well: the difference is with yoga and meditation the goal is to get rid of things, while in "the west" we generally ass
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by tinbad 8y ago
Possibly. We were/are lucky in that we both have good job prospects and plenty of opportunities to pursue, at the time we just wanted to enjoy our family time and the last thing we wanted is to engage in a legal battle. I'm sure w
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by tinbad 8y ago
It wouldn't be much of a problem if there are better government organized programs in place. In fact, California's paid parental leave is funded by employees and is a relatively small tax of 0.9% (over the first $110k of wages onl
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by tinbad 8y ago
a) 2 years, b) ~4 months in And yeah, I would understand it better if she had just joined or it was a smaller company. We we're in extra shock because the company goes out of their way to publicly promote these benefits and the work-l
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by tinbad 8y ago
Personally experienced it. Wife worked at Google, had always positive performance reviews. Come pregnancy time she informed her manager, 3 days later they put her on a performance improvement plan. It didn't take long for them to reali
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by tinbad 8y ago
It always infuriated me that Tesla called the same tech (Mobileye) "Autopilot", while Audi (and other OEMs) have used the exact same tech but didn't go as far to call even semi-autonomous driving. Audi & Mercedes systems
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by tinbad 8y ago
It feels if though they went for the YC/HN minimalism thing but executed poorly. A dark/black background can be pleasing to the eye, but combined with the yellow and hard white texts it's almost unbearably hard to digest. Whe
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by tinbad 8y ago
“you need brakes” According to the latest Consumer Reports test the model 3 failed pretty hard in that department: http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2018/05/pump-brakes-consume...
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by tinbad 8y ago
I had high hopes for Bank Simple some time ago when they came out. Then they got acquired by a bigger bank. This industry is nearly impossible to disrupt. Just like the Oil companies back in the day, these banks are so big and powerful that
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by tinbad 8y ago
Facebook is a huge organization and although to the outside world it's perceived as one, internally it's basically hundreds of separated teams and companies. So to your point, yes probably some are aware of all what's going o
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by tinbad 9y ago
It’s an outrage that people keep dying and Tesla is allowed to keep using its customers as guinea pigs calling their experimental set of driver assist features “Autopilot”. It doesn’t matter how many disclaimers you provide, an example shou
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by tinbad 9y ago
I was just going to say I never experienced any performance issues using a Gigabyte eGPU with the latest MBPro as well as an Intel 7th gen NUC. For $699, it’s the cheapest way to get “desktop like GPU performance” on a laptop or small facto
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by tinbad 9y ago
Growing up in Russia I’ve seen the propaganda spread within the country, I have no doubt they use the same tactics abroad as it has become so easy/cheap to reach unwitting users on social platforms. I don’t think Russia had/has a
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by tinbad 9y ago
Really?? Not sure what gen 7er you're comparing to but the interior quality of the Model S reminded me more of a Toyota than anything German. Interior-wise, BMW has stepped up their game in recent years but Mercedes/Audi interiors
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by tinbad 9y ago
My usage of Amazon increased exponentially since we had twins. As a parent, the 1/2-day free delivery of anything from diapers to wipes to random items like kids cups or books, I can’t even imagine having to go to the store for these t
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by tinbad 9y ago
Strange, my dentist doesn't show up there but I recognize the Cerec brand from his machine...
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by tinbad 9y ago
Both of my crowns from 2004-06 or thereabouts are still in very good shape. Your wife may have been unlucky indeed, or maybe they used different/weaker materials.
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by tinbad 9y ago
Endre Selmeczy DMD in Livermore. I can highly recommend.
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by tinbad 9y ago
Yes! My dentist back in the Netherlands had this technology in 2004 and both of my crowns were made that way. When I came to the US in 2011 and had to go through the ‘old way’ of getting a temp crown, sending mold off to lab, coming back 2
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by tinbad 9y ago
It's so obvious that social platforms with business models based on number of ads/impressions like Twitter/FB are not incentivized enough to remove fake accounts, yet there seems to be very little public discussion or outrage
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by tinbad 9y ago
It does. But after growing up in freezing winter Russia, then cold rain Holland and now living in California, even though I do miss some of those wintery things, I’m sure glad to be back to no season coastal California every time I spend ev
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by tinbad 9y ago
To me your comment seems to highlight how important it is to have good safeguards in place when founding (any) company. I’ve seen (and experienced first hand) things go south even when people knew and trusted each other for years/decad

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