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You have to invest into the people and the hardware and software to make the chip. And then you have to support that chip throughout the years. There's reason the U.S Government got out of making their own chips and laying their own fi
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Academics publish their research even when it contributes nothing to society. Private enterprises and government agencies aren't as aggressive in publishing even when the publication of their research may benefit society more than many
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The entire company only has a single DGX or your section/office/division has only a single DGX? Many of these large companies are so big the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing. One department may be starving
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Even in traditional engineering how can you guarantee ever eventuality that another creative mind comes up with after you designed and built the thing. I design and build an air duct to facilitate air circulation into my buildings. If someo
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How does math stabilize societies? Funding the homeless shelter and food bank across my town probably stabilizes the area than any further investments in math.
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"Waste of talent", according to what and who?
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Sometimes parts of the world expect "under the table" payments to get things moving.
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> The contractor was kept under house arrest, and claimed that the Ericsson manager then stopped answering his calls. "He abandoned me, he turned off the phone and disappeared." In some organizations it's also typical to t
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Ericsson workers were kidnapped when telco sent them to negotiate with ISIS
(datacenterdynamics.com)
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It's not just employee degradation, companies don't want to give information about employees for many reasons. Businesses don't want poachers coming into their yard stealing employees. There's fraud and identity theft ri
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No it's a database aggregate with information from banks, card companies, and other business you've interacted with. It's not always accurate since not all companies report anything or everything to these companies. Many comp
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I never understand these database checks and reference checks anyway. How many times have consumers had to notify the credit agencies of errors on their credit report? Who really goes requesting records on what Lexis Nexus and work number h
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There are places in Wall Street that hand out "Vice President" titles as candy.
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I've worked with government organizations and military organizations where titles are "analyst" or "specialist". It even lists such on the business cards and pay stubs.
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Special Chrome login? Each time I call my bank and speak to someone they make me go through 2-factor authentication, and this is right after already verifying my identity with the previous representative they put me on hold with. Protect me
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Are merchants and businesses that accept cryptocurrency payments converting to US currency immediately or do they hold and convert at the opportune time whether that time is related to market values, exchange rates, tax/accounting purp
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People don't want to store gold and valuable at home without insurance. There are businesses that will store your gold for you. And yes home robberies do occur along with disasters from flood, quakes, and weather.
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I know people that also pay cash for two piece of gum at the gas station while clogging the line as the cashier counts out the change for a $100 bill. There are fees associated with handling cash. Banks don't store and transport cash f
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Companies do submit alterations. Whether or not it's adopted into the streams is a different matter. Some don't submit but many do. The real problem isn't contributing to open source. Companies have teams of developers that c
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They have and so has the Folding@Home team as Washington University. Although, Folding@Home is terribly inefficient at the way it approaches the problem. I know Rosetta but never have worked on it or used it so I can't comment on it&#x
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No, not a recent change, except now she decided to post this letter on Twitter.
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The same reason she plasters her face all over Sci-Hub waving. The same reason she's on Twitter and giving media interviews. And now she's got American FBI and Indian courts after along with the publishers.
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Why does she plaster her face all over Sci-Hub waving?
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Why is sci-hub complying with Indian courts and worried about American law enforcement if sci-hub is in Russia?
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How much do you think this factory would charge for a vaccine? How much would it cost to standup a factory and if it was simple, why hasn't it been stood up already?
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Doesn't really matter, waiver or not. It's not like most industries or people can go about making this vaccines themselves. That's why I sometimes laugh about these folks that what to invalidate patents and have everything in