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by traek 9y ago
> why should Citi be forced to "wealth re-distribute" these funds from one set of customers to another set? Nothing leads me to believe that the second set is different from the first. In fact, the word “refund” suggests they’r
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by traek 9y ago
Bloom filters are popular mostly because they’re clever, but they can also be useful. E.g. Google Chrome’s safe browsing feature used Bloom filters to check whether a site might be flagged for malware, and if necessary query Google to check
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by traek 9y ago
In what sense do you think a driver’s license is a “treasure trove of personal information”? Especially information which FB does not already have from other sources?
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by traek 9y ago
Amazon Fresh is a different service from Prime Now. Prime Now also delivers from local grocery stores (e.g. in LA, I can order groceries from Sprouts and Bristol Farms).
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by traek 9y ago
Nobody said that Google expected to win the case.
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by traek 9y ago
No, they could believe that UK assets have a different risk profile than US assets and want to diversify, even if they think UK assets have a lower risk-adjusted return. Diversification is valuable.
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by traek 9y ago
The subject of this article, Kieran Setiya, also published a piece called "How Schopenhauer’s thought can illuminate a midlife crisis"[1] which generated interesting discussion on HN [2]. [1] https://aeon.co/ideas&
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The Philosophy of the Midlife Crisis(newyorker.com)
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by traek 9y ago
How has China forced companies into tech transfer? Nobody forces them to manufacture in China.
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by traek 9y ago
This was primarily to reduce exposure to US assets, not to specifically gain exposure to UK assets. In fact, if you look at their holdings you’ll see the relative percent increase is much lower for Sterling than Euro, which could signal low
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by traek 9y ago
Funny enough, we actually did drain and pave most of the canals in Venice, California.
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by traek 9y ago
? As far as I can tell, the founders are Irish but the company has always been American.
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by traek 9y ago
> The post I replied to is claiming that they lose money on each sale of guacamole. (This is clear from bringing up the possibility of raising prices of the optional add on guacamole.) That's not what they're claiming, they&#x2
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by traek 9y ago
Caffe2 is a Facebook project, so they’re not exactly being “forced” to release it or any downstream projects under Apache 2.
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I'm a Disruptor(newyorker.com)
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AMP results already have a symbol marking them.
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by traek 9y ago
This is pretty common for MDMA pressed pills. They’re referred to by the logo, e.g. “orange teslas” or “purple instagrams”. See [1] for photos of pills with the Instagram logo. [1] http://pill.report/index.php?page=search_re
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by traek 9y ago
Yes, they did. Salesforce Tower’s foundation is anchored into bedrock. This is both easy to look up and not relevant to the conversation about design.
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by traek 9y ago
You misunderstand supply and demand. Consumers can be (and are) priced out of the housing market just as they can be priced out of any market.
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by traek 9y ago
Substitutes, not complements, but yes.
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by traek 9y ago
> Economic laws dictate that anyone who wants to purchase a house should be able find one that they can afford Which economic laws dictate that?
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by traek 9y ago
My new favorite form of argument. “Do the math yourself. QED.”
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by traek 9y ago
On a related note, Red Bull funds a lot of programs for up-and-coming artists[0] as well as subsidizes as a concert series[1]. It's good for branding. [0] http://www.redbullmusicacademy.com [1] https://www.redbul
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by traek 9y ago
What is the poor assumption that s/he is making?
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by traek 9y ago
You're simply wrong. Higher-income college students are far more likely to go to graduate school than lower-income students. > The percentage of students enrolling in graduate school increases with family income. Among dependent 200
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Facebook Has a New Messaging App Aimed at Children 13 and Under(nytimes.com)
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> (sic!!!) ?
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S/he’s saying that this argument > they've calculated that the marginal benefit from accepting a single resident at a lower cost does not outweigh the risk of being forced to provide the same discount to their existing residenc
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by traek 9y ago
> there's a long time delay between when demand rises and when supply can rise to meet it Yes, exactly. The demand curve shifts right and the markets find a new equilibrium (most likely at a higher wage than the old equilibrium), bu
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by traek 9y ago
> New York election law is incredibly arcane and structurally makes it almost impossible to win a primary without the backing of the party, and the two parties have an agreement not to compete seriously in each other's districts. It

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