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by unsupported 6y ago
Fun fact: Andrea comes from the Greek word andrós, which means man/male. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea#Origin_of_the_name
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by unsupported 7y ago
I stand corrected. Thank you for pointing out my misunderstanding of US elections. So what is the main difference? size of districts (constituencies) by a factor of ~10? Gerrymandering?
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by unsupported 7y ago
I think the reason why US has two parties is that most States apply FPTP at a district level, but then also have a winner-takes-all at State level based on the districts result. So one district selects one party, and then the State gives al
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Netflix: Hollywood vs. the Algorithm(wsj.com)
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by unsupported 8y ago
Reservoir sampling or Algorithm R. It allows you to randomly choose a sample of k items (with equal probability) from an "infinite" stream of items. At first it sounds impossible, but the solution and proof are extremely simple an
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Amazon’s Fire TV Cube is an Echo, streaming box, and universal remote in one(amazon.com)
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Social Credit System will rate every Chinese citizen(en.wikipedia.org)
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Ultra wealthy are being lured to Italy by low tax rates(bloomberg.com)
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by unsupported 9y ago
Indirect source in my case: http://kottke.org/17/08/the-shyness-of-trees
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Crown shyness(en.wikipedia.org)
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In the age of streaming TV, who needs title sequences?(theverge.com)
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Turla’s New Campaign Uses Britney Spears' Instagram to Spy on Its Targets(welivesecurity.com)
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The far-reaching effects of air conditioning(bbc.com)
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