vadimberman

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by vadimberman 9y ago
Perfect, thanks! So I guess it means about 2-3 years from now.
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by vadimberman 9y ago
We've been hearing about CRISPR for a couple of years now. Any idea what's the approximate ETA to the market of this kind of technology, and are there any other obstacles except for the human trials? (Don't say "ethical
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by vadimberman 9y ago
> Who are you to clap for their achievements? He's a skilled techie with a developed bullshit radar. That already puts him above an average layperson. Over the last 20 years, there's been untold amount of hype from different so
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by vadimberman 9y ago
I state that China advanced immensely but nowhere close to the level of the hype now. I'm laser-focused on the developing markets (although China is already past that stage). Moreover, I hold investments in mutual funds for emerging ma
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by vadimberman 9y ago
I realise it's not affiliated with the MIT but I've been reading it for years and it's a respectable publication, normally immune to bullshit.
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by vadimberman 9y ago
Like others mentioned, it's marketing fluff. The use of future tense and "in the near future" already makes it clear. And they have (drum roll) an equivalent of the FICO score! It uses "advanced machine learning algorith
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by vadimberman 9y ago
I don't give a damn if I get downvoted for this one, but that's The Guardian in a nutshell. The general format is about picking a subject (person, brand, company, political party, country) that they are ideologically hostile to, a
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by vadimberman 9y ago
I am merely interested in the subject, but from what I understand, there are different types of adaptive optics. I am specifically curious about the kinds to allow for seeing exoplanets by blocking the light of their star.
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by vadimberman 9y ago
And all you get is a rapidly moving dot in black and white? Sad and unfair... I wonder whether a startup out there has plans for a timesharing space telescope. Maybe with adaptive optics.
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by vadimberman 9y ago
OK, so my hunch was right. It's not only Facebook, BTW. Whenever you provide those "additional details" to "secure" your account, be sure there's a high probability they will be used elsewhere. In my case, I pr
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by vadimberman 9y ago
If they allegedly sold organs on the black market and force prisoners to play online games to earn virtual currencies ( https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/may/25/china-prisoner... ), it is not inconcei
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by vadimberman 9y ago
> What can China do to someone a US citizen, living in the US, using a Huawei phone? Even if all telephone calls are monitored? Sell personal details like credit card numbers or the SSN to a criminal syndicate. No one said they would spy
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by vadimberman 9y ago
Well, we're talking about actual trains that are in use today, not concept art for 2050s.
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by vadimberman 9y ago
Meanwhile, in Amtrak they are channeling the vibe of the Cold War era Soviet machinery. Seriously, who builds these American trains? And when were they built?
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by vadimberman 9y ago
It's just a start. They have a more powerful grasp on the world supply of food than the joint grasp of Google, Microsoft, and Apple on the computing world. You'd be surprised how many "artisan", "organic", and
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by vadimberman 9y ago
Overall, I agree with the premise (seeing all the silly mistakes the younger folks - including myself earlier in life - do), but it also differs by area. "Hip" stuff, B2C, is an area where the younger folks may fare better because
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by vadimberman 9y ago
Continuing the train of thought of the comments bemoaning the state of the instant messaging: can anyone recommend a simple instant messaging / voice call combo like the old-timey Skype?
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by vadimberman 9y ago
Finally! With a solid decision making tool, movie execs could finally have a financial reason to accept original scripts that are not yet another sequel and reboot.
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by vadimberman 9y ago
In Asia, it has likely happened already. In the poster boy of overpopulation, Bangladesh, the fertility rate dropped from 6.2 children to 2.1 children per mother ( https://www.ft.com/content/f60e2ddc-0bbc-11e1-9861-00144
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by vadimberman 9y ago
> Pick a list of ~100 categories to be your “type” system, and optimize over this choice of categories so that they compactly express any entity So it's not generic then.
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by vadimberman 9y ago
So how is it different? The police can access files online anyway, it's just a matter of convenience. Most likely, the online databases are now accessible on mobiles.
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by vadimberman 9y ago
Given that some filters may throw the facial recognition off the scent, probably some kind of makeup or a combination of fake scars, different hairstyle, eye bags should be enough. I saw Facebook misidentifying siblings of different gender
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by vadimberman 9y ago
I'm sorry, I do not understand the alarmist tone. Yes, in many cases the uses of tech in China are disturbing (like the supposedly planned social credit system). But this case? It's the job of the police to find people. Facial rec
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by vadimberman 9y ago
> I still get frustrated on OSX when I minimize a window and have to hunt around for it Windows user here. Honest curiosity: does anyone know why the minimize / maximize works on the Mac the way it does? I mean, what's the rati
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by vadimberman 9y ago
There. It's very difficult to get there, and it shifts the focus from creating value and revenue to looking good and calming down lay people who now control you, plus feeding an army of parasites charging a bajillion. Today, it's
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by vadimberman 9y ago
> Startup mergers and acquisitions are also trending downward. That's not what the TechCrunch article actually says. The article says that the big mergers and acquisitions are down. But the big M&A are the economic equivalen
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by vadimberman 9y ago
Wearables are one area where not having feature bloat means a MUCH better product. Battery life, normal temperature, reliability vs a gimmick that 1 out of a 1,000 users will want.
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by vadimberman 9y ago
Try going the other way around, and read the machine-translated result yourself.
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by vadimberman 9y ago
> I think it is safe to say that Google Translate almost never macthes the skills of human translators except for rare trivial cases. As a rule it's rubbish, and sometimes as an exception it can be OK. Depends on the language pair.
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by vadimberman 9y ago
> It's very strange to describe Amazon (at least engineering roles) as a sweatshop considering how well compensated employees are. Amazon employs over half a million people ( https://www.statista.com/statistics/2

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