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by vdaniuk 13y ago
Hey, actually if you ready to spend some time, there is a way to solve your problem. The algorithm is simple -- add noise. Create multiple virtual identities with first/last name. Then instantiate these identities in social networks, f
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
I get what you are saying, but what about if we optimize not for equality but for happiness. Redistribution of value is a zero-sum game, while non-material value as happiness is not. I was thinking how equality movemen failed to produced so
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
So, HN community in these threads is against of Airbnb because it pushes up the prices of housing in desirable cities/city regions. Did I get it right? What's so bad about that?
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
> to live where you want To use an extremely scarce resource that is considered to be valuable by most humans. I am sure there are no problems like these in cheaper, less popular cities.
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
That's fantastic gem of information. I think that we really need a sexy new type of professionals who are well versed in law and computer science to guide future electronic democracies.
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
Consider the volatility of hackathon ROI for Coinbase. Ofcourse they want to strengthen the ecosystem of its company and good for them! Their goals are aligned with the general bitcoin ecosystem. Discovery and adoption of repeatable, scalab
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
Exemptions and regulations add to the administrative overheads. Monitoring and enforcing quality of volunteer work is a large overhead, too. The efficiency of basic income lies in its extreme simplicity. However, the details of basic income
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
In the context of basic income compulsory of community service the alternative is forcing nothing on the person, not jail time.
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
Most startups are b2c and serving mass markets. This is fairly obvious if you look at their target audience.
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
Do you have any citations that mandatory charity work are beneficial for the psychological condition? Also are there data about negative or positive externalities of forced charity work?
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
The world is extremely shitty place and you dont see that only because, I assume, you are the part of the top earning cohort.
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
>the latter has far too often been done right before a killing spree. Basic Bayesian approach to probability tells us that this metric of predicting violent events is counter-productive due to a great number of false positives.
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
Literally the next line is qualifying and clarifying the previous statement: "That means that segregation may occur even with communities that consist mostly of non-racist individuals or individual with very low level of racism."
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
You are exaggerating to some point and I am happy to provide some facts and scientific theory. I will address only one part of your argument. You argue that segregation in Detroit means people are more racist and only government regulation
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
So much empathy./s Context is extremely important in non-verbal, text communication. You are only harming yourself and your relationships with others by employing such attitude.
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
>> did you ever expected THIS kind of DOGGY release from MOZILLA? I have NOT expected that Mozilla will release their canines into the wild internetz. That definitely may contradict generally accepted paradigm that internet is feline-
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
I think that the question of ad supported monetization of non-profit open source projects should be discussed without emotional knee-jerking. And yes, I think that if you focus on the global context of the activities of Mozilla, ads will be
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
Yes, the non-profit cares about making a buck. Nice logic.
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
Because more money to spend by Mozilla means more and better products for its users. Minor inconvenience in UI will result in overall larger benefits for the userbase. It is obvious if you put aside the ads-hating generators.
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
I share your sickness feeling however I think that this is a problem of loud minority influencing online discussions in a disproportionate way. The tech community at large may be or may be not more reasonable.
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
Yes, the slippery slope of a non-profit with great track record earning more money to fund its activities that are beneficial to society at large by inconveniencing some portion of its users by unobtrusive ads. The horror!
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
The inability of most HN commenters to consider long term benefits of including unobstrusive sponsored content in Firefox or opportunity cost of not including such sponsored content is suprising to me.
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
As a Ukrainian, who has seen that smartphones, especially used by citizen streamers, are extremely important for a revolution, I can assure that you are wrong.
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
Slow clap.
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
That is experimentation. Experimentation is a necessity and is a cornerstone of a good design. Don't you agree?
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
No, there are not. Please provide link to courses that are accessible only with a fee.
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
Please recommend your RPG acquaintance the following mooc platforms that won't have those absurd regulations: Open2Study - Australian universities alliance MOOC platform. Futurelearn - UK universities alliance MOOC platform. Iversity -
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
There are no "paying only" courses on Coursers.
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
Yeah, exactly what jurisdiction you are talking about?
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by vdaniuk 13y ago
No, no civil war possible. The reason is quite simple. Current government has support, but its very passive, while anti-government protestors are extremely active and self-organizing. It is really people vs. government, even if some support

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