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by virgilp 7y ago
Yes, that is true (though at the same time things have been massively improving in average). What I find amazing is that we live in a time where a person living in a (relatively) poor country, working a non-management job, paying all taxes,
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by virgilp 7y ago
> wage slavery Also called a "job". You're telling me I'm a wage slave? (in the last 10 years nobody reported to me, I was never self-employed). Through this sort of wage slavery in the last 10years, I have achieved
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by virgilp 7y ago
They take their gloves off too. Surely you don't suggest the gloves are for protecting the doctor's hands?
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by virgilp 7y ago
Forget the CPU usage, I only use the old UI because it's better/ I find it more usable. Or maybe I'm just getting old :D
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by virgilp 7y ago
It's a bit more complicated than that. Provenance is critical... but then can you claim copyright infringement based on 8-note, 12-beat sequences? Surely e.g. Katy Perry claimed that her song is original, but courts decided (based on e
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by virgilp 7y ago
They don't pre-generate all the "books", right? So they can't claim the copyright (it's not "affixed to a physical medium")
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by virgilp 7y ago
I was curious and looked it up - according to Wikipedia, that happens on Acorn BBC and RISC OS. I never encountered it, guess they were not popular enough :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newline
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by virgilp 7y ago
My understanding was that this virus has a molecular proofreading system that reduces its mutation rate, and makes it unlikely to develop a more deadly strain - was this dispelled in any way? Can't find exactly where I read it but it&#
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by virgilp 7y ago
Like I said, Revolut is not suitable as your only bank. But it can be awfully convenient as a second card. WRT "certainly less than 2%" - you might be surprised, do double-check. Not all banks do, but many do here. It's most
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by virgilp 7y ago
> That's if you're using a US debit card A USD debit card. Revolut also claims to charge US cards too (an undisclosed amount) but amazingly enough they charge me nothing for topup from my USD card (issued by Romanian bank) Th
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by virgilp 7y ago
My experience is that if you need to get past the chatbot to talk to a real person, it takes an undisclosed amount of time (minutes, but could be easily towards 30minutes), and then if you're not immediately attentive when chat represe
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by virgilp 7y ago
Do you know many other banks that let you withdraw abroad for less? I mean, in Romania there are technically banks that give you zero-cost withdrawals abroad... but only because they figured they could shift that cost into the exchange rat
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by virgilp 7y ago
It's not "completely fake", it's how your rant reads to a lot of readers - whether you intended it or not. @Razengan was giving you a hand here, helping you understand why that rant is disliked.
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by virgilp 7y ago
Or even better, don't measure LOC.
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by virgilp 7y ago
Yeah but it was 1 year ago...
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by virgilp 7y ago
Are you sure they're not a bank yet? They got their banking license a while ago: https://blog.revolut.com/we-got-a-banking-licence/
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by virgilp 7y ago
> code that somebody else can understand as easily as if they had written it themselves Neah, that's not it. You can write crappy code, as hard to understand by others as it is to understand by you - in fact, that's what happen
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by virgilp 7y ago
You're talking a lot about implementation, when you compare 2 languages. In principle - it's worth inventing a new language when you can express some common patterns clearer/ more naturally. Otherwise - just make a query eng
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by virgilp 7y ago
Now I'm starting to doubt your knowledge. How exactly do you do face recognition with Viola Jones? Nevermind an accurate-enough version to be used for biometric identification... just one that can distinguish you in your photo collecti
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by virgilp 7y ago
A repeat of the mortgage crisis is possible - even likely - if such an instrument is successful. But you need to have some level of success first (for both sides). We're not there yet.
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by virgilp 7y ago
I read it the other way around. If BigCash, co. advertises “we securitize your growth - get free money to grow based on your business metrics!’, and you’re a startup founder - would you be interested, or would you say “nah, I think I’ll ju
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by virgilp 7y ago
If you sold FCP back to Apple with the computer, it’s all fine. Problem is - Apple gives laptop with licensed FCP to computer dealer to sell, dealer puts up price for “MBP+FCP”, then Apple remotely wipes it claiming it was there by mistake.
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by virgilp 7y ago
It’s not even true - they may be _less_ likely to be satisfied, for reasons tht you may find ridiculoous (but are not to them). I believe satisfaction comes mostly from within, not necessarily with what you have. It’s largely on you to obse
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by virgilp 7y ago
Knn works better with little data, rnn with lots of data. But we do have lots of data - that, too, is part of the progress. Also progress is non-linear; and the real world impact is huge, though we may not always like it (social media &
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by virgilp 7y ago
The real kicker is that before Taleb brought it to light, Tesla support was telling people who accidentally purchased the Autopilot feature that "sorry, we can't undo the purchase/the feature is added, and it's permanent
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by virgilp 7y ago
While working at Adobe, an executive launched the "Red Box" innovation program (that eventually became https://kickbox.org/ ). The program itself is interesting, but what was MORE interesting is that he was able to
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by virgilp 7y ago
Yes. Romania. What you think software didn't run in Romania? What did you use, Dragon Speech? Maybe it worked better for you? I can assure you for non-native speakers it was pure crap. Also, what was the usage in western world? I know
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by virgilp 7y ago
So are all the stats books. What exactly is that supposed to prove? Basic things seldom change, and remain useful.
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by virgilp 7y ago
No, it did not work adequately, not even close, not even in English. Maybe if you gave it good conditions (god forbid any background noise!) and spoke clearly you could get some decent results. But that's not "adequate". How
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by virgilp 7y ago
You're right. Disable javascript on [*.]archive.org, and you can read techcrunch just fine. Arguably, better :D TL;DR: Google cloud revenue includes Saas offerings (docs, gmail etc), in addition to the infrastructure part. They may mak

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