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by virtualwhys 2y ago
One area where a 4-way stop sign intersection is somewhat superior to a roundabout is the notion of taking turns -- in the States it seems like busy roundabouts are an opportunity for one stream of traffic to just plow through, completely i
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by virtualwhys 2y ago
Boston TTC is a great club despite its small size and low-ish ceilings. Some very high level players there (lots of Asian students from MIT, Harvard, etc. who, having grown up playing, absolutely rip :)) Westchester club is a much better fa
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A Chatbot Is Now Cleared to Give Buy, Sell Investment Advice(finance.yahoo.com)
2 points by virtualwhys 2y ago|0 comments
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by virtualwhys 2y ago
I've had an MRI twice, once for my wrist and another time for my shoulder. The wrist experience was fine, I actually sat down with my hand inside of the extremely loud contraption. The shoulder experience was a different matter entirel
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Valhalla – Where Are We? [video](youtube.com)
2 points by virtualwhys 2y ago|0 comments
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by virtualwhys 2y ago
Off the top of my head: 1) Types on the left 2) Statement, not expression, based 3) No privacy modifiers (aka, underscores everywhere) 4) required semicolons 5) no language support for json (de)serialization, or, json boilerplate everywher
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Google DeepMind's AI systems can now solve complex math problems(technologyreview.com)
7 points by virtualwhys 2y ago|1 comments
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by virtualwhys 2y ago
You're right, it's actually 0% with any amount invested, $100,000 or $1,000,000,000,000,000, doesn't matter, provided you don't sell more than roughly $40k, or, god forbid, generate additional income through, say, work.
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by virtualwhys 2y ago
Define wealth. I wouldn't confine wealth to just the billionaire class; I'd say wealth is anyone with 5 million+ USD in liquid assets (specifically, that sum of money in stocks, bonds and cash). The poorest of the poor in the Unit
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by virtualwhys 2y ago
To say that 5-MeO is a short duration psychedelic doesn't convey what's actually happening -- basically, you go from your normal waking state to likely the most profound experience of your life, and then, if you felt so inclined,
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by virtualwhys 2y ago
> but you can't have both speed and type inference. Pick one. With OCaml you can pick two :)
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by virtualwhys 3y ago
Presumably true mathematicians operate exclusively in the realm of theory and can't understand (the point of) practical implementations, which programmers tend to enjoy when the solution is elegant.
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by virtualwhys 3y ago
> However as an ordained Buddhist monk... Then perhaps you meant to say you've taken the precepts, as ordaining and a layperson taking the precepts are obviously entirely different levels of commitment.
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Xi Calls on 'Patriots' to Step Up Taiwan Anti-Independence Fight(bloomberg.com)
3 points by virtualwhys 3y ago|0 comments
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by virtualwhys 3y ago
Tony Gatlif films, pretty much all of them. Totally different but also amazing, the Three Colors Trilogy, and the polish tv series, Decalogue (on Criterion I believe)
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by virtualwhys 3y ago
"Postginx" has a nice ring to it, could be an alcoholic beverage, a name of a generation, or even a web server.
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Walmart, Target Push for New Shoplifting Crackdown in California(bloomberg.com)
2 points by virtualwhys 3y ago|0 comments
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Investors Have Sky-High Hopes for AI. Can the Tech Deliver?(bloomberg.com)
11 points by virtualwhys 3y ago|3 comments
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Reddit Revenue Rises 20% Ahead of IPO, but It Isn't Profitable Yet(bloomberg.com)
5 points by virtualwhys 3y ago|1 comments
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by virtualwhys 3y ago
To be fair, for the Avon Hill area her place is pretty pedestrian, and like many in that neighborhood they've been sitting on their property for years -- the tax windfall for the state won't come until those property owners sell e
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How Would China Take over Taiwan? One of These 5 Strategies(bloomberg.com)
9 points by virtualwhys 3y ago|1 comments
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by virtualwhys 3y ago
Aux Derniers Humaines in Montreal, what a fabulous place that was, best omelettes on earth.
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by virtualwhys 3y ago
My 5a's camera routinely crashes the phone and reboots when attempting to take a photo in bright light conditions (e.g. in broad daylight) -- it's infuriating, google says the phone is out of warranty so apparently I'm SOL. W
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by virtualwhys 3y ago
What is the generated SQL of that expression? This is indeed a sticky problem, one that usually requires a subselect or other workaround to address the non-determinism of group by + order by; i.e. one cannot simply "select * from emplo
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Supreme Court Throws Out Biden’s Student-Loan Relief Plan(bloomberg.com)
9 points by virtualwhys 3y ago|0 comments
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Y Combinator’s Latest Batch Is 35% AI Startups(bloomberg.com)
48 points by virtualwhys 3y ago|20 comments
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by virtualwhys 3y ago
> Passenger seat is converted into a desk. Got any pics of your rig?
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Coinbase Says AI Represents ‘Important Opportunity’ for Crypto(bloomberg.com)
8 points by virtualwhys 3y ago|2 comments
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AI Is Becoming the Stock Market’s Answer to Everything(finance.yahoo.com)
3 points by virtualwhys 3y ago|0 comments
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Wall Street increasingly doubts Fed can meet 2% inflation target(finance.yahoo.com)
3 points by virtualwhys 3y ago|0 comments

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