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by vslira 9y ago
>He also deliberately does not ground his arguments on definitions after definitions. Isn't that intentional? Words that have no fixed meaning can't be refuted by logic.
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by vslira 9y ago
Why would professionals support tech that makes their labor less scarce? Unfortunately this change won't come from doctors
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by vslira 9y ago
A thought just crossed my mind: can you patent rediscovered ancient technology? I mean, prior art and all... (not joking)
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by vslira 9y ago
This is important to stress. It doesn't make the decision any less oppressive, but framing it as anti-muslim instead of anti-insubordination obscures Beijing's real priorities.
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by vslira 9y ago
Maybe a hybrid mode, where too many bad rolls bias the dice towards a more "true uniform" - lol - distribution while a series of good rolls just keep it actually fair. Anyway, nice work!
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by vslira 9y ago
Exactly. When arguing something works you can't just ignore how often it doesn't. Development Economics is not so simple.
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by vslira 9y ago
I've looking for something like this for years! Thanks!
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by vslira 9y ago
She does mention it, something like "if you usually study in your bedroom, try recalling in the kitchen" or something like that
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by vslira 9y ago
Isn't the lower scores for older people just a result of the flynn effect? This doesn't mean a personal drop in "absolute" g, if it's really a thing
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by vslira 10y ago
I really like this quote: "In this respect, Rand was a merely half-great writer: her villains were real, but her heroes were fake. There is no Galt’s Gulch." - Peter Thiel
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by vslira 10y ago
People's disregard for privacy and political mobilization[0] are a threat to Free Society. Facebook is just a symptom. [0] I can't blame FB for anything regarding the latter. Quite the opposite.
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by vslira 10y ago
I don't mean to imply this is some kind of evil monopoly conspiracy, but it is a bit ironic that Google helps websites avoid scraping. Edit for clarification: I'm not even saying it's wrong, just plain ironic
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by vslira 10y ago
"The main reason for the vote is the way that travellers from some EU countries are treated by America. While most citizens of EU countries can travel to the United States without a visa, those from Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Poland an
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by vslira 10y ago
I second this feeling. Uber may be a terrible company led by terrible people, but they opened the floodgates for a better framework of cab transportation. I hope that sticks (the model, idc about the company)
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by vslira 10y ago
"Advanced statistical modeling Optimize uses Bayesian statistical methods to model the real-world performance of your experiments, giving you more accurate results." Since this is basically a landing page, I find it interesting th
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by vslira 10y ago
That seems incredibly relevant to the HN crowd. Maybe someone* could post it as it's own thread? *Not me, I'm not in the U.S. =p
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by vslira 10y ago
This was precisely what made me click the link.
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by vslira 10y ago
Paraphrasing Musashi: Respect nuclear fusion power, without relying on it.
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by vslira 10y ago
> How do you cryptographically sign yourself? Now that's a problem whose solution deserves a unicorn valuation
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by vslira 10y ago
> Short answer: yes. We are a democratic republic but most people think of us as a direct democracy. Can someone point me out as why Americans differentiate republic from direct democracy? I reckon than in most of the world these words d
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by vslira 10y ago
000's, MM, Bn, Tn, - how to spot a banker :) (I interned at an ibank, not criticizing)
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by vslira 10y ago
I hope I'm not sounding too milton friedman-y here, but even if Uber's business model is dependent on circumventing labor laws to depress wages, in the case it goes under it won't be Uber drivers to benefit the most from it,
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by vslira 10y ago
According to the article, mainly: 1 - Government doesn't subsidize homeowners; 2 - Renting rules are reasonable for renters, increasing supply which makes renting affordable. There, saved you a click.
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by vslira 10y ago
>(E.g. I put down Lean Startup when I realized I was just reading a description of gradient descent in the business domain. Gradient descent only works over very regular fitness landscapes with clear peaks and well-connected paths to tho
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by vslira 10y ago
>The problem is is getting someone in the driver's seat who understands what Twitter's place (differentiation, offering) is and then getting that driving. Surely, but what cyanbane said was that Disney is not this driver.
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by vslira 10y ago
Question: Does it make sense to use a time-series database if you're not too sure that you can trust the "time" in the series? For example, let's say you're logging user's locations on a jogging app and using t
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by vslira 10y ago
Marginal utility of money decreases, which means these "pennies" at the hands of literally billions of poor make a whole world of difference to them. The American Middle Class has the right to be angry about their stagnation, but
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by vslira 10y ago
Moonshot sounds a lot better than tax arbitrage-based VC
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by vslira 10y ago
The concept of smart cities just seems like an excessively convoluted way of adopting more successful countries' institutions, governance and laws. Which can be great of course, but begs the question: is the host country government (cu
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by vslira 10y ago
It's not a party, it's a restaurant :)

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