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541.
by waqf 13y ago
Even for that you have to worry about campaign finance laws.
542.
by waqf 13y ago
It's standard policy, but it was introduced in an age when checking people against a database before they even get on the plane (as the US and many other countries now also do) was not a feasible option. These days we should be able to
543.
by waqf 13y ago
Right, but nobody has heard of the physicists who command only as much respect as Greenspan.
544.
by waqf 13y ago
Funny, my reaction was more along the lines of "Stephen Hawking says sky is blue".
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by waqf 13y ago
"When the NYT does it, that means that it isn't illegal." (In this case I agree that it isn't illegal, I just think that this kind of reasoning from consequences is a funny way to run a country.)
546.
by waqf 13y ago
"forgo". See http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/forego.html .
547.
by waqf 13y ago
This. It's too bad Google conflated their technical goal of a unified login system with their policy goal of whatever-their-policy-goal-is — probably something to do with knowing more about their users and/or getting them to inte
548.
by waqf 13y ago
I believe GP is talking not about this decision but about what would have happened if https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Books_Settlement had not been shot down in 2011. This outcome allows everyone to digitize out-o
549.
by waqf 13y ago
You're asking how managers will be able to freely assign numbers to individuals according to their performance, without being guided by numbers that the same manager previously freely assigned to the same individuals according to their
550.
by waqf 13y ago
Unless you have a citation for its being used in the East End, to comply with EU labelling requirements you should rather say that it is "Cockney-style rhyme-based language product".
551.
by waqf 13y ago
If nothing else, wouldn't you be open to shareholder lawsuits if you didn't engage in an action which was obviously legal and obviously profitable?
552.
by waqf 13y ago
They're pretty upfront about intending you to use Google Drive for your storage. So you should focus your critique on explaining why Drive is inadequate.
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by waqf 13y ago
Yes, they have been prepared for this a long time. They could have launched this strategy any time they wanted. And I'm saying that the reason they're doing it now is because they're out of ideas.
554.
by waqf 13y ago
"even" beyond the grave? They're onto the desperate measures now because without Steve they can't hit their revenue targets through actually making better products.
555.
by waqf 13y ago
citation?
556.
by waqf 13y ago
Have you seen the screen on the Chromebook Pixel?
557.
by waqf 13y ago
Don't forget that when they provide legal support it doesn't just help that person: often cases they take are setting legal precedents that will help future cases. Because new technology is new, a lot of its interactions with th
558.
by waqf 13y ago
A nuclear bomb has not been detonated in Houston, TX. But nice straw man.
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by waqf 13y ago
Oily fish make for some great quick high-protein meals. Smoked salmon and smoked trout are the easiest of all — obtain from supermarket, open packet, eat — the only disadvantage is that this can cost upwards of $5 per meal. Other options i
560.
by waqf 13y ago
Well, it's exact until you evaluate it at a float — because it's the floats that are inexact, not the technique. And that limitation is just as true of symbolic algebra. Symbolic algebra is "exact" iff you can do exact
561.
by waqf 13y ago
Should we expect future sequels called Elite: Competent and Elite: Above Average?
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by waqf 13y ago
Right, the article was saying that. But the article was jumping to an unreasonable conclusion, because of course you never hear from the people who missed the "Billing receipt" emails. I assume that was GP's point.
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by waqf 13y ago
Right, the whole problem is that most of the subfields look probably-useless until someone goes all the way down the path and discovers a use. So the benefit side of the cost-benefit looks like huge benefit times small probability, and tha
564.
by waqf 13y ago
It's not illegal to do that, and in the context in which it was illegal, that decision was overturned: http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/11/its-time...
565.
by waqf 13y ago
Not such a new change, for it's been known since at least 1989: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIDS_(trojan_horse)
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by waqf 13y ago
Making every transaction public imposes a transaction cost in itself.
567.
by waqf 13y ago
The idea that people need to be told to buy food for their kid rather than a big screen TV is paternalistic, yes.
568.
by waqf 13y ago
I suppose you're the kind of person who sends extra money to the Revenue if you feel your tax bill was unfairly low?
569.
by waqf 13y ago
> He's not getting paid. Someone's cooking him dinner and giving him tips because that's what hospitable people do. I agree, but if I were making the case to the INS I would phrase it differently: feeding someone who ca
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by waqf 13y ago
If you genuinely think there's an unfair advantage here, buy some GOOG stock. Then you'll be on the receiving end!

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