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by webkike 9y ago
This is called the Monte Hall problem and the conclusion is correct.
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by webkike 9y ago
Yes, most people deliberately avoid wearing the same outfit twice in a short period of time. Motivation may very, my reasoning is I don't want people to think I don't do laundry often
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by webkike 9y ago
Somewhat unrelated, but dear God do I hate self checkout lines. When I was in college a grocery store replaced two regular checkout lines with four self checkout stations and my god it resulted in the largest slow down I've ever been a
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by webkike 9y ago
That sounds incredibly frightening to me
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by webkike 9y ago
Wave dashing is a combination of actions, not a single action.
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by webkike 9y ago
If the transactions were quick and Bitcoin were usable, I'd argue that the price wouldn't be fluctuating
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by webkike 9y ago
In order to wrap system calls, the syscall ptrace can be used: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptrace
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by webkike 9y ago
If it was something that was off by default you could turn on that would be fine, but the fact that you have to turn it off implies that they are taking advantage of people who aren't aware of the feature's existance in the first
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by webkike 9y ago
If we don't criticize people for doing bad things they should never have done, how can we expect other people to not do those bad things in the first place?
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by webkike 9y ago
This isn't educational, it's a product intended on making money.
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by webkike 9y ago
It doesn't matter how generic the object is, it's the fact that this person was not paid for the effort put into taking the photo
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by webkike 9y ago
Or the packets might be thrown out entirely, only letting you use a certain set of port, ip ranges and protocols
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by webkike 9y ago
I.e., Mergesort?
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by webkike 9y ago
It's crazy, 20 grams of sugar is pretty much the standard and I wouldn't be able to stand that much sugar in a week!
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by webkike 9y ago
I can program way better on average than a quant, but what does that matter to a quant
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by webkike 9y ago
And don't get me started on poison mushrooms!
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by webkike 9y ago
Sure, but now you see why it's easier to text: you might not be able to reach a person at that moment. That's why it takes your daughter and hour to organize things, because the people she's organizing with are busy for the h
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by webkike 9y ago
> they seem to be a way for the manufacturers to keep making things which don't last as long, a sort of forced obolescence If the product is explicitly marketed not to last I see no problem with it. I prefer buying food without exce
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by webkike 9y ago
You did not respond to my point: would Disney have changed their way should there have been no PR fire storm? Nothing you are saying disagrees with what I am. > The company I work for likes to decrease short term profits for long term ec
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by webkike 9y ago
Consider this: would Disney have changed this practice should it proven to not be a PR firestorm? If they thought they could actively reduce costs or increase profits with this plan, I highly doubt they would change. that is my point: if so
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by webkike 9y ago
They absolutely do have a single, coherent plan, just as all businesses do: make money
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by webkike 9y ago
No, bad on Disney for doing it in the first place.
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by webkike 9y ago
Pacific bell laid the cable. The Rockefellers dug the oil they sold for less than the competition could. The thing is none of these things happened in a vacuum. Everything has externalities. People enjoy considering other people as indepen
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by webkike 9y ago
Hacker News does not provide a PM feature, you need to provide an email address
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MGF: A 3D collision detection/physics library for Rust(github.com)
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by webkike 9y ago
That's why I like group gambling games like poker. The casino wins from transaction fees, and players are competing against each other.
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by webkike 9y ago
Yeah I say in college, but that was only a few months ago. College isn't that long, I might as well have said "in highschool"
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by webkike 9y ago
In college I built a raytracer in Rust, and I have to say it was one of the most valuable learning experiences I have ever had.
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by webkike 9y ago
isDriving remains connected to t. Specifying an Option reference for t allows you to convey two pieces of information: if None, that isDriving is false and you do not care about t, and if Some, you have train t
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by webkike 9y ago
You can become addicted to TV and this is widely portrayed in arts and entertainment

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