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by wpasc 9y ago
The media's track record of covering anything scientific is pretty horrendous. Because of that, I am a massive fan of the proliferation of smaller science-based youtube channels/blogs that cover science well. I think old school me
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by wpasc 9y ago
The media portrayal of the tech world would be more impactful if it weren't so hyperbolic, dramatized, and skewed. There are myriad valid complaints about the tech world, but Facebook paying you for you posting your photos is not one o
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by wpasc 9y ago
Am I alone in not really caring about my privacy that much? I understand many people care about theirs, and I fully respect their right to their privacy. With that said, I could care less how much data Google/Facebook acquire on me. Fo
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by wpasc 9y ago
Agreed with this tenfold. Innovation often implies disrupting the status quo; China in many ways is entrenching the status quo in every single way possible.
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by wpasc 9y ago
Big fan of meditation and fasting, but my other routines as well include: Pre-planning what I will eat for an entire week so I don't have to think about it daily Daily exercise stretch with the routine pre planned. I love pre planning
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by wpasc 9y ago
Amen to all of these, especially to the "not photo sharing apps" point. I love working in tech and am in awe of its transformative power, but I am very sick of so much talent/money going to useless attention zappers. I'd
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by wpasc 9y ago
Price discrimination based on race? Sounds like a great idea, will definitely help the country...
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by wpasc 9y ago
This story is the prototypical example of why I'm cynical about government and its ability to effectively use tax dollars. When people say that taxes should be raised, I would generally agree if the government agreed to match the the t
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by wpasc 9y ago
I could not agree with you more, the hype to reality ration surrounding blockchain is beyond ridiculous to the point that a mental heuristic saying "any blockchain headline is bullshit" becomes more accurate with each new article.
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by wpasc 9y ago
Not meaning to offend, but you're kind of leading in to exactly why Pinker writes the book. > (the benefits of science and humanism) is an idea worth exploring and defending He explores and defends those pursuits. > I don't
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by wpasc 9y ago
>my own prediction is that future historians, if they haven't all been replaced by cognitive psychologists, will regard misplaced faith in data, metrics and statistical analysis as the curse of the twenty-first century I think that
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CPM advertising model
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by wpasc 9y ago
That's definitely pretty crazy. I wonder what this means for progress on connecting the "next billion". Also, I hope it comes as a signal to VC money to shift out of the era of low hanging "everyone has a smartphone&quot
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by wpasc 9y ago
Lol, Oregon is full?
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Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
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by wpasc 9y ago
I think you have raised false equivalencies here
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by wpasc 9y ago
> 8. I will be diligent and take pride in my work. Hacking something together for some reason and later admitting it was garbage should be some grand violation of an oath. certainly not on par with the other things that you pledged to
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by wpasc 9y ago
I read a great, great paper about training systems against this. Obfuscation is currently easy against AI, but obfuscation that fools an AI and a human could still detect (Purposeful perturbations). This can be pre-trained against by incorp
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by wpasc 9y ago
I fully understand people's dislike of surveys. I have done a bunch of research on testing microservices (read a few papers and the blog posts of devs and netflix/spotify/uber), but the only reason I included a survey is that
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Ask HN: Can you tell me your experiences in testing microservices?
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Awesome
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I find that HN discussion are the most relevant, least trolled discussions of most well-known sites. However, I am biased because my exposure to comments and discussions is mostly HN, some reddit, WSJ/NYTimes comments, and the notoriou
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by wpasc 9y ago
Not always the biggest fan of regulation, but man do I hate loot boxes... They are really egregious in many games. If the industry hadn't taken it way, way too far, it might not be necessary. However, I think it's way past time th
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by wpasc 9y ago
Taxpayer dollars and regulators' attention are rival commodities. There are plenty of monopolistic/oligopolistic companies and industries that merit examination and reform much, much earlier than Amazon because they currently are
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by wpasc 9y ago
Nice article, I especially (and always do enjoy) a plotted out Gartner graphs although some placements always surprise me! Autonomous vehicles are bounded for the trough of disillusionment? I hope not :)
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by wpasc 9y ago
I think you raise a good point; I don't believe the HomePod even merits your "oops". It's not being heavily marketed because it's not all that impressive. It is definitely the best speaker around, multiple reviews s
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by wpasc 9y ago
Cool! Pretty cool to see some alpha generated by a single IC. I still recommend Flash Boys as a book though about HFT, very interesting and a good read
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1. Read Flashboys 2. a) Realize how CRAZILY far many HFT firms have gone to inch out literally every single microsecond and achieve economies of scale with billions in assets 2. b) individual user-scale tools like ETrade won't get your
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I wonder if the plaintiff's, Lawson, case was weakened by the fact that he was attempting to work as an actor simultaneously and lied on his resume. Additionally, does the weakness of his case and the precedent that was established fro
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by wpasc 9y ago
I think you make a good point about what-about-ism. Unfortunately, the attention of regulators, the U.S. government, and the media is a rival good and areas of focus are definitely mutually exclusive. It's a sad fact of the national at

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