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by ximeng 9y ago
Patents are effectively a mandatory tax, just mostly paid to private companies.
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Chinese robot dentist is first to fit implants without human involvement(scmp.com)
1 points by ximeng 9y ago|0 comments
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by ximeng 9y ago
If you are serious you could include some contact details in your profile and a statement for the kind of projects you're interested in funding.
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by ximeng 9y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otqcVG-nJGI apparently they plan their escape
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by ximeng 9y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asilidae maybe this one, although this video explicitly names killer fly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukiTGsvFP1Y
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by ximeng 9y ago
I dislike the way Google collects AI training data for reCaptcha to the extent I often will not bother rather than log in to sites like Stack Overflow that use it. Common voice sounds like a much more open approach to which I would actuall
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by ximeng 9y ago
USD 550 is minimum wage, 300 is a random number. 15MM HKD up to 120MM HKD is more realistic for what you pay in mid levels / the peak, i.e. his numbers are off by a factor of 8...
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by ximeng 9y ago
Minimum wage for foreign domestic helpers is around 550 usd per month. They legally need to live with you and you also need to provide them with food. They are allowed one rest day per week and employer must pay for initial travel to and fr
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by ximeng 9y ago
Don't Be naive about HK's economic freedom. The monopolisation of real estate and the rigidity of the political system means actual competition to the elite families is minimal.
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Hunt for HIV cure turns to cancer drugs(bbc.com)
1 points by ximeng 9y ago|0 comments
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Electricity shake-up could save consumers 'up to £40bn'(bbc.com)
2 points by ximeng 9y ago|0 comments
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by ximeng 9y ago
Doesn't work for me on mobile - content is clipped on the screen edge
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Every total eclipse happening in your lifetime(washingtonpost.com)
2 points by ximeng 9y ago|1 comments
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by ximeng 9y ago
Yes. That's why Microsoft gets away with not being responsive to customers. However using alternative systems (e.g. Mac, Linux, Google docs, LibreOffice) where possible does help even if only a little. There are also advantages to the
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by ximeng 9y ago
There are many many MS bugs that last for years. Pretty much any time you search for a bug in MS software you will find someone in a support forum giving generic advice (known issue that we will work on, not a bug, please reinstall Windows
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by ximeng 9y ago
Not mine but... http://nodemailer.com/status/
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by ximeng 9y ago
Would be helpful for transparency if it was possible to see a list of flagged articles somewhere.
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by ximeng 9y ago
Interesting from the chart that weekends seem to have noticeably higher IP6 than weekdays.
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by ximeng 9y ago
After around 3000 hours of mostly self study I can understand 95+% of subtitles for TV shows and for a movie can follow enough dialog just through subtitles to understand what's going on at full speed. Study success scales pretty linea
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by ximeng 9y ago
Alt ` (backtick) switches between Windows in the same app for me - maybe not ideal but might help.
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by ximeng 9y ago
Baidu often gives me better results than Google for Chinese search queries, particularly when looking for pages not blocked in mainland to share with people there.
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by ximeng 9y ago
https://qz.com/981277/the-fast-furious-franchise-is-huge-in-... Hollywood movies do well in China but aren't particularly profitable.
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by ximeng 9y ago
I have one Ubuntu one Windows at home, Windows made me update again today (last time a week or two ago) - took forty minutes. Next PC will have Ubuntu on it too.
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by ximeng 9y ago
Contrary to what you say, I am not looking to downplay the NIPCC report, and have only skim read it and the IPCC report. The reason I mention that it is the best example of a report summarising the case against climate change. It does talk
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by ximeng 9y ago
I am judging this on reading parts of the IPCC reports (see for example https://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ar5/syr/SYR_AR5_FI... ) and the NIPCC report published by the Heartland Institute ( https:
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by ximeng 9y ago
I didn't down vote (or answer). I don't have an opinion on the bias, having only read through the scientific report, but do think the science on the IPCC side looks better than anything I've seen on the other side, and that r
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by ximeng 9y ago
I'm wondering if there's a better designed version of the IPCC climate change reports. Good information but presented in a massive PDF file which doesn't really lend itself to being referenced or browsed easily.
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by ximeng 9y ago
https://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ar5/wg1/WG1AR5_Cha... Page 471 has a pretty clear diagram that explains the change - increase beyond the natural ability of the carbon cycle to mitigate the chan
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AI could destroy hiring in one of the biggest industries for graduates(businessinsider.sg)
1 points by ximeng 10y ago|0 comments
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by ximeng 10y ago
Scared by what?

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