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by xtreme 9y ago
Is dictatorship a necessary condition for oppressive governments? Democratically elected governments can be oppressive as well.
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by xtreme 9y ago
70D vs D3300 is not a fair comparison. 70D has features geared towards enthusiasts such as articulating screen, more AF points, weather sealing, mg-ally body, pentaprism viewfinder, etc. If these features are not important to you, you can c
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by xtreme 9y ago
I wonder if this is related to [Hyperfocal Distance]( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperfocal_distance ), a concept familiar to many photographers. Roughly, if you focus on the background (infinity), the foreground woul
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by xtreme 9y ago
You can still guess the growth over a period of time.
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by xtreme 9y ago
> the reason the riemann hypothesis is important is because it is the reimann hypothesis I can see this being a joke. Entire subfields of mathematics have been built on the assumption that Riemann hypothesis is true. He probably assumed
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by xtreme 9y ago
Why do you think people would treat them any differently from the UAC screen of Windows 7? That is, just click OK to grant whatever permission it wants, or disable it entirely to avoid the annoyance.
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by xtreme 9y ago
Less than a second a day in 100 years is a huge change in earth scale. I'm curious, what kind of tidal plant would even come close? Is it assuming we extract 100% energy from the tidal waves and entirely stop the tides, somehow?
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by xtreme 9y ago
The scale at which humans draw energy from the core is negligible compared to the amount. Think about it, earth has been cooling down through radiating from the surface for billions of years. Given the ratio of the geothermal station and th
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by xtreme 9y ago
No, you don't need 100 different jars. Let's say the jar started with S beans, and the person grabbed X_1, X_2, .. X_n beans in n trials. To prove the superpower, you have to tell him the correct value of X_i every time. Knowing S
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by xtreme 9y ago
Even if the courts allowed this to be a valid defense, it could only protect you from willful infringement. Not having knowledge of an existing patent does not stop the other party from claiming damages. If they can prove you knew that your
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by xtreme 9y ago
It's mostly economics and a bit of societal incentives. For an American CS graduate, the opportunity cost of joining grad school is too high. It makes more sense to join the industry immediately and start paying back the massive loans.
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by xtreme 9y ago
Language barrier is a bigger deal that you might think. One "advantage" Indian nationals have is that they learn English as a second language from childhood, and many schools and most colleges use English for instructions and in t
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by xtreme 9y ago
Well at least if you do get your H1B, you can get a green card rather quickly (within a year or so). Most Indian and Chinese nationals have to wait for more than 10 years in the queue before they are even eligible to apply.
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by xtreme 9y ago
It's a dual-intent visa. Which means H1B holders are allowed to apply for a green card (permanent residence) and continue to hold the H1B. This is unlike non-immigrant visas like F1, which you will lose the moment you apply for a green
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by xtreme 10y ago
Shared memory can be a lot faster than that. MPI libraries report ~0.25 us for 1 Byte and ~400us for 4MB transfers using shared memory.
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by xtreme 10y ago
There is another reason. `make -j4 && make install' would be faster than just `make install' (multi-process vs. single-process).
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by xtreme 10y ago
While that would be ideal, from Google's point of view the number of travelers is so small that it might be more sensible to cater to the native users. Also, on average they are less likely to know how to change these settings or that
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by xtreme 10y ago
Are you also against interviews or technical tests while hiring people? Do you suppose that jobs should be offered on a first-come first-serve basis, or through a lottery, since number of applicants would be higher than number of positions?
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by xtreme 10y ago
Or make chlorine by mixing it with hydrochloric (muriatic) acid. Or mix it with glycerine to get a fire from "water" (it used to be a common trick performed by godmen). Pottasium permanganate is wonderful.
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by xtreme 10y ago
If you are not a citizen, the CBP can deny you entry for pretty much any reason. If you are a citizen, they can detain you but not deny you entry indefinitely.
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by xtreme 10y ago
It's a rather recent phenomenon that we have enough computing power to make self-driving cars a viable reality and not just science fiction.
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by xtreme 10y ago
> If you grew up in the city, you're going to prefer the city. If you didn't, you probably won't enjoy living in the middle of downtown without a car. I agree with you on everything except this one. Going by this thread, t
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by xtreme 10y ago
> antisocial people who want the big garden in the suburb This is pretty ignorant. Not wanting to live in cramped apartments does not make someone an anti-social. There are plenty of shut-ins living in cities.
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by xtreme 10y ago
This is something I don't get about the HN crowd. I grew up in India, where overpopulation is a huge problem. However, if you look below the surface, it is not overpopulation; it is uneven distribution. There are only a few cities, and
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by xtreme 10y ago
US educated international students get lumped into the H1B lottery as well.
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by xtreme 10y ago
I disagree. That is like saying that an educated citizen must: * have an informed opinion on current Emission standards * be able to change oil on their own car * could describe how a 4-stroke engine works Replace the computer with a car an
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by xtreme 10y ago
One problem with a very high minimum salary is that due to the disparity in cost of living, only companies that could afford H1B workers would be from a few cities like SF and NYC. As a side effect, it would increase the diversity of those
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by xtreme 10y ago
> The article says this bill makes it easier for students to get a path to citizenship but doesn't say anything about H1-B workers. My understanding of the text is that it just makes student visas "dual-intent". This would
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by xtreme 10y ago
I think creating a separate visa category for students graduating from US institutions would be useful. Currently F-1 students who intend to stay back and work in the US get lumped together with incoming H1B workers. I am not saying that fo
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by xtreme 10y ago
You are thinking about Breaking Bad, where a chemistry teacher starts to cook meth. Pablo is from the show Narcos, which is based on the real-life story of the drug lord Pablo Escobar.

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