zinok

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by zinok 5y ago
'It' (most of 17th, 18th and 19th and some early 20th century mathematics, chemistry and physics) is clearly a lot more abstract than the failed alchemies. The point is that 'just keep trying' would not have been a good
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by zinok 5y ago
Are you sure it's not using static data generated by a car which has driven the same roads and then has had speed limit sign detection run on the captured video?
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by zinok 5y ago
However, as far as I can tell, the GPS data, in at least some cases, comes from Streetview-type camera cars which drive along the roads and capture the roadsigns. On French highways there are context-dependent speed limit signs which look e
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by zinok 5y ago
This sounds good but doesn't work in practice. If you Google the name of a UK car insurer with some likely keyword like 'claim' or 'accident', you get paid listing from people offering two 'services'. a) &
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by zinok 5y ago
Surely random countries have legal rights to do most things they want to, since they make up their own jurisdictions?
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by zinok 5y ago
However, the analogy is still accurate, because the right approach involved several steps which no one thought were conceivably part of the solution: "understand how forces work at macro scales", "understand electricity"
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by zinok 5y ago
This doesn't appear to contradict the GP at all. You have pointed out that when the machine locks out, there is an actual reason behind it. I don't think anyone claimed that it's simply triggered by an RNG or a timer. However
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by zinok 5y ago
Perhaps it is, but if there had been credible evidence of a theft 'I would not have been able to spend all that money in cash' is not the basis of a solid defense. There have been genuine cases where accountants, bank managers, an
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by zinok 5y ago
It would be an extremely good solution if it worked as intended. In fact Openreach were not fully independent from BT for most of their existence, and they operated the network in a way which was extremely favorable to BT for a long time. T
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by zinok 5y ago
It was an extremely complex case which was very hard to prove, against companies which belong to the establishment and had been shown the benefit of the doubt by the legal system on multiple occasions.
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by zinok 5y ago
Post Offices handle a large amount of cash, much more than any other business of their size. Many of the sub-post offices in question would be paying out pensions and welfare benefits in cash to a large proportion of local customers. If som