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eternalcodeon Google is buying Chelsea Market building for over $2B

I would suggest seeing a Geologist perhaps. Get it? Boulder? Geologist?

eternalcodeon Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange hacked, losing $530M: NHK

Apparently, Still not enough to get an Emmy. I lost my faith on Emmy's because of that.

eternalcodeon The largest known prime number has emerged. It has more than 23M digits

I wish we can collectively "mine" solutions for questions that are currently un-solved.

Like Larger prime number, or create a hive mind that acts as an AI.

eternalcodeon Productivity in 2017: analyzing 225 million hours of work time

All hail AI.

eternalcodeon Silicon Valley's Secretive, Orgiastic Side

This is all real. I’ve been to some of the parties she mentioned. I hope that people read Brotopia and see that what Emily Chang is deriding isn’t Burning Man, renegades, or the like.

It’s how a predatory part of the startup population exploits these kinds of environments to use and hurt people.

I’ve gotten a lot of questions recently why I sort of dropped off the radar a few years ago in going to a lot of VC/founder rage scene. This is a big part of why. I don’t want me or the people I care about to be exposed to this.

And to be honest, I don’t know how to stop it.

eternalcodeon Ask HN: What Are Your New Years Resolutions or 2018 Goals?

For 4, I would recommend leetcode (or, others whichever suits you), and Algorithm Design Manual by Skiena.

2 activities that helped me greatly. Once you read and solve enough problems, then you will start noticing patterns while understanding their purpose.

eternalcodeon Did Bitcoin just prove it can't scale?

that is a tough question as many other alt-coins have yet to be challenge by the huge volume that btc/eth experience. Some might say litecoin for one.

eternalcodeon Mastering Chess and Shogi by Self-Play with General Reinforcement Learning

yes. In an imaginary and hypothetical sense. :)

eternalcodeon Bitcoin and Being Psychic

I was told to invest in Ethereum during its early days and I dis-regarded it.

eternalcodeon Competitive Self-Play

Create an ICO for it and you'll earn millions /s

eternalcodeon Increasing numbers of wingsuit jumpers are dying (2016)

Why is it not banned?

eternalcodeon Andrew Ng is raising a $150M AI Fund

I chuckled at the Un-settling reality of Alt-Coins and greed.

eternalcodeon China may match or beat America in AI

I am offended by your comment. So, maybe you should also please take a second to consider if it might be motivated by racist tropes.