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pytyper2··on Dehumanization of cyclists predicts self-reported aggressive behaviour to them
What if you swerve to miss a cyclist and hit a small child? That seems worse than killing the cyclist.
pytyper2··on Lyft prices IPO at top of range
They also owned the company, this means something.
pytyper2··on Skymind (YC W16) raises $11.5M to bring deep learning to more enterprises
What would you recommend?
pytyper2··on LHCb discovers matter-antimatter asymmetry in charm quarks
What is the difference and what was this information blocking us from discovering?
pytyper2··on Cambridge spin-out starts producing graphene at commercial scale
I just read through their website, they claim it has, using the heading 'configurable':

``` The capability to control graphene layer properties defines its usefulness for the desired application. Whether this be physical (mechanical strength, porosity, thickness of stacked layers), electrical (conductivity, carrier density, band gap availability) or otherwise (thermal conductivity, transparency, flexibility). ```

pytyper2··on Skymind (YC W16) raises $11.5M to bring deep learning to more enterprises
How do I make an architecture diagram like they display in the article?
pytyper2··on US mercenaries arrested in Haiti, part of a scheme to move $80M for president
It's all about who you call after you have been detained.
pytyper2··on CIA Doc on Time Travel, Consciousness, and Existence of the Absolute (1983) [pdf]
I get the feeling that the budget for this project was actually spent on something nefarious and they only produced this document to claim they actually spent it on the task.
pytyper2··on In Fatberg Fight, NYC Goes to War Against Flushable Wipes
Out of sight out of mind I guess.
pytyper2··on In Fatberg Fight, NYC Goes to War Against Flushable Wipes
Clean is a relative term. The reasoning is the same that you use to justify washing your hands with a mixture of soap and water, wipes allow you to use this same process to remove the fecal matter from your backside. If you missed while wiping with some single ply at a rest stop, would you clean your hand with only a dry towel? No, you would use soap and water. Even though you can't see large gobs of fecal matter it is still there. You try to make a strange point, the fact that some people don't use water to clean after is generally something that is reluctantly accepted, it is unusual to for someone argue that wiping without soap/water is just fine and to be preferred.
pytyper2··on Ask HN: How do I auto buy domain names?
No but your question made me think of this: Someone recently tried to scam be by offering to sell a domain similar to one I already own. The message I received wanted 200 USD, a reasonable price for a domain that was owned and unavailable to purchase for years, I had even attempted to contact the owner and received no response. Instead of responding to the 200 USD offer, I pulled the domain up in aws, it was available, I clicked buy immediately for 12 USD.
pytyper2··on Military wants to power bases with small nuclear reactors
They thought they won, until the self destruct detonates.
pytyper2··on Four new DNA letters double life’s alphabet
What does this mean for DNA based evidence?
pytyper2··on When India Kicked Out Coca-Cola, Local Sodas Thrived
This is excellent, Capitalism will save your country but it has to be allowed to grow as a child would, but always knocked back in line by the parents. Regarding the bribes, as someone who has studied the early American capitalism roots, you won't like it, but some local good ole boys need to remove some of those corrupt politicians from office, by force if necessary.
pytyper2··on I ruin developers’ lives with my code reviews and I'm sorry
The sad part is he was probable middle aged by the time he realized this, those projects he worked on are probably dead.
pytyper2··on Kodak's Discovery of A-Bomb Testing (2016)
I'm 90% disease, 10% real work.

Edit: But the 10% real work, I work real real hard :)

pytyper2··on Spotify will now suspend or terminate accounts it finds are using ad blockers
Oh no don't suggest that.
pytyper2··on Spotify will now suspend or terminate accounts it finds are using ad blockers
Then you can't target the ads to those who most likely will buy, then each impression is worth less in most ad marketplaces. I don't think you will be able to suggest a solution if you ignore the true desires of the buyers and sellers of ads.
pytyper2··on Twitter Still Can't Keep Up with Its Flood of Junk Accounts, Study Finds
What type of content were you posting prior to not using the account?
pytyper2··on Spotify will now suspend or terminate accounts it finds are using ad blockers
They would not get as much telemetry, they also want all the data, it's not just the showing of an ad, it'c collecting everything the internet knows about the user and their pc. The problem is the tracking, collecting and resale of personal data. NOT simply viewing an ad! Ya dig?
pytyper2··on Amazon has finally admitted to investors that it has a counterfeit problem
This seems like a more difficult problem, is there any marketplace that has solved the fake review problem? Spotting a fake sneaker is probably 99% accurate for a trained buyer, but spotting a fake review, not so much.
pytyper2··on Amazon has finally admitted to investors that it has a counterfeit problem
This is what I do, my opinions on e-commerce have changed over the years, I source following this priority: locally boutique or small stores, boutique or brand websites, local big box, online big box.
pytyper2··on Amazon has finally admitted to investors that it has a counterfeit problem
They can't solve it because in many cases you are not buying from amazon, you are buying from some rando merchant who posted an ad. Unless it is sold by amazon (not FBA or seller fulfilled) the relationship is no different than Buy It Now on Ebay. The actual risk is that people realize this and generally stop thinking of amazon as premium and realize it is pretty much another eBay style marketplace in disguise. The only possible solution is to run a process like StockX, but good luck training seasonal workers to spot some fake Yeezy sneakers... I guess they could buy StockX and outsource authentication of Luxury brand items that are not received from an official supply chain. I'm with you though, it needs to be solved, not just accounted for.
pytyper2··on Mendeley encrypts users' database after Zotero provides an importer
These science website corporate types keep outsmarting all you scientists.
pytyper2··on Why Don't People Use Formal Methods?
Excellent E & O insurance policies.
pytyper2··on Saudi Arabia’s Great Run Seems Headed for Trouble
I agree but my main consideration is as they grow 25-30 yrs older (when compared to their parents) before the kids inherit their parents wealth. We see this in the united states, as the parents of our baby boomers lived until their kids are almost retirement age and consume anything they saved by paying medical bills we have a large break in the amount of wealth that is handed down. Thomas Piketty researched this very idea in 'Capital in the 21st Century'. As an example, the kids of the baby boomers all have to pay for their own college via debt basically because there is no such thing as a family nest-egg anymore. Very few of the middle class families that were started in the 50's 60's have maintained their wealth through their entire lifetimes with enough left over to kick start the next generation. The idea of taking over the proverbial 'family farm' is dead, every generation now has to start from 0 or negative numbers.
pytyper2··on NASA May Decide This Year to Land a Drone on Saturn's Moon Titan
I would personally find more interest in an exploratory pit mine on the moon.
pytyper2··on MongoDB removed from RHEL 8 beta due to license
The only time it was recommended to me was by a new NodeJS developer, I then explained ACID concepts around multiple transactions, they were floored. This was about 4 years ago, maybe mongo has matured?
pytyper2··on MongoDB removed from RHEL 8 beta due to license
Good, Mongo is rarely the right database.
pytyper2··on After GDPR, The New York Times cut off ad exchanges and kept growing ad revenue
This makes sense to me. If you are targeting me, I have told you I like it, and therefore don't need you to tell me about it.
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