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27,567karma·4,366submissions·November 17, 2011
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"I'd rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are; because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star. I'd rather be a has-been than a might-have-been, by far; for a might have-been has never been, but a has was once an are."
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> The BBC report, citing a UK-based price comparison site, said that 1 gigabyte (GB) of mobile data cost $0.26 in India (£0.20), compared with $12.37 in the US, $6.66 in the UK, and a global averag…
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This was discussed the previous time this topic came up [0, 1, 2]. This is basically OS level integration which enabled users to share Facebook updates without opening Facebook like OS level integrati…
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Ethiopia, Singapore, China, South Korea, Malaysia and Australia have also done the same [0]. [0] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47536502 …
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> but it is difficult to understand why people accept this as fact when the empirical data of systematic isn't all that solid. It would help if you posted the empirical data you refer to.
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Here's one way to read it - I just removed the word "data" to see if it made sense. > "A radical change is coming to science jobs. Similarly, I believe the job of a scientist as…
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> 1. Invite Amazon to NYC for free. 2. Invite Amazon to NYC with subsidies. 3. Do nothing. The options you list mentions no implications and therefore, you'd get responses where each individua…
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> You haven't established that the law would even need to form a "complete" logic, which means it must be able to encode both addition and multiplication. There is little reason to t…
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> Maybe it’s naive, but I’ve often thought law itself should be spelled out in code Any formal system can either be consistent or complete - not both. Therefore, you will always need an oversight t…
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The Recode article in December touched an important point about the name "Clear History" [0] > There’s a reason that Clear History isn’t called “Delete History”: Using the feature will di…
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Brutal doesn't mean disrespectful and the article does dive into this > When it comes to innovation, the candid organization will outperform the nice one every time. The latter confuses polite…
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Well, that statement is essentially a strawman. Even IF Facebook does face competition - it doesn't mean they should be allowed to violate privacy.
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It is important to distinguish between risk and uncertainty. > "Uncertainty must be taken in a sense radically distinct from the familiar notion of Risk, from which it has never been properly …
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> The 50 year olds who complain are the ones that offer no value and have essentially 1 year of experience doing the same thing (badly) for 30 years. Google Settles Age-Bias Lawsuit for Undisclosed…