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denzil_correa
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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And because they didn’t perfect their chat and video calling app strategy, it’s fine for companies to have unrestricted access to personal data without any oversight.
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XKCD : Is it Worth the Time? https://xkcd.com/1205/
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Show HN : Dropbox [0] It's a rare insight into a first product launch to the world with comments on a focused community. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863 …
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> Apropos of your skepticism, I tried my best to back my claim with a research published by the engineer. The publication is not from a "NASA engineer". Neither does the publication, back…
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> The historical profits reported for some buildings were listed as much as 30% higher than the profits previously reported for the same buildings and same years when the property was part of an ea…
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> Obviously not every can meet that standard and there's no shame in not being the absolute best. There's an interesting implication in your statement. The inherent assumption is that the…
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> The problem I have with studies like this one is that they only measure the effects of getting a stipend during a limited amount of time with a limited amount of people. It's not universal a…
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> My point is that unless it's re-implemented and verified (which obviously it isn't) as part of reviewing the paper, that's not the same at all. Even if it is re-implemented and ver…
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Why exactly? We could also probably require a website to test the application, a mobile app on all platforms and then a native OS apps on all platforms. I apologise for being facetious but writing cod…
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“One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree. ‘Which road do I take?’ she asked. ‘Where do you want to go?’ was his response. ‘I don’t know,’ Alice answered. ‘Then,’ said…
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Then, there’s no need for the app. The government can use the data which it “already has”.
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US Senate Top Secret Committee hearing goes into this (p108). It mentions (1) It is not possible to precisely quantify the effects due to lack of sufficient ground stations to report (2) Defence Intel…
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There should never be a company that runs for an extended period of time without proper financial audits. It is THE job of regulators to ensure appropriate audits. NMC Health IPO'd on 2012 and th…
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> A private investigation revealed it might have understated its debt by $4.5 billion in 2019. Shetty’s financial services firm Finablr, an LSE-listed enterprise that owns the remittance firm UAE E…
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> in academia there is this idea that learning good practices is like a 'dirty' thing that is not required I think you got me wrong. Shipping quality software is not 'dirty' but…
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> Yet it is hard to believe scientists would be the ones who only ship flawless software. The job of a scientist is really not to ship software, that's what a team of engineers would do.
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> Interpretation: Although there is widespread interest regarding the BMJ paper arguing that randomized trials are not necessary for practices of clear benefit, there are few analogies in medicine.…
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You should really read into how Jio got their license and rules were repeatedly bent to favor them. https://caravanmagazine.in/reportage/government-helping-reli... …