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"While there is no logical reason to suppose that bitcoin should have the same value as gold, if it did, each bitcoin should be worth approximately $285,000, 45 times the current market price. A…

Sorry to go off topic, but I've been waiting a thread about weird stuff found on gmaps for a long time. Does anyone know what is this geological formation (26.621298, 55.490281) and why it looks …

Does anyone recommend a source akin to “statistical rethinking”, but in Python/pymc/edward? That book’s balance between theory and practice is remarkable, but im no fan of R :/

The problem is that none of your definitions reflect how these terms are read in some academic circles. Which is not saying that you're wrong, I'm just pointing out that probably each person…

I know this may sound like a poor substitute to private corporate space, but I can't praise enough the combination of noise reducing earplugs and active noise cancelling over earphones. This comb…

>He also deliberately does not ground his arguments on definitions after definitions. Isn't that intentional? Words that have no fixed meaning can't be refuted by logic.

Why would professionals support tech that makes their labor less scarce? Unfortunately this change won't come from doctors

A thought just crossed my mind: can you patent rediscovered ancient technology? I mean, prior art and all... (not joking)

This is important to stress. It doesn't make the decision any less oppressive, but framing it as anti-muslim instead of anti-insubordination obscures Beijing's real priorities.

Maybe a hybrid mode, where too many bad rolls bias the dice towards a more "true uniform" - lol - distribution while a series of good rolls just keep it actually fair. Anyway, nice work!

Exactly. When arguing something works you can't just ignore how often it doesn't. Development Economics is not so simple.

I've looking for something like this for years! Thanks!

She does mention it, something like "if you usually study in your bedroom, try recalling in the kitchen" or something like that

Isn't the lower scores for older people just a result of the flynn effect? This doesn't mean a personal drop in "absolute" g, if it's really a thing

I really like this quote: "In this respect, Rand was a merely half-great writer: her villains were real, but her heroes were fake. There is no Galt’s Gulch." - Peter Thiel

People's disregard for privacy and political mobilization[0] are a threat to Free Society. Facebook is just a symptom. [0] I can't blame FB for anything regarding the latter. Quite the oppos…

I don't mean to imply this is some kind of evil monopoly conspiracy, but it is a bit ironic that Google helps websites avoid scraping. Edit for clarification: I'm not even saying it's w…

"The main reason for the vote is the way that travellers from some EU countries are treated by America. While most citizens of EU countries can travel to the United States without a visa, those f…

I second this feeling. Uber may be a terrible company led by terrible people, but they opened the floodgates for a better framework of cab transportation. I hope that sticks (the model, idc about the …

"Advanced statistical modeling Optimize uses Bayesian statistical methods to model the real-world performance of your experiments, giving you more accurate results." Since this is basically …

That seems incredibly relevant to the HN crowd. Maybe someone* could post it as it's own thread? *Not me, I'm not in the U.S. =p

This was precisely what made me click the link.

Paraphrasing Musashi: Respect nuclear fusion power, without relying on it.

> How do you cryptographically sign yourself? Now that's a problem whose solution deserves a unicorn valuation

> Short answer: yes. We are a democratic republic but most people think of us as a direct democracy. Can someone point me out as why Americans differentiate republic from direct democracy? I reckon…

000's, MM, Bn, Tn, - how to spot a banker :) (I interned at an ibank, not criticizing)

I hope I'm not sounding too milton friedman-y here, but even if Uber's business model is dependent on circumventing labor laws to depress wages, in the case it goes under it won't be Ub…

According to the article, mainly: 1 - Government doesn't subsidize homeowners; 2 - Renting rules are reasonable for renters, increasing supply which makes renting affordable. There, saved you a c…

>(E.g. I put down Lean Startup when I realized I was just reading a description of gradient descent in the business domain. Gradient descent only works over very regular fitness landscapes with cle…

>The problem is is getting someone in the driver's seat who understands what Twitter's place (differentiation, offering) is and then getting that driving. Surely, but what cyanbane said w…