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yamrzou
18,101karma·4,324submissions·June 13, 2018
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> On the other hand, BTC lacks all these attributes. Its value is largely based on common perception of value. The same can be said for gold. Why would being pretty, durable and impossible to manuf…
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Yes, I also came here to check if anyone else noticed.
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In 2020 I watched these two documentary films about animals and quite liked them: - My Octopus Teacher - Dancing with the Birds
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Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It by Chris Voss I read it after seeing it recommended here on HN. It paid off :)
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Previous discussions: 2019 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20167686 2017 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14986324 …
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From [1]: It's a tight interplay of America's long-running Middle East strategy, US public opinion/electoral politics, and a pro-Israel lobbying campaign that is effective. Related to t…
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Not exactly this behaviour, but somehow related: The Shallows by Nicholas Carr. Also this video: https://youtu.be/5B1YXRiN784 For search terms maybe: instant gratification, short term…
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Since I'm being downvoted for what I thought is a common sense answer, here is a more elaborated one: 1. HN is a mostly technical forum, with a technically inclined user base. 2. Statistics show …
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Because last I checked, HN was not pregnant women's favorite forum. You could create a poll if you doubt it, I trust my gut :)
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Not on HN, though.
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Level 21 gets interesting :)
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> To tie this back to AI, it would mean that as long as your models produce racially biased results, they simply aren't ready for deployment or publication . Go find better data until your wo…
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Not really, I was self-taught most of it by reading docs, code on Github, etc.
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I did it two years ago after a couple of years of being a data scientist. I got tired of data cleaning, experimenting, tuning parameters, and managing unrealistic expectations about DS work. Data Scie…
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Hmm, interesting idea. Have you ever heard of Base64? Just curious why you chose to name it 46? And why JSON? There's specific definitions of 46, and JSON, and they don't say anything about …