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Capt-RogerOver

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    Comment #14864057

    You are not considering the value that very old individuals might contribute (and in fact do so) in many sophisticated societies with language: teaching of younger individuals and …

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    Comment #14811146

    You had an error there about Bitcoin Core (github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin). It supports SegWit: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-core-0141-segwi...

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    Comment #14802918

    This guy is truly a legend. A force of nature. "Windows 2000 Demo It is done in an unusual way: the browser runs a Javascript VM, which runs x86emu, which runs Linux, which runs QE…

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    Comment #14785954

    If you knew the technical details of blockchains, you would not think that. And yes, the process IS much more than wasing massive amounts of energy. > 1) Surely we can come up with…

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    Comment #14752481

    While it is of course going to be slower, "it's not even close" is a judgement claim. The tests you have link talk about 1.6-2-3 times the difference. In a lot of applications the …

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    Comment #14751373

    This is very cool. You can basically even call all Java classes (and the other way around) from that JavaScript! (And reliably limit the classes that can be used if you want to exe…

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    Comment #14742796

    It's already possible with some unofficial libraries.

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    Comment #14694599

    While there is sure some enforceability, like he says, it has to be much harder to do because there is no way these ICOs actually have as much legal text written out and agreed upo…

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    Comment #14676730

    If you can't learn how to use Swing, it means you are a bad programmer. It does not depend on your age. You might not be willing to learn, or have some other reasons, but claiming …

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    Comment #14661855

    I think your experience reflects that basic gist I've gotten from most professionals: ORMs are complicated and convoluted because they provide a solution for a very complicated pro…

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    Comment #14647837

    Where are you getting the information? There absolutely are other visas. The ESTA is just an easier way to do it, and as such, can sometimes be more limited. You can also get norma…

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    Comment #14643597

    He seems to have tried to enter USA using ESTA. ESTA is not a visa, it's a visa-waiver program. It's specifically created as an easier method of entering a country, but as a trade-…

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    Comment #14637647

    "Mechanical Sympathy"/empathy is a very good expression, kudos!

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    Comment #14632234

    The term is "Consensus Reality".

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    Comment #14602483

    It's pretty obvious that a self-driving camera-based software would take advantage of headlights on a car, just like a human does? So it never has to drive in full darkness.

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    Comment #14579827

    While direct support from the creators of TF would be the beste thing, be sure to check out all the addon options, like https://github.com/hughperkins/tf-coriander

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    Comment #14570827

    With all do respect for your personal health choices, that's not science nor "evidence". Just because some culture does something, doesn't mean it's the optimal way of things, espe…

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    Comment #14570737

    There are also tribes that actively drink alcohol or even consume natural opiates all the time. What's your point?

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    Comment #14570727

    Can you link of that evidence? In form of scientific studies (quality ones)? This is not a general "you can't prove your point, you don't have science". I'm actually interested. I …

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    Comment #14526765

    Openface (probably state-of-the-art currently? If I haven't missed anything) uses a 128-dimensional unit hypersphere to represent a face identity. They have likely optimized this, …

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    Comment #14504794

    Based on my life experience it is absolutely true that average people work much less if not in an office or other organized workplace. Many times even by their own accounts. This d…

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    Comment #14494949

    A bit off-topic perhaps, but you misunderstand the purpose of mining (hash calculations). They are not meaningless by any measure. Calculating hashes is required for the network to…

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    Comment #14494923

    Yes well if I were to put my response in a more politically correct manner, it would be something like: a statement "It's generally understood by technology experts that SSLv1 is i…

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    Comment #14494893

    In that case I apologize. I have misunderstood the quote.

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    Comment #14487478

    This is not some general consensus, this is a viewpoint that exists. Among many others. Also this: > Elaborate controls to make sure that currency is not produced in greater number…