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FakeRemore

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    Comment #23607069

    I always figured the bartender was just another philosophy or sociology or political science major who couldn't find a better job. Which I'd say is also a relevant modern issue. I …

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    Comment #23599909

    It's more of a trial and error kind of play. It really helps to quick save/quick load a lot to figure out what you can get away with.

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    Comment #23599683

    > really finicky Is it finicky? The stealth system is very basic and based on line-of-sight and sound (for human enemies). As long as you aren't running, it's actually incredibly t…

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    Comment #23576563

    > On the other hand, for us "tech people" it is actually easier to stop using Google and Apple and serve as example for others. Pushing for anti-monopoly legislation needs not be t…

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    Comment #23573729

    Addendum: A slightly different example. Internet Explorer essentially dominated the browser space for nearly forever until Chrome. There are any number of reasons, but the most obv…

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    Comment #23573643

    > Apple wants to own iPhone consumers so that anyone who wants access to that demographic must pay the toll and follow their rules. It's far too much power for one corporation. Nic…

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    Comment #23565965

    There are seedbox services that allow public torrents and don't forward DMCA emails.

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    Comment #23561529

    1) There are plenty of paid apps: https://appfigures.com/top-apps/ios-app-store/united-states/... 2) Taking his argument in good faith, he also means "free" apps with microtransact…

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    Comment #23558059

    The first neural networks appeared in the 50s (with significant limitations), and proper research into them and appropriate funding first started in the 80s. NN's didn't become a t…

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    Comment #23553972

    You do realize you can't just jump straight into "Let's see if this thing can drive a car", right? There's years of research and development that's going to happen before anything …

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    Comment #23551575

    A cursory glance at Japanese culture and values shows me that America has had far less influence on its development than you believe. On the scale of individuality/community, Japan…

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    Comment #23550738

    This is similar to the idea that a number isn't always a number. A number can be categorical, in which case comparison operators don't make any sense. They can be a label or a name…

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    Comment #23550621

    I mean, the whole point of implementing this would be to see what insights can be gained. From the study: > The basic operations of the Assembly Calculus as presented here—projecti…

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    Comment #23550290

    Computational modelling is already something that's fairly widespread for trying to understand the brain. The only novel thing here might be how his model is designed.

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    Comment #23550275

    On the other hand, brain as a computational entity is a theory that's been around for a long time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computational_theory_of_mind > Despite being vigoro…

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    Comment #23550136

    > I thought it was an isolated issue until a saw a few streamers hit the same kind of issue and casually explain they forgot to reboot their switch. Interesting, thanks. I sold my …

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    Comment #23550014

    > Specifically, we use comparisons of maximum-likelihood fit as well as standard deviation analysis and diffusion entropy analysis to show that visual search during language compre…

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    Comment #23540416

    How is that helpful? Go bother somebody else. You obviously don't read many PDF textbooks or you wouldn't be treating me so rudely.

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    Comment #23538924

    > As far as the Facebook team knew, Tails developers were not aware of the flaw, despite removing the affected code. One of the former Facebook employees who worked on this project…

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    Comment #23538821

    Considering the variety of animals that seem to show this behavior, isn't it possible that mammals, specifically humans, are "encoded" with that same random search pattern? I'm not…

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    Comment #23538445

    It does, actually. No ePub I've seen places the images in between text in a satisfying way. PDF's are designed in a certain layout to account for images and keep that design no mat…

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    Comment #23537691

    Germany's the home of the CCC. I'm sure people will be scrutinizing it.

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    Comment #23537678

    > but the stability improvements seemed real. At some point the Switch had to be rebooted every other day No idea what you're talking about. > For QOL the last big update allowing …

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    Comment #23537660

    > So, you could place image in right place in your ePub book in same way as you place images on your website. I've never seen an ePub with images where it looked anywhere as good a…

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    Comment #23537652

    I read a fuckton of papers and non-fiction literature with images. ePub simply isn't useable in these cases. If I'm reading something with no images or graphs or anything, then fin…