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datingscientist

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    Comment #22845387

    What happens if you make cost an inverse ranking factor? Structure your ranking algorithm to allocate a proportionate share of traffic to french news sites, given relevancy to a qu…

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    Comment #22769641

    Hmm... I agree that looks sketchy.

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    Comment #22769611

    Consumer debt will make this harder.

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    Comment #22760317

    I thought a fair amount of the contact work was done by robots, at least for the inner packaged items. The virus apparently doesn't do great on cardboard; you've got a day or so of…

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    Comment #22746274

    For an unsecured lender, this is basically the apocalypse. Let's do the math - numbers are US, but most of the major Western economies are going through some version of this. - 30%…

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    Comment #22744109

    First, thank you for posting. Speaking as a publisher who has spent over $5000 on their platform over the past couple of years, TextBroker offers a very valuable service for people…

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    Comment #22516536

    Kids can catch and transmit the virus to other household members; this was the main path through the community in a few flu models a while back (spread through daycare and the elem…

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    Comment #22516528

    I would LOVE to see a full population test sample... Would be expensive (probably need 5 K - 10 K tests for a significant read, most of which will likely be wasted on "likely healt…

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    Comment #22516519

    Uh... data from this Chinese study suggests that death & recovery take longer than that... I read it as about 30 - 40 days from exposure. Also suggests you've got a critical / pote…

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    Comment #22315760

    Great source of images for blogs, if they are off copyright.

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    Comment #22315737

    Not commuting is huge. That adds about 3 hours a day to my availability, when you consider the prep time and various other incidentals. One way to pitch it to the boss: savings on …

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    Comment #22313903

    Leave the office and come back. But if you look at the total time, it adds up.

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    Comment #22310569

    but... dat time savings! Seriously, I'm in a major metro area and my commute is considered "not bad" by local standards... Working at an office costs me at least three hours a day:…