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Comment #16268524
Delisting is probably the best case scenario imo. If the dung hits the fan with Tether while many exchanges are based on it, it could be a very bad thing for the entire cryptocurre…
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Comment #16035696
Reminds me of this line from Aesop Rock's song No Regrets. And she stopped- "Lucy, after all this, you're just giving in today??" She said: "I'm not giving in, I'm finished, " and …
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Comment #15998652
I suspect part of the problem with this approach relates to data set construction. Even though models these days should theoretically be able to handle this task, there are clear e…
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Comment #15145706
Lots of assumptions in this comment.
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Comment #15098799
I use it for robotics research, and it's pretty fantastic. A few years ago it was common to see people literally strapping laptops onto robots, but this device is just as powerful …
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Comment #15096970
The best security is like an onion. Let's say something goes wrong/funky and you're concerned an outside actor may have somehow gained access to the "secure" system. Can you trust …
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Comment #14511458
Financial aid is just rebranded price discrimination.
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Comment #13379927
Care to expand on that?
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Comment #13268948
It's a completely ridiculous comment. This policy isn't about "fairness" but rather weight distribution and cost of fuel. Punishing tall people for being born tall and making more …
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Comment #13257787
Your point is generally valid, but it's worth noting that power =/= energy. It is conceivable that at 100 watts of power, a human could use on the order megawatt hours of energy wh…
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Comment #13256030
MIT has a course called 6.035 which might be of use. Unfortunately the ocw page doesn't have lecture videos, but there seem to be some on YouTube if you search for it and the notes…