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ikura

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    Comment #46825865

    It looks like you're writing a letter. Would you like help? • Get help with writing the letter • Just type the letter without help [ ] Don't show me this tip again.

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    Comment #38241984

    Moore's law is "the observation that the number of transistors in an integrated circuit doubles about every two years". For a while clock speed was a proxy for that metric, but it'…

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    Comment #37916276

    > So what does it say? It depends on the definition of tenure... if tenure is defined as a closed interval (i.e. defined only for developers who've joined and then left) then it me…

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    Comment #36947014

    Another part of the problem is that companies aren't incentivised to provide parents with the controls they need. Why can't I block an entire channel in YouTube Kids if I know that…

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    Comment #35334832

    Don’t use System Settings to find passwords, open Keychain Access instead, it’s much more direct for searching.

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    Comment #33319351

    From the article: Personally, I think the dichotomy between hypothesis-testing and likelihood-quantification is a false one. The “P=0.05” cutoff we use to “reject” a hypothesis is …

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    Comment #31073411

    Because the bank's relationship with its customers, central banks, and society as a whole, is codified in law and not in code. So if you find a legal loophole that's different from…

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    Comment #29269339

    Just because you personally (or even everyone you personally know) don't want something doesn't mean that no one wants it. It's popular for a reason.

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    Comment #28372121

    I think a Ring Modulator might have some equivalence. Depending on the frequency you set it to the ability to accurately detect the frequency of the input notes can diminish quite …

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    Comment #27899494

    I'm having a hard time parsing your argument. Could you make this concrete, what are your values and what are the values that are irreconcilable with yours?

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    Comment #27899469

    Exactly. And then compare the language used in the Open Letter with the claims they are making. One easy example which seriously undermines the Letter's credibility: Letter Claims:…

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    Comment #27119884

    Seems like a rather strong conclusion to be based on guesswork. “CDC didn’t cite their sources for this figure and I don’t believe it” isn’t as catchy a headline though of course.

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    Comment #27119315

    This is a shoddy article that serves only to undermine efforts to deal effectively with Covid, in return for some clicks and eyeballs. Firstly, the entire premise of the article is…

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    Comment #24729934

    FTA they created an abstraction layer that makes the abstracted simulated environment closely resemble the abstracted real world environment, which increased the transferability of…

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    Comment #23423196

    Woah, I always thought it came from the unix utility's name - but never thought to wonder why the utility was named the way it was!

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    Comment #23272596

    With Skype you're definitely able to receive separate streams from each participant, as I can access them individually via NDI and pipe them into OBS to do live multi-party intervi…

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    Comment #22567740

    I think you're thinking of the movie "Divergent"

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    Comment #14032957

    The difference is you can choose when you wear your ID Badge / ring outside of work hours. The potential to have your location outside of work hours (by having readers secreted in …

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    Comment #8942268

    I have already used it for new projects and was glad I did. Yes there are some teething issues, but the small amount of pain is manageable and the productivity improvements are ver…

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    Comment #8067873

    The 4-part FM synth theme tunes really make it special!

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    Comment #7945128

    Nice idea... Currently it's only legal to share source code libraries though right? Binary swift frameworks would constitute Apple NDA covered software, so unless they're compile w…

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    Comment #7806224

    Have seen a lot of these services, but this is definitely worth checking out. I think Multi-armed bandits are the way to go with optimisation, and just won Startup Asia's hackathon…

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    Comment #6907362

    I tried so many different cures... just couldn't stick to any of them for any length of time.

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    Comment #6888380

    Thanks for your feedback - I'll take a look at how we can improve the copy. The idea is that yes, in general you know who is looking after your child - being able to call the with …