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Non-ionizing radiation is certainly able to have effects on biological systems, and there is no reason to believe that effects are strictly neutral or positive. Calling these facts…

I'm curious, why not?

>It's not just a question of there being a huge pool of money, you can buy a car with loans and car prices haven't skyrocketed. The obvious difference is that car loans are not Fed…

The Fed is not focused on the stock market. When they improve the status of the economy through monetary policy, they indirectly improve the value of publically listed companies. T…

Hey do you have a link to some more information on your one-shot learning algorithm? Sounds interesting, thanks.

What software do you use to rename PDF files and extract their metadata automatically? I have found this difficult to accomplish, despite trying multiple different tools. PDFs from…

Yes a blog post would be terrific, thanks.

Hi, I'm interested in program execution state and the different ways it can be represented/modelled. The "relational model" you describe sounds very interesting. Do you have a tech…

Are you talking about the yield curve or credit spreads? Either way, as far as I understand they are independent variables to the absolute value of federal fund rate -- what matter…

Hi, would you happen to have any additional information on #3? (links to companies that require these services and/or industry reports)? I am work with technology that might be use…

I think labelling one side of this debate as "pro-science" and the other as not, is disingenuous. Science at its core is about scepticism and degrees of certainty - never about abs…

The thing is, "good for the world" is a subjective notion. In my studies of philosophy I am yet to find any system of ethics that provides an objective and universal definition of …

Just to be clear, most insurance companies have very strict risk management policies and almost exclusively invest capital in government bonds. As you are probably aware, these bon…

Are you suggesting that such a scenario would be worse than the current situation - nVIdia having a monopoly on DL hardware?

I think you'll find that birthrates are negatively correlated with education level, so globally the reverse is happening (with regards to your breeding theory). But more generally,…

I don't see how this study is 'presuming' anything. The results section quite early explores the creation between genetic and non-genetic factors: > To test whether intelligence me…

In which jurisdiction?

Mods, could you please indicate in the title that the validity of this letter has not yet been verified. The attribution in the title: "(The DAO hacker)" assumes that this is an au…

Just out of interest, what was the outcome when your accounts were closed because of Bitcoin? Did you lose any funds?

> It's ironic that Taleb prefers a statistic that ignores extreme examples (i.e. black swans) No that it incorrect on two fronts. 1) MAD does not "ignore" extreme examples, it just…

[1] https://btcvol.info/

> and see your money oscillate 20% per day I get that you're not a fan, but exaggerations don't enhance your argument. Over the last 60 days the XBT/USD pair has an average volatil…

Who would buy coins (or mine) on a unofficial Zcash network? I can't imagine many people would expend resources supporting an unofficial network since one of the major risks of a z…

Ues but not everyone can link Bitcoin addresses to individuals. Bitcoin has poor privacy in theory, but the practice of actually deanonymizing is non-trivial. Also since it is an o…

How do you decide what is right and what is wrong? I don't think a world where you can only act with 'permission' from a certain group pf people is sustainable or enviable. It's su…