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Why not? Zuckerberg is clearly a smart man, and he seems to be as qualified as any one else. Infinitely more qualified than the current occupant of the office. Just because you don…

Does anyone have link to papers about the technology behind Libratus?

By definition, a whistle blower must reveal evidence of the commission of a crime. The term does not extend to "actions by the government that I disagree with" or "things that viol…

If the two options are retraining vs an overhaul of the economic system, I think retraining is much more likely. No one wants to change careers. I certainly don't. But the economic…

Please, name for me one thing that he has successfully distracted the 24 news cycle away from

I don't know why we couldn't have voted on this. Whether it's a good idea or not, trying to impose something so broad on a community of hackers is an exercise in masochism. I agree…

Many algorithms have parameters that have be tweaked, and dreadful nights are common with any machine learning concept. Deep learning is not "better" than other forms of algorithmi…

OP was running for state office, not the local city council. 31% is quite good

Practically this almost never works out. The 10% cluster is using a very small dataset and will produce inferior results. If you train a model based on only 10 people, you're prone…

Right is right and wrong is wrong. You have to stand up for the right thing even if that means telling other people that they are wrong, or even stupid. You don't have to be smug a…

Insane. No politician is calling for a complete elimination of guns. That idea has never been proposed or discussed seriously in any way. I don't think even the fringe of the anti-…

Github! This should be on github

I have a similar list of useful concepts. My goal so far this year was to expose myself to those concepts as often as possible. I made an app for my phone that displays the concept…

I don't think this is true at all. 10,000 people are just going to have more ideas and better individual ideas than 100 experts. The impact of that much creativity and perspective …

That was inartfully worded. Respectable journalism organizations don't invade people's privacy in a way that would lose a lawsuit. Woodward and Bernstein were on Nixon's enemies li…

Thiel is a billionaire, he could destroy many companies out of pure spite. If a startup founder looks at him wrong he could throw millions of dollars at one of their competitors, o…

You're the expert, but I don't see the harm of "maintenance". If Boella was wronged legally, he should be made whole. Whether he uses his own money to make his case doesn't change …

There will be no ceiling effect because real journalists stay within the bounds of the law. Equating a self proclaimed gossip website with real reporting is disingenuous and insult…

Thiel was well within his legal rights. "Both sides are wrong" is a common cop out. False equivalency isn't helping

I recently switched to Google Compute Engine. It's cheaper and so far more reliable than AWS. Might be another option for some people here.

I don't know what Snowden expected. Was the NSA supposed to cancel its multibillion dollar program because it went against a contractor's interpretation of the Constitution? It see…

This happens now, all the time. There isn't a government office of "I need money because my car broke down". Soup kitchens will still give out food and the Salvation Army will stil…

This is a good idea for a product. I guess it's kind of like a super grep

This is very true. But you aren't the Secretary of State. I'm sure there are people at a high enough level at wherever you work now that the normal rules don't apply to them. That'…