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This. You can also get near 98% accuracy with vw and one quadratic interaction over the pixel space. It takes seconds. But that last .8%, forget about ever getting there with infin…

Maybe the assertion that the WaPo is lying is a little bit extreme for some readers. But they do seem to be overstating the case based on the available sources.

> Excited for the unknown and the prospect that he might shake up the establishment. A lot of people say he isn't part of the establishment. The idea that someone who is rich and e…

> I don't live in the US (anymore), so it doesn't really affect me. Nor do I, but this person is the standard bearer for the stable world order that has helped lift many of us out …

This long perspective is hard to ignore. It feels like we are walking the same historical path now. Let's hope things move slowly enough with respect to security that the trading n…

The left has almost no political power. It is also the popular majority. There are more registered democrats in the us than republicans. Clinton is likely to win the popular vote. …

In this case the popular result is very likely the opposite of what you assert. That is, Clinton will probably win the popular vote and lose the presidency. So popular sentiment is…

Is it really sustainable? I guess at this point that's as much a question about the future of world culture as anything. Are we going to continue feeding their machine?

But that message has translated to precisely zero actual change in habit.

Except there is no evidente that anyone would care. They are sharing huge amounts of data on individuals with third parties. People continue to use and pay for the service.

I find it refreshing that they are unsupportive of the Facebook paywall.

To make clinical tests it is necessary to focus on single genes or loci. Whole genome is not controlled enough to meet clinical standards.

It is pretty hard to ignore the fact that they are elected and meant to serve as representatives of the people. SV billionaires: not so much.

Funding open source scientific software is a huge part of what the NIH does! Unfortunately there isn't a requirement that the code developed under grants is released as open source…

> Chan Zuckerberg is specifically aimed at improving equality. Do you really believe this? They are doing so using a private company. The Gates foundation, for all their hubris, ar…

Which ironically means that such people are not uniquely prepared to guide our future. Maybe we could pick selfless but intelligent people as our leaders. Any benefit that this "ex…

I was lucky and avoided running myself into that kind of issue in high school. But I did get stuck with recurrent problems with my lower legs, and I did run through pain. I was hee…

To pick an example, baristas do make a difference in the world. They help in many small ways to build communities. The wave of services that the author rails against do exactly the…

They also seem to be unable to imagine turning off FB. Which would be the first thing I would do and ask my friends and family to do if I were really concerned with their control o…

You can use other messaging services. But the one you use may get bought up. They are fickle. Why isn't there a popular p2p solution to messaging (other than email)?

Maybe they consider it works differently than advertised. The end-to-end encryption cannot be reviewed because the source is closed.

Does enslaving them in a pseudosocial mindcage constitute enfranchisement?

I also know only as much as you, and it seems hilariously weak. Shouldn't it be possible to make a smart contract that dispenses it in accordance to the whims of ETH stakeholders? …

I do not know what you are referring to, but I point out that fiat means "by decree". So US fiat only exists through legislation. When is legislation not ad hoc?

It seems perfectly unambiguous to me. However, ambiguousness may have been an intended affect of the statement.