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miltava

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    I think both are at play here and I don’t know about Musk’s programming skills. But it seems that they had other very good programmers (including levchin). So maybe business succes…

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    How many big fraud cases happened in the US over the last decade? I can think of many of them. Would u say that it’s a cultural thing in the US because of that? So ur statement is …

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    Maybe for most of their acquisitions (but I don’t know). But they do get acquisitions right: YouTube, android, double click, Waze…

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    Is this still a valuable read today (specially taking it into account)? It's been in my reading list for a while now but I'm always postponing :|

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    Comment #44683404

    Pix costs are very low and the fee for the merchant as well. They pay less for it and get the money instantly. That’s why many small merchants only accept pix and some big merchant…

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    It could give cashback if it cost 3% of the transaction. But it’s it’s actually much cheaper. For credit cards you have to pay for the brand, the issuer and the acquirer. And each …

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    Comment #44682326

    Why do you think PIX doesn’t have customer service or security? It’s regulated by the central bank but operated by private companies.

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    Comment #44682313

    It’s more like 3% if you receive the money after 30 data and 10% if you get it in the best day.

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    Comment #44682302

    Yes. But credit cards have high costs for the merchant. Thats why they get to give us cashback. It depends on the country, but the cut rate goes from 1% (in europe) to 3% in Brazil…

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    Im not op and I’m not sure they are using it for money laundering. A money launderer can use a marketplace by creating a seller account and buying from himself. Since he’s the one …

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    Comment #43620817

    That’s true for the moment, specially because you’d need an agreement between both countries. But payment processors in Brazil are already offering “international pix”, that Brazil…

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    Comment #43587398

    Thanks for the recommendation. Have you looked at Bishop’s Deep learning book ( https://www.bishopbook.com/ )? How would you compare both? Thanks again

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    Maybe the book it’s just not for you. It doesn’t mean it’s not for anyone. I understand that deep learning is all in vogue now. But when I was in graduate school, a professor asked…

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    Comment #43499201

    This looks interesting. Does anyone knows how it compares to other learning theory books like foundations of machine learning [1] in terms of depth and approachability? [1] https:/…

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    I think that maybe we underestimate how hard it is to choose the right companies to “kill” when you’re a competitor. The default mode is to say that they won’t go anywhere because …