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mrjoeblack

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    Comment #13522002

    The fact that a random opponent performs better means that simply inverting the output of a bad strategy (assuming that is even possible, in cases where the output is more complex …

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    Comment #13414466

    You've actually made an argument for the FDA, not against it. Otherwise patients with cancer would have to decide between thousands of chemical concoctions which will either kill t…

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    Comment #12275082

    CWDM uses lasers too, the reduced wavelength tolerance simply means that the lasers can be uncooled (reducing the power draw) and that chirp (frequency shift during modulation) doe…

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    Comment #11740638

    500% sounds like a deliberate play with numbers, if the default rates were 2% and 10% respectively, I could choose to call that a 500% difference, or more reasonably, an 8% differe…

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    Comment #11365181

    Close, but dispersion compensation is now very easy to do digitally, and has very little impact on system performance now. As for power, it is actually the opposite, optical system…

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    Comment #11365180

    Close, but dispersion compensation is now very easy to do digitally, and has very little impact on system performance now. As for power, it is actually the opposite, optical system…

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    Comment #10942393

    Except YC does not expect to be criticised when YC companies tank, which many eventually do.