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randomvectors

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    There is so much variation from company to company within each of those titles that the distinction between them basically doesn't exist. So if you particularly care about the titl…

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    Comment #20299519

    It's unlikely they will move out of the market which gives them the most recognition as a brand and accounts for a disproportionately high % of their revenue.

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    Comment #20285535

    I use Blank New Tab Page on Chrome - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/blank-new-tab-page... Originally I got it because I noticed that seeing the same few sites on the new…

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    Comment #20284225

    Is there any conclusive evidence for this?

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    Comment #20284046

    Over the last day since you wrote this I opened an account with Tandem, had to start a savings account with them even though I wasn't interested in it, applied for the cashback car…

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    Comment #20272673

    Revolut isn't just a prepaid card. What they offer is very similar to Monzo, even if they started out differently. That's why they're competing with each other and it's fair to com…

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    Comment #20272365

    Yep, that's a massive positive that I forgot to mention. In that space they're competing with Revolut rather than the traditional banks. Many people's setup will be traditional ban…

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    Comment #20272340

    > Can you top up your HSBC account with a credit card from another bank? A Monzo account is just another bank account. That's a good point. But with the low exchange rate and a mod…

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    Comment #20272228

    This is where they actually bring value right? - Delivering a good banking product outside of the UK. Because as a UK customer I see no reason to switch after trying Monzo for a co…

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    > Programmers who write code like this should not be allowed to practice. This is really misplacing the responsibility and shows a lack of understanding about what is actually happ…

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    Comment #20264023

    Yep, you're right, I misunderstood.

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    Comment #20262504

    > My disagreement is towards the wording of the part where one may assume a memory is being forever altered or modified and I don’t think that’s how our brains handles storage. The…

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    Comment #20262465

    > The brain doesn't know to overlap memories by some hidden timestamp of oh these both happened at the same time! It kind of does. Each time you recollect something you change the …

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    Comment #20262081

    Any reasons for this? Not knowing too much about the space, I would say the exact opposite - consumer desktop apps are less and less likely to succeed while enterprise and industry…

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    Comment #20258294

    What would you like to see in the better version of Python?

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    Comment #20254553

    I don't think that OP is comparing Rust and Go. Just pointing out how with Go there is a list of points of criticism that are frequently brought up, and he's asking if there are pa…

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    Comment #20245368

    Khan Academy has content all the way up to multivariable calculus and differential equations. And for more advanced material than that you'll need textbooks anyway.

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    Comment #20244774

    Kudos to you. Speaking as someone who has taken their eyesight for granted, it's absolutely incredible that anyone can do this at all.