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squaredot

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    Comment #40049941

    I was about to post that... nice website indeed!

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    Comment #37158649

    I completely agree with you. I point you to this interesting article from which I usually get my arguments https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2021/11/hyd...

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    Comment #37158634

    When the subject arise I usually point at the following interesting article https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2021/11/hyd...

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    Comment #34773303

    > All programs require user documentation, otherwise they are not understandable. Maybe not all types of programs. When I download an App on my smartphone, I never look for the doc…

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    Comment #34182772

    I guess this all problem is almost as complex as people.

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    Comment #34182751

    > Eventually this number will be infinite I would say that by adding finite numbers you never reach infinity. You are not even approaching it, since your are always infinitely far …

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    Comment #34182556

    I quite agree with the author, I can see how the code can contain some logic that is more explanatory than simply expanding the data. I have the impression that often when people d…

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    Comment #34159722

    > Spain will scrap the value-added tax on basic food items for six months Clickbait title.

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    Comment #34149776

    I didn't expect to be surprised by this! After thinking about it, it reminds me that game about reading some color names as fast as possible, where the names are painted with anoth…

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    Comment #34149689

    > Even more effective than manual options, though also more expensive, is the electric toothbrush. After years of studies showing no significant difference between the two, a numbe…

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    Comment #34149582

    Where I live we have a very capillary public transport. The time to get to it and to get from it to the specific place where you have to go, is often the biggest time consuming par…

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    Comment #34149538

    I don't understand very much the appeal of lifetime licenses from the point of view of the seller. If you believe that your product will be good over time, you should only sell tim…

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    Comment #34141575

    I hope that in the future, with autonomous public transportation service more like cabs, we can lessen the impact of cars in cities. Currently I can imagine that it is not always e…

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    Comment #34125761

    I know a lot of people who are passionate about board games, I hang out with a group of board game players from time to time, and I am quite an enthusiast myself. The complaint abo…

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    Comment #33876754

    The truest and most horrible claim made for modern transport is that it “annihilates space.” It does. It annihilates one of the most glorious gifts we have been given. It is a vile…

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    Comment #33857201

    Marrying may make you poorer, but you leave longer (see any life expectancy table).

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    Comment #33857110

    The problem is maybe more when QA doesn't mess with developers, than when it does.

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    Comment #33856557

    Luckily nobody applied this logic when thinking about introducing seatbelts and airbags.

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    Comment #33852542

    I agree, but I still see it as a win: it shows that the government feels like some concessions are needed, even if those are mere signaling (and a morality police 2.0 will replace …

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    Comment #33846344

    Half of me agrees with this, the other half doesn't... I liked too much that game.

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    Comment #33843513

    Yes, you're right.

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    Comment #33836372

    I came to the comment section to look for this comment! Thanks. Maybe the reposting is part of a frequentist study. I'll call it article laundering.

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    Comment #33828873

    As the author mentions, convolutions for signal processing and convolutions for probability are essentially equivalent things in two different contexts. It is interesting that the …

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    Comment #33806344

    It's about marketing, the A/B testing they do, not science.

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    Comment #33806312

    Looking at the speed with which this post goes up the HN page, I would say that Twitter is still very relevant.