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watermanio

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    Comment #25778850

    This feels especially true when you have access to things like BigQuery ML. It's very easy for an average engineer (like me) to start using ML using these tools, but a lot harder t…

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    Comment #24835376

    My Dad was too cheap for Encarta. We had a shareware version called something like Infopedia. I remember doing a homework project at a friend's house and being quite jealous of the…

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    Comment #24553156

    My last home was built about 5 years ago, and the house builder had fitted fibre ducting to the curb, but when OpenReach turned up they came with a ladder and slung up a copper cab…

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    Comment #19785884

    There are probably simpler ways - for example, if an accident report states there was only one person in the car, it was probably the driver using his phone.

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    Comment #17867251

    > dangerous misinformation Oh come on, making a V sign is not dangerous. Most likely, someone shouts an original insult to you.

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    Comment #15071659

    But you still have to give the Verify companies enough data that a breach of their systems would be very serious. Eg. If the Post Office (an organisation that recently falsely sent…

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    Comment #15071636

    I still can't believe people are happy using Verify. I very reluctantly tried to use it as I don't want to give all my data to any of the companies you listed, and yet it failed to…

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    Comment #14688385

    There was a good article on the vast money charged by these journals in the Guardian last week. Although the publishers business does seem pretty robust, there are at least winds o…

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    Comment #13809872

    On the other hand, if you are lucky enough to work somewhere in the UK that grants options, those options are likely void the moment you leave the company so this entire discussion…