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whatevorama

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    Comment #14288927

    No the repubs are not nationalistic. If they were they would not have been so eager to sell themselves to the Russians.

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    Comment #14288925

    " It's a big leap to go from nationalism to Nazism." No it's not. Nazi comes from German: Nazionalsozialismus. National socialism. Propaganda peeps love pulling that one.

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    Comment #14019970

    Totally. The problem is that a lot of "AI" discourse makes the automatic assumption that humans want to interact with quote-unquote "machines". Humans want better user experience a…

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    Comment #14019785

    That is what I meant, yes this is the way. Creative and unexpected experiences.

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    Comment #14019770

    I agree, I translated a fiction book and of course in that case that does not work. And it usually sounds bad and there are errors, but most people don't need super exact translati…

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    Comment #14019572

    Good point there is greater opportunity if bots were able to use visuals as opposed to just words.

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    Comment #14019548

    I can tell you I have worked as a translator and it used to be that the hourly rates were respectable. Nowadays you make the same as an admin assistant. Translation is one job that…

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    Comment #14019512

    Geez I guess no one bothered asking users if THEY like chatbots? IMO chatbots are the online equivalent of getting an automated response from a phone line. like calling CVS pharmac…

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    Comment #14019499

    I love dropbox but I ended up on google drive. I happen to have a business email address with them and I got 30G free then updated. Dropbox is better than Google but I was already …

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    Comment #13342444

    I strongly disagree. There is HUGE value in VCs. The top ones are worth it. This is not serious. You can't have random people as shareholders. You'd be inundated with calls constan…

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    Comment #13342238

    I was going to focus on ReactNative my the more I read about the more I realized I am better off native, at least for now. Exactly because I do a lot of animations and I am all abo…

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    Comment #13342159

    1-I am looking to apply to YC and the project fits 2 categories of among the "Request for StartUps" categories [AI and Mass Media], Is this ok if the product touches on these areas…

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    Comment #13250573

    I am the opposite of a Trump supporter but that's going too far. Why? Because I have a hard time believing that there are significant numbers of Trump supporters in the developer c…