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wierd0

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    Comment #17573936

    Some are more sensitive to chlorine than others. I have astma and feel awful after having been in a pool.

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    Comment #17564363

    Scientists consulted when creating the tv show Blue Planet II seems to disagree. According to them we are in fact in the midst of an extinction.

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    Comment #17564067

    Geeks make it go around yo.

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    Comment #17544173

    A war on GDPR sounds kind of trite though.

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    Ask HN: Is there utility in NLP today?

    Given today's state-of-the-art in NLP, is it possible to semantically analyze the GDPR corpus in order to create a human-readable decision-tree that would give businesses a way of …

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    Comment #17512955

    >>it seems/should GDPR, I'm hoping that I don't have to bother my users with a "do you consent to" popup when the only thing I want to do is to log server-side the API calls so tha…

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    Comment #17475027

    I look at the map then take a sip of whiskey. Map, whiskey. Then I suck the last of the whiskey from the ice cubes while cracking open another bottle. Map, whiskey. Day dream a lit…

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    Comment #17381664

    Our ancestor's sleep might not have been optimal due to the fact we had other things to care about, like shelter. But that does not imply there is nothing to gain from feeling perf…

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    Comment #17381365

    What would be wrong with such a world?

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    Comment #17304429

    > So a cookie only knows the website that referred me? Not really. Instead, each time you return to a site that has set a cookie on your computer, that cookie is included in the re…

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    Comment #17294007

    > What is the cardinality of the powerset of the naturals? That question is better than almost every other question!

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    Comment #17225361

    I used to be able to execute programs through the start menu. Can't do that anymore. I used to go: press start btn --> type "utor" --> press enter --> uTorrent.exe executes. Why wo…

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    Comment #17221616

    It's good that there is such an alternative as GitLab, because there is a slight but still not unsignificant risk that MS will not do the right thing. I think they will though sinc…

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    Comment #17160265

    All of a sudden HN has divided into EU vs US on basic human rights? This seems odd. I don't think you guys really think there is anything wrong with GDPR, not in its implementation…

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    Comment #17160169

    USA, land of the free to do anything I want to get rich.

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    Comment #17134149

    > Facebook groups are super useful because [...] I guess our visions aren't aligned then. Anyone into the sport of making money would agree that SEO is a good thing but the way you…

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    Comment #17133412

    It's probably a retorical tool but not used to trick you into doing something you didn't want to do in the first place but instead used to asure you that all the "ordinary" remedie…

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    Comment #17133116

    So, correct me if I'm wrong, you are saying that - opinions are never the equivalent of spreading FUD - classifying an opinion as FUD is a slippery slope that will lead to an Orwel…

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    Comment #17132772

    What you are doing in this thread is the definition of spreading fear, uncertainty and doubt around the institution called "EU". I'm personally not against you doing just that. I'm…

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    Comment #17132671

    > Do you honestly believe that the average citizen wants highly paid bureaucrats in Brussels debating on how much power a vacuum cleaner should draw? I certainly do. Wait, there is…

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    Comment #17132567

    I know, isn't the future great? To read a web page, just enter an url in chrome, once it has loaded go ahead and click "yes you may track me" then finally "reader mode" and the wor…