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Used to have IB: that broker is no joke. I would see ads on TV of $7 a trade while I was paying their crazy .001 cents per share or whatever their price was. Great paper trading ac…

I think these are closer to aphorisms than "models of thinking". In that sense take them or leave them if the are applicable to your life. I don't read too deeply into stuff like t…

How does this not break sizeof ?

Can't upvote enough. I think these changes could also be made in a way that can be mechanically-translatable. For example: removing the register keyword, always requiring a return …

I think this is useful even for systems (SW stacks) that are much smaller and "knowable": you start by observing, trying small things, observing more, trying different things, obse…

100% agreed. We might have been on the same team. Don't forget Omnipath and Xeon Phi. Prediction: this new discrete graphics card as well.

Define science the usual way, the essence of science is reproducibility: if you can't achieve that you are not practicing science.

Totally bonkers: economists using science to approach "social science" issues. Social sciences should be ashamed that this is not the norm, we should all be startled and surprised …

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Yes that is the physiology barrier that you describe that will be difficult to overcome. The flaw is everyone thinks they will be a better driver than an AI, even though very few a…

I don't get why people are up in arms over this: the average person drives like an I D I O T. A Tesla auto-pilot drives above average. And right now they are driving the worse they…