4rgento

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by 4rgento 7y ago
In the future, people will look at these cases and shake their heads in disbelief. I hope the judges do the right thing here. The publishers seem too attached to their licensing schemes. Speech-to-text and text-to-speech are here to stay an
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by 4rgento 7y ago
Well, time to pick up duolingo's Spanish course... When life gives you lemons…
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by 4rgento 7y ago
I really like your comment. As a scientist I'd say that a pragmatic solution (widely used in experimental sciences) is to calibrate your measures. Want to use a yes/no? Fine (maybe 7 stars give better feedback, maybe not). But wha
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by 4rgento 8y ago
My guess is that it uses analytical geometry to compute the equations of the drawn items. This also may includes a mapping to some canonical dimension(size) and orientation(rotations).
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by 4rgento 8y ago
Also gmail is the default android app but I'd guess they have consider that.
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by 4rgento 8y ago
This may be a case of following the data with disregard to the dynamics. 1. In the beginning there was G Mail and there where two camps(roughly): a. Those who made heavy use of e-mail, and where "adapted" to the user interface
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by 4rgento 8y ago
As stated elsewhere in this thread, social media is about collecting your data. This includes what you like, what you hate, what makes you happy, who you love, who you look up to, etc... Now, this can be used to set your(not you but the soc
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by 4rgento 8y ago
As stated elsewhere in this thread, social media is about collecting your data. This includes what you like, what you hate, what makes you happy, who you love, who you look up to, etc... Now, this can be used to set your(not you but the soc
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by 4rgento 8y ago
If the revenue from the money transfers business is 30 billions per year and the cost of electricity is 0.12 U$D per KW/h. Then the cost, in energy terms, of the money transfer business is 250 TW/h in a year. This is a lower bound
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by 4rgento 8y ago
Just another data point, but for me it's the opposite. I drink mate every morning becasue its effect is softer than that of coffee. I only drink coffee when I need extra alertness. Meditation can also increase your hability to be alert
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by 4rgento 8y ago
Obligatory mention to `coq` and `Software foundations`(SF). `coq` is an amazing piece of software. SF makes you start prooving thing right from chapter one. Learn mathematics by doing. After going through the chapters of Logic Foundations I
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by 4rgento 9y ago
I wonder how many different "cultures" do drivers have? People from different localities drive differently. I hope they use drivers from say, NY, LA, and various small towns to teach the AI. People that lives in towns with ~ 10k p
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by 4rgento 12y ago
This article[0]: "The functor design pattern" shows how to identify functors in code. [0] http://www.haskellforall.com/2012/09/the-functor-design-patt...
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Mark imprecise words in HN comments (chrome extension)(github.com)
2 points by 4rgento 12y ago|0 comments
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by 4rgento 13y ago
To add to the point. IMHO this difamation laws are a patch to problem of people beliving blindly what they read. In times where the press was the most popular medium and few voices could be heard these laws had a reason of existence. In mod
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Panspermia's hypothesis still under investigation/undetermined(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by 4rgento 14y ago|0 comments
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by 4rgento 14y ago
This illustrates the way I see the "thing" with expectations: "They come from previos experience(including research as previos experience)". The Zen's mind, begginers' mind books suggets to keep your mind open to all outcomes, despite your
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by 4rgento 14y ago
In the case of clothing, limiting your choices seems just like a patch to the problem. When ever I find myself looking for an especific shirt I try to focus on the real problem: find a shirt. Same for shoping. The more you condition the sol
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by 4rgento 14y ago
I've found this site extremely useful for fitness: http://www.exrx.net/Lists/Directory.html
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by 4rgento 14y ago
I know you are joking, but I don't think this is a bad idea nor an imposible one.
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by 4rgento 14y ago
I think the glucose present in the cerebrospinal fluid is there for a reason. Probably not to power implants. PS: I'm not a doctor.
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by 4rgento 15y ago
To describe electromagnetic waves, or to write a solution to the wave equation, you need to use a system of coordinates. The most common by far is the rectangular system (x,y,z), but there are other ones: cylindrical coordinates, elliptical