Chichikov

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by Chichikov 11y ago
This memo is a transparent press release.
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by Chichikov 11y ago
Huh. Cool. I just kind of figured I'd stumble across an answer to that one and here I am. Makes good sense too. Thanks. Hey, here's a question, why does the comment reply link sometimes not render until I refresh the page? Are the
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by Chichikov 12y ago
Apps are a temporary state of affairs (but isn't everything these days?). In a few generations, your phone will be little more than a terminal that connects to your personal virtual machine hosted on Apple/AWS/Google servers.
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by Chichikov 12y ago
I haven't bothered to look at Russians' responses to Uber, but the whole idea must seem strange to any Russian. It has been normal in Russia since the fifties to flag down cars (i.e. everyday, private traffic) on the street and pa
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by Chichikov 12y ago
Came here to point out just this. This article is a great example of convoluted syntax and flagrant wordiness. I mean, come on: >All this had come rushing back because once upon a time, I had lived through it too, in my late, unlamented
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by Chichikov 12y ago
The internet will never be down again (barring the Apocalypse). Human life changed in the nineties in ways that we have not even begun to grasp.
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by Chichikov 12y ago
But there are many examples of goods that are not considered "normal." The state has always regulated such vital goods, usually ensuring supply. The Farm Bill is a perfect example. Housing is another.
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by Chichikov 12y ago
And they don't do it semester after semester, which of course can be a bad thing or a good thing, but if anything surely hones an instructor's understanding of the student body.
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by Chichikov 12y ago
Sorry, did you mean to write "rational rational agents"? If so, why repeat "rational"?
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by Chichikov 12y ago
Apogee...