Lukeas14

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by Lukeas14 3y ago
The chances stat is missing that NBA draft picks are not evenly distributed between high schools. Some high schools don't have a basketball team, most don't have teams good enough to produce NBA talent and a few have great basket
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by Lukeas14 3y ago
Yes they've been doing lidar scans throughout central america to detect ancient Mayan pyramids and cities that are hidden under foliage. They've identified thousands of structures but other factors have limited their ability to un
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by Lukeas14 3y ago
That's really only an issue for technical topics. Stack Overflow would obviously be a much better source of quality training data for the kind of questions you presented. But for most things outside of that Reddit is by far the best on
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by Lukeas14 4y ago
Owning a car gives me the freedom to do a ton of things I simply wouldn't be able to do if I relied on public transportation / ubers / rental cars: - Last minute or long term road trips. - Get my 3 kids to 3 different activit
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by Lukeas14 5y ago
> But dollars, euros and yen are backed by nations’ respective treasuries. If someone invents a cryptocurrency, any value is based solely on convincing others it has value. They lost me here. Most countries indeed have currency that is b
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by Lukeas14 5y ago
I agree that we shouldn't accept a lower standard of proof. However, life in prison isn't absolute in the same the death penalty is. There's always a small chance of the evidence changing and the justice system being able to
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by Lukeas14 6y ago
When you're new to a job everyone expects you to ask a million questions and not know what internal acronyms mean (although it would also be nice if they were documented). It'd be suspicious if a new employee didn't ask enou
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by Lukeas14 6y ago
Hi, project creator here. With the huge increase in live virtual events I figured it'd be useful to organize them all in one place. Youtube, Instagram, Twitch and Facebook are full everyday with livestreams hosted by DJs, dance teacher
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by Lukeas14 6y ago
He's not arguing whether or not we should have property rights. The question is which is more important, property rights or human rights. There are times when these rights clash and we as a society have to pick one or the other. For ex
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by Lukeas14 7y ago
That's correct. "The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulati
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by Lukeas14 7y ago
I'm not sure why people even seek insane valuations - maybe VC push them into it or something? I don't know. Because the founders get to keep more ownership of their company. If I take an investment of $100 million at a $1 billi
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by Lukeas14 7y ago
I think genetically engineering animals to be braindead is itself the unethical action. If we're willing to sacrifice efficiency we could emulate what animals go through in the wild. They live a life full of socializing and emotions an
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by Lukeas14 7y ago
I once spent an hour sitting in the SF planning office on Mission and it was the most eye opening experience in regards to the city's building issues. Most of the discussions are done in the open so you can hear the conversations betwe
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by Lukeas14 7y ago
They'll find a way to consume it. But the NBA will probably make much more money through legitimate products in China than if Chinese fans are watching pirated streams over VPN and buying counterfeit, unlicensed jerseys.
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by Lukeas14 7y ago
General opposition to regulation - NN is not a cost regulation as far as I know. It's preventing companies from doing something, not requiring them to do anything extra. Lack of competition, reduces choice - These are the same thing an
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by Lukeas14 7y ago
I think that's the main reason why buying an ad in Cosmo is different from buying a targeted Facebook ad in terms of discrimination. Cosmo might be written with women in mind but anybody can go and buy it. But it's pretty much imp
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by Lukeas14 7y ago
Anyone on a full scholarship at a D1 school already gets a monthly stipend, basically a small salary that covers miscellaneous expenses. It's not much but most student athletes simply don't provide any value to their school beyond
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by Lukeas14 7y ago
The players who have a good change of playing in the NFL likely heavily overlaps the players who will be offered endorsements. 99% of college athletes simply aren't good enough for either and will probably be unaffected by this.
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by Lukeas14 7y ago
The NCAA's main argument against paying college players is completely bogus, which is that there is an uneven playing field between "amateur" and paid players. In reality, some players already claim that advantage by coming f
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by Lukeas14 7y ago
Depth charts in college sports already work to even out the teams. The reason a top QB recruit would go to Notre Dame instead of USC is because USC already has 3 top ranked QBs and you wouldn't get any playing time until your senior ye
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by Lukeas14 7y ago
So we need backdoors to catch a subset of consumers who commit crime. Is there not a subset of corporations that also commit crimes? Are those crimes not important enough for us to investigate using the same tools?
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by Lukeas14 7y ago
Consumer grade GPS actually won't work at 30,000+ feet at speeds the plane would be flying. This is to prevent someone from using the GPS system to steer a ballistic missile.
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by Lukeas14 7y ago
I think that huge investment is going to pay off several times over for whichever company is willing to make it. Canon and Nikon each share almost 50% of this market because their offerings aren't much different from one another. A DSL
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by Lukeas14 7y ago
This is what libraries are great for. Kids will get bored reading a book they're not interested in just like adults would. My son was very picky about what he wanted to read and rarely enjoyed the books that I picked out for him. So ev
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by Lukeas14 7y ago
While it's fun for the kids it's also important for them to get used to and respect trains. I've found that kids who grow up in places where trains aren't as popular don't develop a healthy fear of them. When my son
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by Lukeas14 8y ago
I agree that simply invalidating the patent would have serious repercussions on future safety innovation. But if we decide that it's beneficial enough to require, maybe the government could buy the patent from SawStop for a fair market
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by Lukeas14 8y ago
If you're about to remove the riving knife, or making a cut that may twist the wood you should immediately ask yourself if there's a more appropriate tool to use or way to make the cut. If you continue anyways I'd see that as
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by Lukeas14 8y ago
I think there's a difference between tools used by industry/hobbyists and products used by the general public. People who buy table saws are either professionals or at least have enough of an interest in woodworking to know the ri
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by Lukeas14 8y ago
Some of the cheapest exotic wood you can buy is from estate sales for this reason. The person running the sale can look up model numbers and prices for tools they know nothing about. But even one familiar with hardwoods will have a tough ti

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