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How to hack a car – a quick crash-course(medium.freecodecamp.org)
1 points by Muted 9y ago|0 comments
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by Muted 10y ago
1) What makes a language like Fortran so intimidating? I'm not sure, I would like to know the answer to this. At least for modern Fortran. 2) What makes Fortran so much 'faster' at computation than C? I don't know if the
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by Muted 10y ago
As others have mentioned this is indeed not true and is referred to as the Martingale betting system [0]. In the case of casino games Martingale still has negative EV. Your EV for any round n is (1-q^n)B-q^n(B^n-1) (chance of winning within
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Big Problems Big Thinkers Episode 2: Financial Crisis [video](bloomberg.com)
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by Muted 10y ago
I understand this for products that have product-market fit. But what about products that aren't generating any revenue yet? Wouldn't the fact that someone is willing to pay to develop it further for them indicate demand for the p
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by Muted 10y ago
Paul Graham wrote an essay on this topic which might help you. http://paulgraham.com/startupideas.html
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This plane could cross the Atlantic in 3.5 hours. Why did it fail? [video](youtube.com)
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by Muted 10y ago
Michael has also talked about how to pitch investors in a similar, clear way. [0] It's part of the "how to start a startup" series. [0] https://youtu.be/SHAh6WKBgiE?t=1227
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by Muted 10y ago
I experience the exact same thing. I get an idea for a side project, get really excited about it, think about all the great things it could do, work on it like crazy for a weekend, and then never touch it again. I got to a point where I got
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by Muted 10y ago
Thanks for the feedback! The ErgoDox is indeed one that's on my todo list =), along with the unicomp, ultimate hacking keyboard and a few others.
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by Muted 10y ago
Earlier this year I finally bought a decent keyboard (Kinesis Advantage). While I was searching for what I wanted, I put together a list of keyboards with some features and have just put it online. Hopefully it can help others in search of
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Show HN: Ergohacking, Filter for ergonomic hacking keyboards(ergohacking.com)
13 points by Muted 10y ago|7 comments
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by Muted 10y ago
If you are interested in learning the basics of Machine Learning I really recommend Andrew Ng's course on Coursera[0]. It starts off very basic and requires almost no prior knowledge other than some linear algebra. It evolves to more a
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by Muted 10y ago
I saw my dad looking at charts one day and asked him what he was doing. He explained some stuff and the idea of owning part of a business really appealed to me. I could sit behind a pc, own part of a business, and make money doing it, what
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by Muted 10y ago
NPV = SUM_t Rt/(1+i)^t (wikipedia). This is similar to your formula. If Rt=constant for all t and t is infinite (hence in perpetuity), the formula simplifies to what I have. More info can also be found here: http://www.inves
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by Muted 10y ago
Warren Buffett has also talked about this in numerous interviews. He says that it really depends on what interest rates will do in the future that will determine whether stock prices are currently high. If they stay the way they are now for
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by Muted 10y ago
I'm actually surprised how small and how few donations there are from big companies. Especially since donations to openssh (and libressl) also seem to go through the openbsd foundation. IIRC Facebook and stripe are each giving $50k&#x2
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by Muted 10y ago
I agree that would be cool! I actually worked on the earlier version of that as my master's thesis[1]. I think it would be cool to do this in a less controlled environment where the track isn't necessarily preprogrammed. (Currentl
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The Education of Andy Grove (2005)(fortune.com)
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by Muted 11y ago
I lived in Zürich for a year and remember seeing an ad on the train for work at a grocery store that paid 4k CHF ($3910) per month. The college I was attending paid 35CHF ($34) an hour to students who did work for their department. Just to
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by Muted 11y ago
Though I haven't used it in the last few months, Fortran (2003) is my language of choice for math related stuff. I used it for the first time about 5 years ago and haven't found a single reason why I'd use C/C++ instead.
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Solar power Buffett VS Musk(bloomberg.com)
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by Muted 11y ago
I'm also confused about this. I don't understand what is wrong with Fortran. In school we learned Fortran 2003 for numeric simulations etc. For my master thesis I programmed in C and there were a lot of things in C that I missed f
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by Muted 11y ago
Here are some books Buffett has recommended, I'm sure there are tons of other books, these are just the ones that have stuck with me. Investing: 1) The Intelligent Investor - Benjamin Graham 2) Security Analysis - Benjamin Graham 3) Co
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by Muted 11y ago
Well I can't help you on what's financially the best choice (I'm not in the US). But I might be able to give some suggestions on how to live based on my experience. First off, don't care about other people. There is no r
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by Muted 12y ago
Yes, but as far as I know you can't buy indexs directly. You need to buy them via an ETF or fund that tracks a certain index. For instance the ticker VOO and VUSA are Vanguard's ETF's that track the s&p 500 in respectivel
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by Muted 12y ago
Well it depends very much on what kind of trader/investor you are. If you are an active trader you want something with a very low cost per trade while a monthly fee is not such a big deal. Interactive Brokers (IB) immediately comes to