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by copenja 9mo ago
Most deathbed advice I've encountered resolves around wishing they had accomplished less and focused more on friends/family. For me at least, it is a good reminder. YMMV.
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by copenja 3y ago
Shannon published a paper on Chess AI, just give it a quick google.
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by copenja 4y ago
Was he not a US Senator?
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by copenja 4y ago
I'm not the parent post and I have not tried autopilot, but I do have a question. Does autopilot make you orders of magnitude more productive?
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by copenja 4y ago
The reason people find the 'zero inflation' headlines misleading are mainly for three reasons: 1) Aggregate month-to-month inflation metrics were flat/low due to gas prices falling, but many important categories were still qu
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by copenja 4y ago
I don't think the stimulus being one of the drivers of inflation is an 'extremist fringe theory' at all. I thought the consensus was it was one of many factors, and the exact contribution of the different factors (stimulus, s
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by copenja 5y ago
I thought flip once rule was to encourage keeping the lid closed so the temperature stays even. Everytime u open the lid, all the hot air is released and the grill takes time to reach steady temp. Still... I've done both ways and they
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by copenja 5y ago
So are we saying that cognitive ability CAN be accurately measured with a test? I've seen people repeatedly claim IQ like tests were invalid.
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by copenja 5y ago
Check out 'Exhibit 4' in report linked from the article: https://archive.md/DRUiI . It shows that in the USA "net worth relative to nominal GDP" is actually pretty stable. The US has the lowest multiple o
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by copenja 5y ago
The human mind requires practice to retain skill and proficiency. Period. People who were solid engineers and later become executives, 20 years down the line many say they no longer can code. I've seen this many times. Where are you ge
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by copenja 5y ago
According to this article[1], large investment companies accounted to 16.1% of all single family home sales in the US in Q2. I'm not an analyst. But, I would think that would be plenty of extra demand to influence the price?
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by copenja 5y ago
FYI, what was reported was that Facebook was previously weighting all emoji reactions at 5 times the like button, but not specifically the angry reaction. By the end of last year, they changed it so the angry reaction specifically gets a ze
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by copenja 5y ago
Epic pays pretty well. I've seen senior developers getting 350k plus total comp, so it's not horrible.
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by copenja 6y ago
It's fair to say that NYC was stretched to the limit, and certainly stretched farther than anyone would want, but it is hard to make a claim that hospitals were overwhelmed anywhere like predicted. New York hospitalizations peaked at 1
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by copenja 6y ago
In the article he implies these are people who are not working, not commuting, and not travelling. Here are some quotes from the article: "He said the information shows that those who are hospitalized are predominantly from the downsta
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by copenja 6y ago
These are interesting references thanks. The Commerce Clause seems to specifically give the federal government control over people ENTERING the country and people CROSSING state lines, but doesn't seem to address the federal government
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by copenja 6y ago
The idea is that the economic effects will have ripples. Google depends on advertising dollars right? Do you think Disney is spending the same cash advertising Disney hotels right now? It's a ripple effect. Movie theaters, bars, golf c
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by copenja 7y ago
Honest question here. How would they continue to operate post-bankruptcy if they cannot pay their employees? Or why would they?
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by copenja 7y ago
Won't forcing property taxes up just force lower income owners to move? You buy a home in a poor neighborhood. Twenty years later the value quadruples... and now the cost of living skyrocket? Also, would make retiring tricky.
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by copenja 7y ago
In Lone Echo, a VR game, you can grab any and all surfaces with your hands.
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by copenja 7y ago
Hearthstone apparently has 100 million users, and at some points was banking about 40 million a month.
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by copenja 7y ago
Most employer sponsored healthcare plans in the US have a maximum out of pocket the patient can be charged per year. The average cost for someone with cancer and an employer sponsored plan in the US is around $6000 per year. That's $50
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by copenja 7y ago
Right, but what can easily happen is you show gameplay footage at E3 with good intentions, then the game changes. Maybe, things change because the mechanics proved to hard to learn. Maybe, things change because to fit X number of characters
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by copenja 8y ago
Over 40 percent of Americans don't pay ANY Federal income tax. So, by natural law, doesn't any tax cut not benefit them? This includes most of the countries poorest citizens.
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by copenja 8y ago
Where do you work?
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by copenja 8y ago
That's an interesting question. Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme is estimated to have lost clients $65 billion. The Bitcoin market cap is nearly double at $107 billion. But Bernie Madoff's $65 billion is all real dollars paid into the
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by copenja 8y ago
Canada
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by copenja 9y ago
So, you are under the impression your connections gave you these opportunities out of friendship, not because they thought you were great for the job?
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by copenja 9y ago
For what it's worth, almost all McDonald's are franchises. If you buy a breakfast sandwich there, the money likely goes to a local owner.
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by copenja 9y ago
Do you feel that the value of Steve Jobs is underappreciated? In the mainstream media he has received perhaps more attention and praise than anyone else in the computer industry. He is widely considered to be a genius and given nearly sole

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