devilsavocado

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by devilsavocado 9y ago
Napkin math: For just 1 person to intersect: Each of those 10000 people have a (10000/30000000)/100 % chance to get selected, or .00000033%. Multiply that by a thousand selections = 0.00033% chance. Those selections are refreshed
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by devilsavocado 9y ago
Those terms are used all the time on hn but not usually italicized, but that's fair, I get your point. When you respond twice in a row in a comment chain saying that they are using a logical fallacy, and nothing else, you've done
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by devilsavocado 9y ago
I have no idea why you are italicizing types of logical fallacies. I can't think of a good reason to do that. And just pointing out that you believe they are committing a logical fallacy without any explanation is a very lazy discussio
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by devilsavocado 10y ago
Try out your thought experiment again with a machine that can predict markets with 55% reliability, or 50.1% reliability . This more likely reflects reality. If someone had a machine that could predict the stock markets with 100% reliabili
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by devilsavocado 10y ago
This is a great resource. I'd add Practical Deep Learning for Coders [0] to the video series list. [0] http://course.fast.ai/index.html
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by devilsavocado 10y ago
Thank you, that is a very intuitive explanation. You've probably read Scott Aaronson's Why Philosophers Should Care About Computational Complexity? [0]. This seems like the perfect area to apply a lot of the questions he brings u
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by devilsavocado 10y ago
I haven't had time to read the entire thing, so I've skimmed over lots, but there doesn't seem to be much mention of complexity theory in the way I believe idlewords is talking about. I'm very curious: What happens if th
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by devilsavocado 10y ago
There are still a few countries with wealth taxes[0]. I'm not sure if they work well or not for these countries. Picketty doesn't spend to much time on the subject of existing wealth taxes. He is more focused on a global wealth ta
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by devilsavocado 10y ago
Picketty's book does at least attempt to address this. He proposes a switch from income tax to wealth tax. He shows that most inequality is a result of the growth of existing wealth (most of which was inherited). Taxing wealth instead
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by devilsavocado 10y ago
Picketty definitely does not ignore wealth inequality. Most of his book is devoted to explaining why the return on existing wealth is the most important factor in inequality. He proposes a global tax on wealth, not income, to help combat in
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by devilsavocado 10y ago
For a more in-depth, but still funny and entertaining, explanation of quantum computing check out 'Quantum Computing Since Democritus' by Scott Aaronson, the co-author of this comic.
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by devilsavocado 10y ago
I'm curious if the effects on the brain from running are the same as from meditation [0]. Any long distance runner will tell you that you can definitely get into a meditative-like state. Personally, I've noticed similarities in my
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by devilsavocado 10y ago
What counts as 'proven skill in communication' to you? Other than how they communicate throughout the interview process, I'm not sure how else to test for this.
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by devilsavocado 10y ago
7 Habits of Highly Effective People. It's one of the best selling books of all time for good reason. It's much more than tips and tricks for getting work done.
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by devilsavocado 10y ago
I really wasn't a fan either. I found that the first two sections contained very little useful information/ideas/instructions, and then the third section started talking about muses and angels and it totally lost me. But it&#
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by devilsavocado 10y ago
I was only thinking about keeping communication private. I didn't think about uses like signing libraries. Great example, thanks.
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by devilsavocado 10y ago
People who use PGP keys, can you give examples of your use? I'm genuinely curious. Who are you contacting, or who is contacting you? The author says he only receives 2 encrypted emails a year. Not only do I not have a PGP key, I don&#
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by devilsavocado 10y ago
In what way is Canada homogeneous? I've never heard anyone say that before. I would think it was much less homogeneous than much of the western world, especially the US. I know Toronto is usually called the most diverse city in the wor
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by devilsavocado 10y ago
I wish it was easier to correct mistakes. Most of the time the voice recognition will only get a single word wrong, yet you need to repeat the entire question or instruction. If Siri interprets "how many pounds is 70 kilograms?"
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by devilsavocado 10y ago
You've described the basic merger arbitrage strategy. There are many hedge funds that exclusively do this type of stuff. It's risky though. When a deal doesn't go through you can lose a lot more than 12%
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A solo, non-stop sailing race around the world starts tomorrow: Vendee Globe(vendeeglobe.org)
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by devilsavocado 10y ago
I don't see any statistics in his comment. I actually don't see any supporting info at all. All I see is wild conjecture. If he did go looking for statistics, he would find that the effect he describes is better explained by the e
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by devilsavocado 10y ago
This is a somewhat worrisome comment. It reaches for a lot of conclusions with zero supporting evidence. There is no need to bring up race or ethnicity to describe this effect of scores getting worse. Everything you attribute to being Black
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by devilsavocado 10y ago
Does only one company need to win? I don't think so. 91% of smartphone profits go to Apple! I had no idea it was that high. http://fortune.com/2016/02/14/apple-mobile-profit-2015/ Of course that doe
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by devilsavocado 10y ago
This is my takeaway from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers 2016 internet trends presentation. http://www.kpcb.com/internet-trends Some I agree with, some I think is hyperbole. Snapchat's Ads are effective. More effe
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by devilsavocado 10y ago
Some thoughts from someone who knows music at a pretty high level and can play multiple instruments well. Hopefully these will help you avoid the very common scenario of buying an instrument, picking up a beginners book, playing for a month
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by devilsavocado 10y ago
I don't mean this as criticism, only observation. Maybe you haven't been expressing yourself accurately, but based on what you've written in this thread, it appears you have very, very little empathy. You are trying to give l
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by devilsavocado 10y ago
Can you expand on how having better-than-average knowledge about some crypto currencies allows you to make money investing in them? I doubt you mean that you actually have knowledge of when and how the price is going to change. Are you just
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by devilsavocado 10y ago
Yeah, you're correct there. I'm not sure if that makes it much better though. He was even warned by the interviewee that Bill would not like what he was doing.
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by devilsavocado 10y ago
I've always loved how Bill Murray toys with, and flat out ignores the media. It's funny how the reporter seems to feel entitled to be able to speak with Bill Murray. He makes it out to be a big deal, almost a personal insult and d

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