reqctomaniac

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by reqctomaniac 10y ago
There is a link in the article - http://www.nber.org/papers/w22635.pdf Seems like they used a PIK number created by the census bureau to track individuals and same address to create parent-child link.
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by reqctomaniac 10y ago
Umm sure you can. G8 -> G7
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by reqctomaniac 10y ago
Two obvious ones: Isaac Asimov (basically everything) and Iain M Banks (the Culture). For me, Asimovs universe was much more rewarding as it raises and explores much more ethical and philosophical questions, but Banks has an alternative vie
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by reqctomaniac 10y ago
Yes, but if your customers have a lot of valuable data in your service, cancelling would make them loose that data. You can technically use this to extort money from your users. Not a viable business plan in the long run, for sure, but ther
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by reqctomaniac 10y ago
Compared to farming, this system uses a lot less water (which is basically free right now) and a lot more electricity (which is more expensive). So you can just imagine it being viable if the cost of those utilities reverses. Could happen i
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by reqctomaniac 10y ago
Thats a very narrow definition. Music is sound we interpret. There is no reason why computers cannot "compose" meaningful to us music. Of course it will probably be by happenchance, but nonetheless. Also computers are good at find
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by reqctomaniac 10y ago
> "Behavior straight out of genes ... is bullshit" > "Behavior is product of ... hard-wired instincts" Congratulations on contradicting yourself in two sentences! Or how do you suppose hard-wired instincts are hard
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by reqctomaniac 10y ago
You have to use your bitcoins someday. Either to buy real currency or real goods. Then you know where the money went TO. Tracing the transactions back (where the money came FROM) is then not a big deal - full history is in the blockchain. S
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by reqctomaniac 10y ago
Sounds great! How do I leave you an email? Not sure if I want to spell it out here =)
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by reqctomaniac 10y ago
He already did - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8ViaskDSeI
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by reqctomaniac 10y ago
Yes, I also got excited when I read that, but "open sourcing" means providing freely accessible information, not consulting. And they dont have any accessible information that I could see. Also I dont have 30 grand or a boat, I wa
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by reqctomaniac 10y ago
We need open source resources on how to build and maintain farms like this. Unfortunately these guys are not sharing yet, at least I couldn't find any detailed information. I'd love to try this myself, but as a complete novice i&#
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by reqctomaniac 11y ago
I believe the op is referring to the debate about wealth creation and distribution, where one could have a view that people in IT-startups like Zuckerberg are not creating wealth, just distributing it. And to distribute, you need to have so
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by reqctomaniac 11y ago
Except in the case of pineapples, it's not because of industrialisation, but because of almost slave-labour and smart tax evasions. http://www.bananalink.org.uk/pineapples-true-price-luxury-fr...
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by reqctomaniac 11y ago
Well, the endangered species are endangered either because 1. human involvement 2. natural selection So I don't see that as a valid argument for not protecting dolphins. It's not really their fault. Also, we consistently overprote
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by reqctomaniac 12y ago
Confluence + word export? For similar price you get reports plus a wiki as well. I've been using that export recently and it works awesome. You need a word template, though, but that can be cheaply had through freelance designers ($20-