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Re:Winners of Close-Up Photographer of the Year on Friday November 13, 2020 @12:23PM (#25084728)
I couldn't decide which one is my favorite. All of them are incredible beautiful.
Interesting concept, I read through the landing page and it reminds me of a modernized motley fool. I like the addition of the mobile app as well. I have always had an interest in investing but have not had the time to dive into the market without wasting my account money. I'll definitely be giving it a try, best of luck to you guys!
We have a universe that expands and expands, and all mass decays away, and in this crazy theory of mine, that remote future becomes the Big Bang of another aeon.

Crazy indeed, but intriguing.

Re:Show HN: Virtual Escape Room – Apocalypse No-Code on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @11:49AM (#23702790)
If you liked "Ready Player One", you will love it! And no spoiler, but the last scene is sublime :D
Re:Hong Kong: UK makes citizenship offer to residents on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @11:47AM (#23702762)
The US needs to join the UK and be vocal in support of the Hong Kong people.
I like this:

The price is trying to go to a level to force companies to keep the oil in the ground. If it has to go negative to incentivize that behavior, then it will.

Re:The United States Doesn’t Have a Gun Problem on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @10:35AM (#20625510)
A balanced reading list which sheds light on both sides of the argument when put together. Would recommend.
Re:Norweigan oil fund on Thursday August 01, 2019 @10:21AM (#20583864)
Perhaps this is why they can afford many government programs that the US simply cannot. Without a prolific income stream comparable to Norwegian oil, the only way to provide more social services is to tax individuals and businesses harder.

Tax any group too heavily and you create brain drain, which hurts in the long run.

> the researchers found they could predict 95 percent of the variation in daytime population among neighborhoods... 95 percent of the variation in nighttime population, 93 percent of the variation in the number of businesses, and 90 percent of the variation in levels of consumer consumption.

This is impressive and their ML algo is only going to keep improving upon itself. Hope this can be implemented beyond China as these type of predictions with accuracy can be very useful indeed.

Potentially, this means that people wanting to go "off the grid" (or who had already done so) can be identified using old photos.

If you have any old photos of yourself anywhere on the internet, or even in your offline gallery, you will be traceable.

Re:Cities: Skylines Is Turing Complete on Tuesday July 16, 2019 @12:39PM (#20451617)
If simulation of an entire universe is possible, there are likely many more simulated universes than there are real ones.

You could say the probability of our universe being a sim is much higher than otherwise.

You could look into building muscle mass. I would avoid eating junk food and drinking beer until you get a belly, for instance.

A bit of both would probably be okay, though.

First, Google doesn't have a monopoly on 'Search'. Competitors provide entirely comparable products and are not that far off from what Google provides. Other industries? Maybe. Search? Not in the slightest.

Second, that is a terrible idea. It would be a fucking crisis if Google's entire index was made public. I don't think the author understands the scope and nature of what Google indexes, as well as the protections Google has implemented.