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Re:Yesterday I Was Levi’s Brand President. I Quit So I Could Be Free on Monday February 14, 2022 @02:04PM (#30336622)

Out of curiosity, since you homeschool, why do you want schools to be opened?

Re:My salary as a full-stack developer on Thursday May 13, 2021 @03:16AM (#27139308)

Most contracts where? Contractors I've hired were generally paid by the hour.

I'm based in The Netherlands.

COVID-19 is like packing a year’s worth of risk into a week or two

Posted by jorkro on Thursday March 26, 2020 @03:39PM
from the medium.com dept.

https://medium.com/wintoncentre/how-much-normal-risk-does-covid-represent-4539118e1196

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Re:More bosses give four-day workweek a try on Saturday February 22, 2020 @11:26AM (#22391784)

Most likely not. Contrary to what was being said, 40 hours is still very much the norm in The Netherlands. Some people choose to work less (36 or 32 hours is common), but that obviously also means less income.

Source: I'm from The Netherlands.

Netflix's Reed Hastings Is a Coward

Posted by jorkro on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @02:45PM
from the theoutline.com dept.

https://theoutline.com/post/8277/reed-hastings-netflix-cowards?zd=1&zi=wswskmjl

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Mozilla CEO: The web the world needs can be ours again, if we want it

Posted by jorkro on Wednesday June 05, 2019 @02:47PM
from the blog.mozilla.org dept.

https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2019/06/04/the-web-the-world-needs-can-be-ours-again-if-we-want-it/

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Google Appeals $1.7BN EU AdSense Antitrust Fine

Posted by jorkro on Wednesday June 05, 2019 @02:22PM
from the techcrunch.com dept.

https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/05/google-appeals-1-7bn-eu-adsense-antitrust-fine/

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Netflix Has 175 Days Left to Pull Off a Miracle

Posted by jorkro on Sunday May 26, 2019 @03:32PM
from the forbes.com dept.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/stephenmcbride1/2019/05/21/netflix-has-175-days-left-to-pull-off-a-miracle-or-its-all-over/

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Deep Neural Networks Improve Radiologists' Performance in Breast Cancer Scan

Posted by jorkro on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @03:40PM
from the medium.com dept.

https://medium.com/@jasonphang/deep-neural-networks-improve-radiologists-performance-in-breast-cancer-screening-565eb2bd3c9f

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Elon Musk's OpenAI May Be Biggest Threat to National and International Security

Posted by jorkro on Tuesday March 13, 2018 @04:14PM
from the hackernoon.com dept.

https://hackernoon.com/elon-musks-openai-may-be-the-biggest-threat-to-u-s-national-security-and-international-security-4dd7073fa742

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Estimating Fault Friction from Seismic Signals

Posted by jorkro on Thursday December 14, 2017 @01:47AM
from the arxiv.org dept.

https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.04172

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Facebook’s head of AI wants us to stop using the Terminator to talk about AI

Posted by jorkro on Sunday October 29, 2017 @05:33AM
from the theverge.com dept.

https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/26/16552056/a-intelligence-terminator-facebook-yann-lecun-interview

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Scientists May Have Found Out What Causes Dyslexia

Posted by jorkro on Saturday October 21, 2017 @03:57AM
from the iflscience.com dept.

http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/scientists-found-out-causes-dyslexia/

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No, That Robot Will Not Steal Your Job

Posted by jorkro on Sunday October 08, 2017 @09:49AM
from the nytimes.com dept.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/07/opinion/sunday/no-that-robot-will-not-steal-your-job.html

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Gab Declares War on Google, Files Lawsuit

Posted by jorkro on Monday September 18, 2017 @01:12AM
from the medium.com dept.

https://medium.com/@getongab/gab-declares-war-on-google-files-lawsuit-b8646d5f65cf

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How to Regulate Artificial Intelligence

Posted by jorkro on Sunday September 03, 2017 @05:12AM
from the nytimes.com dept.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/01/opinion/artificial-intelligence-regulations-rules.html

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DreamHost ordered to provide data on anti-Trump website with court oversight

Posted by jorkro on Saturday August 26, 2017 @03:43AM
from the techcrunch.com dept.

https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/24/dreamhost-morin-court-department-of-justice/

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Oracle doesn't want Java EE any more

Posted by jorkro on Saturday August 19, 2017 @04:28PM
from the infoworld.com dept.

http://www.infoworld.com/article/3217347/java/oracle-doesnt-want-java-ee-any-more.html

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Volunteers teach AI to spot slavery sites from satellite images

Posted by jorkro on Thursday August 10, 2017 @04:50PM
from the newscientist.com dept.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2138163-volunteers-teach-ai-to-spot-slavery-sites-from-satellite-images/

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NSA Unlawfully Surveiled Kim Dotcom in New Zealand

Posted by jorkro on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @03:00PM
from the thehill.com dept.

http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/344742-nsa-unlawfully-surveiled-kim-dotcom-in-new-zealand

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This famous roboticist doesn't think Elon Musk understands AI

Posted by jorkro on Thursday July 20, 2017 @01:32AM
from the techcrunch.com dept.

https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/19/this-famous-roboticist-doesnt-think-elon-musk-understands-ai/

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What happens when automation comes for highly paid doctors

Posted by jorkro on Sunday July 16, 2017 @04:10PM
from the money.cnn.com dept.

http://money.cnn.com/2017/07/14/technology/business/radiology-doctors-artificial-intelligence/index.html

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I mean, why not tell everyone our password hashes?

Posted by jorkro on Friday July 14, 2017 @03:36PM
from the theobsidiantower.com dept.

https://theobsidiantower.com/2017/07/12/aef453e9f6c1a6125bcb97cc6a97ec2fde128574.html

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Sixth mass extinction: The era of 'biological annihilation'

Posted by jorkro on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @02:32AM
from the pix11.com dept.

http://pix11.com/2017/07/11/sixth-mass-extinction-the-era-of-biological-annihilation/

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Trump administration restricts popular Russian security software

Posted by jorkro on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @02:28AM
from the politico.com dept.

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/11/trump-russian-security-software-240423

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Tech has become another way for men to oppress women

Posted by jorkro on Sunday July 09, 2017 @02:56AM
from the theguardian.com dept.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jul/07/technology-sexist-society-even-worse-women-potential

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Now It's Easier Than Ever to Steal Someone's Keys

Posted by jorkro on Saturday July 08, 2017 @03:48PM
from the schneier.com dept.

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2017/07/now_its_easier_.html

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Microsoft to reorganize sales and marketing teams

Posted by jorkro on Monday July 03, 2017 @03:32PM
from the businessinsider.com dept.

http://www.businessinsider.com/r-microsoft-to-reorganize-sales-and-marketing-teams-2017-7?international=true&r=US&IR=T

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Fire Travis Kalanick

Posted by jorkro on Thursday June 08, 2017 @01:35AM
from the amp.ft.com dept.

https://amp.ft.com/content/924898b9-34bc-3a15-a67a-788a48e6e706

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I’m Stack Overflow’s COO–Here’s How to Hire (And Keep) Great Developers

Posted by jorkro on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @01:13AM
from the fastcompany.com dept.

https://www.fastcompany.com/40426845/im-stack-overflows-coo-heres-how-to-hire-and-keep-great-developers

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