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Re:Birth Order Effects Exist and Are Strong on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @07:25AM (#16105623)
Found the aggerate survey data:

https://goo.gl/forms/8bmb7dwWyBtS5nDM2

And it is pretty obvious the sample is bias, though take a look to see for yourself and comment if you notice anything too.

Past HN coverage of Differentiable Programming:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10828386

Stating the obvious, this clearly shows man is not the only animal to use fire as a tool.
Re:XPS 13 developer edition 7th generation available on Thursday January 04, 2018 @03:30PM (#16073783)
Did you even look at the graphic I linked to? If so, there’s no need to “go look” at anything, since that graphic very clearly shows there’s not a major difference.
Re:XPS 13 developer edition 7th generation available on Thursday January 04, 2018 @02:50PM (#16073430)
Not seeing a major difference between 3:2 and 16:9 aspect ratio displays, what am I missing?

http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/panasonic-lx100/z-lx10...

Re:XPS 13 developer edition 7th generation available on Thursday January 04, 2018 @02:33PM (#16073317)
Why does the XPS keep putting the camera at the base the screen instead the top of where it is on most laptops?
Re:The Attraction of Complexity on Thursday January 04, 2018 @11:58AM (#16071867)
There’s no singular definition within that document for cognitive complexity, just a bunch of metrics.
Re:Introducing Preemptible GPUs on Thursday January 04, 2018 @11:31AM (#16071600)
Related HN post to your blog post on the benchmarks on CPUs vs. GPUs on Google Compute Engine: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15940724
>> “QUESTION: Look at the two photos below and see if you can figure out which person is real.”

>> “ANSWER: Sorry! This was a trick question. Both images were generated by computers.”

Not really a trick question when even if you know they’re both fake that the only way to be right (confirm you are right) is to be wrong.

On the same note, depends on how you define “scanning” sense they’re clearly scanning.

You can do the same thing they’re doing with a bunch of pinhole, video feed with variation in the lighting, etc.

Re:Engineers Create Stable Plasma Ring in Open Air on Monday January 01, 2018 @09:41AM (#16046195)
Related Wikipedia pages “St. Elmo's fire” [1] and “Ball Lighting” [2]:

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Elmo%27s_fire

[2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_lightning

Re:Ask HN: What was the best CS paper you read in 2017? on Saturday December 30, 2017 @11:24AM (#16035877)
Does anyone have any suggestions on finding CS papers worth reading beyond those papers listed here?
TLDR: Be concise & unemotional.
Re:Guacamole – A clientless remote desktop gateway on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @06:25AM (#15391382)
"Thanks to HTML5" - what specifically in HTML5 enables this?

Analyzing Data from 34,000 Comic Books

Today (Mon, Sep 25 from 7:30 - 8:30pm EDT)RSVP: https://livestream.com/metis/events/7704104Although critical analyses of feminism and sexism in popular entertainment are gaining momentum, the complexity of cultural influences means that discussions often remain qualitative and cannot draw on data-based evidence. Data scientists, however, have the ability to access and analyze digital sources,...

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Re:Deep Learning Research and the Future of AI [video] on Sunday September 24, 2017 @04:21PM (#15326328)
Same video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BrNt38OraE

(YouTube seems to stream the video better)

What is your revenue model? Are there costs to use the platform? Etc.
Re:General and Surprising on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @02:29PM (#15241163)
On the same note, PG's "official" HN account hasn't been active for years:

https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=pg

Following is based on using his Twitter profile as an identifier:

"Donald J. Trump is a spontaneous individual and takes life as it comes. he generally dislikes coloring within the lines and does not stress over the little things but sometimes struggles with procrastination. He is a very dynamic individual who is easily excitable and sensitive. Passionate and impulsive, he wears his emotions on his sleeve. He is slightly emotional and judgmental. He is competitive and challenging as well as frank and believes in speaking his mind. He is a usually thoughtful individual who likes his space. He is extremely positive and optimistic."

SOURCE: https://frrole.ai/deepsense-app/realDonaldTrump

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