thro1237
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Comment · 8 years ago
Thanks -- Is there some software (mostly free) where I can model these strategies and understand the payoffs, etc?
Comment · 8 years ago
Isn't it possible to bring a class action lawsuit? This is precisely the kind of things that a class action suit is a good remedy for.
Comment · 8 years ago
So, there is a no way you could be a regular (non-contractor employee) of a US company if you are living outside the US? How does companies like Github and Stripe, who have a lot of remote employees work?
Comment · 8 years ago
He lost me when he said this:
"Tensorflow: This is the finest Google codebase I ‘ve studied. Great design, very high quality code, and easy to understand how everything fit together."
Tensorflow is the worst code you can learn from a library design perspective.
Comment · 8 years ago
I have tried to read Foucault and could barely understand what he was trying to say. May be most students are quiet because they don't know what to refute :-)
Comment · 8 years ago
Isn't it possible to make all these changes in a server and make it available as a docker container or VM (with minimal customization required for end users?)
Comment · 8 years ago
May be, but there might be enough differences between castes as opposed to within a caste. The control should be as close to the experimental group as possible. Finding a control group from the same caste is inexpensive.
Comment · 8 years ago
Given that people who memorize sanskrit hymns typically come from a single caste (with limited intermarriage between castes), the control should just include the members of that caste (but who don't memorize hymns) - to account for genetic effects. And as another commenter pointed out, this doesn't prove anything about Sanksrit. To prove something like that, the authors should have compared brain sizes with people who memorize other non-sanskrit texts.
Comment · 8 years ago
Here is how you can get a gun in the Iceland[1]:
" all automatic and semi-automatic rifles and most handguns are banned for public use in Iceland.
People who hold a gun license can buy semi-automatic shotguns, bolt-action rifles, single-shot rifles and double-barrel rifles to hunt with but all rifles over 8 millimeters in caliber are banned in Iceland, although with a special permit to hunt large animals abroad, such as elephants or African cape buffalos.
It is also possible to obtain a special collector’s license for handguns and sports associations practicing marksmanship can apply for a license to use small indoor 22 caliber handguns as used in the Olympics.
To obtain a gun license people must attend a course and pass a test at the police station. They also have to pass a medical examination where they are specifically asked about their mental health. The gun license is issued by the respective District Commissioner."
Legal firearms in Finland must be registered and licensed on a per-gun basis[2]
Do you the see the problem? In the US, the second amendment makes it extremely hard to make sure that bad actors (a small percentage of the population) don't get a gun. In the countries you mentioned, they have an effective of preventing this from happening.
[1]http://icelandreview.com/stuff/ask-ir/2011/02/10/what-kind-g... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Finland
Comment · 9 years ago
This is just a renaming of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyothi yojana launched by the same government in 2015, which itself was a renaming of Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) launched by the previous government. Yes, one can rename one's own scheme and get another round of press coverage. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deen_Dayal_Upadhyaya_Gram_Jyot...