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gnodar··on Pirate needs 200k video views to avoid being sued
> But the Business Software Alliance (BSA), which represented Microsoft, acknowledged that Jakub could not pay that sum.

If he were to put in reasonable effort into gaining the requisite number of views, and were to fall short of the goal, couldn't the same argument be made that acquiring 200,000 video views is not within his capabilities?

gnodar··on How One 17-Year-Old Coded a #1 App and Got Hired by Facebook
"Exams can be retaken."

Is this sarcasm? I suppose if you fail and have to retake the class, then you can "retake" the exam, but that closes a lot of doors when trying to get in to a good college. And most likely if you're "not dumb", you'll end up with a C on the exam and pass the class with a low grade, rather than outright failing it. In which case you would not be able to retake the exam.

gnodar··on Classeur.io: Re-enjoy writing, with Markdown
Interesting homepage: http://public.enterprisewiki.co/index
gnodar··on The Programs That Become the Programmers
It would perhaps help those of us who know little of machine learning, if you could give specific examples of silly things stated in the article.
gnodar··on Chance discovery casts new light on the origins of polyphonic music
I think it's important to note that this is article references the origin of polyphonic music, as it relates to the western church. Polyphonic music as a whole goes back much further than AD900, and even christianity itself. E.g: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Georgia_%28country%29#...
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