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rabidvermin··on Benchmarks in Leipzig
mathematics questions with known answers...

... that are therefore liable to be in the training data?

rabidvermin··on Learn electricity and electronics fundamentals without taking a formal course
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rabidvermin··on In Defense of Bitcoin Maximalism
There's a reason people keep their financial assets in a bank or other such institution, rather than cash under the mattress.
rabidvermin··on What Finally Killed AirPower
That was the case, I think, with old NiCd batteries, but with lithium ion batteries, you maximize battery longevity by keeping it mostly charged, I read recently.
rabidvermin··on “We’re committing Twitter to increase the health and civility of conversation”
I tweeted it.
rabidvermin··on Don’t Know What to Do with Your Life? Seek Bargains (2012)
I would says so. If it's a rare and valuable skill, but is relatively easy to acquire, then people will eventually do exactly that. Perhaps they haven't just yet because word has not gotten out, but it will.

The only way a skill remains rare and valuable, is if the skill is difficult to acquire and master at a high enough level to be useful. All the high paid professions fall under that category. Software engineering is definitely one of them.

rabidvermin··on In Raising the World’s I.Q., the Secret’s in the Salt (2006)
I'll say! If anyone thinks himalayan salt is a source of valuable nutrients like mercury, lead and (radioactive) plutonium, they lack basic scientific literacy.
rabidvermin··on In Raising the World’s I.Q., the Secret’s in the Salt (2006)
wolfram is an element now? Maybe get your health info from somewhere a little more reliable.
rabidvermin··on Old Calculator Web Museum
Fittingly, the design of the web pages looks straight out of a museum itself!
rabidvermin··on Capitalism Is Collapsing and Nothing Is Rising to Replace It
It's been on the verge of collapsing imminently for almost 200 years now.
rabidvermin··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (November 2016)
SEEKING WORK - Remote prefered, Montreal based.

Full stack developer with 15 years experience, specializing in Python and Django (10 years). Also: Javascript, Angular, jQuery, AWS, Big Data, Linux, SQL, perl, PHP

https://ca.linkedin.com/in/gabriel-ross-52234b1b

admin (at) grsites (dot) com

rabidvermin··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (October 2016)
SEEKING WORK - Remote prefered, Montreal based.

Full stack developer with 15 years experience, specializing in Python and Django (10 years). Also: Javascript, Angular, jQuery, AWS, Linux, SQL

https://ca.linkedin.com/in/gabriel-ross-52234b1b

admin (at) grsites (dot) com

rabidvermin··on Exercise Releases Brain-Healthy Protein
Generally, proteins you eat get broken down by the digestive system into their component amino acids. There are some notable exceptions where proteins can apparently get absorbed intact, but generally proteins are broken down upon injestion. Supplementing intra-venously might be the only option.