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windows_tipson Bulletproofs – Short zero-knowledge arguments of knowledge

The cardboard would need to be at least twice the dimensions. Otherwise it's possible that the book could be seen past the edges.

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>All participants of Google events must abide by the following policy:

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windows_tipson Nissan Admits Internal Emissions-Test Results were Falsified

Were you in the newsroom? How do you know the purpose was to "create a more sensationalist headline" (which wasn't sensationalist).

>First, this is needlessly insulting. Second, it is common knowledge that emissions standards are government regulations (because they are), so titling an article about a car manufacturer about failing emissions standards points _almost everyone_ in the wrong direction.

As insulting as assuming the motivations of an author? I don't think so. Emissions standards are also builder specs. What came first: builder specs, or government specs?

>titling an article about a car manufacturer about failing emissions standards points _almost everyone_ in the wrong direction.

I disagree. The title was factually accurate. The current title is arguably inaccurate now, as I doubt Nissan even used the word 'internal' in their 'admission'.

windows_tipson What industry has the highest revenue per employee?

I meant employee in a general sense. Maybe "worker" is better?

windows_tipson What industry has the highest revenue per employee?

Wouldn't profit per employee per hour make more sense?

windows_tipson The seeming irrationality of a well-tuned emotional system

More like, "It's not going to do you any favors, because you've already done them all yourself."

windows_tipson San Francisco: Where a six-figure salary is 'low income'

Also, ~10% sales tax on many things that you actually spend money on.

windows_tipson Nissan Admits Internal Emissions-Test Results were Falsified

How was the headline not accurate?

Because outspoken HN readers assumed this was something to do with government?

windows_tipson Uber Will Rent Scooters Through Its App in Partnership with Lime

There are often programs to make market goods available to those who may not be able to.

Fresh produce, for example. I haven't seen any governments producing the oldest and most critical good.

windows_tipson Nissan Admits Internal Emissions-Test Results were Falsified

I never said it did. Specs are usually pasted to a car's window.

windows_tipson Nissan Admits Internal Emissions-Test Results were Falsified

Either way it is a crime in most jurisdictions.

For example, in DC there is fraud in the first degree and fraud in the second degree, as well as false promise to future performance: https://code.dccouncil.us/dc/council/code/sections/22-3221.h...

>(a) Fraud in the first degree. — A person commits the offense of fraud in the first degree if that person engages in a scheme or systematic course of conduct with intent to defraud or to obtain property of another by means of a false or fraudulent pretense, representation, or promise and thereby obtains property of another or causes another to lose property.

>(b) Fraud in the second degree. — A person commits the offense of fraud in the second degree if that person engages in a scheme or systematic course of conduct with intent to defraud or to obtain property of another by means of a false or fraudulent pretense, representation, or promise.

>(c) False promise as to future performance. — Fraud may be committed by means of false promise as to future performance which the accused does not intend to perform or knows will not be performed. An intent or knowledge shall not be established by the fact alone that one such promise was not performed.

windows_tipson Nissan Admits Internal Emissions-Test Results were Falsified

The specifics of the test don't really matter regarding selling a vehicle with fraudulent specs.

windows_tipson Nissan Admits Internal Emissions-Test Results were Falsified

Nissan's specs are more strict than whatever Government test, so the Government test is not really relevant.

The bigger point is that Nissan would be committing fraud on its customers by quoting false specs for the products they are selling.

windows_tipson Nissan Admits Internal Emissions-Test Results were Falsified

What's the sensationalism? Nissan was producing out-of-spec cars due to falsified data, no?

windows_tipson Uber Will Rent Scooters Through Its App in Partnership with Lime

It is typical that a market will produce a solution before a government, isn't it?

windows_tipson High-power thermoelectric generator utilises thermal difference of only 5°C

Combustion engines don't rely on heat so much as pressure (can be viewed as the same thing in some models).

There's no need to have "excess" heat in an engine.

windows_tipson High-power thermoelectric generator utilises thermal difference of only 5°C

Is there a 5C difference anywhere in the body? Skin temperature to blood temperature, maybe?

windows_tipson High-power thermoelectric generator utilises thermal difference of only 5°C

Radioactive materials are used in wristwatches.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tritium_radioluminescence

windows_tipson High-power thermoelectric generator utilises thermal difference of only 5°C

Requiring a 10C difference to generate power isn't useful when you only have a 5C difference.

windows_tipson Crypto Coin Tether Defies Logic on Kraken’s Market, Raising Red Flags

seems like that premium would be tiny

windows_tipson Crypto Coin Tether Defies Logic on Kraken’s Market, Raising Red Flags

Why do you think Tether is being generated without backing dollars?

Have you seen their Transparency[0] page?

[0] https://wallet.tether.to/transparency

windows_tipson Crypto Coin Tether Defies Logic on Kraken’s Market, Raising Red Flags

Why would anyone speculate it to be worth more than a $1 though?

windows_tipson Crypto Coin Tether Defies Logic on Kraken’s Market, Raising Red Flags

>It's needed only because Bitcoin "exchanges" are so difficult about wire transferring money out. (With real stockbrokers, cash can be wire transferred out within hours with no nonsense...)

I've sold and 'cashed out' of gdax in the morning and had they money in my credit union account by about noon for no fee.

windows_tipson Crypto Coin Tether Defies Logic on Kraken’s Market, Raising Red Flags

>The Tether company does not offer this service, which is incredible.

How does sending to a Bank Account work, then? Do banks take Tether now?

windows_tipson Crypto Coin Tether Defies Logic on Kraken’s Market, Raising Red Flags

Value of Tether is nominally $1, right? So why would you expect it to significantly deviate from that value?

windows_tipson Facebook’s patents show a commitment to collecting personal information

Seems like it would be possible to do something like: produce a freely available device that you provide some kind of supportive or value-added service for.

windows_tipson OpenAI Five

Depends on the function you're approximating.

windows_tipson The Last of the Tiger Parents

try the web link

windows_tipson Facebook’s patents show a commitment to collecting personal information

Wouldn't Facebook try to create 'AI's that mimic their users so that they can then predict what the 'highest value' advertisement is to show to the user at Facebook's next possible opportunity?