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Starlink is getting daytime data caps

theverge.com
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Anxiety does not cause bad results in exams

economist.com
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Apple has indeed nerfed ANC on the AirPods Max through automatic software update

xda-developers.com
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Edward Snowden granted Russian citizenship

bbc.co.uk
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Argentina Government Intervenes After Country Runs Out of World Cup Stickers

bloomberg.com
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Management Science Replication Project

msreplication.utdallas.edu
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Oracle Database Service for Azure

oracle.com
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UK lawmakers tell Visa and Mastercard to justify fee rises

reuters.com
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Through Recession and a Pandemic, the Book Business Is Thriving in Buenos Aires

nytimes.com
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ralphmelish
·4 jaar geleden·discuss
And has >50% of the votes via special shares. He is basically unaccountable.
ralphmelish
·4 jaar geleden·discuss
The original paper: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/095679762211193...
ralphmelish
·4 jaar geleden·discuss
So your prices are constantly changing? How much do you pay on average for a kW?
ralphmelish
·4 jaar geleden·discuss
That's quite interesting. Prices seem quite cheap compared to what I'm paying right now. Too bad they are not taking new customers.
ralphmelish
·4 jaar geleden·discuss
That's why I asked. Thank you for your detailed explanation.
ralphmelish
·4 jaar geleden·discuss
It doesn't change during they day, it only changes when the government approves price increases. I guess variable means a different thing in the UK. Do you have peak and off-peak prices?
ralphmelish
·4 jaar geleden·discuss
What are the kWh prices in Amsterdam? I'm in London and would need to consume more than 1,700 kw to pay that much (£0.3866 per kWh, £0.3849 standing charge).

Edit: I'm also on a variable contract
ralphmelish
·4 jaar geleden·discuss
The US Census Bureau have been categorising Indians as Asians for more than 20 years. I'm not interested in any racial discussion, just stating how they are classified as.
ralphmelish
·4 jaar geleden·discuss
You are wrong. 'Caucasian' is used to classify white Europeans.

The US Government defines 'Asians' as 'having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam.'[0]

[0] https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/note/US/RHI625221#:~:....
ralphmelish
·4 jaar geleden·discuss
Exactly. People like Hal Varian or Susan Athey contributed nothing. That is why all this companies have Chief Economists and hire Econ PhD on a regular basis...
ralphmelish
·4 jaar geleden·discuss
Get a license for what? I don't really understand the relationship between bureaucracy and buying a book... You can buy anything you like from anywhere in the world, pay your duty online, and have it delivered to your door. I did it a couple of times with DHL, Royal Mail, and never had any issues.
ralphmelish
·4 jaar geleden·discuss
UK doesn't have 18% inflation, that is just a projection from Citigroup [0] (if gas prices continue to grow it will probably get there, like the rest of Europe). Inflation is at 10.1%.

I'm not sure why you say 'low salaries'. Adjusted by cost of living, salaries are not that low [1]. Median (removes those salaries from 'money laundering industries') salary in London is almost £39.7k [2]. Adjust that by cost of living, and it is higher than median income in San Francisco or NYC [3].

Infrastructure is miles better than the US. Public transport, while expensive, works quite well. The US has virtually no public transport whatsoever.

Housing and renting is expensive in every major city, it is not a problem exclusive to the UK.

[0] https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/aug/22/uk-inflatio...

[1] https://neilkakkar.com/salary-calculator-by-city.html

[2] https://www.statista.com/statistics/416139/full-time-annual-...

[3] https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/sanfranciscocit...

Edit: format
ralphmelish
·4 jaar geleden·discuss
The Elements of Statistical Learning is by Hastie et al, not by Goodfellow. Goodfellow wrote Deep Learning. They are both available for free on their websites.
ralphmelish
·4 jaar geleden·discuss
I know they exist, but they are not the norm. They even call them 'international bank accounts' in most cases (I think HSBC calls it that, or Barclays). Most common bank accounts will require proof of address in the respective country. I don't think it is expected to specify all that in the app description.
ralphmelish
·4 jaar geleden·discuss
I've just checked the description in the Play Store and it says 'Open a full UK bank account'. Maybe that is new, but it is pretty clear.
ralphmelish
·4 jaar geleden·discuss
It is not a simple app, it's a bank. Not sure how you expect to open a UK bank account not living in the UK...

Edit: I've just checked the description in the Play Store and it says 'Open a full UK bank account'. Maybe that is new, but it is pretty clear.
ralphmelish
·4 jaar geleden·discuss
I believe he is talking about this thread: https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1450324226129338369?lang=...