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chronic81 | 9 years ago | on: Ask HN: How do you get notified about newest research papers in your field?

In AI, all the important publications are posted on arxiv first. If a paper is sent to a journal before arxiv, it is clear the authors believe their paper is not significant enough to alert the community.

The publishing culture from the life sciences is toxic and will be avoided by the AI community.

chronic81 | 9 years ago | on: Robert Fano has died

I just wanted to chime in and hopefully prevent selection bias (for posting) and say:

Who?

chronic81 | 9 years ago | on: Why Some Cuisines Are More Expensive Than Others

Average can be biased downward due to the large number of "cheap" places.

chronic81 | 9 years ago | on: Show HN: Turn a markdown document into an interactive tutorial

This is absolutely correct. OP unfortunately missed this opportunity. Let's hope other readers don't make this mistake in the future.

chronic81 | 9 years ago | on: A Course in Machine Learning

I was expecting 1 or 2 past discussions. Then I saw 1-2 every year, for the past 3 years.

chronic81 | 9 years ago | on: Tech workers think Silicon Valley and startups are losing their luster

Engineers in the bay can make $1 million or higher, if you know where to look. You will likely never get that in Texas.

chronic81 | 9 years ago | on: What happens when you try to publish a failure to replicate in 2015/2016

http://gitxiv.com is far superior than Codalab. Source: I go to Stanford.

chronic81 | 9 years ago | on: YC set to launch one-year minimum income pilot project to figure out logistics

> your tax increases to fund the basic income program will be a lot more than the $1K you'll receive, so there won't be extra for rent at all.

This will never happen (through government legislation). If it does happen, then the policy will encourage individuals not to work, since the income to work ratio is better if you make less money. This would be a disaster for a country's economic development.

chronic81 | 9 years ago | on: YC set to launch one-year minimum income pilot project to figure out logistics

This is incorrect.

The rent will precisely increase by 1000 Euro. Yes you can compare percentages all you want, but at the end of the day, 1000 Euro basic income is 1000 Euro more for everyone. That will be directly plowed into everyone's (for example) personal rent/housing budget or tolerance, which translates to inflated rental prices.

If I make $15K/month and receive a $1K/month basic income, I'll gladly pay $1K/month more for rent -- just like the guy making $5K/month would. Can you tell me what will happen to rent rates?