Ah, the way you describe it makes sense. I'm not familiar with casino rules, and the two articles didn't mention this, so I just thought mucked hands had to be put back into the stack without being looked at by anybody, house included. Thanks.
TFA does not answer how the casino knew the crook had an excellent hand:
"security found his behavior rather strange as he won very easily and, above all, because he folded twice when he had an excellent hand, suggesting he knew the croupier's cards."
How would anybody know what hand he had? I thought cards were only seen by the player, and when a player folds his cards are not exposed.
I may be a bit biased because this is related to the sector I've been working in for the past decade. But what's wrong with machines doing menial, repetitive and sometimes dangerous labor? Do you feel the same for all the office workers with their calculators, books and spreadsheets that have been replaced by ERP systems? Occasionally new technology "replaces" a person's job, but at the same time that technology creates new jobs (not necessarily as many, I concede) as it needs people who develop and maintain it.
There is nothing wrong with wiping floors or being a plumber, both are honest jobs. But that was true for phone operators, too; still, for the better part of the last decades you have been using the telephone system without one.
As long as it is cheaper to produce goods and deliver services at the other side of the globe because of missing (or not respected) labor and environmental laws, automation is not the main cause of people being without jobs in the "industrialized" world.
On his website he describes why he chose this method and place. He wanted to make sure that it did work and did not simply leave him in a vegetative state (hence the firearm), did not cause any harm to other people (5 AM at a police station's parking lot - the coordinates are on his website), and he placed a suicide call to the police before killing himself to make sure that his body would immediately be found by someone professionally trained to handle the situation. I love life way too much to think about suicide, but apparently this gentleman put a lot of thought into it and wanted to make sure he caused the least possible harm.
I love space and tech, and this is certainly a nice thought experiment, but while we are dreaming allow me to go slightly OT for a different bottom line: If we threw everything we had at fixing what's wrong here - where we live - could we make Earth a better place to live for more people in 150 years? Be that through finding safer and more sustainable energy resources, better and more accessible health care, decent living conditions, sane working hours that allow people to spend precious time with family and friends and therefore be productive members of society, solid education regardless of wealth or social status, and, why not, voting a political class that actually represents the people (a problem that is by no means limited to a single nation).
Keywords and bayesian filtering might be helpful. Also, the fact that the post in question contains a high number of links that all point to the same url could ring a bell. Less than favorable lineage, indeed.
In high school - a couple decades ago - our teacher asked each student to think of a sentence, translate it into Latin and speak it out loud in front of the class. The guy next to me came up with: "Penis bonus pax in domus". He passed the test.
Why do I have to waste precious moderation points to downmod this crap? Why can't this be blocked automatically? It's not like it's something completely new and out of the blue.
And there I always thought SOD'sDiamonds and Rust was concise. The extended version clocks in at 5 seconds, with the actual song taking up the first 3, the rest is silence.
I've started this job over a decade ago, occasionally it has provoked some teeth grinding, but overall it's nothing to gnash about - I love it. And the scrap teeth I was given were quite useful for Halloween jokes.
Exactly, either porcelain or acrylic teeth. Right now I'm sitting next to one of several teeth production lines in a customer's plant (writing custom software for the machines).
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Ah, the way you describe it makes sense. I'm not familiar with casino rules, and the two articles didn't mention this, so I just thought mucked hands had to be put back into the stack without being looked at by anybody, house included. Thanks.
TFA does not answer how the casino knew the crook had an excellent hand:
How would anybody know what hand he had? I thought cards were only seen by the player, and when a player folds his cards are not exposed.
Hey now, no need to put the rest of the world in such a bad light!
I may be a bit biased because this is related to the sector I've been working in for the past decade. But what's wrong with machines doing menial, repetitive and sometimes dangerous labor? Do you feel the same for all the office workers with their calculators, books and spreadsheets that have been replaced by ERP systems? Occasionally new technology "replaces" a person's job, but at the same time that technology creates new jobs (not necessarily as many, I concede) as it needs people who develop and maintain it.
There is nothing wrong with wiping floors or being a plumber, both are honest jobs. But that was true for phone operators, too; still, for the better part of the last decades you have been using the telephone system without one.
As long as it is cheaper to produce goods and deliver services at the other side of the globe because of missing (or not respected) labor and environmental laws, automation is not the main cause of people being without jobs in the "industrialized" world.
Some people prefer a lawn chair.
With all those snakes, I'm sure the politicians will fit right in.
Yeah, but what have the snakes done to deserve this? Think of the snakes!
On his website he describes why he chose this method and place. He wanted to make sure that it did work and did not simply leave him in a vegetative state (hence the firearm), did not cause any harm to other people (5 AM at a police station's parking lot - the coordinates are on his website), and he placed a suicide call to the police before killing himself to make sure that his body would immediately be found by someone professionally trained to handle the situation. I love life way too much to think about suicide, but apparently this gentleman put a lot of thought into it and wanted to make sure he caused the least possible harm.
'scopemaker?
Or did I run into a whoosh?
I love space and tech, and this is certainly a nice thought experiment, but while we are dreaming allow me to go slightly OT for a different bottom line: If we threw everything we had at fixing what's wrong here - where we live - could we make Earth a better place to live for more people in 150 years? Be that through finding safer and more sustainable energy resources, better and more accessible health care, decent living conditions, sane working hours that allow people to spend precious time with family and friends and therefore be productive members of society, solid education regardless of wealth or social status, and, why not, voting a political class that actually represents the people (a problem that is by no means limited to a single nation).
Keywords and bayesian filtering might be helpful. Also, the fact that the post in question contains a high number of links that all point to the same url could ring a bell. Less than favorable lineage, indeed.
In high school - a couple decades ago - our teacher asked each student to think of a sentence, translate it into Latin and speak it out loud in front of the class. The guy next to me came up with: "Penis bonus pax in domus". He passed the test.
Why do I have to waste precious moderation points to downmod this crap? Why can't this be blocked automatically? It's not like it's something completely new and out of the blue.
Does it hurt to add a link to the project's website?
Yeah, but he doesn't want to cause his neighbor's wife any trouble.
your body has no structure whatsoever.
That's why we're here on /., isn't it?
I was a resource hogging, battery sucking piece of crap with a lousy interface.
Don't worry, we all went through this phase called adolescence. Work on your interface and keep your head up!
Ma'm/Sir, you made me squirt my breakfast out of my nose. Thanks for bringing an extra ray of light into a rainy monday morning!
And there I always thought SOD's Diamonds and Rust was concise. The extended version clocks in at 5 seconds, with the actual song taking up the first 3, the rest is silence.
Cuba is also like a clown car. It's driven by silly people in circles.
Sounds awfully like G+
She also returned to Cuba in 2004 and has been living there ever since.
Whatever you are taking, please check the dosage.
I've started this job over a decade ago, occasionally it has provoked some teeth grinding, but overall it's nothing to gnash about - I love it. And the scrap teeth I was given were quite useful for Halloween jokes.
Exactly, either porcelain or acrylic teeth. Right now I'm sitting next to one of several teeth production lines in a customer's plant (writing custom software for the machines).
In Europe you have your hands above the table, but in the US you have your hands blow.
What are you doing with your hands below the table? Can't that wait until you're in the privacy of your own room?
When you buy diapers with your beer they know you're on your way to one hell of a bender!