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constract

When you're a contractor, in IT or other such field, where your current short term contract keeps getting extended, seemingly until the end of time.
Yeah, I'm in a constract with Apple..it's been extended 17 times over the last 3 years.
by schmano and yuoshua March 15, 2017
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Smart Contract

Smart Contracts are a tangible expression of the term 'Code is Law'. By coding prerequisite conditions into an algorithmic contract, one can essentially create a self-executing contract, eliminating the need for a middleman and automating the process of trust.

It is a common feature of blockchain and cryptocurrency protocols.
I tried to scam a customer for his money before the GPS logistics system verified delivery of the goods, but the pesky smart contract prevented me from touching their funds!
by Zenarchism October 17, 2018
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you must construct additional pylons

This is possibly the most annoying phrase in the real-time-strategy game Starcraft.

The basic objective of Starcraft is to make a big army to destroy your opponent, however you have this army-size limit known as 'supply' that can only be increased by building a specific building, and for the alien faction 'protoss', that building is the pylon. So every 2-4 soldiers you build, you most build another pylon to sustain them. If you forget, a voice says "YOU MUST CONSTRUCT ADDITIONAL PYLONS", and at that point, you realise that you can't build any more guys until you send a worker to build the pylon, and then wait for the pylon to finish. Then, 4 soldiers later, you will have to build ANOTHER one.

What makes this phrase especially annoying is how often the guy says it if you forget to build them, because soldiers of the protoss race take up so much supply, and their pylons provide such little supply.
*tries to build a soldier*

"YOU MUST CONSTRUCT ADDITIONAL PYLONS"
by thecell98 January 21, 2015
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Wadsworth Constant

The Wadsworth Constant is the fundamental idea that the true meaning of a video, conversation, or comment approaches importance after approximately 30% of it has been skipped over.
The above definition, for instance, has 180 characters. After applying the Wadsworth Constant, we skip over 52 characters (29%). The definition now reads,
"the true meaning of a video, conversation, or comment approaches importance after approximately 30% of it has been skipped over."
by ShigalHammoud October 2, 2011
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elevator constructor

Bad ass union motherfuckers who always get it up and are the highest skilled trade among all building trades . They build elevators from scratch, They also weld brackets and erect steel rails inside shafts that move tons of weight at high speeds with pure perfection and craftsmanship. They also have great knowledge and skills with electrical work as they wire Many safety devices to keep the public safe they are known as I.U.E.C. !
The person who built the elevator is the elevator constructor.
by Building trades May 23, 2016
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human constructs

Ideas made up and carried out by humans for purpose of clarification, that actually don't exist.
Money is a human construct because it is given value, and without its given value it wouldn't be worth anything.

Human Constructs make up man things...
by Aspekt December 28, 2006
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Karpathy Constant

The Karpathy constant is one of the best learning rates for the popular Adam (deep neural network) optimizer. It is defined as η = 3e-4. The actual symbol for the constant is α_k.
What is the correct learning rate for adam in this case?

Just use the Karpathy constant dude
by WonderingNeuron November 23, 2017
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