DaveMebs

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by DaveMebs 3y ago
They didn’t pull out in WA, they just stopped offering really cheap plans that were easy to cancel. They continued to offer higher-end LTC Insurance.
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by DaveMebs 4y ago
If the manager doesn't support a reasonable amount of vacation time, then there are almost certainly other issues. It is hard for me to fathom the intersection of "good manager" and "doesn't support vacation time&qu
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by DaveMebs 4y ago
You think it is highly unlikely that Facebook/Meta is selling granular user data?
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by DaveMebs 8y ago
Git was developed as an OSS clone of BitKeeper (which was originally provided freely to Linux kernel developers under the agreement that they not develop a clone). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitKeeper
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by DaveMebs 9y ago
Requirements: Live streaming uses Apple’s HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) technology. HLS requires an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with Safari on iOS 7.0 or later, a Mac with Safari 6.0.5 or later on OS X v10.8.5 or later, or a PC with Microsoft E
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by DaveMebs 10y ago
I don't see taxes listed as a line item in the comparison, which is a huge factor. WA State does not have income tax.
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by DaveMebs 10y ago
80% of hops in America come from the Yakima Valley, which is in Eastern Washington. They even have a large hop festival every year. I think this presence influences the beer scene dramatically.
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by DaveMebs 10y ago
If you can establish self-sustaining societies on multiple planets you eliminate humanity's greatest threat - the fact that Earth is a single point of failure.
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by DaveMebs 10y ago
If you take the Ballard Connector to MSFT it is not that bad. 45-60 minutes depending on traffic. With the new 520 work on the Eastside, the carpool lanes are speeding things up dramatically and I expect it's closer to 45 most days (I&
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by DaveMebs 10y ago
But if the DRM solution is implemented through JS code in the browser, it is trivial to pirate. I know DRM is always broken, etc., but at the same time it is hard to take an argument at face value that discounts the security differences bet
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by DaveMebs 10y ago
The legal terms state "A User owning physical media must use VidAngel’s filtering service to permit the streaming of Filtered Video Content to the User’s device." Section 5.2 at https://www.vidangel.com/legal/
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by DaveMebs 11y ago
Please read the article before posting. The author specifically discusses the fact that astronauts show signs of aging more rapidly despite the fact that small doses of radiation can be good for your health.
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by DaveMebs 11y ago
These are site-specific implementation issues, and have nothing to do with the DASH ISO standard.
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by DaveMebs 11y ago
DASH is purely an XML format for describing server-side content. The issues you are describing have nothing to do with DASH and are due to implementation decisions in both the JS player and the underlying MSE object.
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by DaveMebs 12y ago
Just because more words exist, does not mean the authors make use of these words. I think the author would agree that English has more words - he cites the dictionary sizes skewing heavily in favor of English. With that said, I am also surp
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Google gives developers more time to fix security flaws before revealing them(theverge.com)
1 points by DaveMebs 12y ago|0 comments
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by DaveMebs 12y ago
#2 and #3 are explicitly points being addressed by jet.com. Re #2: The entire Jet model is the more you buy the more you save. Taking the baseball example, it's pretty easy to infer when they see you are buying cleats and a glove that
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Microsoft Earnings Release FY14 Q3(microsoft.com)
5 points by DaveMebs 12y ago|0 comments
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The Excuses for Purging Brendan Eich Are the Old Excuses for Firing Gays(slate.com)
84 points by DaveMebs 12y ago|101 comments
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by DaveMebs 13y ago
Please don't spread FUD. I've never tried to find the EULA before, but it appears to be pretty simple. 1) Go to www.microsoft.com 2) Search "windows 8 eula" ( http://search.microsoft.com/en-us/results
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Microsoft offers overseas data storage in response to NSA concerns(theverge.com)
4 points by DaveMebs 13y ago|0 comments
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Former executive in charge of Microsoft Office is taking over Healthcare.gov(theverge.com)
2 points by DaveMebs 13y ago|0 comments
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Predictions About the Web From 1995(slate.com)
1 points by DaveMebs 13y ago|0 comments
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Spelunking for Drugs(slate.com)
3 points by DaveMebs 13y ago|0 comments
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by DaveMebs 13y ago
And if you see multiple requests on your phone, you know it's an attack and you should reject both. The criticism is basically "someone might see a bunch of requests and, not knowing which is theirs, approve them all." If som
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by DaveMebs 14y ago
If you write an HTML/JS, it will always run on all architectures. If you write a .NET/XAML app, by default it will be compiled to a CPU neutral IL that runs on all architectures (you can disable this and target a specific CPU architecture).
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by DaveMebs 14y ago
Why do you consider these to be mutually exclusive forms of input? Just because you can touch a screen doesn't mean that all other forms of input are no longer applicable.
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by DaveMebs 14y ago
Really? What technology is being misunderstood here? As far as I can tell, the AG is mandating that mobile apps include privacy policies detailing how they gather and collect user information. Given the large number of stories about apps se
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Microsoft Prices Surface Tablet Starting at $499(bloomberg.com)
3 points by DaveMebs 14y ago|0 comments
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Hubble Goes to the eXtreme to Assemble Farthest Ever View of the Universe(hubblesite.org)
1 points by DaveMebs 14y ago|0 comments

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