Elessar

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by Elessar 5y ago
Your comment begins with "except", but the content agrees with the GP. GP would like aviation users ("passengers") to not be the ones doing the testing. You state aviation users historically tested -- it's why fligh
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by Elessar 6y ago
Toronto has a history of planning to do something with its waterfront (Port Lands / Quayside etc), and then never enacting those plans due to short-term politics vs actual vision. This is just more of the same. This article is reading
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by Elessar 6y ago
Canadian here, and I'm asking "What's the threat vector they're concerned about?" I see the following listed in the article: * Data Residency - Canada and US (CBSA and Homeland) have plenty of data sharing agreement
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by Elessar 6y ago
Government censorship is significantly more impactful than what companies can do. One makes the rules. The others operate within. It’s best not to equate the two. And yes, HN has a diverse audience and you’ll always find someone celebrating
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by Elessar 8y ago
We're rapidly moving to a point where an official (government) criminal record is not important to folks you want to interact with -- landlords, employers etc. They will instead turn to Google. As such, Google might as well be the offi
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by Elessar 9y ago
Demand (ie. Customers) is easily one of the hardest parts of business. You're suggesting that supply is the cornerstone of a market, but thanks to the Internet, owning supply is nowhere near as important as owning the customers. See: F
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by Elessar 9y ago
Magnetic platters keep advancing as well. I loved this article that Ars did covering WD's latest advancements in MAMR: https://www.anandtech.com/show/11925/western-digital-stuns-s... That said, most of the pr
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by Elessar 10y ago
This is a click-bait headline, as the conclusion of the article is "we'll compare the two prediction methods tomorrow and find out which has done better". I'll go so far to say that the article itself is lacking content,
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by Elessar 10y ago
I'd love to be able to start at higher levels. Depending on your WPM, the first few minutes are somewhat boring... but if you keep grinding for long enough, it's quite challenging. Especially when the capital ships start shooting!
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by Elessar 10y ago
I caught this hint from HN comments, so I thought you might enjoy it. The bookmarklet Kill Sticky Headers restores your ability to read using the space-bar, removes annoying fixed objects etc. Once I started using the bookmarklet, I couldnt
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by Elessar 11y ago
It's not a bad comparison. The question is why is Apple not diving into a "productivity machine" like the Surface. The answer is that the iPad Pro is selling better than the Surface. That is: Apple isn't building the Sur
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by Elessar 11y ago
This 'elusive' property is the idea that taxes are an indirect method of funding the police (as it is re-proportioned via much bureaucracy), while seizures directly fund the policeman's wallet. Obviously the latter is much mo
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by Elessar 11y ago
Don't be baffled. Engineering is driven by business direction, and the creation of an upgrade cycle is beneficial for the entire Android ecosystem. You are not the customer they want.
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by Elessar 11y ago
Have you ever travelled to a foreign country where you don't speak the language? You really need to put yourself in the tourist's shoes. If I booked a tour and the host drove me to a different place to stay, that's all I can
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by Elessar 11y ago
If it makes you feel better to knock the author down a peg, by all means. But don't equate the two. The author built software and expected professional discussion about a business opportunity. Billy attempted to take everything using h
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by Elessar 12y ago
This is a silly article. At no point does it actually manage to prove that the niche features (removable battery, SD card, waterproofing) were important differentiators. The article just declares it so, and assumes you will agree. Evidence
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Blackberry Announces Leap and Slider Smartphones for 2015(betanews.com)
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by Elessar 12y ago
A simple SWIFT transaction (wire payment) is generally enough, though in order for the actual transaction to move, there are confirmation and settlement procedures. All of which depend on the company and bank policies (for example, American
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by Elessar 12y ago
Publishers are a dying species. With infinite shelf-space, online retailers can stock any and all books. They do not need to be curated by some value-added middleman in order to ensure only the likeliest successes will become books. I'
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by Elessar 12y ago
Taxi regulation for safety reasons increases the trust in taxis for people that don't know the area: tourists. Harp about personal freedom and responsibility of the state all you want, but the regulation is for people that don't k
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by Elessar 12y ago
Yeah, this variant forces you to clean up the (mental) heuristic you use you decide how best to combine blocks. With 2048 you could generally muddle your way through provided you ensured high blocks were in some corner. Here, because of the
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by Elessar 13y ago
It's possible I'm mistaken, but all the examples of 'abandonment' you've listed are free. Here, you're paying. It's a business. You've got the same guarantee as you've got with Dropbox.
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by Elessar 13y ago
If you're aware of the feature, it's not a privacy leak. If you aren't, it could be very damaging. It would have been nice if the first time the Calendar parsed and sent emails on behalf of a user, it would ask if this is wha
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by Elessar 13y ago
The reason for this (and the main reason I despise DDG after a month of using them) is that they only show one result per site, regardless of relevance. Stack Overflow being what it is, limiting sites of that kind of quality/focus to a
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by Elessar 13y ago
benjamincburns was referring to a barrel with a tap "somewhere near the bottom". The point being that it's very difficult to get stuff out near the flat bottom of the barrel, especially if you can't move the barrel itself. The other option
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by Elessar 14y ago
Why is everyone jumping to blame Spotify for maliciousness? All I see is that they have a bug where they instantly assume emails = Facebook login. Then they try logging in using that email, and because this user reuses passwords, it works.
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by Elessar 14y ago
The ability to upgrade phones is also in there. The 2 year lock in includes MSRP hardware amortization (at least on my provider), so if you attempt to break the contract, you're paying not only the cost of cancelling the contract, but also
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by Elessar 14y ago
Is this international? I would recommend the service to friends but can't find any list of which retailers are supported from the FAQ or About pages. I suppose I could create an account and trudge deeper but honestly, I can't be arsed to do
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by Elessar 14y ago
It already ended in defeat. Now they're dragging it back up, gaining headlines that make people ask "why doesn't double jeopardy apply", all for what? There might be no evidence of corruption, but this stinks.
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by Elessar 14y ago
More likely they went with it because an Android port already exists.

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