Empedocles99

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by Empedocles99 14y ago
Presumably, one of those Ikea items is made of stainless steel, which is an alloy of steel containing ~10-11% chromium. There are a lot of coatings, metals, and metal alloys that are not safe to burn, including Galvanized Steel (Zinc), Stai
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by Empedocles99 14y ago
Mapping down to the millimeter is great, but the conditions on track are continually changing. Weather (rain, sun, track surface temperature, air temperature), debris (dirt, grass, marbles, spectator thrown shoes), rubber being laid down on
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by Empedocles99 14y ago
Maybe not exactly what you meant, but Raptr employs video game players (including a few pro/ex-pro players), and is a social network for video game players.
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by Empedocles99 15y ago
You would only be partially correct. See this report we did at Raptr: http://blog.raptr.com/2011/09/27/zynga-report/ Specifically, ~20% of WOW players also played a Zynga game, and ~30% of XBox players also played a Zynga game.
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by Empedocles99 15y ago
Reminded me of this, a WWII/Cold War missile test site in San Diego: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2008/apr/02/--/
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by Empedocles99 15y ago
"you can get a small 3bdroom house for $300-$350K in a very safe area" I'm curious where that is? In my area, the only house I saw for sale in that price range was a 1 bedroom house literally behind a strip joint.
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by Empedocles99 15y ago
The part you are missing is how do you get such an obviously fraudulent company listed in the first place?
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by Empedocles99 15y ago
A more interesting metric is: # of votes up / (# of times viewed or # of users viewed) (to normalize against changing userbase size)
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by Empedocles99 15y ago
How did this person become a US Citizen if born in the UK? She got citizenship to work a summer job?
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by Empedocles99 15y ago
I'm on my fourth or fifth xbox 360 due to hardware failures. I lost track... that's one reason.
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by Empedocles99 15y ago
I thought the 40-bit keys were used due to cryptographic export restrictions, and not lack of randomness? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/40-bit_encryption Seems to agree with me.
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by Empedocles99 15y ago
Too many times has my computer succumbed to malware in ads (mostly flash and java). Noscript for me.
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by Empedocles99 15y ago
So, they've made it easier for people to launch simple denial of service attacks on hotmail accounts.
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by Empedocles99 15y ago
Are you referring to the "Rothschild" family?
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by Empedocles99 15y ago
Google has billions in cash sitting around, I'm sure if they hired a few thousand people to deal with this problem that some significant strides could be made. This, however, may not be the most prudent use of resources (cash).
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by Empedocles99 15y ago
The phone leaks password data? It tells an attacker that the password contains only numerics?
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by Empedocles99 15y ago
Songkick requires logging in to a facebook account. This site is doing exactly what we're discussing NOT doing.
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by Empedocles99 15y ago
It's pretty common for them to have pre-written obituaries for famous people that are likely to die soon. See: Debate over Britney Spears' Obituary http://articles.sfgate.com/2008-01-22/news/17150316_1_hollyw...
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by Empedocles99 16y ago
Except when they went rally racing in WRC, where they got banned for cheating in a really egregious manner.
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by Empedocles99 16y ago
Premise: a) Many (most?) small software outfits, and software developers don't agree that software should be patentable. b) Some of us would be willing to pay an insurance premium against patent trolls Proposal: Form an organization (or co
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by Empedocles99 16y ago
If you are in the bay area, check out http://www.techshop.ws They have woodworking tools and machines. The most awesome of which are: 2 CNC Routers, and a lathe Also: chop saw, table saw, jigsaw, and some other stuff I don't know about. I
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by Empedocles99 16y ago
Yeah, sometimes your information gets published to the web in unexpected ways. Like the first time I responded via google groups, google snuck my gmail address on the post (without indicating that it would), or how Amazon Web Services publi
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by Empedocles99 16y ago
I'm wondering if the publicity of personal fortunes being made inspired a ransomed attack?
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by Empedocles99 16y ago
Yeah, I really hate those non-digital optical media that all my software is on.
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by Empedocles99 16y ago
How to buy a car: 1) Do research, determine a reasonable price for the car. The cost structure of car dealerships is complicated with incentives, to the buyer and the dealership from the manufacturer (holdbacks, etc.) There are spreadsheets
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by Empedocles99 16y ago
Can't be that good if they need 40 more keyboardists.
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by Empedocles99 16y ago
I think you are misinterpreting. The taxpayers are the investors, and the government is holding these (imaginary after we pay for 300 billion in failed mortgages) profits. The poster wishes these profits by the government, which taxpayers h
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by Empedocles99 16y ago
Keep all lights red. Nobody moves, pretty simple heuristic solves for reducing automobile accidents.
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by Empedocles99 16y ago
How about turning the light on?
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by Empedocles99 16y ago
Registration required?

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