MagicPropmaker

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“Black Sim” allows first-responder's cell calls and data to have priority(cnet.com)
1 points by MagicPropmaker 7y ago|0 comments
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A cryptocurrency stealing app found on Google Play was downloaded over 1K times(techcrunch.com)
2 points by MagicPropmaker 7y ago|0 comments
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by MagicPropmaker 7y ago
How do they manage to pinpoint the location in these cases? Do airplanes have accurate "dashcams" combined with the exact location and orientation of the aircraft?
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by MagicPropmaker 7y ago
Yes. I really don't like the Jewish stereotypes at all. (Interestingly, the guy who plays the "Jewish Guy" Howared isn't Jewish, but the actress who plays his non-Jewish girlfriend "Bernadette" is.)
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by MagicPropmaker 7y ago
Jewish law prohibits embalming, too. And tradition calls for a plain casket, usually pine, unlined, and with no metal parts (wooden pegs hold it together.)
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“The Big Bang Theory” Normalized Nerd Culture(newyorker.com)
57 points by MagicPropmaker 7y ago|106 comments
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by MagicPropmaker 7y ago
Similarly Rust is Mozilla's language. If you want a real open Language, use the open source F# or C#.
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by MagicPropmaker 7y ago
Apple claims that their iOS is "Secure By Design". They use that exact phrase. (See https://www.apple.com/business/resources/docs/iOS_Security_O... for example.) Does this mean anything?
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Widespread Sex Discrimination Found in College Scholarship Programs(saveservices.org)
3 points by MagicPropmaker 7y ago|0 comments
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by MagicPropmaker 7y ago
I'm a big fan of "unbalancedparen". He's a great guy; smart and considerate. I think the Industry has invited this sort of bad behavior by rewarding Cry Bullies at conferences. People act enititled and they're not w
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James Holzhauer's Jeopardy Greatness, in Charts(wired.com)
1 points by MagicPropmaker 7y ago|0 comments
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by MagicPropmaker 7y ago
It's exactly the same situation on Windows today. It just works. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4015386/windows-10-...
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by MagicPropmaker 7y ago
Adware is a huge problem on Mac, too. See: https://www.cultofmac.com/415565/how-to-eliminate-the-adware... And no, you don't generally need to install printer drivers on Windows from anyone other than Microsoft vi
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by MagicPropmaker 7y ago
Here's a typical example of a fake Windows Driver site: https://www.drivereasy.com/knowledge/solved-printer-driver-i... People will ignore the giant red warning Windows gives you and install it.
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by MagicPropmaker 7y ago
> Does Windows still not have package repositories like Linux distros do? Installing software from anywhere other than official repos should be an obvious no-no if repos simply existed. Yes, of course. And If you must get the custom soft
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by MagicPropmaker 7y ago
Games https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/mspfe/2012/09/10/how-to-... https://github.com/avdaredevil/SnakeMadNess http://www.twentysidedblog.com/powershell-match-3-g
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by MagicPropmaker 7y ago
Cards are widely available, even new. Their main problem will be getting it running! For example: if there are germanium transistors in it, they often fail, and you can't get modern replacements easily. Every board will need to be chec
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by MagicPropmaker 7y ago
I still see non-tech savvy friends have computers with "adware" installed in their browser. It's usually because they tried to "fix" something themselves, googled, and installed something that was purported to fix t
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Conan O’Brien: Why I Decided to Settle a Lawsuit over Alleged Joke Stealing(variety.com)
13 points by MagicPropmaker 7y ago|0 comments
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by MagicPropmaker 7y ago
I disagree. There are many books on programming in PowerShell and you can call into any .NET library from it, so you can certainly write games.
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by MagicPropmaker 7y ago
Windows ships with PowerShell which is a very capable programming language.
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by MagicPropmaker 7y ago
This was my first thought. While most employees of Google are just normal people who just want to get their work done, there's a vocal minority to whom it's their life. And they are infantatilized by Google. They take the bus to w
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“A company is copyright-claiming every video I have ever made”(twitter.com)
596 points by MagicPropmaker 7y ago|304 comments
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by MagicPropmaker 7y ago
Right! And she laments old obsolete buildings being torn down to make way for apartment projects.
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by MagicPropmaker 7y ago
And a plea not to build and "change the city's character"
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by MagicPropmaker 7y ago
I lean to the right and I'm opposed to school vouchers. We all pay for public schools on the theory that it's a public good. Why should only people with children get to decide where resources go? All taxpayers should get equal say
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by MagicPropmaker 7y ago
Now rich parents can buy a house or rent an apartment in a poor area to game the system. The can live there on paper only.
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by MagicPropmaker 7y ago
The purpose of the SAT is supposed to be to predict if a person would succeed or not at college. I don't see how adding an adversity score will aid in making this prediction.
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by MagicPropmaker 7y ago
Note: > "But is it something about the highly processed nature of these foods itself that drives people to overeat?" It's still _overeating_ that drives weight gain. It's just easier to do with highly processed foods
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by MagicPropmaker 7y ago
I was born in Brooklyn and (seriously) everything north of The Bronx was upstate.

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