SocratesV

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by SocratesV 5y ago
This. Externalities need to become accounted for when we want to completely evaluate the cost of an activity. Just because those companies or us as individuals don't need to pay for the future damage, doesn't mean that cost doesn&
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by SocratesV 7y ago
This whole thread by Dr. Sarah Taber is quite interesting on how it's all about the context when it comes to growing meat vs. growing crops. https://twitter.com/SarahTaber_bww/status/100636377572388864... She
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by SocratesV 8y ago
So where does this leave sticker albums (Panini, etc) or any other collectable that does not serve what is seen as a generally practical purpose in the World? (don't think that digital vs. physical should play a part in this) In gambli
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by SocratesV 9y ago
Doesn't it? > A new study led by a Michigan State University business scholar suggests customer-service workers who fake smile throughout the day worsen their mood and withdraw from work , affecting productivity. EDIT: formatti
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by SocratesV 10y ago
And a +1 here. Would just add that we also need to look at the offer of product lines that Apple provides to better understand their decisions. Also, IMO, people are becoming more and more desensitised, always expecting big leaps in innovat
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by SocratesV 10y ago
> If you flag something, please don't also comment that you did. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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by SocratesV 10y ago
Going to potentially be controversial, but we need (might be a strong word here) genetic manipulation with strong ethical and humanist values attached to it (and a lot more knowledge). If we are to deny natural selection its role, then we m
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by SocratesV 10y ago
3-D Secure doesn't always requests a 2FA code sent to your phone. Most that I've used are fixed passwords (and they ask you for the character at certain positions) while others will ask you for personal information that is rather
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by SocratesV 10y ago
Believe that the address validation only checks the numbers present in the address, not the rest of the text, at least that was what I read in some gateway's documentation. Imagine the level of what they check may vary. This is of cour
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by SocratesV 10y ago
Going interplanetary is not so much because of Earth not being sustainable but more about survival of the species: extinction level events on Earth (and not talking about us making it a wasteland, but rather non-anthropogenic in origin ones
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by SocratesV 10y ago
> Despite my initial impressions, I really like the keyboard. Have only tried typing a few lines in store and I also enjoyed it, but might be personal preference: use keyboard with Cherry MX Brown at home and got used to light/low-
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by SocratesV 10y ago
Maybe we should aim to create within the next century a near perfect simulation of us and our world, run it at an incredibly high speed and see if any knowledge regarding this, and many other things, emerges. ;-)
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by SocratesV 10y ago
What's the market share for USB-C compared with USB-A/B? Would hope that as it passes USB-A/B, it becomes as cheap as, or at least close to. Also people will start to name & shame bad cable manufacturers, both when they a
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by SocratesV 10y ago
This was fairly recent, 2013. The houses were otherwise perfectly good. Painted, with normal windows, normal doors, etc. Didn't seem like a they had been "completed" on a best effort basis (non-matching cheap windows, dodgy d
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by SocratesV 10y ago
Went to Crete a few years ago and was surprised by the number of (what seemed residential) buildings with unfinished roof/terrace, but otherwise being used and perfectly normal. You could see the concrete pillars with the steel bars co
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by SocratesV 10y ago
All your base are belong to us.
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Goldman taps Nasdaq to manage dark pool operations(ft.com)
1 points by SocratesV 10y ago|0 comments
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by SocratesV 10y ago
Please read my comment again, I did say: > I'm assuming cable makers will stop doing sub-par ones and just stick to Thunderbolt 3 capable
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by SocratesV 10y ago
For me knowing that soon, once peripherals makers and also cable makers catch-up, I'll be able to use just one type of cable to connect to anything (and I'm assuming cable makers will stop doing sub-par ones and just stick to Thun
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by SocratesV 10y ago
Late 2008 Aluminum 13'' Macbook here. Going to upgrade. Can't really understand all the fuss. It's Apple. Making this polemic decisions has been their bread & butter for a long time, always dropping standards that ha
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by SocratesV 10y ago
Would be interesting to know, a few months from now, the percentage of those complaining that actually switched to Linux/Windows and bought a non-Apple laptop. Apple has always done this. Always. In the end people adapt and things prog
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by SocratesV 10y ago
Like with HDMI cables? (though it doesn't fry ports...) It's a cable maker problem. Buy the one that supports the super-set from a brand that doesn't try to fool customers.
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by SocratesV 10y ago
Not doubting the price you were seeing in NewEgg, but find it hard to believe you couldn't build your own PC with the same CPU and equivalent RAM, GPU, cheaper by sourcing the parts from retail stores yourself. Was it a case where Appl
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by SocratesV 10y ago
Those that do need more RAM are probably are already using desktop options. I understand it would be nice to have more RAM by default or optional, I would also like it since I tend to keep my laptops for a long time (current one is a 2008 1
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by SocratesV 10y ago
I remap my CTRL to CAPS LOCK because it's more convenient. Have come across a lot of Vim power users that do the same with ESC. Or buy the model without the Touch Bar. Can we stop with the drama now? It's becoming pathetic. Apolog
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by SocratesV 10y ago
Understand that for most, yesterday's event was a disappointment. For me it was a good step in the right direction, despite the boring presentation. (I'm speaking as an Apple user, not claiming Apple came up with all these first)
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Dubai to use blockchain technology for all government documents by 2020(gulfbusiness.com)
2 points by SocratesV 10y ago|0 comments
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by SocratesV 10y ago
Potentially relevant: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Man_of_Restelo
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by SocratesV 10y ago
Some of the ones that made me move out of London: - pollution; - poor quality in most housing; - small apartments (shoeboxes really); - high rents and difficult to buy; - crowded (streets, public transportation, roads); - both of which lead
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by SocratesV 10y ago
That's assuming you buy Lightning headphones. They are clearly pushing for Bluetooth. Until you do, dongle, and you'll be able to use them. P.S.: I also agree USB-C would have been preferable and was hoping they would make that mo

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