Varcht

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by Varcht 7y ago
I was initially impressed that Google was stepping up to get this up for the good of the country. I'm not the best estimator (a good manager will double what I tell them) but I think a lot of us here could have something testable by Mo
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Google Confirms Play Store Security Threat: Here’s the Fix(forbes.com)
2 points by Varcht 7y ago|0 comments
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by Varcht 7y ago
https://dnyuz.com/2019/08/20/now-bigger-than-ebay-shopify-se...
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by Varcht 7y ago
No argument on that. I just don't quite believe that the "west created it", I guess it's possible that it was willful and meant to prove the communist utopian ideal...
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by Varcht 7y ago
I think there was some hope that capitalism would bring about democracy. It hasn't quite worked out (yet?).
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by Varcht 7y ago
This type of argument always kind of bothers me as well, be nice to state it as "helped create" or something but then there is a lot to say for the old saying "If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem&
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by Varcht 7y ago
This should be called what it was originally "spooky action at a distance". Calling it teleportation is marketing.
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Infinite number of quantum particles gives clues to behavior at large scale(phys.org)
6 points by Varcht 7y ago|0 comments
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by Varcht 7y ago
I am not an attorney but this guy is https://attorney-myers.com/2013/11/surveillance_cameras_reas...
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by Varcht 7y ago
In the US there is the concept of "Expectation of Privacy" [0] so it depends. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expectation_of_privacy
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Spotify’s new ad metrics show what listeners do after they click(techcrunch.com)
5 points by Varcht 7y ago|0 comments
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by Varcht 7y ago
Counting by those apprehended is a pretty poor metric. Correlation, blah, blah, blah
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by Varcht 7y ago
I've been on sabbatical for a while but a while back it was pretty much C, C or C.
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by Varcht 7y ago
Why do you think this is an attempt at humor? I would say this is what is often referred to as a thought exercise.
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by Varcht 7y ago
I think it got a valid thought across. It works as a sort of shorthand. Would have been 3x longer in essay form.
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Researchers measure quantum power increase in quantum boost engine for first(phys.org)
3 points by Varcht 7y ago|0 comments
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by Varcht 7y ago
What would it cost to make this happen?
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Y Combinator bets on the booming podcast industry(techcrunch.com)
3 points by Varcht 8y ago|0 comments
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by Varcht 8y ago
Anyways, Beto will always be a wizard in my book.
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by Varcht 8y ago
To be fair, we had not and have not stipulated what we mean when we say "floppy". Maybe you were a rich kid but a lot of us were still on some pretty low density stuff into the late 80's. Embarrassingly, I was still on casset
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Pentagon Brass Accuses Google of Providing 'Direct Benefit' to China's Military(gizmodo.com)
5 points by Varcht 8y ago|0 comments
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by Varcht 8y ago
It is sort of a trope in CA, oh and it's the deltas, are you saying that stinking up their bathrooms with un-flushed urine and being charged a surcharge to save 10% of 10% of the available water is logical? Isn't it really just a
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by Varcht 8y ago
what is the "h" for?
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by Varcht 8y ago
Oh the quality of life behaviors of residents that use a very small percentage of the water? Residents use 10% of the water, 50% of the water is "environmental" and is dumped into the ocean for the smelt, etc.[0] [0] https:/
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by Varcht 8y ago
If /ˈbɛ.toʊ oʊ.rɔːrk/ was R he would be buried on "TacoLand" alone.
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by Varcht 8y ago
Then he is some compression wizard too! Edit: I guess that could be read as plural...
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Looks like iCloud is having problems(engadget.com)
1 points by Varcht 8y ago|0 comments
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Twitch streamer Ninja reportedly earned $1M for promoting Apex Legends launch(theverge.com)
2 points by Varcht 8y ago|0 comments
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by Varcht 8y ago
"The Justice Department on Tuesday charged more than 30 wealthy people — including two television stars — with being part of a long-running scheme to bribe and cheat to get their kids into big-name colleges and universities."
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Feds Bust Up College Entrance Exam Cheating Scheme(complex.com)
1 points by Varcht 8y ago|0 comments

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