blackstrips

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by blackstrips 8y ago
Seems dangerous for the birds. Maybe attack drones that can shoot string - since practically every drone uses rotors.
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by blackstrips 8y ago
They might get nailed in the US but I don’t think Malaysia is going to see any of that 7.5B they are asking for.
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by blackstrips 8y ago
GS already has a rotten reputation. I don’t think they care. As for the executives, they will probably hide behind limited liability. Getting the US to hand them over will not be easy.
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by blackstrips 8y ago
Citation needed. A decade in prison is twice 5 years. That’s a lot of time to waste. Edit: Guess downvotes are abused here too ... Edit2: Would be interesting to see how low this post will go. Guess some people don’t like their abusing of t
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by blackstrips 8y ago
They are prosecuting the company though, not the staff. If GS refuses to pay, the best they can do is ban them from the country. What else can they do, seriously?
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by blackstrips 8y ago
Why would you not believe that? Changing phones isn’t a big deal when upgrading. Guess the iPhone X’s full screen design was a hit - seen quite a few people on the train here with them; I’m quite surprised given the pricing of the iPhone X
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by blackstrips 8y ago
I take it GS will just walk away. It might not be worth to pay that much to operate in Malaysia. Not to mention, people could just start a separate company if they absolutely need to do business in Malaysia.
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by blackstrips 8y ago
Just 5 years? I suppose it’s good from a rehabilitation perspective but it’s kind of weak as a deterrent - where 10 years might be more appropriate.
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by blackstrips 8y ago
It works until the gravy train stops then you have a problem. Democracy has many problems but it’s fairly robust vs discontent. Got a problem? Try to vote out the people you believe caused it. It keeps violent overthrows at bay - most of th
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by blackstrips 8y ago
> For a long time I sort of assumed that the advantages of living in a democracy are sort of self evident (provided you live there), I apparently was wrong. If you are a cynic, the best part about democracies is there is a much lower cha
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by blackstrips 8y ago
I only use it to spell words I don’t know the spelling of. :p I speak with an accent so it was always hit and miss for me - although it had gotten better in recent years. I’m also too lazy to talk ...
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by blackstrips 8y ago
What if you have forgotten the password? (It happens. I took a break from work for 3 weeks due to chicken pox. Totally forgot all my passwords.)
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by blackstrips 8y ago
Maybe WeWork is picking up left-over locations. Some rent is better than no rent. If the landlord could find a better tenant, WeWork would have zero chance to rent any of it.
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by blackstrips 8y ago
While the excessive amount of sugar in some food and drinks is bad, at least they don’t give you withdrawal when you stop taking them.
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by blackstrips 8y ago
Given that nicotine addiction is a thing, I don’t think “occasional moderate use” is possible.
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by blackstrips 8y ago
What are the chances those projects will generate income and pay for ETH? Can those projects work without a blockchain? Would it be cheaper to just handle stuff with (digital) signatures and old fashion contracts?
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by blackstrips 8y ago
> more recently implying that CPUs with different process sizes was "cheating". Not sure where you heard that because Intel’s CPUs have different feature sizes among the layers. It’s done to cut cost. There is a downside to “gl
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by blackstrips 8y ago
> If the expiration is part of the contract, then it's a derivative contract. In this case you have only 2 outcomes: either you get paid 1 basiscoin, or your "bond" expires worthless after 5 years and you get nothing. That
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by blackstrips 8y ago
I always just assume they mean expressive power when “power” is mentioned.
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by blackstrips 8y ago
There is also the upgrade to MS Paint to Paint 3D. I tried to like it ... it isn’t horrible but it hasn’t exactly grown on me either. Lots of (to me) useless features clogging up the UI. Can’t remember where various functions are, on the ra
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by blackstrips 8y ago
Why would they need to test that? Apple has already done it for them.
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by blackstrips 8y ago
Not from revolt though but from succession issues.
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by blackstrips 8y ago
I think Conan, with his current show, has more freedom to let his guest go off script which helps with the spontaneity. Fallon and Colbert are pretty controlled probably due to their mainstream audience - and advertisers. It’s interesting t
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by blackstrips 8y ago
If there is legally sized property ... what else are they going to do with it?
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by blackstrips 8y ago
There are many forms of “assimilation” ... One form invoked killing all military age males then selling of the woman and children as slaves scattering them. Pretty common back in the day from what I read. Very low chance of revolt.
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by blackstrips 8y ago
> You can't murder your way to peace. Killing for peace just leads to everyone being dead. (Assuming “everyone” includes the attacker here.) The Mongolians did. You just had to be willing to thoroughly finish the job. Fear of guaran
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by blackstrips 8y ago
That said, Intel’s 14nm is very mature though. The yields are likely very good at this point given how long they have been using it. Knowing it inside out also likely allows them to squeeze a little more performance out of it. A pity about
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by blackstrips 8y ago
Assuming the network has no blind spots people could hide into change their appearance.
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by blackstrips 8y ago
The Soviet Union was almost feudal in nature if Wikipedia is right, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomenklatura#Patron–client_rel...
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by blackstrips 8y ago
I wouldn’t say zero experience: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-compu...

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