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by commandar 12y ago
I've said this before, but it's always funny to me how many proposed fixes end up sounding a lot like /.'s metamoderation system. Slashdot was far from perfect, but I still think the system of temporary moderators follow
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by commandar 12y ago
>as they passed the ACA, they simply changed to rules to use the reconciliation process to pass what they wanted without the Republicans being able to say a word. Untrue. Fillibuster rules were only changed in late 2013, after years of b
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by commandar 12y ago
The FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 specifies a blanket five mile radius around airports as requiring prior approval from ATC for model aircraft. http://www.modelaircraft.org/files/HR658_020112.pdf
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by commandar 12y ago
Well, and there you have exactly why this topic is so toxic. Everyone is so convinced they're right that they're more interested in digging in and painting caricatures of each other than actually having a discussion. At this point
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by commandar 12y ago
Exactly. There's all kinds of quality content on Youtube catering to almost any imaginable niche. It's not hard to find good content covering whatever interests you might have. Just skimming through my subscription list and ignori
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by commandar 12y ago
Can confirm - the Amazon tablet app still says my Nexus 7 is incompatible with Amazon Instant Video.
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by commandar 12y ago
On the other hand, German bombing sights were vastly inferior to what was available to the Allies, leading Germany to adopt a dive-bombing doctrine that lead to vastly inferior heavy bombers.
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by commandar 12y ago
>American products were inferior to German-Austrian-Swizzerland ones, but they were able to manufacture at a massive rate that Germanic countries were not able to compete. I think that's somewhat of an oversimplification. Yes, Germa
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by commandar 12y ago
The micros realistically get 5-7 minutes.
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by commandar 12y ago
You're comparing a very basic microquad that will easily fit in the palm of your hand with a quad with a 550mm frame, 20 minute flight time, and autonomous flight capability.
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by commandar 12y ago
I didn't read it as an attack so much as saying that Ellison may very well never step away from the company, short of being forced to by death.
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by commandar 12y ago
>It's only a rip-off when they're empowered to charge interest in excess of that. Which is what actually happens in reality.
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by commandar 12y ago
That's kind of what I'm saying, though. I don't see the convenience value, personally.
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by commandar 12y ago
>America just seems to be particularly bad at implementing broad community affecting changes - and extremely bad at anything to do with banks it seems - like this, until they're dragged kicking and screaming into it. Eh, I think the
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by commandar 12y ago
Yeah, the section of road this happened on is marked with sharrows.... which are quite possibly the most useless thing in existence to a cyclist.
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by commandar 12y ago
>Try it. You might be surprised that these bike lanes have dead ends or obstacles or just astonishingly crappy terrain. So much this. We have some fantastic bike trails in my area, but one of the primary arteries just suddenly ends about
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by commandar 12y ago
Minecraft came out on the PS4 last week.
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by commandar 12y ago
There is something really weird to me about Apple arriving at almost the same overall design as Samsung after Samsung: http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--L8XBEzVA... http://cdn4.
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by commandar 12y ago
T-Mobile has been including WiFi calling with a ton of their Android phones for years. I'd be (pleasantly) surprised if any of the other US carriers actually use this on the iPhone 6.
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by commandar 12y ago
One thing you might consider in the future if you're interested in monetizing is going the Wordpress route and offering the option of premium themes/templates. Have some solid core designs, but also offer some additional options a
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by commandar 12y ago
I really like what I see so far. One piece of feedback, and I understand you may not have decided on this yet, but it's not clear from the landing page whether this is meant to be free, a paid service, etc. I just get presented with a
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by commandar 12y ago
It's bigger than the Ray, but check out the recently announced Xperia Z3C. Looking like it should be a really solid phone.
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by commandar 12y ago
>There is a little company called Ubiquiti (not who I'm employed by) has one of the best values in this space for the money. I've gotten out working with this kind of thing regularly, but Ubiquiti has always offered incredible
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by commandar 12y ago
The link has nothing to do with the physical hardware. It's an application that shares the keyboard connected to a Macintosh out over Bluetooth. That's hardly a replacement for a portable keyboard.
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by commandar 12y ago
>would running a USB hub take more? Well, USB spec (pre USB 3.0 anyway) is 5v @ 100mA per port.
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by commandar 12y ago
>Admittedly with little research I tried out a low-carb (more like no-carb) diet (of my own invention) Not trying to be snarky, but I suspect this is where your problem was. One of the most commonly reported side effects of typical low-c
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by commandar 12y ago
Contour went out of business late last year and closed shop. An investment group that was involved with the company before bought up what was left and is supposedly going to be releasing new products in the near future here, but most of wha
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by commandar 12y ago
The Mobius action cam has mostly supplanted the cheap 808 keychain cameras for that kind of use at this point. Roughly the same size, generally around $75, and they record passable HD video.
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by commandar 12y ago
Non-ionizing radiation can still be harmful. That said, the power levels emitted by wifi devices are so far below any safe exposure limits that it's laughable.
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by commandar 12y ago
Based on what?

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