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by enko 12y ago
Not to nitpick, but wombats can actually run pretty fast when they want to - up to 40kph. And I reckon kangaroos, while fast, aren't very manoeuvrable; if they're on a line they tend to stay on that line, right into the path of th
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by enko 12y ago
> during the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami when broken hazardous waste containers eventually found their way onto Somali shores leaving a large majority of the population suffering from various illnesses, such as radiation sickness This soun
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by enko 12y ago
Sorry. Pretty late night where I am, and a couple too many bottles of, uh, "rose water". Anyway my point was - the lack of a real fight doesn't have much to do with the rule change, since it was present last year as well. And
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by enko 12y ago
I have to admit I love the sound of a good engine - and aeroplanes, and boats, trains, everything. It's the sound of power. Watching cars race without that sound is a far less emotive experience. One of the commentators on tonight&#x27
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by enko 12y ago
The article title might have given it away ...
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by enko 12y ago
> there are no fights to watch at the top Were we watching the same race? The last 11 laps were an epic battle between Rosberg and Hamilton, and the mob contending for points was no less thrilling. I thought it was a great race, at least
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by enko 12y ago
My opinion is irrelevant. And if your point had any validity, it would transfer right across. You're changing the topic - you know I'm right. Take it to heart, please. These things are important.
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by enko 12y ago
> There's nothing in the comment you replied to that indicates any cavalierness about "gay rights" You missed the point. The GP's comment, by dismissing gay right's relevance to mozilla, implicitly treated the ma
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by enko 12y ago
After using the toilet, do you wash your hands, or just wipe them? You've just demonstrated why washing toilets are superior. I cannot understand our misplaced, hollow pride in not adopting something which simply works better. I'v
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by enko 12y ago
> an ongoing conversation Patrick and I had been having with Colin, not all of which HN is aware of The knowledge that there's missing context, which was provided in some sort of back room inside-baseball hn-elites secret discussion
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by enko 12y ago
I understand and agree with, to some extent, the argument against centralisation. However, I don't see how this fork solves it - it's switching from one form of centralisation (ASICs) to another (huge clusters of mining rigs). GPU
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by enko 12y ago
As much as $2000 GPU mining boxes have? To go with their 50c+/kwh electricity prices? Yes, yes they have.
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by enko 12y ago
> Nothing is gained. Well, where's the gain from mandating GPUs? > increased efficiency does not add value anywhere Back to CPUs, then?
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by enko 12y ago
I've seen some mining rooms which disprove your notion that GPU-only mining will stop the capitalised players having an advantage. They always will. And yes, it's always a balancing act. The network adjusts the difficulty based
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by enko 12y ago
If we're going to do that, why not get rid of GPUs, too. ASICs are merely an efficiency increase, just like GPUs were. I somehow suspect, however, the proponents of this change are not "regular joes", who might have an intel
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by enko 12y ago
I don't see what the point of this is? ASICs are actually good; they perform the necessary proof of work while using a lot less power. Running all those GPUs is a needless waste. It sounds like this is just some GPU owners wanting to t
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by enko 12y ago
> Ships via DHL International Express ($49.50) Uh, no thanks. And there's no cheaper option. Is it possible to get early access to the ebook?
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by enko 12y ago
At the risk of self-identifying as a coward, I never touch anything to do with sexism, feminism or "women in tech" in any kind of conversation except with my closest friends. I wasn't always like this, I used to be quite outs
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by enko 13y ago
I think we are talking about different things here. I'm well aware that 99% of companies could get by with any old web framework. Should they, though? Of course not. Since we're talking about rails, let's use that example.
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by enko 13y ago
Well, Basho made an eyes-open decision to go with erlang, after making a thorough analysis of their needs, and well aware they were balancing benefits vs costs. I would say they made a good decision. That's not really the kind of menta
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by enko 13y ago
You know, when we say "X is fast/slow" we usually are basing the comparison on something even remotely related. If we don't do that, the comparison is basically useless. Of course rails, and almost any other software, is
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by enko 13y ago
Yeah, well I know plenty of "blub" programmers who somehow manage to quickly deliver high quality work, who have high profile public projects with their name on them, and make six digit salaries where the first digit is not a &quo
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by enko 13y ago
Rails is plenty fast - for application development. And a well-designed rails app, appropriately tuned, can be suitable for all but the highest volume loads. This rails bashing is becoming a cliché, so here's another one - use the righ
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by enko 13y ago
Interesting option. However, the "invest mauritius" website isn't even loading for me, which perhaps isn't a good sign for this "good" connectivity...
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by enko 13y ago
> you can't loan out bitcoins the way you can regular money Why not? I mean sure, it would mean losing the anonymity, but the receiver would owe you the interest-adjusted amount just like someone you lent money to. A loan isn't
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by enko 13y ago
I believe it's by design. Differing indicator frequencies make the signals more noticeable. Back in the old days, turn signals were actuated by bimetallic thermal relays - a simple and highly reliable device. They were constructed with
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by enko 13y ago
> hatred of these policies enough to inspire you to attempt to change things by suing or political donations I honestly can't tell if you are being sarcastic.
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by enko 13y ago
Unfortunately, the second part seems to get stuck in "cross examination" and it's impossible to continue.
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by enko 13y ago
That was absolutely great, and it is fascinating how the animated storytelling makes a complicated, lengthy debate so much more accessible. I wonder if other complicated debates, especially political, could be presented in such a format, an
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by enko 13y ago
While I agree the restrictions the regular Sudanese population must face are deeply regrettable, it's easy to see why they're in place, and it's mostly Sudan's fault. I know people working at a cc payment gateway company

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