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by mdmarra 12y ago
RDP8 also supports RDP over UDP which further enhances performance in high-latency scenarios. I'm assuming that is also not factored into that claim either
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by mdmarra 12y ago
The moderators do not control this process. There is an automated serial vote detection algorithm. AFAIK, under no circumstances can a Stack Exchange moderator reverse a vote. More info on the serial vote detection process here: http:&#x2F
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by mdmarra 12y ago
Nope, they absolutely cannot. If you really doubt this, ask one in chat. Moderators cannot even see who voted a question up or down, never mind reversing votes. References: http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/144747
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by mdmarra 12y ago
> 11 - Email the mods to get the downvote removed Mods can't reverse up/down votes
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by mdmarra 12y ago
Airport restaurants only use plastic cutlery when they are located past the security checkpoint. Edit: US airports. Since this article was about a US airline operating in the United States I thought that went without saying.
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by mdmarra 12y ago
Yes.
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by mdmarra 12y ago
But there are unicorns on Stack Overflow.
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by mdmarra 13y ago
What exactly is the tax benefit to giving away almost all of your wealth? Tax loopholes reduce your taxable income, which lowers your tax liability. I don't see how you can come out ahead giving away almost everything. Can you explain
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by mdmarra 13y ago
What part of the article do you have a problem with?
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by mdmarra 13y ago
This is misleading. 34 new cities in 9 metro areas are being evaluated for Google Fiber. This is far different than Google planning on delivering fiber to all 34 of these cities, like the article makes it seem. Here is the information dir
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by mdmarra 13y ago
The HN crowd baffles me sometimes. It seems to move between "This person is too old. They are disconnected from today's generation," and "This person is too young. They don't have the experience to share meaningful
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by mdmarra 13y ago
> How much overlap is there with Whatsapp? This is the question. Apparently a sizeable number of teenagers and pre-teens have zero interest in FB. It's where their parents post cat pictures and make dinner plans. From what I underst
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by mdmarra 13y ago
There are definite "winning" strategies - like acquiring a monopoly on "jail row" and mortgaging all other properties to build it up as soon as possible. But does altering a game so that a child doesn't have to see
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by mdmarra 13y ago
Monopoly only drags on for hours if you play by silly house rules like $400 for landing on Go, money for landing on Free Parking, or not requiring an auction when passing on purchasing a property. All of these common house rules artificiall
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by mdmarra 13y ago
The prices that were quoted in the article are promotional prices for the first year of service to a new subscriber. It increases greatly (sometimes even doubles based on the package) after that first year.
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by mdmarra 13y ago
The NFL is an entity which represents the interests of the teams' owners. The commissioner is appointed by the owners. It bargains collectively against the Player's Union and handles things like national television deals, officiat
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by mdmarra 13y ago
I think the problem is that asking everyone that's ever messaged you from an iOS device to modify something on their handset every time someone in their contacts switches platforms isn't a reasonable request.
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by mdmarra 13y ago
If someone had a Mercedes and only drove it twice a year, is it OK for someone to steal it?
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by mdmarra 13y ago
Please, GB not Gb.
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by mdmarra 13y ago
The capacity isn't exciting, the fact that it's DDR4 is.
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by mdmarra 13y ago
I think you mean November 26, 2013.
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by mdmarra 13y ago
> If the companies didn't want you to do this, then they wouldn't let you do this. This is the kind of behavior and attitude that ruin nice things for everyone. My car can go 100 MPH in a residential neighborhood, did the manuf
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by mdmarra 13y ago
You could always work exclusively from a cruise ship. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6697416
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by mdmarra 13y ago
This is silly. It's an XP-era clone. The only people that are hanging on to XP are people that are trapped in an echo chamber of folks that don't want to upgrade, or are encumbered by some legacy LOB application. There's no w
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by mdmarra 13y ago
It actually comes with 16MB. Also, it's MB not Mb. The difference between the two is a factor of 8.
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by mdmarra 13y ago
There are some misconceptions here. RHEL does not cost a cent. Support for RHEL, which includes security fixes through the package manager costs money. Security fixes and other patches and updates are still released as source by RHEL, as
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LG Smart TVs phoning home info about viewing habits and USB attached files(doctorbeet.blogspot.co.uk)
1 points by mdmarra 13y ago|0 comments
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by mdmarra 13y ago
There was a more detailed account floating around. Essentially, each battery cell is in its own fire-resistant compartment. The fire crew that responded to the call used procedures that are standard for other electric cars, but are not prop
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by mdmarra 13y ago
Better solution: require VPN connectivity and don't expose SSH on any port to the public Internet. Running services on non-standard ports will make the next admin that takes over this server want to track you down and smother you in yo
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by mdmarra 13y ago
You can absolutely use time machine backups with a different Mac, the process is slightly different but still works. Migrating a Time Machine backup to a new Mac When you buy a new Mac, you can transfer all of your applications, files, set

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