melq

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by melq 2y ago
iPhones are already communicating with any and every bluetooth capable Apple device to enable the findmy/airtag functionality aren't they? I dont believe this is necessarily true just that its theoretically possible.
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by melq 2y ago
Estimating the amount of unique elements in a set and counting the amount of unique elements in a set are very different things. Cool method, bad headline.
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by melq 2y ago
From the parent's description it sounds like it just parses log files, doesn't seem like it would augment the behavior of the app generating the logs at all. Curious to know more about why something like that isn't possible o
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by melq 2y ago
His first restaurant was called 'Momofuku Noodle Bar', named as an homage to Ando for inventing instant noodles/ramen. I don't think there were many Americans in 2004 (or today) who have even heard of Ando, I don't
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by melq 4y ago
Military contractors don't run down to radioshack when they're low on transistors.
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by melq 4y ago
How is that comparable to a pacemaker in any way? They aren't made for a similar scale, price, or 'environment', and would only be installed/serviced/dealt with at all by anyone aside from highly trained specialists
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by melq 4y ago
It sounds like the bluetooth functionality is only there for telemetry.
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by melq 4y ago
My point is that as long as there is an algorithm, it will be possible to optimize for it.
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by melq 4y ago
How would you 'remove' SEO bias?
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by melq 4y ago
A good portion of the largest insurance companies are non-profits, look at Blue Cross Blue Shield and their affiliated companies. They still make tons of money, keep tons of cash on hand, enjoy the same high salaries as for-profits (not say
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by melq 5y ago
You don't seem to understand the difference between a design choice you don't like, versus an objectively bad design. When Apple removed the headphone jack from iPhones, (supposedly) in favor of making them waterproof, that was a
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by melq 5y ago
FWIW there are few expressions of free speech that aren't in violation of some arbitrary law enforced by some arbitrary country. It was probably short-sighted of me to assume that my exaggerated example wouldn't be recognized as h
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by melq 5y ago
> i would be pretty irritated if someone ripped off my idea after working with me Are you sure he really 'ripped off' anyone in the first place? The first thing I thought of when I read this article was 'that sure seems li
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by melq 5y ago
In my opinion, it's a totally reasonable request. It's not a reasonable expectation, but that is a different matter. I'm not sure what the 'purpose of the internet is' but I don't think Al Gore had such a requ
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by melq 5y ago
They never claimed their privacy was being invaded. They simply asked (allegedly? I haven't seen any actual request from them but lets just assume there is one) not to be linked to from HN. They aren't manipulating anyone... they&
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by melq 5y ago
>All of that together makes me think the bubble colours are primarily there to gently nudge people into getting their friends and family to buy iPhones. I don't think anyone can argue with a straight face that the color-coded messag
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by melq 5y ago
The last time I searched amazon for usb-b to usb-c cables I genuinely couldn't find any. I bet I would have better luck searching for 'usb-c printer cable' as someone else pointed out, but I didn't think of that. Last ti
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by melq 5y ago
As a musician with tons of peripherals, some of which are annoyingly sensitive and can't be used through hubs or anything but straight-through adapters (my turntable mixer's digital interface, for example), I welcome the return of
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by melq 5y ago
Happens to me all the time too, super annoying. If I'm outside and the suns out its even worse.
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by melq 5y ago
I hope I'm not coming off as contentious, and I know I'm sort of beating a dead horse here, but I really feel like this distinction matters, so bear with me: >Chrome is not able to send notifications, unless the developers find
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by melq 5y ago
OP didn't say "I want to prevent chrome from sending notifications". If he did, then sure, having an option toggle would solve his problem. But that's not what he said. He said he doesn't want chrome to be able to
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by melq 5y ago
My point is that the person said "I don't want websites to be able to send notifications to my phone", and then you responded by explaining how one can prevent such notifications via configuration. That is true, but not reall
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by melq 5y ago
You don't seem to understand what "I don’t want websites to be able to send notifications to my phone." means.
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by melq 5y ago
How can you tell that a tall man in a trench coat isn't just a kid with a second kid sitting on their shoulder? How can you tell if the series of dots you perceive as an LCD isn't just a photorealistic painting glued to the front
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by melq 6y ago
You'd only need to store the list of unique searches, but even if that's true and the 15% number is true, that must be a huge amount of data.
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by melq 6y ago
I believe that's true as well, and I never said otherwise.
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by melq 6y ago
>making the prosecutor kind of a criminal. Never met a lawyer before huh? Jokes aside, prosecutors pushing through cases they know to be unsound isn't exactly uncommon. Many prosecutors are more concerned with their conviction rates
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by melq 6y ago
I get where you're coming from, but sheesh you could hardly have made a more tone deaf analogy. Aside from the fact that their private restaurant is almost certainly not closed, some billionaires being inconvenienced by what amounts to
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by melq 6y ago
>The microflora then takes the place of the cow in creating a protein that can be used to make vegan versions of dairy-based food such as milk, cheese, and ice cream. Not sure how much the protein matters, seems to me that a good replace
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by melq 6y ago
I would be more concerned with the major topics that _are_ addressed by a piece of criticism than the ones that aren't. If you want to discredit a piece of criticism, you should address the actual contentions.

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