metellus

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by metellus 9y ago
The same way someone new (young people, immigrants) gains history now. Start with something low/no risk in order to build history.
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by metellus 9y ago
This statement is much more in line with Caldbeck's initial statement: > Obviously, I am deeply disturbed by these allegations. While significant context is missing from the incidents reported by The Information, I deeply regret eve
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by metellus 9y ago
First off, groping is very clearly not free speech. Next up, power dynamics matter. A random person hitting on you may be annoying. Your boss hitting on you and implying that you will lose your job unless you comply (or in this case, that y
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by metellus 9y ago
Even if you're 100% okay with the remark you have to admit that it's a huge show of incompetence to make it at a meeting specifically about fixing Uber's sexist culture.
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by metellus 9y ago
Sure, but the iron fish option is cheaper and just as effective. With the money they're saving but using ingots instead of whole skillets, they can solve other problems too.
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by metellus 10y ago
This website has absolutely no information about the product it's trying to display.
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by metellus 10y ago
When you turn battery saver on transition animations disappear (making everything feel less reponsive). The phone stops polling for updates as frequently. The screen dims. It's a noticeably worse experience because it does a lot to sav
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by metellus 10y ago
Everything needs maintenance.
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by metellus 10y ago
Not in the guidelines, but it is kind of addressed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html Specifically: The most important principle on HN, though, is to make thoughtful comments. Thoughtful in both senses: ci
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by metellus 11y ago
> I did admittedly miss the "nine months" portion of that, but that's still only one company out of many. Yes, it's the company that owns Jeep. The company that has a demonstrated the security flaw. How different auto
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by metellus 11y ago
Did you read the article? Here are two quotes: "Second, Miller and Valasek have been sharing their research with Chrysler for nearly nine months, enabling the company to quietly release a patch ahead of the Black Hat conference."
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by metellus 12y ago
http://www.snopes.com/politics/taxes/nflexempt.asp Specifically, "Claims that the NFL is using a tax exemption to avoid paying the tax due on these revenues are simply misinformed. The confusion arises from t
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by metellus 14y ago
> Also also: you're building quite the straw man there. No one said the article was killing anything, illing anything, or making anyone cry. jspthrowaway2 was paraphrasing other comments on this page. When this article was newer, all of
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Opened Captions: Live TV Caption API(niemanlab.org)
2 points by metellus 14y ago|0 comments
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by metellus 14y ago
At the very least it should have a message explaining that Stripe requires js.
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by metellus 14y ago
His examples were not contrived, they were actual examples of times that mcpherrinm recently used X11 forwarding (unless you are claiming that he lied). If you want to say that his use cases are obscure, strange, or niche enough to not me
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Wikipedia Experienced Increased Traffic During SOPA and PIPA Protest(research.zscaler.com)
2 points by metellus 15y ago|0 comments
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by metellus 15y ago
You can do exactly what you described by chaining subreddits in the url. Just go to reddit.com/r/sub1+sub2+sub3... That being said, making an account is suprisingly easy and has its benefits.
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by metellus 15y ago
Wikipedia is a good place for information about different data structures, but the question here is "What are the lesser known but cool data structures. There are tons of obscure data structures, but only a few that people would consider
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by metellus 15y ago
The administration itself set the bar for how "big" a problem needs to be to warrant a response. It's reasonable to want a response with some actual content.
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by metellus 15y ago
I'm familiar with the Humble Indie Bundle, so I knew that Voxatron was some kind of game before clicking the link. After the link, I know nothing new. It could be a shooter, a platformer, a puzzle game, or anything else. There should be a b
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by metellus 15y ago
> Co-founders Jerry Guo and Michael Waxman like to joke > that Grouper is a Y Combinator-funded startup. They're not actually claiming to be funded by Y Combinator. Betabeat's headline didn't mention YC either.
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Why Some Languages Sound Faster Than Others(time.com)
110 points by metellus 15y ago|55 comments
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Behind Intel's New Random-Number Generator(spectrum.ieee.org)
3 points by metellus 15y ago|0 comments
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by metellus 15y ago
...unless you read the title with an implied [to prepare for their job] rather than an implied [to be better at computer science].
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by metellus 15y ago
The vast majority of people don't think "person interested in startup culture" when they hear the word hacker. In the eyes of the public, a hacker is someone who breaks into websites or writes viruses.
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by metellus 15y ago
"Whether you agree with the laws or not, file sharing stuff you don't have a right to have a copy of is, in fact, illegal." The thing is, if the courts allow for the honeypots then people who want to download things that they DO have the ri
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by metellus 15y ago
Except he's not trying to discredit Gruber. He's pointing out that Gruber is able to be unbiased because the product isn't owned by Apple.
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by metellus 16y ago
I really doubt that making voting mandatory would make a difference in the US. A large fine for not voting would be unreasonable and universally disliked while a small fine would be ignored. For example, we take the census, a short questi
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Winning the Trust Game(financial-planning.com)
1 points by metellus 16y ago|0 comments

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