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by nappy 10mo ago
It's a surprisingly common error where someone picks up an old 35mm print and assumes it is somehow canonical... Besides whatever the provenance of these prints are (this gets complicated) the reality is that these were also made to lo
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by nappy 1y ago
you make it very clear that you have zero understanding of what republican democracy is in the United States.
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by nappy 2y ago
English grammar also has features for expressing uncertainty, unreality, hypothetical, wishes, demands with uncertain outcomes etc. by use of the subjunctive mood. "If I were a bird, I would be able to fly." (were, not was) "
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by nappy 2y ago
I'm glad to see so much interest in devices like this. I hope they succeed. I own an Onyx Boox Tab Ultra, which I've been enjoying tremendously, and specs seem to compare favorably to this. https://shop.boox.com/pr
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by nappy 3y ago
There is a lot that is wrong in this article. Broad overviews are useful to people new to a topic - this would only mislead and confuse people.
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by nappy 3y ago
Agreed. It's an excellent book. But perhaps a little long if you are purely interested in computer history and want an introduction in a shorter volume. I recommend these two: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Idea
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by nappy 3y ago
Not sure about academic history, but in a single volume, this does a good job on early 20th century computer history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Idea_Factory
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by nappy 3y ago
I don't recommend reading this. There are many gaps and a lot of important history missing, including: 1. Computation before ~1800. Abacus, Napier's Bones, Slides rules, Pascal's Calculator, motivations from celestial navigat
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by nappy 3y ago
seems like the longest thread is Windows by the same reasoning?
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by nappy 3y ago
> "starting at $3,499" I wonder what the model that you actually want to buy will cost and what average sales price will be. From the looks of it, I wouldn't be surprised if they sell a "pro" headband like Meta d
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by nappy 3y ago
why does Knuth think Trump eats Betel nuts? Does he?
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Ask HN: Who is excited the 96 GB RAM MacBook Pro?
1 points by nappy 4y ago|1 comments
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by nappy 4y ago
The most likely "end game" is not replacing all backend financial systems.
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by nappy 4y ago
Any benchmarks on this? How long does it take to generate a batch of images, say with steps=100?
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by nappy 4y ago
There's a reason Monero doesn't show up on exchanges that comply with US KYC rules.
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by nappy 4y ago
Pure privacy, without limitation, in money transfers would be catastrophic. Despite the consternation of hyperextreme libertarians sitting in their armchairs, the ability for the government to collect tax revenue is a pretty good thing and
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by nappy 4y ago
Nowhere in this blog post: any discussion of money laundering, sending funds to terrorist groups, rogue states. Without mention of any of the legitimate reasons the US government is sanctioning Tornado Cash, this is merely propaganda from a
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by nappy 4y ago
This is specific to pass through income like from LLCs. These are wildly undertaxed relative to ordinary income at the moment.
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by nappy 4y ago
Which was overturned in Brown by a unanimous decision. Typically the standard for overturning a case is high: either it is recent and clearly wrong, or there is a high level of consensus on the case. This is neither.
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by nappy 4y ago
They are categorically different. The issuer of an insurance policy does not bear risk upfront. Insurance policies are not collateralized.
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by nappy 4y ago
Unless I'm missing something here, this is insurance, not lending.
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by nappy 4y ago
It seems like the author must think that the private lenders were the schools themselves? Otherwise, I agree, this doesn't make sense at all.
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by nappy 4y ago
I was interested in this and took a look. Pedestrian deaths in the USA are up a bit, up 10% since 2010, from 33k to 36k in 2019. [1] USA population over the same period has increased from about 6%, from ~309M to 329M. So it's definitel
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by nappy 4y ago
This is cool, but I really don't understand what the point of macro photography is on a smartphone.
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by nappy 5y ago
Right, but there are at least many competitors to Best Buy all competing for your business, driving down margins. Running physical stores is costly. If Apple allowed competing digital stores, I would expect margins would be less than 30%, a
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by nappy 5y ago
Agreed. I'm not sure if you meant rose tinted glasses regarding the internet or search, but it's definitely both. People forget that google results felt amazing because they were so much better than other search... But also forgot
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by nappy 5y ago
I honestly have no idea what the "best" results would be for chicken. Maybe the Wikipedia entry? Not sure what else. It's sort of just a lazy search.
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by nappy 5y ago
This comment is a great example of why social media doesn't work. Factual, cited, but totally irrelevant to anything around the technology. It's the top comment because it brings up the controversial elements that spur more commen
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by nappy 5y ago
People tend to vote with their feet and their dollars. It's unclear to me how Elk Grove is "worse" than Davis from your description, besides that there are multiple places for lower income to shop closer to metropolitan areas
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by nappy 5y ago
I'm not sure if we are "permitting" anything, but I don't think it would be a bad thing if mathematicians and researchers in quantum computing explored the implications of this field with regards to previously stated pro

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