netc

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by netc 8d ago
And macOSism
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by netc 8mo ago
A phone given for repair by a non-technical person can be rooted without their knowledge. The repair person potentially can install malware. We cannot assume the owners of the rooted phone themselves have rooted the phone.
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by netc 2y ago
Taken to the extreme conclusion, governments can potentially charge different tax rates to different individuals based on their inability to sue or inability to fight back. They may completely forego the notion of income based tax brackets
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by netc 2y ago
215 years of sovereignty Or 215 years of colonialism? Are the displaced people able to vote for UK parliamentary elections? Are they UK citizen?
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by netc 2y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_processor
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by netc 4y ago
> That really depends on the carrier. That's the point. Now, suddenly carrier has more powers than they should. Having a standard where consumer is in charge is much more desirable than the other way around. > This is more conven
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by netc 5y ago
For me, keeping the light in the oven on keeps it bit warm. I haven't measured the temperature though. YMMV.
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by netc 6y ago
just wait for smart TVs which are Zoom friendly and come with a camera and microphone built-in.
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by netc 6y ago
Recently I had a discussion about an SV company with a friend in Texas. I mentioned to him, the company X is going to do great as they hire very good engineers. His question was - "what does that have to do good engineers?" Go fig
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by netc 6y ago
May be this one : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6916434
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by netc 8y ago
they are expected to remain in control of the plane, not necessarily they do: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Pilots-sleep-as-fl...
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by netc 8y ago
Once I went to Stanford to attend Donald Knuth's Annual Christmas Lecture. During the talk he wanted to show some search query on google. What he did next was interesting. He typed yahoo.com in a browser's address bar and then sea
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by netc 9y ago
Can you suggest few readings?
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by netc 9y ago
Please just re-read your comment replacing Facebook with either your phone service or email service or USPS. What you said applies to all these three. People are complaining because Facebook gives the perception of connecting people but fai
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by netc 9y ago
A big reason of income gap is opportunity gap. We keep widening the opportunity gap by adding 'fast lanes' to people who can afford it, rather than improving the situation for all. In this particular case, perhaps, there is no sho
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by netc 9y ago
It is a common case for other iOS device(s) though. iPad in a family is usually shared across family members. I do wish apple add this feature in iOS, for iPads at least.
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by netc 10y ago
>The entire point of capitalism is not everyone get's what they want and price how that is decided. You mean protected capitalism - protected by artificial minimum wages put in place by government?
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by netc 12y ago
Have you ever looked at the possibility where one's family has to move every year or so because landlord decided to increase rent to 'catch up' with market. This is what it looks like in communities where lot of people wants
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by netc 13y ago
Not sure if you tried following for input/output multiplexing - * Create 5 panes, one for each server * Ctrl-b :setw synchronize-panes This should synchronize the input to all panes i.e. type in any one and it will be sent to all 5.
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by netc 13y ago
Thanks. I do agree better infrastructure will make bike riding safer. In my opinion helmet is to bike what seat belt is to car. In general, I'd agree that people should make their own decisions and government do not need to make la
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by netc 13y ago
I guess you are lucky. I had a fall which could had taken me to ER. It happened when I was relatively new to road bike and tried to enter a drive way like a car. Wheel of my bike trammed along the road and sidewalk (about 2 inches high). I
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by netc 13y ago
There is so much misinformation flying around. Most H1B can change job in 3 months or so. Many do.
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by netc 13y ago
So I pay for Cable and I still have to watch endless commercials. Paying for something doesn't guarantee anything.
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by netc 13y ago
Well, an extra phrase might be added in the menu where 'Disable Javascript' appears - '(Note: Javascript is not same as Java)'. If users don't know the difference between Diesel and Gasoline, better option is to
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by netc 13y ago
And those will be a different set of kids - next generation.
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by netc 13y ago
Let's say some policies are changed in EU and pharmaceutical companies make as much or more profit in EU as in US - do you think they will reduce the cost of drugs in US? Perhaps not - remember they have shareholders. They probably aren't g
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by netc 13y ago
Fairness is what perceived by consumers or customers. Remember the episode of Apple decreasing the price of iPhone by $200.
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by netc 14y ago
yet, ATT & Verizon will not charge less. wait, they will force you to buy a data plan too if you use your unlocked smartphone. Imagine a real state market - take mortgage or pay double for the house if you pay cash.
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by netc 14y ago
It will democratize the ads - your corner shop or plumber will start putting similar ads. Subsequently, we will grow immune to these ads as we are now to junk/spam mails (not emails).
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by netc 14y ago
Detour would show up as part of the distance calculation (x-axis in the graph).

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