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by nil_pointer 8y ago
That place is ferociously biased, consistently
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by nil_pointer 8y ago
This video does a good job explaining the bad position we were in prior to leaving the treaty: https://youtu.be/DkckYLBCNfI
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by nil_pointer 8y ago
Shop around, you can find much cheaper clothes than you quoted in the US.
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by nil_pointer 8y ago
I completely agree about the 2015 gen MBP. Unfortunately the Galaga Pro is disappointing in it's own way: only 2-3 hours battery life.
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by nil_pointer 8y ago
Is there a curated list anywhere of YC rejects that made it? That'd be neat.
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by nil_pointer 8y ago
How much of Apple's business is in China now? What about Amazon? Would Apple publicly deny these allegations to appease China so they can continue doing business there?
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by nil_pointer 8y ago
This is a ridiculous theory.
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by nil_pointer 8y ago
I too find Google only keeping 2 weeks of logs unbelievable.
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by nil_pointer 8y ago
This story doesn't sound beleivable. As soon as the agent starts attempting commands, they'd see it's not DOS.
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by nil_pointer 8y ago
"Waking Up, with Sam Harris" is excellent
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by nil_pointer 8y ago
Selling shovels is the way to go
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by nil_pointer 8y ago
System76 make nice Linux laptops, but unfortunately battery life hasn't been a priority for them. Their last model (the Galago Pro) only gets around 2-3 hours, and previous models were just as bad.
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by nil_pointer 8y ago
With Oculus's standalone VR unit coming out next year, mainstream adoption is getting closer.
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by nil_pointer 8y ago
"My news source tells the truth, yours is propaganda". Try to not be so partisan. They both push propaganda.
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by nil_pointer 8y ago
Why does everyone on here always just call out Fox? Are you not aware that CNN, MSNBC and others do this same thing?
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by nil_pointer 8y ago
This strategy may weed out duds, but it will also occasionally overlook great people. One of the brightest engineers I know dropped out of high school and got a GED, but was obsessed with tech and practiced building things daily. He's
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by nil_pointer 8y ago
Unfortunately the current state of Blockstream's Bitcoin project does not align at all with Satoshi's whitepaper.
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by nil_pointer 8y ago
Yikes. An "escape hatch" is a funny way to describe economic espionage.
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by nil_pointer 8y ago
People are saying it's no big deal and normalizing it in this very HN comment thread
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by nil_pointer 8y ago
These type of ads aren't anything new, popular talk-radio hosts have done personalized ad spots for decades.
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by nil_pointer 8y ago
That's not entirely accurate, he was forced out
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by nil_pointer 8y ago
This is the very inspiring, I'm glad you found a way to deal with this terrible affliction. I have a close friend who suffers from schizophrenia, and the medication they put him on turned him into a zombie. I hope the methods you used
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by nil_pointer 8y ago
Your fonts will look like shit if you use an external display. Luckily there's a workaround: defaults -currentHost write -globalDomain AppleFontSmoothing -int 3 defaults write -g CGFontRenderingFontSmoothingDisabled -bool false
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by nil_pointer 8y ago
The ugly font issue for non-retina displays is real, luckily there's a workaround to revert it how it used to be: defaults -currentHost write -globalDomain AppleFontSmoothing -int 3 defaults write -g CGFontRenderingFontSmoothingDisable
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by nil_pointer 8y ago
Stopping people on the street is also very bad PR and leads to submissions like this. They would be better off doing what you suggested.
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by nil_pointer 8y ago
I would guess Apple works closely with China and provides special software releases for Chinese devices, probably with spyware embedded.
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by nil_pointer 8y ago
If you compare the hourly cost for any instance on EC2 vs RDS, it's significantly more expensive for the managed solution (75%+ more), which is to be expected. I know people who roll their own for cost savings.
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by nil_pointer 8y ago
...Failed? It's just getting started.
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by nil_pointer 8y ago
Variants of "pixel trackers" still work fine on Gmail despite this. To this day a lot of marketing, recruiters and others are tracking when you open their message on Gmail.
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by nil_pointer 8y ago
If your area has cheap electricity, chances are miners are already there.

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