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by prebrov 5y ago
This is exactly the argument propaganda in Russia and Belarus brings forward again and again — that it’s bystanders and outsiders that attempt to shame people into violence and grave risk to their lives. Historically, majority of popular ar
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by prebrov 5y ago
Navigating canals and major harbours requires a pilot. Pilot was on board, but there seems to have been some kind of conflict between Master and Pilot that resulted in high tension environment on the bridge. Ever Given Master’s statement is
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by prebrov 6y ago
There are multiple creationist theories. The one you described is close to sanctioned Roman Catholic view, for example. Since _Humani Generis_ by Pope Pius XII, the accepted view is that evolution, indeed, goes as it does, under divine supe
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by prebrov 6y ago
I don’t argue that it happened the same way. Impact sure took longer than what we can achieve with modern technology, but the fact remains. Humans arrived into the last jungles of Pangea, and by the time of European colonisation, Australia
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by prebrov 6y ago
They still ate all the megafauna within a couple thousand years of their arrival, and, arguably, significantly contributed to deforestation of the continent. So, not that different from the Homo Sapiens anywhere else.
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by prebrov 6y ago
Genre-binding naming conventions are exactly the problem. "Blog" originally stood for "web log", and as such didn't put any constraints or expectations on the media format, length, or quality. At some point format-s
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by prebrov 6y ago
Missing the Mobile boat is a major blow to blogging, the way I see it. Self-hosted blogging had passed on the format of ad-hoc notes while on the move, and basically ignored the entire category of mobile content creation. It’s odd and sad t
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by prebrov 7y ago
VPN, or any other network segmentation does, indeed, just shift the attack surface, and often creates a false sense of security behind a network perimeter. Google, for example, proposes a different school of thought – zero trust network, an
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by prebrov 7y ago
If anything, armed conflict in space will likely play out with autonomous and remotely controlled weaponry and might as well be death-less. There’s absolutely no reason to launch humans to space for the purpose of operating space-based mach
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by prebrov 7y ago
Why not? Markets are interested in capital gains and profit sharing, not necessarily steering the wheel directly. How is it wrong for a founder to take a smaller cut of the profit in exchange for more power? Founders (individuals) want a vo
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by prebrov 7y ago
Fortune Magazine is owned by the same family that owns CP Group, Thailand’s largest conglomerate. Their economic interests in China are clear. Hear them boast on Wikipedia: “When China opened up its economy in 1978, the CP Group was the ver
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by prebrov 7y ago
Not if it’s your ride waiting for you in short-term parking space, or a food delivery person at your doorstep.
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by prebrov 7y ago
“Always been a better experience” is just a personal experience. Uber launched in SG before Grab did. Many drivers preferred Uber - they’re payout schedule and incentive structure was more favourable. Many riders, both locals and expats, in
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by prebrov 7y ago
Mediation is exercise for the mind. One exercises the body to better control their bodily functions, like movements, breathing, heartbeat, etc. One meditates to develop better control of their thinking processes. Mindfulness, concentration
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by prebrov 8y ago
Compelling telcos to do that is the regulator's job. Not sure about the US, but in most of the rest of the world regulators come up with new rules and regulations requiring some form of network upgrade all the time – SLAs, connectivity
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by prebrov 8y ago
I'm not in NZ, but seriously considered it as a destination. I agree with you, the article has nothing to do with reality and is just wishful thinking or, more likely, a PR shill paid up by NZ's foreign promotion board or however
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by prebrov 8y ago
Many would love to see a single US official going to jail for starting wars under false premise, installing puppet regimes and ruining whole ecosystems to support business interests, from banana imports to oil and gas, and cheap clothes.
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by prebrov 9y ago
In the 150 years before WW II ended there has hardly been 20 years of peace in Europe in one stretch. Domestic European squabble developed into bloodiest conflicts the world had seen, more than once, never mind whole continents in submissio
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by prebrov 9y ago
Robots just kept dying in there all those years [1]. I reckon they are disposable, in effect. [1]: http://mashable.com/2017/03/03/fukushima-robots-fail/
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by prebrov 9y ago
No intent to belittle any nation’s effort, but technology doesn’t spread evenly. Technological advances secured West’s domination over much of the world for centuries, despite having smaller population. Competitors were brought to submissio
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by prebrov 9y ago
Prosecution cannot claim anything without evidence. Now there’s only evidence of obstruction of justice by some IT manager, but no evidence to support charges of election fraud by executive branch of government.
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by prebrov 9y ago
I’m Russian living in Asia now and I agree with this hypothesis. Soviet education and propaganda both nurtured collaboration over competition. “Individualsist” was definitely a bad label to have in my Soviet childhood. Egoism was and still
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by prebrov 9y ago
Technically you could have a single URL that returns any manifest based on user-agent or whatever player info is available in the GET request. But yeah, JS players make life a whole lot easier by providing a single API for customisation, ha
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by prebrov 9y ago
Nah, but was until not very long ago. Thanks, I contemplated whether I should disclose it, but given that I have currently have no stakes in the game, decided it's unnecessary.
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by prebrov 9y ago
CloudFlare is entering a very crowded space. With YouTube and Facebook owning an overwhelming majority of video hosting market, what’s left is shared between Brightcove, The Platform, Ooyala, Bitmovin, Vimeo, Vidyard, Wistia and a whole ton
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by prebrov 9y ago
Most likely "one place" is a drop-off location, not customer's address.
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by prebrov 9y ago
They do. I've recently encountered a video ad startup that runs a proxy wrapping VAST responses into a VMAP. So, a website would request an ad not from DFP, but from an inconspicuous CloudFront URL. These CF distributions are deployed
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by prebrov 9y ago
I use 2FA code generator in cloud-synced 1Password. That endures all software upgrades, unlike Google Authenticator or Authy.
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by prebrov 9y ago
His argument is for API discoverability. Client should be able to learn about available endpoints [edit: ...and resources. And be able to comprehend resource record conventions]
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by prebrov 9y ago
This would most likely mean that an ad script will drop a cookie, scrape the page and dump your data into some DMP for others to buy. This very much undermines the value of a privacy-focused service.

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