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Rackspace to Acquire Onica, an AWS consulting and managed services company(globenewswire.com)
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How to write an IRC bot in 2 minutes(drewdevault.com)
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by raker 8y ago
There's other ways to communicate with other people online, you see? That's overlap! /s
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by raker 8y ago
The Boglehead's Guide to Investing, mostly because my coworkers frequently ask for advice regarding their 401ks and IRAs, and it's a solid baseline for frugal investing.
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by raker 8y ago
I think he's talking about the luxury yachts... interceptors can't covops cloak. (And t3's can't instant warp _and_ have bubble immunity)
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by raker 8y ago
The simplest way to explain it is that it is google's version of docker swarm. Aside from that, it's a way to manage the deployment of containers across one or more hosts. Getting more traffic than usual? You have a program that
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by raker 8y ago
This article explains very little about the actual technique. Digging into the paper, it seems like this has to do more with training a network with multiple data sources at the same time, to take advantage of related patterns across data
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by raker 9y ago
What type of compensation is appropriate for disparity in people's DNA? And, separately, how is DNA related to power?
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by raker 9y ago
You can use this sort of thing as a measuring point; when something like this is overlooked and inconvenient, you can tell they're making statements based on their agenda (the trend in the MSM, which is why you can see public trust dro
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by raker 9y ago
I get daily use from my two echos with these functions: set a timer for x minutes, remind me to x at y am/pm, set an alarm for y am/pm, connect to my phone (so I can play bluetooth music), what time is it (when I'm in bed at
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by raker 9y ago
This is so true. With all the chaos that wall street likes to drum up about investing, the index just keeps going up up up. Is it the same ego feeling you get for thinking you can "beat the system" when gambling that makes peopl
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by raker 9y ago
Very interesting concept, but is the actual paper linked here available to read online?
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by raker 9y ago
This article is the 5%. A more accurate way of detecting "fake news" would be interesting, but I fail to see how such a thing could be designed, past simple detection of wishy-washy and avoidant word patterns.
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by raker 9y ago
38.4% still think they are the target. If their dream is to be in the 1%, they may not want to add new penalties or rules for their potentially future selves.
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by raker 9y ago
This seems like a rather glaring omission to have gone unaddressed for so long by such a giant? Has it not come up before?
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by raker 9y ago
Yesterday's Chinese Social Media propaganda article is an interesting application of this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15708560
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by raker 9y ago
I've heard that it's the Swedish government itself that is hiding those answers. Can that accusation be substantiated?
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by raker 9y ago
Good to see that it will be a quiet transition. Linus would approve.
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by raker 9y ago
I don't think that is necessarily true. I think the 'large group of people' do not deny that climate change exists. I find they come to a conclusion somewhere in the ballpark of: Sure, natural climate change exists, but man
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by raker 9y ago
My thoughts exactly. This means Google would be determining whether Taiwan is an independent country or not, making either China, or more probably Taiwan unhappy. Something besides the browser would need to determine what your list of coun
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by raker 9y ago
This is really neat to see in Lua. The first(?) issue on the project highlights this nicely: https://github.com/zeta0134/LuaGB/issues/1 I constantly underestimate the reach a project like this can have; in t
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by raker 11y ago
If there is a truly unstoppable loop (considering usage of the word "may" or such optional ability to continue or break a loop) then the game is considered a tie. There are tournament rules regarding players intentionally drawing
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by raker 11y ago
Progression through Guild Wars rewards you with access to new skills. At any given time you can only bring 8 of those skills (and only 1 of them can be elite) with you at any given time. In addition, your character is limited to using ski
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by raker 11y ago
DESIRE YOUR AFFAIR. Introducing the world’s first delightful affair. It feels good to be part of the Affairhub family. http://tiffzhang.com/startup/index.html?s=176349848043 Ok I'll stop now. Some of these are pr
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by raker 11y ago
When my friends need new dealers there's only one word I tell them, Dealr. http://tiffzhang.com/startup/index.html?s=542136839125
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by raker 12y ago
As others have stated: Have a new job lined up before submitting this letter. Make the letter neutral, and keep the frustrations to yourself. You may be able to use your current employment as leverage as you locate this new job. I was pe
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by raker 12y ago
I think this was brought about by a recent conflict that occurred (and gained some attention on reddit at least) on twitter. Mojang has been well aware of servers that "sell" in-game items and in-game features (the ability to tel