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by spectre 8y ago
No inheritance doesn't compel Apple to unlock that inherited property. Imagine it like a safe. You might inherit a safe but there is no obligation on the manufacturer to help you unlock it.
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by spectre 9y ago
https://krikienoid.github.io/flagwaver/#?src=https%3A%2F%2Fi...
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by spectre 9y ago
That's a bit of a harsh comparison. Stuff is the online format of all of Fairfax New Zealand's newspapers, some of which occasionally produce decent stories. Stuff is mostly just shitty poorly researched journalism rather than the
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by spectre 9y ago
Self proclaimed "Thought Leader" and "Digital Prophet" sounds rather egomaniacal. I just assume anyone with titles like that is trying to sell synergy and snake oil.
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by spectre 9y ago
There's some interesting technical history behind some of the emergency number choices: 999 in the UK (from 1937) was chosen because public payphone could be easily modified to make it a free call. 111 in New Zealand (from 1958) was ch
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by spectre 10y ago
The lawsuit is from Waymo which is technically a sibling company to Google.
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by spectre 10y ago
The general recommendation is now to start with 5 Back Blows then 5 Abdominal Thrusts (the Heimlich), repeated as necessary. Mayo Clinic: http://www.mayoclinic.org/first-aid/first-aid-choking/basics... European Re
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by spectre 10y ago
The claim of being the most funded software project is down to Font Awesome being the most funded project in the Software category. https://www.kickstarter.com/discover/categories/technology/s... Pillars of E
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Olympic Medals per Capita(medalspercapita.com)
2 points by spectre 10y ago|0 comments
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by spectre 10y ago
I did a bit of work on a 28 story building that developed a 1.5m lean during an Earthquake. The story of the demolition http://www.ward-demolition.co.nz/grand-chancellor/
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by spectre 10y ago
There are a couple other interesting variations from the default. Having a border (Republic of Congo, using a map rather than a coat of arms (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras), and additional imagery that runs over the edge (Brazil, New Zea
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by spectre 11y ago
I'm well aware of the nature of, and reason for the ANZAC day commemorations. The irony was that an event that served to define New Zealand and Australia's national identities, is also one of British Empires greatest failures.
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by spectre 11y ago
In New Zealand and Australia, the landings at Gallipoli are commemorated with a national holiday (ANZAC day, 25 April). I've always found it ironic that what is probably our most important holiday is a commemoration of one of Britain&#
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by spectre 12y ago
Why just celebrate Science? In New Zealand our banknotes feature people famous for all kinds of achievements: $5 - Sir Edmund Hillary (Climber), $10 - Kate Sheppard (Woman's Suffrage), $50 - Sir Āpirana Ngata (Māori Culture), $100 - Lo
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by spectre 12y ago
In New Zealand, LINZ (government mapping agency) provides all of their data online under a Creative Commons Attribution License: https://data.linz.govt.nz/
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by spectre 12y ago
A number of countries that incorporate the union flag would also need to consider changing: Australia [1], New Zealand, Niue, Tuvalu, Fiji, The Cook Islands, Bermuda. Also assorted states and provinces: British Columbia, Hawaii, Manitoba, O
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by spectre 13y ago
Implementation using CSS3: http://jsfiddle.net/spectre/52Bf2/3/embedded/result/
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by spectre 14y ago
A programmer is always capable of writing better parallel code then such a compiler but writing safe and correct parallel code is beyond the skills of many programmers. A good analogy is that a good programmer can hand write assembly that o
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by spectre 15y ago
while the compilation does technically terminate it is doing so with a StackOverflowError which along with the resulting stack-trace most likely indicates a non-terminating recursion. It only terminates due to a finite limit on the size of
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by spectre 15y ago
I'm surprised the Maori Advisory Board of the Intellectual Property Office hasn't blocked this on the grounds that 'koha' is a Te Reo Maori word (translated as gift or offering). They tend to be highly protective of the language as it's con
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by spectre 15y ago
While anecdotal evidence is always suspect, remember that the case in the article is MongoDB's optimal use case. That being of being extremely read heavy (There is no indication that they did more than one write that day).
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Major Music Labels to abandon CD-format(side-line.com)
1 points by spectre 15y ago|0 comments
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by spectre 15y ago
Cool idea, but unless there is some system to lock the walls into place, this would be very dangerous in an earthquake. I've seen a number of high density file systems (same idea but just files) that caused significant safety issues in the
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If you could rebuild a city from scratch(elevatedgardencity.com)
4 points by spectre 16y ago|2 comments
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by spectre 16y ago
Keep up the good work I look forward to your next article.
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by spectre 16y ago
While a good description of Big O notation in relation to time he doesn't mention that Big O notation is also used in relation to other factors such as memory.
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by spectre 16y ago
I'm dubious of how such a system would stand up during an earthquake. As a member of Civil Defence in a city that was recently struck by a 7.1 magnitude earthquake ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Canterbury_earthquake ) it was remarkabl
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by spectre 16y ago
If this becomes a common trend in American Football it could cause the game to evolve back towards Rugby Football. A good example of how fast rugby is played is this game: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7ZU4GKmOoQ Particularly at 3:15 wh
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by spectre 16y ago
Jython doesn't compile to JVM bytecode its just a Python interpreter/implementation written in Java that runs on the JVM.
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by spectre 16y ago
I've seen a number of groups that organised recreational sports events that offer discounts to people who are students or unwaged. That seems to be kinda of what you suggesting. A good example: http://www.madeventz.co.nz/tmrogaine/files/tm

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