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by stackcollision 12y ago
Competition is great. It will help both of these companies refine their product and that's awesome for the users. That's the point of this article, but all I can think is: But damn does the Uber CEO look like a cunt. There'
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by stackcollision 12y ago
> Would have been a bigger fan of a more serious take on the subject matter. But...it's a comedy. Isn't the point of a comedy to take a not serious approach to things?
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by stackcollision 12y ago
I haven't actually used Windows 8 because I've heard it's so terrible. What I don't understand is this: > In the future, all of Microsoft’s Universal Windows apps will also run in a window. What does this mean? Are
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by stackcollision 12y ago
At first I thought you were joking, but then I realized that's actually a really good question. It'd be interesting to see a breakdown that took the top 1% of successively smaller chunks until we see just how small we can get unti
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by stackcollision 12y ago
There was an interesting section in "The Cat Who Walks Through Walls" where Heinlein writes about electric cars, and how the law eventually required them to install speakers which produced fake engine sounds. This was because the
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by stackcollision 12y ago
The Tony Stark from the comics is very different from the one in the movies. He specifically said the "films' portrayal".
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by stackcollision 12y ago
I don't think the title of the article ever implied they would be offering a solution. It's vaguely informative and speculative, as with most news articles. There's nowhere in there that they claim it's a thesis on how
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by stackcollision 12y ago
I don't think robotic cars will ever happen, and I'll explain why. Let's look at the recent MetroNorth railroad accident. Immediately afterwards, people were inevitably throwing around the idea of "why do we need train d
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by stackcollision 13y ago
I don't see a (TM) on the Y Combinator logo. Is that necessary for this sort of thing to be enforced?
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by stackcollision 13y ago
3/10 had a brief chuckle.
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by stackcollision 13y ago
As a DirectX developer who's tried out OpenGL a few times, I found it horrific and painful to program in. But then again, I'm sure OpenGL devs complain about DX in the same way. I honestly think DirectX is a great API. And let
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by stackcollision 13y ago
I think there are a lot of services that are trying to put their own unique spin on how to teach code. My problem is that a lot of them seem to miss the point. What this is teaching is basic syntax and how to understand sequential executi
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by stackcollision 13y ago
Didn't we just get over 3 weeks of people screaming about King's trademark attempt on "Candy"?
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by stackcollision 13y ago
And now we see that this isn't just a problem with software. Who knew? e: Apparently everyone thinks I'm confusing a trademark with a copyright or a patent, but I'm not. We just got done with several weeks of people screami
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by stackcollision 13y ago
Mortal afterall...
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by stackcollision 13y ago
I really hate how every scandal now has "-gate" appended to it.
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by stackcollision 13y ago
The problem with this title is that in the reference, "Have Spacesuit, Will Travel", the character actually has something that's relevant to his travels.
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by stackcollision 13y ago
It must suck to live in a third-world state.
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by stackcollision 13y ago
Autpilots existed long before GPS. Most of an aircraft's sensors would be considered primitive by the standards of this site, including measuring airspeed by literally sticking a straw out of the nose. I'm not too familiar with m
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by stackcollision 13y ago
Agree completely. As soon as I read that sentence I knew to take this article with a pinch of salt. These very subtle drops of ancient memes are a great way to help raise a warning flag.
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by stackcollision 13y ago
If you go back far enough eventually some germ will get the credit.
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by stackcollision 13y ago
Yes, the A-10 is outdated and couldn't tear through the armor of a modern tank like it could to the tanks of Yore. But you also need to remember that the chain breaks at its weakest link. A strafing run from the GAU-8 will absolutely
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by stackcollision 13y ago
And that's how the US Air Force became Rent-A-Warthog.
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by stackcollision 13y ago
Why does everything, including their ad program, have to start with an 'i'? Maybe I can understand the marketing side for consumer electronics, but ads? Really?
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by stackcollision 13y ago
What really drives me crazy is how people are still surprised by this kind of thing. I stopped using Facebook four years ago, and I think it was one of the smartest decisions I've made. I value my privacy. There is so much complai
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by stackcollision 13y ago
I believe this is known as "reducto ad absurdum".
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by stackcollision 13y ago
Actually, I believe the words were "Flight, go SCE to AUX." But an awesome story nonetheless.
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by stackcollision 13y ago
I think people tend to romanticize old technology because it did so much with so little. My dad always makes fun of these people by saying "They don't build 'em like they used to: They build 'em better." I don&#x27
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by stackcollision 13y ago
The OP is not necessarily talking about operation cost here. For the cost of what Facebook paid for WhatsApp I could launch 4.6 million kilograms into orbit on a Falcon 9, which is essentially the cost of lifting the ISS. When you're
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by stackcollision 13y ago
"It’s a decidedly contrarian approach shaped by Jan’s experience growing up in a communist country with a secret police. Jan’s childhood made him appreciate communication that was not bugged or taped." How ironic that they sold to

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