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by wfunction 9y ago
Hah, I didn't know precisely because in my case I've always seen an IPv4 address on mobile...
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by wfunction 9y ago
I thought pH = -log[H+]? where [H+] is the molarity of the hydrogen ion? That doesn't involve water in the definition... what is the definition you're referring to? Edit regarding your reply asserting water is necessary (I can&#x2
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by wfunction 9y ago
What would be the threshold for calling something "pure acid" (in the acid/base sense ;) )?
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by wfunction 9y ago
Yeah you're right, it certainly does. I would be curious if it goes mainstream enough to replace IPv4 in the foreseeable future though, which was its intention.
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by wfunction 9y ago
Is it fair to say IPv6 has been generally a failure? Or is it too early for that?
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by wfunction 9y ago
> Also, I'm fairly certain synchronizing isn't an issue because there's nothing to synchronize on since the data structures are immutable. Am I understanding you correctly? No -- I'm referring to synchronization on th
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by wfunction 9y ago
Er, the comment was, " Most filesystem images aren't intended to be ported directly between machines in general." The entire complaint itself is the fact that this file system isn't able to do what people expect from
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by wfunction 9y ago
What in the world? Why is this?
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by wfunction 9y ago
Is there any research on the tradeoff between this kind of thread safety and the penalties incurred on the memory management side (specifically the fact that now you have far more heap allocations with immutable data and they have to synchr
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by wfunction 9y ago
> Most filesystem images aren't intended to be ported directly between machines in general You don't have external hard drives or flash drives...?
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by wfunction 9y ago
Right, but presumably a reasonably large merchant would find that they need to accept both though, right? And now you would have more purchasing power with them which feels a bit weird, since the old Bitcoin and the new Bitcoin would not ha
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by wfunction 9y ago
Thanks! Isn't this something a currency should fundamentally prevent? I don't know of any real-world currency that can be used twice.
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by wfunction 9y ago
Can someone explain how old Bitcoin works post-fork? Can you sell the same old Bitcoin twice now? Is this already priced in somehow and still going up?
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by wfunction 9y ago
Retrophin was a company and not a drug, right? The comment is saying things like "Retrophin isn't a widely used drug" which is really confusing me and makes me think either I or the writer (or both) don't have any idea w
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by wfunction 9y ago
Without even any mention of what the manufacturer can do to cover cost increases? You really think it can be so simple?
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by wfunction 9y ago
It seems like you are completely missing the point. This has little to do with economic inequality. The issue is not that this guy had a random product and raised its price. If this had been a car or an iPhone, we could not have cared les
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by wfunction 9y ago
> It was kinda sleazy to see the congress question him about his price increases when they knew damn well it was perfectly legal and they haven't done anything to stop it. Do you have any suggestions on how what exactly they should&
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by wfunction 9y ago
I don't understand your comment.
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by wfunction 9y ago
For what it's worth, I've colored the usernames on my HN discussions so I don't make mistakes like this. Maybe HN should do that natively.
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by wfunction 9y ago
> This case isn't about that. That wasn't your question, was it? You asked why he's human garbage, I explained why. I wasn't defending or attacking this case, I was explaining why some think he is human garbage.
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by wfunction 9y ago
> Okay, I'll bite. Why do you think he's human garbage. Obtaining a license just to increase a drug's price from $13.50 to $750 for no apparent reason other than greed isn't enough for you?
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by wfunction 9y ago
How reliable of a source is this? I'm not familiar with it.
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by wfunction 9y ago
A nerd is a single-minded enthusiast. A computer nerd is a single-minded computer enthusiast.
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by wfunction 9y ago
Awesome, thanks! I kind of want to be an SRE now. (Not because of the video game part, though I wouldn't mind that ;) I meant because it sounds exciting.)
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by wfunction 9y ago
Haha I see, thanks!
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by wfunction 9y ago
Ah I see, thanks. Hopefully you don't need to use the bathroom too badly during that shift I guess :)
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by wfunction 9y ago
That's hilarious but did the comment even need a reply?
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by wfunction 9y ago
Wow. How can you even have that kind of an SLA? Like what if you happen to be in the shower or in the middle of traffic or if your Internet drops out or something? How do these SLAs work?
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by wfunction 9y ago
I'm guessing it was because "trivial" suggests it is so for everyone, whereas "easy" suggests it is so for someone with the expertise.
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by wfunction 9y ago
No, it's not FUD. First, magnetic strips are already phased out in many places and continuing to be so in even more, so I don't understand that complaint. Second, see my reply to the sister comment -- even with magnetic strips the

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