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by xpda 8y ago
Yes. Oklahoma has cut public education more than any other state in the country.
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by xpda 9y ago
This will, of course, raise the cost of solar equipment and washing machines in the U.S. I can understand the GOP wanting to raise the cost of solar power in order to increase the use of fossil fuels, but why washing machines? Did Maytag ma
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by xpda 9y ago
The Tesla Model S weighs significantly less than most pickups and large SUVs on the road today. Tesla's heaviest, the Model X, is significantly lighter than the GMC Yukon, for example. I don't see the logic in this argument. Elect
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The estate tax currently affects only the top 0.18 percent of estates(medium.com)
2 points by xpda 9y ago|0 comments
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by xpda 10y ago
There will be better autopilots, but never perfect ones. Aircraft have been using imperfect autopilots since their inception. Most planes have a prominent red button you can press to disable the autopilot whenever it misbehaves. I'm no
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Your Media Business Will Not Be Saved(medium.com)
1 points by xpda 10y ago|0 comments
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by xpda 10y ago
It's hard to believe so many people consider the use of shortened URLs a security measure. It is not, and was never intended to be. A URL is exposed, by definition, whether long or shortened. A shortened URL is a convenience, not a sec
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by xpda 10y ago
It's risk/reward. Whether a VC fund, NYSE, or government security, you can risk more for greater reward. This does not mean, as the article implies, that you should. It depends on the individual and the purpose of the investment.
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by xpda 11y ago
This is typical of software development in recent years. The emphasis on newer platforms and technology (in the case iMap) results in new user interface limitations, as well as bugs, for existing users of older technologies (i.e. desktop, k
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by xpda 11y ago
The references are a nice touch. http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2822.txt https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2821.txt
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by xpda 11y ago
As a matter of fact, I do live in a small town with a median household income of less than $30,000. There is a Walmart store. Most Walmart employees do not qualify for food stamps, but they do get health and other benefits not available at
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by xpda 11y ago
If people in a community have to drive three hours for food, then there will be enough demand that someone will open a grocery store. When there's an economic vacuum left by a closing superstore, other, possibly smaller, stores will co
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by xpda 11y ago
The raw images are available without Javascript. There are thousands, complete with img tags: http://mars.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?s=1197&camera=MAST_ '<a href="./?rawid=1197ML005456
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by xpda 11y ago
I agree. Microsoft, Apple, and Google have the ability to modify user behavior without much downside. The rest of us are better off making the user experience as fast, efficient, and simple as possible. By coincidence, I just put a 301 redi
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by xpda 11y ago
"In 2015, we stepped up our efforts to fight phishing sites, blocking nearly 7,000 sites as a result." One of the 7000 "phishing sites" they blocked was a page on my personal site ( http://xpda.com/f18ebay
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by xpda 11y ago
I'd settle for a universal shortcut key that activates the hamburger menu, just like the F1 key is used for Help. Ohh no... someone killed F1 AND Help when I wasn't paying attention!!!
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by xpda 11y ago
This is true, and is often overlooked. Many startups are internally funded, and grow through profits. These companies are typically more conservative in their business strategies, because people tend to have less risk tolerance with their o
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by xpda 11y ago
Advances in desktop CPU speed have been minimal over the past few years. If I could get a reasonably priced PC that's 50% faster than my two-year-old system, I'd buy it today. Instead, the best performance gain for me is a PCIe SS
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by xpda 11y ago
The headline is not correct. The article is about how light is processed, not how it travels.
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by xpda 11y ago
Wastewater injection wells, contrary to popular press, are not used primarily for the disposal of fracking fluid or other drilling waste products. Produced water is, by far, the largest component going into wastewater injection wells. When
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by xpda 11y ago
There is some debate as to whether Bach intended equal-temperament or well-temperament. These terms were not well-defined in his day. https://books.google.com/books?id=yZ95L8Xohs0C&pg=PA4
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by xpda 11y ago
Traditionally (recent tradition), each note in the upper couple of octaves of a piano have been tuned slightly higher because it's supposed to sound better. Electronic pianos and other instruments don't seem to be tuned this way,
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by xpda 11y ago
NPR doesn't give much credit to the SW airlines ads of the 1970's. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR7JApjgIGw
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by xpda 11y ago
I have a project on SourceForge that I haven't touched in 2-3 years. Its SourceForge listing says it was updated within the past month. Weird. The files have not been changed.
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by xpda 11y ago
I was programming Pascal and Fortran in 1982, and I take exception to this. Real programmers drink Diet Coke, NOT coffee.
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by xpda 11y ago
Why is there only one "beginning of life" on earth? If life is likely to form in earth-like conditions after a few billion years, shouldn't there be more than one "last universal ancestor"? Does this suggest that li
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by xpda 12y ago
It's obvious in hindsight that the hobbyist market moved, and Radio Shack moved in a different direction. The hobbyists went to Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and quadcopters. Sales of electronics components, wired phones, and Radio Shack PCs
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by xpda 12y ago
I would love to use LibreOffice instead of Microsoft Office, but there are still minor things lacking that I require. For example, I need to search and replace manual page breaks. This is not possible in Writer, yet seems a simple and obvio
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by xpda 12y ago
A Google data center near my home uses the equivalent of 1.5% of a nearby coal-fired generating plant's output to produce nothing but zeros and ones. To be fair, Google spends extra money to get electricity from renewable sources, and
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by xpda 12y ago
5% of female sterilizations fail? That certainly doesn't sound right.

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