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by 205guy 10y ago
> the design would have been self-evident > it just "seems" obvious I really don't understand what these comments bring to this discussion, or any discussion. Evidently, you were not there, and a person who was is telli
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by 205guy 10y ago
But Power was using its customers' fb users' credentials with their permission, so it was fb users "who" accessed fb. Only they did it through other computers that were owned by Power. Should fb have the right to determi
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by 205guy 10y ago
I totally agree with syshum's comments on this thread, I had the same thoughts while reflecting on this article. Facebook (and LinkedIn and others) love to get your email login and grab your list of contacts. This is the exact same sit
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by 205guy 10y ago
An even better headline would be "Serverless Architecture," but that's already in use today.
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by 205guy 10y ago
Previously: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overthrow_of_the_Kingdom_of_Ha...
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by 205guy 10y ago
What does it even mean to be overrepresented in a searchable database? Seems like you're making up problems.
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by 205guy 10y ago
Sounds like someone should reinvent the railroad...
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by 205guy 10y ago
Mortgage interest deduction, probably. And it seems like we've gone full circle to the original comment about bankers capturing all the income beyond what it should cost to eat every day and build a house to sleep in.
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by 205guy 10y ago
Thank you for bringing a dose of accuracy to this discussion.
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by 205guy 10y ago
Don't forget the carbon credits: by owning the panels on your roof, solarcity (and others in the same business like sunrun) own the carbon credits. Which they can then sell in the carbon markets. When you buy your own panels, there&#x2
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by 205guy 10y ago
I've always thought that chickens, the free ranging kind, make insect protein palatable to humans.
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by 205guy 10y ago
I really think that this isn't the place to be playing rhetorical games. I think discussions would be much simpler and clearer if people state their points clearly and unambiguously.
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by 205guy 10y ago
The rebuttal was pertinent and polite, and (almost) provided a reference, so I really don't think it can be qualified as nitpicking. Your statement was a bit exaggerated for effect, so you can hardly criticize someone who responds to i
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by 205guy 10y ago
These two anecdotes (parent and grand-parent) show that there are two ways to manage legacy systems: a mindful, efficient way and a wasteful, risky way. Come to think of it, those same two ways apply to any project, old or new. So it all re
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by 205guy 10y ago
I find many of your arguments weak. Many families I know have 2 cars, even in Europe. One electric (current Leaf, Soul, etc.) for commuting, the other ICE sedan for commuting/traveling would be perfect for them. Europeans, incl. German
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by 205guy 10y ago
I really hate to see such a negative reply being the top comment, especially when much of it is subjective (what sucks to you is great for me). Hybrids, plug-in hybrids, parallel and series drive trains are all different as clarified in the
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by 205guy 10y ago
Paging Buckminster Fuller.
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by 205guy 11y ago
Well, isn't that just burying the lede? I applaud the application of technology, but sometimes I think the neophyte approach, combined with the amplification of the web, can be more detrimental than helpful as intended. Sorry to be unc
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by 205guy 11y ago
In a grid dominated by solar energy production the peak demand on a utility is shifted from the mid-day air-conditioning load to the evening. That's when people go home and turn on lights and use appliances, and there are still some in
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by 205guy 11y ago
I love the concept and the goal, but the irony was too much. Right in the introduction, where it is talking about how speed (as an example of program quality) impacts usability, the little calculator widgets don't work for me (iPad mi
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by 205guy 11y ago
Cool article, with some nice insight into Huckleberry Finn (the novel), as well as the promised maps. Which is why I don't understand the responses here on HN. One says the maps where "metaphorical." No the maps were extremel
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by 205guy 11y ago
The blog article had lots of nice historical images, but I think it missed 2/3 of the story: Michelin also made green guides with tourist information and highly accurate maps. The tourist guides were some of the first and cover pretty
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by 205guy 11y ago
I probably shouldn't argue with a certified psychologist, but I think you need to broaden your horizons, or at least open your mind to the possibilities. Except for a few nuances, this article could've been written about a woman f
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by 205guy 11y ago
I don't believe Shell. I believe this is a PR tactic to throw off their opponents. I've seen other companies do so. They'll find some way to keep exploring and doing whatever they can get away with.
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by 205guy 11y ago
I like the idea of a basic income on principle, and this article has some great arguments for it. (Though I agree it is far from being paid for--and a land tax essentially means it only gets paid to the landless, so you'd need to exemp
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by 205guy 11y ago
Wonders for YOUR readability. Other people have different viewports and screen sizes/resolutions and that would most likely interfere with some of them. Some people might even prefer dense text and long lines (doesn't bother ME).
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by 205guy 11y ago
Odd that none of your parent comments mentioned designers, yet you felt they were being criticized. Why does looking like this (rms's website) equate to unusable? It is unfancy, unadorned, a bit unorganized, yet it is highly usable. Th
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by 205guy 11y ago
Exactly, and who is the agent of change when your neighborhood fills up with transient tenants? Why, it's AirBnB of course. Ergo, AirBnB should be regulated. I've said it before: cities that care about their current residents shou
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by 205guy 11y ago
I looked at the Wikipedia article for the Wright flyer in 1903, to contrast and compare: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_Flyer What's interesting is that the Wright brothers couldn't reproduce the fligh
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by 205guy 12y ago
I'm glad this article is looking at many factors that are involved in making cities cyclable and walkable. But it seems it is missing one huge factor: the average size of vehicles in the US. It works in Europe because city cars and del

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