Arn_Thor

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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
If you're new in town and want to go to location X, what is better? Glancing at the map and immediately grasping that the street is up a hill, or looking at a probably unfamiliar topographical map and possibly spending 5 to 15 minutes
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
This didn't measure his personal twitter but the POTUS account, which is manned by White House staffers. Trump's got his personal account on his phone and uses that for his rants and raves
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
He/she is a high-ranking republican starting the spin machine for the inevitable post-Trump era. If and when Trump gets the boot they can say "I, and such and such, were there the whole time saving the country from Trump's wo
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
I'd just like to add how terrific Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained are! And the following Void Trilogy was pretty good as well, though the latter two books got little weird.
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
You're describing a chain of events that happened, but doesn't necessarily had to occur. Firstly, the mechanism you describe where people bid up housing near transit corridors also happens near highways and traffic corridors, thou
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
That's true, but different companies have different standards of manufacturing. Apple, for example, exert extreme control over their products, right down to the silicone. Short of a potato, they offer the highest degree of certainty an
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
Spyware: therein lies the rub. As a civilian I suppose I'm not a target. But if I ever expected to handle classified, sensitive or even just politically compromising material with my device I would never go for a Chinese brand. Sure, t
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
The fact that alternatives exist doesn't mean the design isn't timeless
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
1) Depends where you live. In a lot of the world's biggest cities in terms of population you've got to travel really far to find land. Probably still cheaper to transport the goods into town than grow it locally, but that comes at
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
I'm always looking to speed up the transcription process. I'll be sure to give this a try! The editor is especially useful.
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
Affecting how businesses choose to conduct themselves so that they may continue to access the Chinese market? Sure! Impacting the sovereignty of other countries? What a ridiculous statement.. Companies have always catered to the major marke
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
As someone who'd been in the Mac ecosystem and paid the price in time and expense of leaving for a PC a few years back, I'm starting to lean back toward the Mac side. The amount of fiddling and headaches I'm dealing with on W
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
* page 14
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
Not in terms of name recognition and public interest, which is what I was talking about
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
I had that in mind, which is why I specified isolated incidents
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
If their life is on the line they'd be stupid not to. Which, of course, a lot of people are. But the fact it's common doesn't take away the blame
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
Why do we see headlines every time an iPhone spontaneously combusts, but nothing when there are (isolated) incidents with Samsung, Huawei, LG etc.? Because one brand generates clicks, the others don't
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by Arn_Thor 9y ago
So hire someone on a probation, and give them the boot if they don't live up to expectations in the first weeks?
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by Arn_Thor 9y ago
Because you're still a US company which has to comply with US laws... As long as the US government finds you at fault, it can nab you and all your US assets if it pleases. Now, if you emigrate entirely and bring all your employees, ass
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by Arn_Thor 9y ago
Yes and no? I'm sure it's a fierce fight, but AFAIK a diet of fermented foods is considered healthy, and good for digestion. So presumably a diet of fermented foods can result in some beneficial equilibrium
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by Arn_Thor 9y ago
Absolutely! That's why the Apple Watch, for example, is an unqualified success compared with any other wearable. Qualcomm, which is the only real rival in that space, hasn't come out with a new wearable-sized SOC in forever, leadi
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by Arn_Thor 9y ago
Solid recommendation! There goes my weekend
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by Arn_Thor 9y ago
Heresy! How dare they. I will never take a ferry unless I can get fresh vaffler and coffee onboard.
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by Arn_Thor 9y ago
I grew up watching this series and treasure it dearly! To me it is the product of TV in its heyday. Based on a solid foundation, not explicit or overly dramatic to lure viewers, intelligent and family friendly (thanks to the source material
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by Arn_Thor 9y ago
It is certainly the case that large public housing estates are being associated with poverty and crime. This is not necessarily due to the architecture—though there's plenty of bad architecture that makes people's lives more diffi
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by Arn_Thor 9y ago
to the surprise of exactly 0 people
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by Arn_Thor 9y ago
Yes, all of these are happening, and they're going to get worse and affect more people. This list isn't taken out of context. It's from a detailed report outlining causes and effects, followed by policy recommendations and me
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by Arn_Thor 9y ago
An overly simplistic conclusion based on a pick-and-choose approach to the report. First let me quote from the summary just a few pages down: "In sum, estimates of the aggregate economic impact of climate change are relatively small bu
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by Arn_Thor 9y ago
What's your method of assessing whether the bad choices come from being cognitively tired or cognitively lazy? What's the marker you look for?
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by Arn_Thor 9y ago
just limited by local availability, cost, coverage restrictions, preexisting conditions,etc. Simple, right?

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