Avenger42

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by Avenger42 11y ago
Posted earlier here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11423411
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by Avenger42 11y ago
More comments on the earlier article: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11423411
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by Avenger42 11y ago
More comments on the earlier article: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11423411
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by Avenger42 11y ago
More comments on the earlier article: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11423411
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by Avenger42 11y ago
A few months ago, my father and I replaced the fans inside the battery on my '05 Ford Escape hybrid. Ended up saving me about $1k in labor costs.
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by Avenger42 11y ago
Note that the FBI got the court order in a hearing to which Apple was not invited. The court gave Apple an opportunity to respond, and it was in the middle of that process when the FBI found another way in. It's not like the court told
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by Avenger42 11y ago
Thanks! That's really helpful.
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by Avenger42 11y ago
Interesting. I have a mid-2011 iMac. I ran Win 7 in Bootcamp for a few years until upgrading to 8.1 last month because Apple said Windows 10 wasn't supported on my machine. Have you had any problems?
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by Avenger42 11y ago
I don't think Apple has claimed no one can crack the phone. That's not what this case was about.
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by Avenger42 11y ago
Visual Studio 2015 and Visual Studio Code both support npm. I don't even think you have to type "install", I think it's just a matter of listing "tsc" in your package.json file. (I haven't tried it myself
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by Avenger42 11y ago
Lots of discussion on the Reuters article linked here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11197103
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by Avenger42 11y ago
> Managers urged new recruits to try to score not much higher than the minimum passing grade of 60% on the California broker license exam. I don't get why the passing grade is so low. At the very least, I'd want someone who onl
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by Avenger42 11y ago
Hmmm... > By the time we got an exemption to repair tractors, the Copyright Office said that only the farmer, and not her mechanic, could tinker with the software. So this part of the issue is that you can only tinker with machines you o
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by Avenger42 11y ago
Yeah, it makes me wonder whether his complaint is really with his label, but he can't sue his label without creating friction. So he sues Spotify, Spotify performs discovery which shows his own label is withholding these royalties, he
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by Avenger42 11y ago
True, but there's a difference between "don't bother keeping your voice down when talking in the next room" and "my baby wakes up when the neighbor three apartments down the hall slams his door". I don't n
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by Avenger42 11y ago
A lot of listening today occurs through streaming services, and huge uncompressed songs will eat into data plans quickly.
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by Avenger42 11y ago
> Especially if you, as an adult, place importance on the ritual. Yes, we adults really place a lot of importance in the ritual of "scroll to the bottom and click 'Agree'". (In case my point is missed in the snark, it
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by Avenger42 11y ago
Um, if my 4-year-old "signs" something, it will go like this: Me: "Scribble something on this line." Kid: scribbles Me: "Here's your stupid form." How would that get my kid "invested in complying&qu
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by Avenger42 11y ago
"I recommend using this opportunity to talk with your child about the Student Code of Conduct and specifically not bringing items to school that are prohibited ." As a parent, can I see the list of "items... that are prohibi
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by Avenger42 11y ago
Mike Masnick of Techdirt also got signed up post-breach: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150820/16523632021/day-s...
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by Avenger42 11y ago
Why wouldn't it be "fire employees whose bad decisions are reflecting badly on the company, even if those employees are also on the board of directors"?
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by Avenger42 11y ago
Note that kentt isn't the OP, just someone worried about being in a similar standoff with a payment processor.
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by Avenger42 12y ago
Did you mean to post this comment on the "Fake Amazon Book Reviews" story instead?
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by Avenger42 12y ago
I wonder if, for customers who sign up for the basic (free after install fee) package, Google will ramp up their speed if the FCC announces that "broadband" is officially 25/3. That'd be a nice bonus.
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by Avenger42 12y ago
> Also, what is the alternative? Use a cargo ship over seas? Choose from another 5 companies with same crappy business practices? It depends on where you're going. If it's an overseas trip, you could video conference or telecom
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by Avenger42 12y ago
One note - the Apple SIM is free, according to Apple: > An Apple customer service representative told Ars that Apple SIMs are available for free at Apple retail stores. http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/10/
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by Avenger42 12y ago
According to Ars Technica, it's free: > An Apple customer service representative told Ars that Apple SIMs are available for free at Apple retail stores. http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/10/att-locks-m
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by Avenger42 12y ago
I'd think it would be this part: "As a member of the board I am completely aligned with that view." If she were asked to stop at "the board believe X are a tremendous partner", then as a member of the board, she&#x2
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by Avenger42 12y ago
I think my answer (after being asked so many times) would be: "I've had horrible customer support from a Comcast rep, and I don't want to continue to patronize a company that would hire someone who acts that way." (The n
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by Avenger42 12y ago
> It would be extremely challenging, legally. If we're talking about cable rather than copper, the last mile was built by private companies with private money. What about the government claiming the cable under eminent domain? You c

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