BashiBazouk

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   by BashiBazouk 13y ago

   Yes, this. My housemate had a 1000. It was by far the best video game console of it's era, and a few after that. As a general productivity computer, not so much. Serious lack of good software and some strange decisions by Commodore. I
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   by BashiBazouk 13y ago

   I worked in platter sputtering at IBM right out of College during the Death Star period. Basically, IBM had multiple parts manufacturing and sputtering facilities all over the world. The best disks/heads/motors always went in to t
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   by BashiBazouk 13y ago

   "well, let's just sort of put some train stations around the edge but not do anything that might upset anyone" And this is the crux of my point. Those CalTrain stations, when they were built, were EXACTLY where people wanted
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   by BashiBazouk 13y ago

   But your argument as to why has little to do with the actual reasons to two public transportation systems differ and you make assumptions about the history of California that are flatly just wrong. Not to mention ignore the differences in g
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   by BashiBazouk 13y ago

   Nothing ironic about it. When these plots were being sold off the car was king (and really still is) and passenger train service was almost discontinued due to lack of ridership. Putting tech centers next to freeways was quite sensible at t
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   by BashiBazouk 13y ago

   That quote is hilarious. So San Francisco is returning to it's roots? When the city was built, it was a mining town (well mining support town) and it was disproportionately young men coming in... Are we sure this isn't how it&#x27
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   by BashiBazouk 13y ago

   Uh...have you actually ridden Caltrain? Outside of SF, Caltrain stops in the very heart of each down town. San Bruno, Burlingame, San Mateo, Belmont, San Carlos, Redwood city, Menlo Park, Palo Alto, Mountain view, San Jose all have stations
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   by BashiBazouk 13y ago

   The cost of the One World Trade Center rebuild is at 3.8 billion last I read. Probably about the same to build in SF.
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   by BashiBazouk 13y ago

   I had the impression at the time that it was a purely timing issue rather than conscious intent to be closer to the city. Oracle was finishing up it's assimilation of Sun at the same time Facebook needed new digs with room to grow. Not
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    by BashiBazouk 13y ago

    Show me the game list. IMO the make or break for SteamOS. I have a steam account on a mac which has a pretty close parity with linux as to the game list. If that is all, not that interested. New games only for the steamOS will take some tim
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    by BashiBazouk 13y ago

    With voice commands, what happens during a spouse/sibling fight over channel selection or other uses? If one person is playing a game, can another person that has the biometric ID set up come in and take over? Is there a hierarchy in c
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    by BashiBazouk 13y ago

    Does this guy not get how journalism is structured? The senior reporter handles the big stories. The lesser reporters handle the tech releases. It's a bit muddled in the modern digital world but not as much as this guy would like to ha
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    by BashiBazouk 13y ago

    Exactly. For me if I type "hac" Hacker News is the first drop down result. Practically faster than even clicking a bookmark drop down.
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    by BashiBazouk 13y ago

    How about a supreme court challenge to the mutual exclusivity of political parties? Why can't I be both a democrat and a republican? Once you strip out the collected factions and go to the pure ideas behind each party, they are actuall
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    by BashiBazouk 13y ago

    Caramelize some onions in a pot. Toss in a diced pepper and cook to soften. Add quinoa and toast a couple of minutes. Add double the volume of liquid to the amount of quinoa. I use either chicken or vegetable stock but water works in a pinc
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    by BashiBazouk 13y ago

    It will get you the apartment of your choice. The most expensive is something like $422,000. Or any car under the top tier. My fear is it will get those who already have a decent bank account closer to the tank, fighter jet, or attack copte
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    by BashiBazouk 13y ago

    Buy expensive car. Don't buy insurance. Apply sticky bomb. Kiss $500K good by. I'm assuming this works. I have not bought a car yet so I don't know if they come with some sort of automatic/permanent insurance. If that do
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    by BashiBazouk 13y ago

    I agree on the expense and corresponding lack of competitors in the America's Cup but those catamarans when up on the hydrofoils were mesmerizing to watch. I have watched many America's Cups over the years and was a bit apprehensi
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    by BashiBazouk 13y ago

    "recumbent cycles are faster under many conditions" Is this demonstrably true under less than ideal conditions? I have been a cyclist for almost four decades and for a good three of those recumbent bicycles have been touted as fas
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    by BashiBazouk 13y ago

    I've soured a bit on Amazon. The algorithmic price fluctuations are my number one complaint. I used to love them because it was a no brainer. Sure I could surf around and find a slightly cheaper price, but Amazon has my card info, ship
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    by BashiBazouk 13y ago

    The Bohemian Club and Stanford University started out with similar egalitarian ideals. I wonder if it's possible to sustain this kind of endeavor long term without losing the egalitarianism...
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    by BashiBazouk 13y ago

    And a computer. And an internet connection. And enough computer experience to get tor running. And enough savvy to find SR's address in the first place. And a customer base with all of the above. I think my point stands...
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    by BashiBazouk 13y ago

    I would think up the food chain deals would not have taken place on the street in the first place. More replacing the house level deal with SR.
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    by BashiBazouk 13y ago

    Did Silk Road even put a slight dent in street drug sellers in the first place? I would be surprised if street level sellers and buyers are internet savvy enough to use a service like this. SR looks more like the ideal system for savvy col
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    by BashiBazouk 13y ago

    If one were to put on the tinfoil cap to the degree many are on HN with the NSA story, seems to me like the NSA would assign good programmers to contribute quality code with really subtle exploitable flaws to all kinds of open source projec
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    by BashiBazouk 13y ago

    An interesting stat to see would be different OS's or hardware models per person or IP address. Here there are a few graphs that I would be in multiple categories...
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    by BashiBazouk 13y ago

    As someone who games on a PS3, steam via OSX and ios I'm not convinced there will ever be or needs to be a "winner". Some games are better close to the screen with a mouse. Some are better more relaxed on the couch and some a
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    by BashiBazouk 13y ago

    Moderation in everything including abstinence and excess. You should not look at any of these as a sole path but enjoy all of them in moderation.
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    by BashiBazouk 13y ago

    Considering all the different flavors of kitkat in Japan, I would think it would become more fragmented, not less.
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    by BashiBazouk 13y ago

    Either that or Google thinks Android market share in Japan needs a boost...