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by FaceKicker 15y ago
In Chrome at least, it also breaks going back to the cached page after first view using back/forward navigation. (Try clicking the link from HN, go "back", then go "forward" again.) This might be obvious to people who know anything about
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by FaceKicker 15y ago
Sorry, I'm not sure I understand - can you explain more? How does the OS making it unmountable when it's locked stop the FBI from physically removing the internal storage and looking at its contents via another device? I can see how it migh
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by FaceKicker 15y ago
Fourth paragraph: > It should be obvious that π is not “wrong” in the sense of being factually incorrect; the number π is perfectly well-defined, and it has all the properties normally ascribed to it by mathematicians. When we say that
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by FaceKicker 15y ago
It's a pattern lock, so it must not be using disk encryption (only available on Ice Cream Sandwich with either PIN or password). Is there some reason they can't just open it up and see what's on it?
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by FaceKicker 15y ago
Considering they've stopped running those ads since gaining a ton of traction in the PC industry over the past few years, I think those ads are probably supporting evidence of GP's claim (if anything), not a counter-example. Edit: I went ba
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by FaceKicker 15y ago
Is it just me or do the comparison pics of the old iPad screen vs. new retina display on this page look exactly the same? http://www.apple.com/ipad/features/ Edit: never mind, there's a zoom widget I didn't notice.
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by FaceKicker 15y ago
Yeah, you really need something like they do in Mission Impossible 4 where it has a single target whose eye it's tracking, changing the perspective projection accordingly.
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by FaceKicker 15y ago
Understanding this little subtlety of the pointer declaration syntax was the epiphany that led me to feel like I actually, truly understood pointers a couple years ago (never been much of a C programmer). This syntax always confused me - I
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by FaceKicker 15y ago
Ah, if that's true I didn't know. I think I sort of assumed that if it could be turned off, pretty much everyone would (and I've only ever seen technologically competent people posting these ticker stories), but I guess not.
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by FaceKicker 15y ago
I don't really understand what Spotify is thinking with the FB-only login. I get that it's free advertising and data for them, but it seems like there's probably a very large percentage of potential users who are uncomfortable with spammin
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by FaceKicker 15y ago
While it's indeed imperfect and inconsistent, in the 10 minutes I've spent playing with it, it does seem much, much easier to read and click links without zooming, which is quite a bit more important to me than it being slightly ugly. I'll
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by FaceKicker 15y ago
I'm not sure if you're saying it's less than 100K or just that you'd think contractors would make much more than regular employees, but $74 an hour works out to roughly $150K a year if they work full time hours. Edit: sorry, clearly I know
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by FaceKicker 15y ago
DoJ press release with a little more info: http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2012/January/12-crm-074.html
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by FaceKicker 15y ago
And presumably the passenger's name is encoded in the barcode, which I guess is why the OP suggests printing the original ticket with the name of the friend that bought it instead of just using the "forged" ticket at the gate. Though I'd a
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by FaceKicker 15y ago
In my experience, the TSA agent you have to show ID and boarding pass to at the security checkpoint also scribbles something with a marker or highlighter on your boarding pass. But even aside from the fact that this is obviously and trivial
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by FaceKicker 15y ago
I like the spirit of the question, but it kind of bothers me. The fact is, no matter what finite number of hypotheses you test before making your one guess about the rule, there will always be an infinite number of possible "rules" that co
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by FaceKicker 15y ago
Are you implying that all restaurant owners seize every possible good business opportunity?
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by FaceKicker 15y ago
Disclosure: first-year CS Ph.D. student. I would say, no, a scientist doesn't really need a "Ph.D.", but does need the training that a Ph.D. involves. To me, this question is very different from the question of whether someone who wants to
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by FaceKicker 15y ago
> The widgets you listed here are identical to their GB counterparts. ... shit, did they really exist before? Wow, I'm an idiot. I guess I never looked at the widgets menu very closely until I got the upgrade... > Also, I find it st
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by FaceKicker 15y ago
My overall experience on my Nexus S: -Horrible, awful battery life. Probably about 12 hours. Hoping they get a fix out soon... -UI is much smoother and more polished than Gingerbread (smoother animations, extra room to put apps on homescr
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by FaceKicker 15y ago
I've had a great experience with their VPS service as well. I chose it just because it was the cheapest one I found when I briefly looked around, but I've had 100% uptime for the entire 6 months I've had it. The username thing is indeed ve
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by FaceKicker 15y ago
Do people really use these suggestions though? I don't think I've ever used them personally (maybe once?), but maybe others do. And even if people use them very frequently, I still don't think that would make the usefulness of Amazon grow
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by FaceKicker 15y ago
I mentioned word-of-mouth buzz in my post, but it didn't make sense to me that that could be the reason as Ben and Jerry's ice cream has the same thing going for it (as an anecdotal example, I never bought it until my girlfriend bought a co
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by FaceKicker 15y ago
How does Amazon have a "strong network effect"? I'd still use it even if none of my friends did; it's not like Facebook (or instant messaging networks, to use the 11-year old example from the article) where my friends not using it would ren
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by FaceKicker 15y ago
By "argue that", did you mean "argue against the point that"? Sorry to sound nitpicky, but I was confused by the rest of your post after reading the first sentence.
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by FaceKicker 15y ago
At least it's based on science, unlike what most states are doing with banning only handheld phones even though all the research says they're just as bad as hands-free.
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by FaceKicker 15y ago
I'm not patio11, but my guess (completely speculating here, of course) would be that "Merry Christmas" sounds more like something someone you know in a casual context (friends, family, etc.) would say to you, whereas "Happy Holidays" is use
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by FaceKicker 15y ago
Signed using a pair of static keys? So...it is authenticated then? Or are they more like SSH keys/self-signed certs where you just trust the key belongs to who you think you're talking to the first time?
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by FaceKicker 15y ago
> Confidentiality isn't the killer feature/flaw here; integrity is. I initially posted "Authentication, too" in response to this, but then I reread the page and it says it doesn't provide authentication. ...in which case, I don't really
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by FaceKicker 15y ago
I don't think you even need to get into the "race is an illusion" argument to self-identify as a different race. I remember when I applied, all the applications asked the question with phrasing like "Which race do you consider yourself?"

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