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by HSO 13y ago
You are right, I was/am very angry. I should clarify that I'm referring to the US government and, more specifically, to their "justice" and security apparatus.
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by HSO 13y ago
Stop using US services?! That's where I started but as of today, I'd go even further: * Americans no longer welcome in Europe ; you think you can spy on us, torture people, kill innocents, trample over longstanding diplomatic con
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by HSO 13y ago
It's not a 0-1 thing, there are degrees of attraction towards "evil". The guard in a concentration camp has more tendency towards evil than the guard in, say, a factory or residential building. As Buchheit[1] himself said: &q
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by HSO 13y ago
of course, you are both comparing the difference to... zero?! (you should compare the price difference to an equivalent laptop (however defined) if you're talking "marginal")
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by HSO 13y ago
What an unfortunate name to have in this field! ________________________ And for Pete's sake, I do note that I agree with her wholeheartedly on the substance. It's just the name that struck me out of left field ;-)
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by HSO 13y ago
> middlebrow dismissal Your writings are readable and often useful but not exactly highbrow affairs… Perhaps the horse you're sitting on is not as tall as you seem to imagine.
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by HSO 13y ago
…and generate tens of billions in free cash flow per year!
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by HSO 13y ago
> The screen is glossy, which I like, a choice that will no doubt illicit [sic] an immediate "I HATE THIS AND WANT TO THROW IT OUT THE WINDOW" response for a lot of people. This just exasperates me! The article is not bad but I reflex
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by HSO 14y ago
Right, except they now have 137bn in cash and equivalents, the quarter was a week shorter (~ 7 percent more of everything at a constant rate), they explicitly warned that ramp-up would affect margins and availability in their last call (and
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by HSO 14y ago
It would be interesting to see how purportedly "design-conscious" people performed without the immediate feedback and the juxtapositions. Also, since these are logos, aimed at gut feelings, the test should be timed, e.g. you must answer w
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The searchers (roughtype.com)
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by HSO 14y ago
related, possibly of interest: [1] R. Dobelli. Avoid News. Aug 2010. --> http://dobelli.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Avoid_News_Par... [2] C. A. Johnson. The Information Diet: A Case for Conscious Consumption. O’Reilly, 2012. i myse
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by HSO 14y ago
I had the exact same issue ("ghosting"), found it was an LG screen (which are known to have this issue), went to the Apple Store, and got it replaced under the guarantee. Just had to show the issue once, no further questions asked. Got it b
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by HSO 14y ago
Try the "retinizer" utility: http://retinizer.mikelpr.com ! I used this to "retina-fy" Mathematica and it worked, the notebooks are clear now.
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The Valley hothouse for tech entrepreneurs(ft.com)
1 points by HSO 14y ago|0 comments
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by HSO 14y ago
It's a strawman. In every country, you will find sectors (and the associated people) who have a net gain from the EUR and some with a net loss. It doesn't really matter and would be impossible to figure out who benefits and loses more, both
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Reminder: HN Munich Meetup IV - 9 Aug 2012 19:00 Hirschgarten (plus.google.com)
8 points by HSO 14y ago|2 comments
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by HSO 14y ago
> Citation needed. How about the FAO: This report aims to assess the full impact of the livestock sector on environmental problems, along with potential technical and policy approaches to mitigation. The assessment is based on the most
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by HSO 14y ago
IANAN (I am not a nutritionist) but I strongly suspect that the physical and mental exhaustion is primarily related to dehydration (as Mahdi Yusuf himself indicates by bolding "drink"). Looking at some of the comments here, the main differe
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by HSO 14y ago
I found this number incredible, that's why I had to post it. The rest of the article is blah.
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by HSO 14y ago
> if everyone spent their money to benefit society as whole, then there would be an extremely strong correlation between how much a job pays and how much it 'matters'. if it was possible to determine ex ante what benefits society the
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Reminder: HN Meetup Munich tomorrow
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by HSO 14y ago
What's the difference between "status quo" and "present"?
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by HSO 14y ago
very interested. thx!!!
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HN Meetup Munich: May 2012
20 points by HSO 14y ago|13 comments
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by HSO 14y ago
without the state, i'd wear arms.
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by HSO 14y ago
> gets an education and probably pays good money for it -> http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/financial_aid/cost... service rendered and paid for, he doesn't owe you anything, wtf do you want?! > he's also benefiting f
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by HSO 14y ago
Wired's fake McLuhan interview from many moons ago: What's your take on media juggernauts like Microsoft? Should it be allowed to stranglehold electronic media? We fear that the owners of the monopoly will crush us, but this never happen
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HN Meetup Munich: April 2012 (Reminder)
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by HSO 14y ago
Isn't it funny, when the Chinese don't loosen their currency, it's called mercantilism; when they do, they "pimp [the CNY] as a reserve currency". A case of damned if they do, damned if they don't?

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