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by JBReefer 10y ago
> who will watch and maintain the articles? Exactly the people you don't want - powerhungry, fiefdom building diehards. The whole point of Wikipedia was to be a repository of our knowledge, even if there are flaws, but it just seems
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by JBReefer 10y ago
Yeah this seems like a great use of hg update nightly.
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by JBReefer 10y ago
Moto G 4th gen is ~150 new, I just bought one.
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by JBReefer 10y ago
^ I think this is it. App developers are taught to reflexively use the local db to store data, not files - but may not understand the difference performance characteristics of this db. Someone (like me before reading this post) working on a
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by JBReefer 10y ago
I certainly have - I just replaced my Nexus 6 with a Moto G4, which somehow seems faster with the exact same set of apps and prefs. As an aside, having a phone that costs $150 is sort of amazing. It's removes the fetishism of "oh
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by JBReefer 10y ago
It's so common here in NYC that there's a scam where people go door to door, trick you into believing you're signing up for 100% wind power, and then jack up prices after a few months.
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by JBReefer 10y ago
That depends on perspective. Probably a big disadvantage to the North Koreans.
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by JBReefer 10y ago
What if we get it, but don't think it's intriguing?
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by JBReefer 10y ago
That's funny, I thought I would hate Parisians, but they were incredibly kind and warm. You just have to talk to them the way you speak to New Yorkers: to the point, and about the city or food. New Yorkers have the same reputation for
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by JBReefer 10y ago
I love this comment. Apple doesn't have to stress that they're not a fruit farm, because you know what they honestly are.
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by JBReefer 10y ago
That's the part where its a misapplication. These are fundamentally websites we're talking about, not steel mills. The barriers to entry, especially for competitors operating in other states, are incredibly low. No new roads, no n
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by JBReefer 10y ago
You're close, but it's not just Facebook. http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/12/17/the-toxoplasma-of-rage/
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by JBReefer 10y ago
I also see this in my friends that do dumb stuff for their income. Most of them are flat out stupid and the rest are only able to think about the next few days. TV isn't a good representation of most of it - it rarely shows how little
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by JBReefer 10y ago
I don't know how much it is Python shooting itself in the foot, I wonder if it's not a management issue. Though he may be stubborn, I can't see the 2 v 3 split happening under Rob Pike - I think this is fundamentally a Guido
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by JBReefer 10y ago
I mean it sounds very nice and fancy - but loop semantics and conditional jumps have nearly nothing to do with what he's talking about.
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by JBReefer 10y ago
I think this is part of it. You can't really practice acoustic in an apartment building, unless you're my rude upstairs neighbor. You can practice electric piano, FLP, and rapping - which just happens to be the major modes of musi
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by JBReefer 10y ago
Please don't try to start flame wars on HN, and please be more substantial in your comments.
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by JBReefer 10y ago
I think this is true about more than just commutes. Aside from Instagram and this place, social media just makes me disgusted by my friends and the media. What's the point of something that worsens relationships, which are the only thi
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by JBReefer 10y ago
Not all places have trains, and not all buses are unpleasant. My rides in Hartford were all great. A lot of the anti-bus thing in America has some pretty ugly roots, but I'm not going to argue about it on HN.
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by JBReefer 10y ago
This is why I take the bus or train, even in towns where most people drive(when possible). I used to commute from Downtown Hartford to the Airport. 20 minute drive, 40 minute bus ride. I showed up happy and refreshed and having had time to
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by JBReefer 10y ago
Not according to http://bad.solutions
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by JBReefer 10y ago
I like the laptop with a bunch of lovely Microsoft technologies, and then WiX. Please, please die WiX. Imperative XML + non-deterministic execution order + the worst error messages of the entire stack. I love C# and the CLR, but damn WiX su
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by JBReefer 10y ago
I don't get why he didn't consider orgies ... this is definitely for orgies, right? The drunk thing is a cover.
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by JBReefer 10y ago
Fake news is bad, but the issue is overstated. I believe that the real issue is preference falsification on both sides, which is well discussed in this HN thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12920496
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by JBReefer 10y ago
This is 100% true. I only get ads for Clinton, only see very liberal posts on Facebook, and receive a subset of news that is tailored to the fact that I live in New York. It's kind of crazy, honestly. It's also sad - the brightest
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by JBReefer 10y ago
I don't think the issue is fake news. I think the issue is that there is nearly 0 crossover between the two political spheres. I haven't seen any posts about violence against Trump voters on election day (there was a surprising am
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by JBReefer 10y ago
Too many engineers on payroll, or engineers held onto by managers that are good at building a kingdom in the wrong place.
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by JBReefer 10y ago
I would add "Easy to find your friends," which is the killer feature for me. With FBM, you can just search for someone's name. With many of the federated alternatives, you end up searching for something like "xxBluntlord
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by JBReefer 10y ago
Also, you reduce the space that needs converting from {All the cars on Earth} to {All fossil fuel powerplants}. There are ~1 billion cars. I can't find good numbers for coal and gas plants, but it can't be more than a 200k or so.
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by JBReefer 10y ago
Is it less than you pay {Civic monthly lease + (Civic Monthly Gas Cost - Bolt Electricity Cost)}?? Honest question! It seems like a critical mark for GM to hit with such an odd looking vehicle.

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