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by JTon 11y ago
I was curious about this, so I went to the SMBC site. It says by Zach Weinersmith; not Weinberg. Also the CTO of Reddit is Marty Weiner. That's three different last names. I think you're a little confused!
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by JTon 11y ago
I love reading these stories. Hat tip to the faceless white hat
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by JTon 11y ago
Quote from the embedded video: > In order to do this we had to build a detector the size of a 10 story building, 2 kilometers underground. In a mine, Creighton Mine, near Sudbury, Ontario... and we had the advantage of a thousand tonnes
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by JTon 11y ago
Thanks. Reading this quote and my original side by side makes me cringe. This is a great example of the importance of language and writing skills
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by JTon 11y ago
Interesting anecdote. Reminds me of that expression that goes something like "If you choose a career in something you love, it no longer becomes work". Pretty sure I butchered that, perhaps someone can sweep in with the proper quo
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by JTon 11y ago
Really interesting link (I had no idea). But the commenter above was clearly being facetious
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by JTon 11y ago
Yeah, good point. How awesome would it be if cars were modular and upgradable like tower PCs. Buy today, because you you can incrementally upgrade tomorrow
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by JTon 11y ago
I think Google is one of a handful of firms that has the resources to make this happen
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by JTon 11y ago
How exactly does a strong USD decrease the price of oil?
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by JTon 11y ago
Your post tickled my curiosity. So I went to Wikipedia... and found this: http://imgur.com/lNpPWkP
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by JTon 11y ago
Very interesting study. I don't see any mention of the use of optical protection switching to mitigate the risk of a single fiber cut. Recent advancements in DSP have made it possible to optically protect a link over hundreds (and some
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Ask HN: Why is Apple still releasing 16 GB phones?
14 points by JTon 11y ago|26 comments
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by JTon 11y ago
+1 for PoE. A bunch of friends and I had a weekend LAN party and took it for a ride. We all loved the additional features.
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by JTon 11y ago
> Past a certain income level, $540 savings for years of daily annoyance isn't really a compelling saving. I think the whole point of this discussion is we've reached a tipping point where the "low end" phones aren&#x
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by JTon 11y ago
Not an expert, but I've been read that demand for oil is typically used as a leading indicator for economic growth. Seems like the global economy is slumping, and as a result doesn't need as much energy (oil)
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by JTon 11y ago
Any ideas how to effectively police that type of permit? My gut says the infrastructure and manpower needed would be incredibly expensive. Possibly enough to negate a significant chunk of the revenue
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by JTon 11y ago
I'm not sure, but I doubt it. You could order two or three and check for yourself. According to a stack exchange discussion [1] duplicate MAC addresses could result from spoofing, a mistake during manufacturing, or willful negligence o
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by JTon 11y ago
> Just follow this list of instructions, but don’t complete the final step — don’t select the particular product you want ordered. Overall I think this is great. I can see this being useful for a variety of different tracking; not only f
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by JTon 11y ago
I completely agree. Real hype is generated when Netflix consistently nails recommendation. Content is still king, but curation of that content is the engine that drives the whole thing
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by JTon 11y ago
Then why are all the analysts fixated on supply-demand mechanics? Do you have further readings about the correlation between USD and the price of crude? I'm very interested.
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by JTon 11y ago
> The reason electric cars will take over our roads is because consumers will DEMAND them. Electric cars will be better than any alternative, including the loud, inconvenient, gas-powered jalopy. The iPhone demonstrated that smartphones
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by JTon 11y ago
I can't recreate this. (Yes, even with my adblockers off)
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by JTon 11y ago
This is interesting and it seems plausible. However, at the beginning of the article the author said they stumbled upon this image multiple times by manually entering random 5 character filenames. If it were an exploit prevention feature, I
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by JTon 11y ago
Firstly I'll admit, I don't buy many tickets in general. However the times I used Ticketmaster I've had a neutral to positive experience. I'm always a bit annoyed at the service fees. But it takes little time to buy them
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by JTon 11y ago
I was wondering the same thing. To me, the camera work looks very confident (smooth, even panning). Almost as if they knew exactly where the rocket was behind the clouds. Infrared sounds plausible. Or maybe they just have an high-res camera
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by JTon 11y ago
Thanks for the math to back up my own doubt. Fortunately, the bus analogy appears to be added by the author as a bit of sparkle and does not get brought up again.
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by JTon 11y ago
Good point. In addition, I would imagine you can feel a difference in friction caused by lubricating properties of some materials
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by JTon 11y ago
> Only difference is that my workstation runs Linux and my laptop runs Windows Pretty big difference, no?
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by JTon 11y ago
That's a good point. Reflecting, my moral compass frowns upon cannibalism, but I haven't fleshed out the reasons why. Hat tip for punching a hole in my argument
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by JTon 11y ago
Equivalently moral

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