LordKano

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by LordKano 11y ago
Based on their previous behavior in the marketplace, Apple and Google aren't above refusing to sell something they once sold if it's not in their own best interests to continue selling it.
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I'm happy that I went with Roku. I think that this is an underhanded move on Amazon's part but it's not beneath what Apple or Google would do in their position.
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The fact that tax money is spent on various social protection things, like health care, allows to legally limit one's apparently personal choices, like smoking, that increase the tax money spending due to those choices. Such is the na
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A very common case is that people who vehemently disagree with outlawing Scientology also strongly believe vaccination is a good idea. I disagree with outlawing Scientology or any other religion and I think that vaccination is a good idea
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by LordKano 11y ago
I kind of like approval voting but there's one big problem. How to we enact it? I also see a small problem. Party representatives stand outside of polling places and present voters with lists of party endorsed candidates. People who cu
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I absolutely hate that we have to play the game but I suppose that there's some benefit in weeding out the people who can't. "Yes, I enjoy leveraging the different experience that each member brings to the team. When we combi
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If the only evidence that someone committed a crime is on their cell phone, the authorities haven't done a thorough investigation and they shouldn't be rewarded for laziness. Let's take it one step back from electronic device
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I have Java book that was exposed to a leaking bottle of Apple juice. Most of the pages were soaked and as soon as they dried, it was still a perfectly readable book. I do not believe that my Kindle would have fared so well.
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It may well be a limitation of today's technology but it's still a real limitation. It's why reading ebooks on my laptop while I'm in the tub hasn't become my method.
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After a long day of working in the garden, on my car or on a home improvement project, I like to relax in a hot bath with a good book. I'm not comfortable doing that with my Kindle. I may not be the average book consumer but I buy a lo
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As I understand it, it's legal to use it in other vehicles but only if those vehicles are used off of the public roadways. For example, if you have a large site and must move material internally to that site, you can use untaxed diesel
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by LordKano 11y ago
Here, in the US, untaxed diesel is dyed red. The authorities typically don't bother checking passenger vehicles but commercial trucks are routinely checked. If the fuel is darker than some arbitrary limit, there are severe fines impose
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In my state, PA, they use an inductive pickup on the spark plug wire for cylinder #1 to determine the RPMs and a probe that's inserted into the tailpipe. The probe is a small diameter (0.5" or less) tube and it shouldn't rais
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by LordKano 11y ago
I had been avoiding the Galaxy client because I didn't see any benefit but after your remark, I decided to try it. It's not bug-free but so far I like it.
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It depends on the issue at hand. A Mayor can put together a deal that will bring an employer(and all of the jobs that it brings along) to a municipality, congress doesn't do that. A Governor can influence the business climate of a stat
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That makes for a superficially witty slogan but look at inner cities. Poor people have been voting for Democrats for 50 years and they're still poor. Getting people out of poverty is a lot more complicated than which political party on
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The last item I bought was available on Steam too. I bought Satellite Reign for a lower price through GoG than I could have gotten it for through Steam. Lower prices, classic games and no DRM. It's awesome.
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It's certainly better than "One weird trick to stop reporting on wars" or "War profiteers hate this man, find out why".
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I have grown quite fond of GoG. In the past year, I have spent more money on games at that site than I have at any brick and mortar or online seller.
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I bought Sim City for my Mac Plus back in 1990 and it's code sheet was really-really dark purple printed on really dark purple. It was a sad day when I lost that sheet.
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Admittedly, this is not conclusive, that's why I said "Allegedly". http://gothamist.com/2010/07/30/dog_tooth_in_chinese_food_pr...
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Dogs are regularly eaten in some parts of Asia. Allegedly this practice goes on in America, without the consumer's knowledge.
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Never underestimate the power of creative lawyering.
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I love to see people discovering that despite their lack of modern technology, many ancient peoples were far from primitive.
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Or changing an oil filter. Or flushing the coolant. Or replacing shock absorbers or struts. Or ... Basically, we all recognize that it's a BS justification.
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Imagine airbus or boeing or the FAA allowing uncertified code to enter critical commercial aircraft systems. Yeah because some tractor is as much of threat as a 450 ton jumbo jet. Even if there were no regulations preventing it. Even if t
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Make up your mind. Are you going to continue to argue that they're not doing it or will you argue that they're only doing it when they have a good reason?
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You are mistaken. Recently, John Deere has been threatening shade tree mechanics with DMCA suits for performing unauthorized repairs on tractors that they own.
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The title irks me a little: you already have the right to repair, provided you have enough knowledge. Some manufacturers are trying to use DMCA to prevent user repairs/modifications. We had the right to repair but it's in jeop
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I really like this kind of stuff. It's my opinion that our educational process is a bit too heavy on algorithms and languages while being a bit too light on data structures. I like to brush up on this subject matter from time to time j

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