Mtinie

64 ms·

751.
by Mtinie 11y ago
From what I've been able to find the route was a one-off chartered flight in February, 1985[1]. There were a few delays and because they were attempting for a world-record time, a bit longer because certain conditions had to be met. [1
752.
by Mtinie 11y ago
Agreed! Do you wait until the Friday afternoon right before your DevOps lead is scheduled to leave for a well-deserved vacation, too? In my experience it really takes things to a whole new level of awesome!
753.
by Mtinie 11y ago
It's been my experience that communties generally work best when individuals are considerate towards one another. Some level of sensitivity towards avoding terms that cause discomfort to others goes a long way. > X is used widely, a
754.
by Mtinie 11y ago
> automated suggestion of (potentially) more considerate alternative verbiage.
755.
by Mtinie 11y ago
> Plus, in the US, your cat can run for President. It means absolutely nothing. Legally? Only if your cat is over the age of thirty-five and is a natural born citizen of the United States. The age requirement is a tough one...I believe t
756.
by Mtinie 11y ago
> I don't want to ask for more at risk of looking like a drug seeker, and I don't want the jitters to increase, but I'm also not really sure what I'm supposed to "feel." If it's working correctly you sh
757.
by Mtinie 11y ago
> Over the last several years, the "improvements" such as adding TVs to the cab seem completely unnecessary and not based on actual customer demands or preferences. Ah, but in fact you're mistaken. Actual customers did dem
758.
by Mtinie 11y ago
At the end of the road through Montaña de Oro State Park there's a warning siren[1] that will go off if there's a problem at the Diablo Canyon facility. Every time I get out there and see it there's a part of me that expects
759.
by Mtinie 11y ago
It's the cascading service failures and related economic costs that would be the most damaging (and hardest to really quantify until a scenario really happens).
760.
by Mtinie 11y ago
The former. http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/aircraft-markings-and-camou...
761.
by Mtinie 11y ago
Potentially. It really depends on what the margins were on the ~$1M/day.
762.
by Mtinie 11y ago
While that's a reasonably valid assertion of the state of Bitcoin's protocol development compared against the state of the collection of protocols and services we call the "Internet", I believe that they are similar but
763.
by Mtinie 11y ago
If we're using those as the criteria for trust[1,2], I'm totally going to stop using Wall Street-backed products :) You've got me on the third point, however. The Winklevoss brothers do have an EFT in the works[3], but I don&
764.
by Mtinie 11y ago
Agreed.
765.
by Mtinie 11y ago
> Every Bitcoin exchange I can think of has lost some significant amount of coins to hacks. I see no reasonable solution for this problem. This is a problem for Bitcoin, but not a problem of Bitcoin. The major fallout that I see from
766.
by Mtinie 11y ago
> i think the biggest deficiency is it's not being backed by many trustworthy people Is the current global financial system backed by many trustworthy people? Who qualifies as "trustworthy" in this case? Central Banks, com
767.
by Mtinie 11y ago
...and then ask if you consent to a search of your bag.
768.
by Mtinie 11y ago
FTF(SF): "Our site is offline temporarily while we figure out a 'transition strategy' to continue to do what we've been doing but under an assumed name as an off-shore entity." Best to be on the lookout for release
769.
by Mtinie 11y ago
10 years ago you could print the photos on an inkjet or color laser printer at home. But this was a costly proposition in both time and money. Ink and toner being more expensive by weight than...a whole bunch of luxury goods[1]. You would
770.
by Mtinie 11y ago
> It can be hard to understand that position, but there are people who believe mass surveillance, security theater, and the like really are protecting them and that it is all for their own good. Not only that, but supplying the infrastru
771.
by Mtinie 11y ago
I purchased the app because it's a problem that I've always hoped I'd find a solution for. However, I feel like I'm missing something fundamental... 1. Import .png file[1] that I'd like to convert to a vector im
772.
by Mtinie 12y ago
I'd prefer the option to generate that third key locally and skip storing it on their servers.
773.
by Mtinie 12y ago
> "Conley then proposed that a backdoor be implemented on personal devices but corporate networks be allowed to keep strong encryption with no 'golden keys.'" Wow. This is deviously brilliant! /cue establishment
774.
by Mtinie 12y ago
I'll be honest, I never really gave a lot of thought to whether or not I'm a "map lover" until this HN topic appeared in my feed, but your comment hooked me in... ...so much for this morning's priorities. /sigh
775.
by Mtinie 12y ago
^ this. If anyone is interested in building it, send me a note, I'd love to be involved (but totally lack the skills to do it myself).
776.
by Mtinie 12y ago
That's a good point. I had been thinking about the "positive" outcomes of those overlapping concerns but you are right to point out that social mores are a very grey area.
777.
by Mtinie 12y ago
I (personally) can almost rationalize rioting if the target of the violence is a symbol of the population that the mob see as their oppressor. Take for instance, the Los Angeles riots in 1992. If significant mobs of rioters had streamed out
778.
by Mtinie 12y ago
> But it's a reminder of how fragile the social order is and how close we always are to its collapse. It makes me wonder if "civilization" really exists, or if we really are just small groups of self-centered "tribes&
779.
by Mtinie 12y ago
If that was an option, but not the only option, it could make for an interesting addition to their business model. * Public repositories (fork for free) * Premium repositories (fork for a fee) * Private repositories (restricted
780.
by Mtinie 12y ago
> the better your paid, the better your organic - by a right mile I interpreted it as meaning the higher your app is ranked in the 'paid' category (preferrably in the top 20 or higher), the better your organic acquisition rate

More ›