Phlarp

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by Phlarp 8y ago
This can be a powerful tool, but in this specific instance it's probably more likely to get his account locked down for good.
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by Phlarp 8y ago
The glut of domestic oil all comes with higher extraction costs. While it's unlikely an OPEC embargo could affect the United States in the same way it did in the 70s, Saudi Arabia specifically can sell oil at a price that is mildly pro
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by Phlarp 8y ago
This is true, but the relatively slave like cheap labor does still require robust social services, which the kingdom pays for with oil revenue.
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by Phlarp 8y ago
The fixed low marginal costs of Saudi infrastructure also allows them to keep the higher cost producers on a tight leash. If US domestic production gets too robust for their liking; they can simply enforce a price regime low enough to put
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by Phlarp 8y ago
Oil extraction has wildly varying costs. Saudi Arabia is lucky in that they have large deposits that are quite shallow. As such Saudi Arabia can produce oil with a very low marginal cost per barrel ($15 or $20). Compare that to tar sands,
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by Phlarp 8y ago
I don't think the average pirate is going to distinguish on this level of quality difference. As long as it isn't a theater cam most people are going to be satisfied with the quality / price ratio.
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by Phlarp 8y ago
Or a screenshot
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by Phlarp 8y ago
It'd be illegal in this country if not for some very creative stepping around the issue on the part of the "gig economy". (Which may itself be illegal but it appears Uber has become to large for this to matter)
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by Phlarp 8y ago
I'm pretty comfortable assuming that Apple wouldn't design a lipo charging circuit that could fail in an unsafe way due to a single component failure, but I can't speak specifically to what those might be.
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by Phlarp 8y ago
You seem really invested in this either not being the Saudi's or being Sanchez (or her brother-in-law as has been speculated). Given the political situation surrounding this whole story is best summarized as "a double shit sandwi
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by Phlarp 8y ago
End to end encryption isn't super useful if one or both endpoints are compromised.
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by Phlarp 8y ago
The act of charging the battery does itself generate some heat, as does the charging circuitry within the phone. This will happen with either method of charging. Wireless inductive charging will also generate significantly larger amounts of
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by Phlarp 8y ago
residential lithium fires are unlikely to be coming from phones. (unless people still have those exploding Notes still kicking around) Far more likely to be lithium batteries being used or abused in a hobbyist capacity. E-cigs and RC are bo
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by Phlarp 8y ago
Who is buying $19 Apple branded charging cables? I guess if consumers want to lean into every minor expense it's hardly fair to blame the company for taking their money... Clearly they were eager to give it to someone in a hurry.
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by Phlarp 8y ago
Age, cycles and heat. Inductive charging loops are going to generate a ton of waste heat, and worse yet a good chunk of that is going to be coming from the coil inside the phone.
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by Phlarp 8y ago
Except that if/when political dysfunction does cause a default on the bonds, the currency gets its legs chopped out from under it.
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by Phlarp 8y ago
yes, because nobody is trying to drive 4k per eye at 144hz with lower latencies than we can currently get to.
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by Phlarp 8y ago
Maybe it's a market fit question? Certainly the original Oculus had a very successful kickstarter, but that was a ~$350 device and it was expected a standard gaming computer would be able to keep up with the resolution and refresh rat
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by Phlarp 8y ago
I'd love to see a premium pair of over the ear headphones driven by a licensed Apple Bluetooth stack, which by all accounts is vastly superior. It's still a win for Apple since the added bluetooth features only activate when paire
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by Phlarp 8y ago
Yes. These commercials are what I was thinking about in this thread. Apple was marketing the CORD as a status symbol a decade ago.
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by Phlarp 8y ago
XS max owner, I did not get an adapter with mine.
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by Phlarp 8y ago
Yea, unfortunately HR or accounting is going to be lurking around waiting to torpedo any incarnation of this; but the best option is to set a reasonable dollar amount for gear and let your engineers allocate it as part of the onboarding pro
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by Phlarp 8y ago
I was bracing for downvotes on that comment for shilling. It appears the QC35s are loved by many, myself included. Honestly if you regularly write code in an open office like I suspect many here do; a serious, professional pair of headphone
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by Phlarp 8y ago
It's also a lot harder to crucify the QC35s on their cost when comparing to airpods, which don't seem to have comparable noise cancelling. If you are going to shell out for a premium product at least make sure you get a premium p
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by Phlarp 8y ago
If you are a fan of this earbud design they package a pair with a lightning connector in every iphone. Apple has successfully turned the airpods into a fashion/status symbol, which was their goal. "only smelly android users have h
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by Phlarp 8y ago
I absolutely agree with everything in this post, but the newest model of QC35s has like 15 hours of battery life. Even if it degrades 50% over 3 years they will be perfectly usable. Airpods don't have enough physical size to overprovi
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by Phlarp 8y ago
I only made it a few paragraphs in but this feels like the same vein as "Money doesn't make you any happier past 70k/yr" with the same nonsense and tired platitudes to defend it. I'm absolutely certain life would be
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by Phlarp 8y ago
Not at all. The article says "criminal investigation" but after some cursory discussion of a grand jury and EDNY they pivot to talking about the FTC and civil punishment. I am not a lawyer, let alone a federal prosecutor. However,
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by Phlarp 8y ago
Democracy dies in darkness!
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by Phlarp 8y ago
Well, the "violence" that took place was perhaps provoked by and certainly facilitated through law enforcement. I use quotes because it appears he primarily got extorted. Those same federal agents also sought to enrich themselves

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