RachelF

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601.
by RachelF 7y ago
It will be interesting to see how these benchmarks look with more memory. Could it be that Windows just eats more base memory than Linux, and the benchmark apps do not have enough memory to run under Windows?
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by RachelF 7y ago
As you say, if you have to save the passwords locally, you have to save them locally. Web browsers that save passwords and password managers like LastPass all have to do this. If you look in the Windows "Control Panel" app you&#x2
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by RachelF 7y ago
Hippos are also rather dangerous animals. In Africa, they kill and injure more people than lions do.
604.
by RachelF 7y ago
I'll await some benchmarks before installing these. The last ones caused a 14% performance hit.
605.
Major medical records vendor warns it will stop working with Google Cloud(cnbc.com)
8 points by RachelF 7y ago|1 comments
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Are anti-competitive firms killing American innovation?(economist.com)
1 points by RachelF 7y ago|0 comments
607.
by RachelF 7y ago
The ransomware wanted $300 in Bitcoin per computer encrypted. This is a commercial extortion attempt, not an act of war. The insurers, as is their wont don't want to pay out.
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Head of Chinese research integrity is exposed for scientific fraud(theness.com)
60 points by RachelF 7y ago|0 comments
609.
by RachelF 7y ago
I've noticed that new LED backlit screens tend to be harder on my eyes then the old CCL backlit ones. Perhaps it's just me getting old though?
610.
by RachelF 7y ago
Sadly, as Kahneman now admits, many of the studies behind behavioral economics just haven't replicated. Along with Loss Aversion, the whole idea of Priming also seems null.
611.
by RachelF 7y ago
That's a lot of errors, and he only examined Chapter 1 of "Why we Sleep". Walker comes out looking like a charlatan.
612.
by RachelF 7y ago
Cool website for a weekend project - what tools did you use to make it?
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If People Were Paid by Ability, Inequality Would Plummet(nytimes.com)
10 points by RachelF 7y ago|0 comments
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by RachelF 7y ago
I've done a bit of IT support for old folks. People over 70 typically battle to register their fingerprints and get them working on Apple and Samsung devices.
615.
by RachelF 7y ago
I don't understand this at all: Why would you need kill weeds (unwanted plants) if you are growing your plants hydrophonically? What am I missing?
616.
by RachelF 7y ago
Try buying a modern car that isn't full of unreliable software that keeps phoning home.
617.
by RachelF 7y ago
This has already happened in Australia. The AI that runs the government equivalent of social security and the tax office, has been programmed to send debt notices to tens of thousands of people on welfare. The Aussies call it "Robodebt
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by RachelF 7y ago
I love the good ol' fashioned web page look.
619.
by RachelF 7y ago
A good little summary. Unfortunately, the author, Rolf Dobelli stole much of it verbatim from Taleb, something Taleb does not like: https://fooledbyrandomness.com/dobelli.htm
620.
by RachelF 7y ago
It threatens private companies too. Many choose to buyback shares instead of investing in R&D. Boeing and the 737MAX come to mind. In the short term CEOs get big bonuses. In the long-term they've eaten their own seed corn.
621.
by RachelF 7y ago
>And what stops the victims of naming names now? They might be murdered. The model who exposed Silvio Berlusconi's rape of her and the "bunga-banga" parties was poisoned with polonium. https://apnews.com/e7
622.
by RachelF 7y ago
I'm not from the USA, is my understanding of this correct? The power utility is liable for fires caused if a branch blows into its power lines during high winds. So the power utility has chosen to turn off the power in high winds?
623.
by RachelF 7y ago
MIT's reputation is going down the tubes. First the Aaron Swartz persecution, then Epstein links now this.
624.
by RachelF 7y ago
It's not going to end, the article says why, too: "To reduce costs, companies have attempted to cram in more people thus creating denser—and louder—environments."
625.
by RachelF 7y ago
There were a few compilers for AppleSoft BASIC. The most well-known was Microsoft's BASIC compiler. It could not handle arrays, though. The original Integer BASIC that Woz & Co wrote was faster than AppleSoft, but lacked much comp
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by RachelF 7y ago
Not only were there few repercussions for Intel, their CEO and some on his team faced few repercussions too. What amazed me is how Intel execs avoided insider trading charges from the SEC when they sold their own Intel shares, knowing of th
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Hong Kong protester role-playing game suspended from Google Play Store(hongkongfp.com)
5 points by RachelF 7y ago|1 comments
628.
by RachelF 7y ago
The breakdown of the body and will that sleep deprivation causes is well known to those who use "enhanced interrogation techniques". https://www.humanrightsfirst.org/senate-report-cia-torture/s...
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The economics of streaming is changing pop songs(economist.com)
51 points by RachelF 7y ago|14 comments
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by RachelF 7y ago
Someone has written a book about it. The Chinese government threatened to sue the Australian publishers, so they dropped it. Eventually the book, "Silent Invasion", found another publisher: https://www.goodreads.com&#x2

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