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by RachelF 8y ago
Uber and Lyft are both owned by Softbank's investment fund now, so there is a monopoly at a higher level. They no longer compete in some countries like Malaysia, where one of them has just withdrawn from the market.
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by RachelF 8y ago
and Wikipedia has an article on this VIA "Alternate Instruction Set", too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternate_Instruction_Set It's still great hacking and fuzzing to find the privilege escalation in
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by RachelF 8y ago
Unfortunately the management culture at NASA, something Richard Feynman also criticized, did not change. This lead to managers ignoring engineers' warnings about the foam strikes on Columbia, and also rejecting requests for high resolu
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by RachelF 8y ago
Microsoft bought the term "Lindows" in 2004 for around $20 million. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Corp._v._Lindows.com... .
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by RachelF 8y ago
Dual N-back is reported to improve working memory, which can help improve IQ. A excellent report is here https://www.gwern.net/DNB-FAQ
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by RachelF 8y ago
For those interested in the engineering details behind the whole flight, from engines, to power systems, guidance, navigation and computers, I would say my favourite book is "How Apollo Flew to the Moon" by W David Woods https:&#
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by RachelF 8y ago
I agree with your comment. The OP is using a 43" TFT. I've had a TFT side by side with an IPS monitor, and I much prefer an IPS panel. I find it easier on the eyes.
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by RachelF 8y ago
Good ol' Roman army strategy of "Decimation", in 1 in 10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimation_(Roman_army)
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by RachelF 8y ago
My big issue with Docker for Windows is that it prevents VMWare Workstation from running, as it uses Hyper-V. You can have one or the other, but not both.
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Indian technology talent is flocking to Canada(economist.com)
108 points by RachelF 8y ago|86 comments
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by RachelF 8y ago
Yep, the Karman line is 100km. Only astronauts and X-15 pilots who flew above this heigh were deemed to have flown into space. Virgin and Branson are very good at marketing and PR, so they probably chose the lower definition to say they had
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by RachelF 8y ago
To put things into perspective, the B-29 bomber project cost around $3.2 billion dollars in 1945 dollars, half as much again as the $1.9 billion atomic weapon. The bomb project was expensive because they were accelerating perhaps 30 years o
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Your life span is written in your DNA and we’re learning to read the code(technologyreview.com)
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by RachelF 8y ago
Be careful, especially with dosage; meta studies[1] have linked increased consumption of vitamins to a shorter life. [1] https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/vitamins-and-cancer-risk/
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by RachelF 8y ago
The Sony compacts are pretty good camera-wise, but the most recent compacts are bigger than the old ones. The old ones had 4.6" screens, now they are growing to over 5".
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by RachelF 8y ago
Yes, but he was better at self-promotion than the others who did, so he is credited with it by history. Similarly, in 20 years time Steve Jobs will be remembered as the inventor of the smartphone.
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Why big companies squander good ideas(ft.com)
1 points by RachelF 8y ago|0 comments
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by RachelF 8y ago
The nuclear option actually limited the war. The Syrians were scared of going past the Jordan river, because of Israeli nuclear threats to Damascus. "On the night of 8 October 1973, Israeli PM Meir authorized the assembly of thirteen 2
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by RachelF 8y ago
I know it is old-fashioned, but you could always set up a mail client like Thunderbird to talk to Gmail and keep a consistent UI.
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by RachelF 8y ago
One of his other books "A Writer at War : a Soviet Journalist with the Red Army, 1941-1945" is an excellent, if censored description of WW2 from an eyewitness on the Soviet side. Its description of the liberation of Treblinka [0]
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by RachelF 8y ago
The Register has more details: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/09/28/uefi_rootkit_apt28/
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by RachelF 8y ago
I love parrots, they make fantastic pets. However, your comparison to a small child is very good - they have the nature and intelligence of a human 3 year old. Parrots are wild birds, they have not been domesticated for ten thousand years l
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by RachelF 8y ago
Yes, it is impressive that he got it going with PID controllers plus whatever else is in the controller firmware. This sort of inverted pendulum type system would typically require at least 1/s^2 control. It also has the additional com
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The AI patent race(visualcapitalist.com)
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by RachelF 8y ago
It is a pity, as The Register is probably one of the best tech sites out there, mostly well written articles with good analysis. They have a decent BS detector, too.
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by RachelF 8y ago
Yes, the debt needs to be used productively. Otherwise you borrow to build things that do not generate enough return to pay back the debt. You also inflate asset bubbles, some Chinese property is as expensive as Silicon Valley or NYC, per s
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by RachelF 8y ago
Take a look here for proof at least from the physical side. https://www.ftsafe.com/products/FIDO/Multi The case design shape and LED positions are identical. You'll need to check the USB VID and Bluetooth MAC
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by RachelF 8y ago
Updates can be stored in the BIOS flash, so if you can program this you could theoretically update the microcode. The OS can also patch the microcode during boot. The signature/encryption is still a problem, which might be why they are
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What Cyber-War Will Look Like(scholars-stage.blogspot.com)
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The Best Cities for Tech Lovers(au.rs-online.com)
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