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by RachelF 10y ago
It is also affecting online users, not just the desktop client - "The affected users are able to access Google Drive, but are seeing error messages and/or other unexpected behavior."
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by RachelF 10y ago
Perhaps, but the MPAA/RIAA and what happened to KimDotCom are also probably a big factor.
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by RachelF 10y ago
Many of the machine tools used to make the Merlin engines in British fighters were made in Germany. The British and Germans traded a lot prior to both wars, which is worry for the argument that the trade links between the US and China will
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by RachelF 10y ago
A brilliant overview. I wish he'd update it.
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by RachelF 10y ago
Dictators Handbook was interesting for me too, showing politics as a game of patronage. Once you look at the world through these eyes, a lot more makes sense. N.N. Taleb's "Fooled by Randomness" fundamentally changed the way
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by RachelF 10y ago
>Why Socialism for the Rich, Capitalism for the Poor? A simple, if specious answer: The Golden rule - she who has the gold, makes the rules.
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Mysterious Gmail account lockouts prompt hack fears(theregister.co.uk)
40 points by RachelF 10y ago|20 comments
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by RachelF 10y ago
Worldwide, 2G is being shut down, not just the US. The primary reason is that carriers want to re-use the 2G spectrum for 3/4G. You can buy a Samsung/Chinese 3G candybar format phone for $30, which gives good battery life.
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by RachelF 10y ago
Like many products, microwaves are designed to sell, not to be used. The consumer in the store thinks that better product has more buttons and features, not thinking how they would be used.
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by RachelF 10y ago
As other posters mentioned, it is a long and complicated story. It is a pity they did not get traction 10 years ago, when they could have competed with Vista. Good to see that they are still around, though.
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by RachelF 10y ago
That is a superb quote.
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by RachelF 10y ago
The truth is somewhat in between. In war you have to make fewer screwups than your enemy, or if you can't then you need a good feedback system so you can recover more quickly.
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by RachelF 10y ago
The Register has another take on this, including the court martial results: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/02/07/raf_voyager_zz333_f...
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by RachelF 10y ago
Most banks of CC companies will also be charging you similar rates, unfortunately. This is why it is a pity bitcoin didn't go mainstream.
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by RachelF 10y ago
There is not a shortage of STEM graduates. However, from an employer's point of view, there is a shortage of cheap STEM graduates. Hence the recent tech company uproar over the skilled visa changes.
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The Economist explains: How to get rich in America(economist.com)
1 points by RachelF 10y ago|0 comments
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Screens from Samsung, LG consume more power than reported(economist.com)
1 points by RachelF 10y ago|0 comments
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Enormous extragalactic void is pushing on the Milky Way(newatlas.com)
1 points by RachelF 10y ago|0 comments
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by RachelF 10y ago
It's a hard landing page to understand. Took quite a bit of effort to understand what it is. Dropbox used to be good at simplifying things. If the landing page is this confused it doesn't bode too well Dropbox Paper.
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by RachelF 10y ago
Also fails to mention enabling SSL which shortens load times. This might not be an option for those on free Cloudflare plans, though.
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The Coming Tech Backlash(linkedin.com)
4 points by RachelF 10y ago|1 comments
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Pharmaceutical industry lobbying linked to positive outcomes in clinical trials(smh.com.au)
3 points by RachelF 10y ago|0 comments
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by RachelF 10y ago
It's not just high real-estate prices, it is also short term savings by squashing everyone together - the execs save money. Strangely enough, top management in most places I work at always have their own offices. The cost is also that
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by RachelF 10y ago
With option 1, it will be hard for the new administration to unravel it without confirming the bias that they are in the pay of Russia. However this level of subtlety may be beyond Trump. Perhaps Obama is trying to make Trump's new adm
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Management theory is becoming a compendium of dead ideas(economist.com)
2 points by RachelF 10y ago|0 comments
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by RachelF 10y ago
That's better data than the original link - thanks.
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by RachelF 10y ago
Skype claimed that the move to central servers was because peer-to-peer would not work on smartphones which were becoming their user base. The old Skype for Windows was really locked and obfuscated. I remember that it would not even start o
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by RachelF 10y ago
You'll battle to find a better source than The Economist. It is not as good as it was, as their editor was replaced last year.
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by RachelF 10y ago
You beat me to it - Aaron's essay is great. Another good take is N. Taleb who contends that news contains "negative information" in that it makes you stupider. Much news is just noise on top of the signal.
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by RachelF 10y ago
>I was struck by the viciousness of attacks against Fleischmann and Pons Sadly, mainstream science can be as vicious in persecuting heretics as the Church was.

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