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by SixSigma 10y ago
The op-ed and opinion pages of the NYT have their fair share of rumor & falsehoods e.g. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/05/opinion/why-i-will-not-ca... exposed here http://www.redstate.co
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That assumption is just that.
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The silliness that influencers are likely to only have exposure to the retail version via laptop purchases must lower sales of the enterprise version is not lost on me. Trying to keep that "one Windows for everybody" idea going is
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> An unelected PM She was elected by her party, just like Cameron was.
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Which election had "I want David Cameron as PM" on the ballot? I only remember having the option to vote in parliamentary elections for my local MP.
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> Theresa May was not voted into government. She was voted into government by her party, just like the leaders of every UK government.
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Ah, so that's the Thomas Midgley Jr. of agriculture. The CAP has turned into a disaster for the environment and for the EU. Perverse incentives abound. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley_Jr
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by SixSigma 10y ago
immanent doesn't mean what you think it means :) even though it still makes sense in that sentence.
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My copy of An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations still has economics written as œconomics.
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by SixSigma 10y ago
Computer Architecture and Parallel Processing Paperback – International Edition, January 1, 1986 by Kai Hwang (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Computer-Architecture-Parallel-Proces...
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That was required from the exact tip-over happening too often
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My bicycle has a stainless steel self lubricating chain but I know where you're coming from. lots of people are put off by the idea of maintenance of their not very often ridden bicycle. They will still be disappointed when they get th
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When I went vegan in 1991 you couldn't buy soya milk in a supermarket. Now every supermarket has its own brand. Political agitation moves the Overton Window [1], if you sit back and wait, nothing will happen. That said, you will need a
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"dossier" calling it that is trying to use big words to add credence
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by SixSigma 10y ago
For years, Laurie Anderson has been using a violin bow with tape as the "strings" and a tape head as pickups on the violin body. Here's a recording from 1977 of her playing it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
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by SixSigma 10y ago
I would have written a shorter letter, but I did not have the time. - Blaise Pascal, Provincial Letters: Letter XVI (4 December 1656)
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by SixSigma 10y ago
So a security researcher using Intel-approved debugging tools has found he can take over CPUs ... and wrote an article describing the process for public consumption for benefit of people unaware of the issue, of which there are many.
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by SixSigma 10y ago
Ironically all-aboard-the-update-train was the actual reason I jumped off IIS back in the 90s when I got badly burned by updating Windows NT. Automatic database connection pooling for IIS was dropped and I started getting annoyed phone call
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SVG markdown
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by SixSigma 10y ago
It is very rewarding in and of itself and doesn't take lots time to make far too much :) And don't forget pickling in vinegar - cabbage, chillies, garlic, carrots, beans the list is almost endless. Like so many things, what used t
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by SixSigma 10y ago
> Why are we testing anyone on poems? If they aren't on the test, chances are they will fall out of the classroom.
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by SixSigma 10y ago
In the UK schools are rated in League Tables so parents can choose where to send children. This incentivices teaching to the test rather than teaching a rounded education and then testing the functional aspects. So in order to ensure pupils
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I shoul dhave made the point that a more useful system would learn your re-order timing and you wouldn't have to do anything except bring it inside.
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So the variance is high but the rate is fairly constant
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by SixSigma 10y ago
> So many gifts for people that don't care because they have everything, yet you're socially obligated. They have all the food they will ever eat for the rest of their lives ? My unsolicited advice is buy the equipment for maki
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While I'm not arguing against the use case for Alexia, for something like cat litter, why not buy 1 bag every X weeks, surely your cat excrement production rate is fairly constant.
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The people I know in freight barely think about cost, it's all about time. But you're right - not pollution. Some regulators might start offering incentives in that regard though.
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18 days train vs 30 days ships. No-one I know in logistics is very worried about cost per container, especially with the massive over capacity in shipping. When the iPhone launched they brought them by 747, I think this train would have bee
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I've been using Gimp for 10+ years, the UI doesn't bother me at all in fact, one could say hit has become intuitive. No-one ever said Photoshop 3's UI was unintuitive, yet that's what Gimp feels like to me (having used P
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by SixSigma 10y ago
Try your monitor in 1200x1600 mode

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