Steko

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by Steko 9y ago
But you’re not actually leaving earlier, it’s the exact same point in time whether you call it 6pm EST or 7pm EDT. Not trying to be patronizing as I realize you are not dumb and know this but I’m explaining the disconnect between sides of t
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by Steko 9y ago
Eh, they don't have to (cf Eve), they just decided not to and so they've largely missed the chance for more interesting and sticky player driven story (cf Eve) by following EQ's model of "here's what you do next kid
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by Steko 9y ago
Actually it was introduced before 2e but wasn't a core system in 1e.
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by Steko 9y ago
That also struck me as odd. While the article says that "interest fell like an orc beneath a bastard sword", D&D seems to have been more popular in 3e than it is now (although it's certainly rebounding and more visible in
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by Steko 9y ago
Want to take bets on whether LG and Samsung's flagships will offer a headphone jack in 2019?
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by Steko 9y ago
The supply issues Apple has with the X are due to the scale of their global sales machine. If they were dealing with a few million of phones like Google is with the Pixel, instead of tens of millions of phones like they are with the X, ther
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by Steko 9y ago
Good luck, I expect by 12:05am the website will show delivery dates in February.
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by Steko 9y ago
Sorry late reply did not see. The "smallest possible" reduction is zero because the first range is quite possibly significantly low, by admission of the person who made it.
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by Steko 9y ago
Don't forget the nearly $2 billion in operating losses from the handset division while they had it.
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by Steko 9y ago
> the author doesn't propose how it happened. The author says quite clearly it's not clear that it happened at all: "The question ... is one we still cannot convincingly answer ... But there is no real evidence of a popula
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by Steko 9y ago
The correct solution is "always turn on wi-fi when I get home". The phone knows when this happens, you can set reminders around it.
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by Steko 9y ago
> Surely the Yamato people are indigenous to southern Honshu Sort of. It's worth clarifying that "indigenous peoples" is a specific legalistic term which connotes more (less?) than just "indigenous". In that cont
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by Steko 9y ago
I'm not sure what your point is but I'm just pointing out he's extrapolating from an incorrect definition. I'm certainly not claiming that 'indigenous' means their ancestors literally sprouted from that ground.
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by Steko 9y ago
> If an indigenous people is the first to settle Not what it means.
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by Steko 9y ago
> Transaction costs will not rise. History does not support this claim. > If you aren't in a hurry Unfortunately almost all commerce is in a hurry.
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by Steko 9y ago
Previous discussion on Disqus 3rd party tracking: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14170041 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15334207
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by Steko 9y ago
The answer is Xi Jinping although the article doesn't mention China at all.
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by Steko 9y ago
The subhead is hilarious considering the size of government in the Bay Area, New York, Boston and Tel Aviv, etc.
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by Steko 9y ago
I applaud 'Handwriting Recognition Team' on the excellent work they're doing.
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by Steko 9y ago
> without the hassle of entering a PIN You're right except when your bank is a bunch of consumer hostile idiots that still make you enter the PIN.
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by Steko 9y ago
Ben Thompson goes all the way back to 1962 to chart the forces that would end up killing Sears: 1962 was perhaps the most consequential year in retailing history: in Ohio the five-and-dime retailer F.W. Woolworth Company created a new disc
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by Steko 9y ago
> conclusion is that there is something definitely wrong with the way some movies are rated. I'm not sure if there exists a fix for that, apart from us, the "normal" viewers, just starting to ignore reviews and movie-crit
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by Steko 9y ago
Kevin Drum notes it's a weak result but if true, wonders if the authors draw the right conclusions: suppose it’s true. Here’s what the authors say: Our results indicate that college administrators face an important trade-off when th
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by Steko 9y ago
My point wasn't that Samsung-Android would be Google equivalent but that AOSP was far ahead of Tizen and Windows Phone.
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by Steko 9y ago
They would have just forked android.
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by Steko 9y ago
The secret to a good kowtow is a very slight audible confirmation that your head has touched the floor. The person performing the kowtow needs to adjust the force they use depending on both the flooring material and the hearing ability of t
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by Steko 9y ago
Primarily yes but, to be clear, liquidmetal is a (metallic) glass. So yes Apple's main reason is for wireless charging but they also want to differentiate where they can and liquidmetal gives them "the hardest glass in a smartphon
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by Steko 9y ago
It hasn't been confirmed but it's highly likely the X has a liquidmetal back. Apple's had an exclusive arrangement for quite awhile and this would be the first significant use of it.
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by Steko 9y ago
Where did it say that?
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by Steko 9y ago
Grandparent's point is that it's not a real review if you didn't actually read the book, it's just a bullshit comment masquerading as a review.

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