Thimothy

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by Thimothy 12y ago
Have you had a car made in the last 15 or so years? Nowadays ignition switches do everything but starting the ignition system. As the car is fully controlled by a computer, the key is an electronic gizmo that authenticates the driver as the
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by Thimothy 12y ago
Proabably already happening out there, soldering the SSD mSATA is easy.
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by Thimothy 12y ago
Easy to explain: Users don't really know what they want. Nobody likes the idea of changing their ways before finding a good reason to do so. Every male that I know that has a Note-sized smartphone said, before having one in their hands
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by Thimothy 12y ago
Err... You are quite wrong. Solar generation has all the operating flexibility of the world. As they are voltage generators they can be disconected from the charge with zero consecuences for the generator, contrary to coal generators.
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by Thimothy 12y ago
Because, you know, in your workplace, you are in an actual inferiority position. Your boss is the one that says how much are you going to be paid next month (or IF your are going to be paid), or whether you are going to work in a nice proje
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by Thimothy 12y ago
Well, if you didn't like their denying your improvement, you could always make a fork, that's the beauty of the open source. It is usually advised to people who manage open source projects to stay focused on their vision, and not
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by Thimothy 12y ago
I read a book a while ago about hynduism that said that buddists don't get it: Yes, budda achieved "illumination" by "sitting down and shutting up" (meditanting), but that is not, by any means, the only way to achie
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by Thimothy 12y ago
The logical thing to do, then, is making the firmware unaccesible once it's been used by the final user. Adding a fuse that breaks once the 5V from the user computer are sensed for the first time, for example.
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by Thimothy 12y ago
Probably an engineer. After all, architects design buildings but, usually, they have nothing to do with the calculations and construction methods employed to build their design.
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by Thimothy 12y ago
"Ha! This will confuse the cr*p out of the buggers who try to figure how we did it."
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by Thimothy 12y ago
You and me didn't read the same article, or the same HN thread. The guys in the SHU are in one of the highest security prisons and, still, they managed to stir a huge prison strike and (If you believe the article) lead a criminal empir
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by Thimothy 12y ago
Minecraft has DRM. You have to register with Mojang and enter your account in the game to play.
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by Thimothy 12y ago
I don't know any source but I have seen that comment mentioned in every banana related blog post I ever read. Anecdotal evidence: A friend that traveled to Panama tasted the Gross Michel and said that the flavor is closer.
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by Thimothy 12y ago
I might get downvoted by fans here, but the most commented change for the new iPhone being the addition of a barometer shows a certain decline in the innovation department from Apple, or at least, lack of ability to surprise.
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by Thimothy 12y ago
Is anyone surprised by any means to find that, when a new, strange, and unclassifiable animal is discovered, it is in Australia? The next news will probably mention that someone tried to taste it and that person died in an horrible (and com
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by Thimothy 12y ago
His point is that using actual, grammatically correct, sentences is not the same as using several random words. As your mobile keyboard autocomplete well knows, after a certain word there are words more probable than others. How many people
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by Thimothy 12y ago
Aaand I just learned there is such a thing as rhinophytonecrophilia. Really, Stallman never lets you down.
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by Thimothy 12y ago
¿Do you know any page with a collection of his predictions? Some kind of "The Stallman Prophecies"
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Well, for example, if you compare two persons, one who reads a lot, and one who doesen't read anything, the one that reads will have a much better time processing information in the written form. It's probably more a thing of whic
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Or just one Georgian grandma with a shovel. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/apr/06/georgian-woman-...
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by Thimothy 12y ago
Not arguing if this statement is right or wrong, but I think you should know that your phrase is highly controversial and the beginning of thousands flame wars through the internet. Maybe you should avoid it unless it is completely relevant
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One thing is making a certain mistake because a choice based on erroneous or insufficient data has gone wrong (No matter how great the AI, this will always be an issue), and a very different one is making a mistake even with complete and co
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I wonder if male investors are actually acting rationally leaving women out of their portfolios. I mean, we all know how a pretty face can scramble the thought processes of a male, and there actually are scientifically verified cognitive bi
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Aaaand just another reason with liberal economics is bullsh t. Perfect market my ss.