Yetanfou

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by Yetanfou 8y ago
Those who are not used to the terminology of physics or math would not be able to follow a paper no matter whether it was stuffed with the Greek alphabet or nice descriptive names. They'd be baffled by the formulae and concepts and lac
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by Yetanfou 8y ago
I'd say that any CIO with a bit of savvy would think twice before betting too heavy on a Microsoft Linux product, at least while Windows is still a thing in the eyes of Microsoft. Should Windows really be relegated to the annals of his
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by Yetanfou 8y ago
I have no idea if you'll read this as the censorship in the discussion thread seems to be heavy - nearly everything is gone by now. What you call a 'pre-existing agenda' is to me nothing more than the unwillingness to close (
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by Yetanfou 8y ago
The same thing happens in Sweden where an artist named Dan Park has been sentenced to 3 months in prison [1, Swedish] for breaking the 'hets mot folkgrupp' (incitement against a specific group) law. This is not the first time he w
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by Yetanfou 8y ago
I'm surprised by your insistence on labeling my comment as 'blaring agendas or pre-existing talking', maybe you should read it again? Consider the implications of the clash between the Chinese Communist Party and Islam - beca
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by Yetanfou 8y ago
The article details the results of the conflict between religion and state and in that context my reaction is to the point. Stating that a reaction to such an article is analogous to a 'religious and nationalistic and ideological flame
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by Yetanfou 8y ago
China (in the guise of the Chinese Communist Party) versus Islam is a bit like the clash of nations, two irreconcilable doctrines which each want to have a total say over the way people live their lives. When China gets its way - as it most
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by Yetanfou 8y ago
The US carrier force could be blown out of the water by modern electric submarines [1]. The chance of Sweden starting a war against the US is not all that great - this mouse does not roar - but the same or similar technology (Stirling engin
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by Yetanfou 8y ago
Remember the WordPerfect company? Based in Orem, Utah, founded by two Mormons (Bruce Bastian and Alan Ashton). Imagine the uproar if that company had fired people just because they happened to attend another church. Quite a lot more uproar
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by Yetanfou 8y ago
You're almost right in the way you describe the market, all you have to do is replace "weird people who bought ..." with "people who will buy the next generation of Apple hardware no matter what who bought ...". The
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by Yetanfou 8y ago
...which is why Apple is more than happy to charge you said premium. As long as there are enough consumers like you who prefer to pay more there will be suppliers who will charge more. Those who prefer to pay less, have more freedom and get
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by Yetanfou 8y ago
The 'open camp' has a better track record than Apple, not 'AOSP'. No cognitive dissonance here, just facts. By the way, if you really want to experience cognitive dissonance contemplate the fact that those same 'C
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by Yetanfou 8y ago
What makes you think that the 'open' camp has missed the current big thing - privacy and security ? It can only be that you drank the Kool Aid Apple provided. Security-wise the 'open' camp - which includes things like
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by Yetanfou 8y ago
Do you mean you don't know anyone personally who tries to push this idea? If so, neither do I. If, on the other hand, you mean you have not heard of anyone pushing this idea you have not visited a university, heard a political discussi
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by Yetanfou 8y ago
I'm waiting for a paper to come out discussing the use of the accelerometer or gyroscope to record audio.
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by Yetanfou 8y ago
That might well be a $5 pair of socks or underwear from Amazon or eBay...
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by Yetanfou 8y ago
Your compass is pointing in the wrong direction and leading you down the wrong trail, time to get a better map. How about spending some of that money you make to make you less dependent on future money. Buy some land, build a house on it, m
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by Yetanfou 8y ago
...or maybe I did so to indicate that using abbreviated names is a common thing among authors, men and women alike? In a market where authors like 'Suzanne Collins', 'Jean M. Auel' and 'Marion Zimmer Bradley' (
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by Yetanfou 8y ago
Ah, so that is why J.R.R. Tolkien and T.S. Eliot and H.R. Giger and Mr. T only used first letters. OK, you've got me there on Mr. T but for the rest, what utter silliness. It is not as if female authors/artists have not had succes
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by Yetanfou 8y ago
Follow your line of reasoning to its logical conclusion and you'll end up with... - men not citing radical anything produced by rabid feminists ("why would those men acknowledge the contribution of a man-hater?") - religious
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by Yetanfou 8y ago
Another approach could be taken by going the exact opposite direction: find out what it actually is which causes differences in intelligence and use this to find a way to raise the intelligence of the species _as a whole_, no matter their p
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by Yetanfou 8y ago
Even that is not an effective way to avoid the negative effects of the downvote button, especially not here on HN where it actually is meant to be used as a "disagree" button: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1
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by Yetanfou 8y ago
Officially you're only allowed to carry such a knife if you need it in your job - e.g. carpenters use them. Packing a knife in a backpack should not be any problem assuming you're not going to use it for self defence, in which cas
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by Yetanfou 8y ago
They're easy to come by here in Sweden, just get a 'Mora kniv' (Mora knife) with a 'kolstål' (carbon steel) blade. It'll set you back around 55 SEK, around $6. There are more luxurious versions but the whole po
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by Yetanfou 8y ago
What the commenter probably refers to is the fact that grazing animals eat plants which humans can not eat while vegetarians eat those which are suitable for human consumption. The grass eaten by herbivores 'just grows' while the
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by Yetanfou 8y ago
Another thing which can be gleaned from the progression of ReCAPTCHA from v1 - enter street names and house numbers into this box please - through v2 - identify images with street signs, shop fronts, buses, cars - to v3 - only Chrome/F
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by Yetanfou 8y ago
A pinch of Lapsang is enough, I never actually measured the ratio. I do blend tea all the time, sometimes with Rooibos, sometimes with spices ('Yogi tea', cinnamon, cloves etc).
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by Yetanfou 8y ago
Which is why you swap the battery - be careful of those nasty small plastic clips when you open the thing - after which it'll happily chug along for another 3 years. BTW, I'm using a number of 8 year old phones, with 8 year old ba
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by Yetanfou 8y ago
Same here, often jasmin blended with some Lapsang Souchong ("smoked tea") to give it a bit more punch. I've been doing this for decades and haven't noticed anything other than that it makes you pee quite a lot - a good t
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by Yetanfou 8y ago
I'm still using a number of T42p's with 1600x1200 4:3 screens for these reasons. The combination of the good screen, keyboard and the sturdy hardware weigh up to the disadvantage of the rather anaemic CPU (1.8GHz Pentium M) and th

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