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by _red 9y ago
Most people have realized this - either explicitly or intuitively - over the last 10 years. Those cheap android phones and lower-end Windows laptops are so cheap because they are subsidized from the revenue they bring in via data collection
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by _red 9y ago
>Consumers don't think, they consume. Much like zombies. Nearly every part of that statement is false. >If you want consciousness in the system that has to come from gasp government. So, the masses are too stupid to know where to
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by _red 9y ago
I think what many miss is that Music Theory is designed to be after the fact. It seeks to explain - after a piece has already been written - why something works harmonically / rhythmically / etc. It has no prescriptive power, it w
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by _red 9y ago
For reference, I had that exact same issue on my MBA - went on for years. Many times while watching youtube or doing something Garageband related. At the time I had 10.11 on it, but that OS had itself been upgraded from 10.10. When 10.12 ca
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by _red 9y ago
I completely agree. Also try not paying your property taxes, see how long you own that land. These types of concessions wind up creeping into "free societies" as economic interest buy laws to help create monopolies.
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by _red 9y ago
Fair enough. Yet I think you must ask yourself: Why does something become a successful meme? I would argue that memes are, in effect, a form of data compression that condenses a (A) wide scope of information, that (B) many people feel is tr
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by _red 9y ago
I'm sympathetic to that idea and feel like it could potentially hold a lot of weight, yet Tim did turn the tech juggernaut he was bequeathed into a watch band and sticker company.
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by _red 9y ago
If you can't sell something you own, then you don't own it. Being free to dispose of property how you see fit has been a foundation of common law for a few centuries.
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by _red 9y ago
Digging up millions of tons of earth to get a few pounds of rare earth metals to make batteries in order to charge those batteries using coal -- how environmentally thoughtful.
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by _red 9y ago
>I'd define true net neutrality quite simply as delivering the same performance to all traffic regardless of source or content of that traffic. That requires bending the laws of physics to implement. Google fiber will always be able
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by _red 9y ago
Being on a board of an angel-investment group we see this regularly. Its many times humorous - to the point of absurdity. You would be surprised at how many "inventors" want to ask for money, yet are scared of revealing how their
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by _red 9y ago
>As a simple example, the Jimmy John's sandwich chain had a no-compete for their employees. Do you think the average person making subs is as comfortable walking away from a job as the company is telling them the terms aren't n
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by _red 9y ago
Agreed with the silly use of the name 'poaching'. But how exactly is the state preventing two people voluntarily entering into a contract a good thing? Its pointless anyway, a first year law student will just rewrite as non-circum
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by _red 9y ago
Sure. Everyone knows about the embedded line. However, MS makes it very difficult to acquire and manage those products. Generally speaking, you must buy their embedded products with a motherboard/cpu purchase from an authorized vendor.
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by _red 9y ago
I think you must differentiate between a general purpose OS and a single-purpose OS. Why isn't XP good enough to run a map kiosk in a mall? Or flight arrivals screen in the airport? Face it, the needs of many single-use applications
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by _red 9y ago
How much carbon was created digging up all that earth? Was that earth also dug up with battery powered trucks? Transported on battery powered ships? By the way, why does Singapore grade Tesla as a super-polluter category?
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by _red 9y ago
What about digging up 100 million tons of earth to get enough lithium to make a battery for your electric car which is powered by coal? Fake environmentalist love Elon - no reason why they won't like this.
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by _red 9y ago
But this "environment" is entirely artificial.
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by _red 9y ago
Most of the Safari versions are broken because your URL route mechanism is not prepending " http://" to the front of the URL.
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by _red 10y ago
IF the VLJ (Very Light Jet) segment would ever fully blossom a major Uber-style disruption would be possible. The biggest thing that could prevent this welcomed development? The government. Specifically that the FAA is likely to clamp dow
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by _red 10y ago
1 Year = $588 1 Cap, 6 t-shirts, 12 underwear, 1 jacket, 12 socks, 2 necklaces, 2 pair shoes, 3 pants, 4 sweatshirts Uh huh...
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by _red 10y ago
A couple of points: 1. You are correct that is what they CoC states, however its not like this is really a free market (ie. the customer didn't really have a choice but to accept those terms). United, and all commercial airlines, effec
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by _red 10y ago
Yes Minister. Unlike most legislation, which is perfectly readable and not overwhelmed by legalese and corporate-funded loopholes.
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by _red 10y ago
I have a friend who works for Exxon material science division. His goal in life is to find "the next oil", obviously Exxon is willing to hedge its bets and fund some alternative energy research so they can position themselves if a
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by _red 10y ago
For the majority of the earths existence, there has been no ice on the poles.
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by _red 10y ago
Out of all the private gated communities in US with houses >$1M - what percentage of those have HOA's? Point being, the impact on a $200K house may be negligible if its HOA or not - however once you move into >$1M home values the
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by _red 10y ago
"if you want to truly own your home" Property tax? I'm not here to extoll the joys of paying and dealing with an HOA, they can be a hassle - I know it. However, consider the alternatives: Move out to unincorporated land, buil
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by _red 10y ago
You don't have to spend too much time wondering, since its prima facia self-evident. HOA's exist because they work out financially better than the alternatives. HOA's may not be for you, but for those that like higher propert
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by _red 10y ago
Regarding #1, #2, and #3. So what happens if instead of having 1,000 x 140 char tweets cluttering your timeline, you instead wind up with 100 x 1400 char tweets? Do you have time to read all that?
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by _red 10y ago
I suspect the reason is quite obvious. They are losing money on every unit produced. This is a "loss leader" strategy to get devs committed to the Broadcom platform only to find out "actually $5 computers don't exist, th

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