ableal

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961.
by ableal 15y ago
Thirded. Wacky, but far from mindless, comedy in easily digestible morsels. Also, the English version is probably a translator's master-work.
962.
by ableal 15y ago
Looking good. I was curious about encryption of stored data (e.g. Wuala does, Dropbox doesn't). There's a straight answer in the FAQ, https://one.ubuntu.com/help/faq/are-my-files-stored-on-the-s... : Are my files stored on the server enc
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Internet Class Warfare(cringely.com)
6 points by ableal 15y ago|0 comments
964.
by ableal 15y ago
The illustration reminded me of a story, seventy years old this month, by Robert A. Heinlein ( "—We Also Walk Dogs" , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E2%80%94We_Also_Walk_Dogs ): "Want somebody murdered? Then DON'T call General Services. B
965.
by ableal 15y ago
The press has been drumming it up for the Opel Ampera (european badge of the Chevy Volt), but I don't think they're being delivered yet. My local Opel site has a configurator (mostly paint job ;-) with prices (over 40k euro). Bumped into an
966.
Bufferbloat 2: The Need for Speed(cringely.com)
2 points by ableal 15y ago|0 comments
967.
by ableal 15y ago
I just hit the BN page ( http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nookcolor/index.asp ) to check for international shipping - seems they do it - and noticed this blinker: "Save 15% on One Item. Use Coupon Code T9P8A9P Through July 25!". I suppose i
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AMD's master plan to topple Intel - Back to the top on a radical GPU(theregister.co.uk)
71 points by ableal 15y ago|42 comments
969.
by ableal 15y ago
Scientists have known since the mid-1930s that water wrinkles do not form if the nerves in a finger are severed, implying that they are controlled by the nervous system. That is the amazing part, if it's not a merely mechanical process. A
970.
by ableal 15y ago
> reading about solid-state-drives in the 90s Or before: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubble_memory The infant mortality on apparently neat technology is horrific.
971.
by ableal 15y ago
In Europe, they also sell the 3GS limited to 8GB storage. In its heyday, the 3GS was only sold in 16 and 32 GB versions. Note that all the software for the iPhone 4 (except for a few apps that require front-cam, flashlight or gyroscope) als
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Existential threats(antipope.org)
2 points by ableal 15y ago|0 comments
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How Catholicism made Marshall McLuhan one of the XX century’s freest thinkers(walrusmagazine.com)
2 points by ableal 15y ago|0 comments
974.
by ableal 15y ago
Looks very nice, and seems made by people smart enough to make the software multi-platform (Linux/Mac/Windows) and ship to (most of) Europe without customs hassles. Haven't fiddled with hardware lately, but I'm tempted to get one for old ti
975.
by ableal 15y ago
Dual accounts was working for me, for a couple of years, without faffing with settings. But a recent Google Apps update broke things - such as forcing a tab into the other account, etc. I wasted some time until I dug this up. Thought some m
976.
by ableal 15y ago
Let's see how it goes with tying MacOS installs to iTunes accounts, which is the practical outcome of "via Mac App Store only" for the 10.7 release. I suspect it will raise enough hackles.
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Access two Gmail accounts at once in the same browser(gmailblog.blogspot.com)
4 points by ableal 15y ago|4 comments
978.
by ableal 15y ago
Thanks, but there's a bug in your code/results - for example, 1011 does not converge to 0, it does hit 6174 in 5 steps. Only 1111, 2222, etc. yield 0. I suspect the handling of 3-digit values. I also slipped there at first ;-)
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Ten Types of Hair on Early-Stage Deals(davidblerner.com)
1 points by ableal 15y ago|0 comments
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(Z.Shaw, 2007): break projects into Implementation and Invention.(lua-users.org)
3 points by ableal 15y ago|0 comments
981.
by ableal 15y ago
Double check. Assuming it's true, etc., it goes to "let PR handle it" ;-).
982.
by ableal 15y ago
By coincidence, I had this leftover tab up next: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2600933 - Matt Cutts denying "Email Reputation Causes Penalties in Google Search Results".
983.
by ableal 15y ago
I found the calculations I made over a year a ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1252512 . If you don't mind following the link, it answers your question.
984.
by ableal 15y ago
I've argued before that "intellectual property" should pay for its state protection like real estate does - i.e. be subject to property taxes, just for being there. Fiddling with the numbers, one can make a reasonable tax equivalent to a fe
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WTF is... 4G - Not LTE, for starters...(reghardware.com)
2 points by ableal 15y ago|0 comments
986.
by ableal 15y ago
The HD2 came out 18 months ago, and is still near par to current hardware (1GHz, WVGA, etc.). I've been testing these XDA Android releases: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=957652 ; I get standby battery drain of 1% / hour
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InsecureID: No more secrets?(cringely.com)
8 points by ableal 15y ago|1 comments
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The First 10 Apple Employees: Where Are They Now?(businessinsider.com)
3 points by ableal 15y ago|0 comments
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AMD brings FirePro cards into the VLIW4 era(semiaccurate.com)
2 points by ableal 15y ago|0 comments
990.
by ableal 15y ago
> Like any Chinese Encyclopedia classifications As in "those that belong to the Emperor", etc., as Borges put it ( http://www.multicians.org/thvv/borges-animals.html ) (I suppose, but I do have a pro-Borges bias ;-)

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