alwaysinshade

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by alwaysinshade 13y ago
> what if I am not US citizen? I'm not a US citizen either. Apple's (and Amazon, Google et al.) primary market is the US. "Designed in California" makes no difference to you and I, but it might make the difference bet
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by alwaysinshade 13y ago
Let's just take a step back and breathe deeply - it's just a shit ad from a company that usually markets things really well to the masses. They'll do their research and find it doesn't jive, then change their tune to som
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by alwaysinshade 13y ago
> the software landscape in Japan is pretty rough -- bureaucratic, aged, and inefficient Quite true. Where they excel is physical processes (hardware and people). Within an hour of being there it's evident: monorail quickly ferries
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by alwaysinshade 13y ago
> I'm not sure a magazine about diabetes is something to be appalled about. The magazine is mounted on a shelf encrusted with boxes of discounted chocolates/candy. I think the point was the irony - perhaps after stocking up on
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by alwaysinshade 13y ago
It's an Australian supermarket - South Australia I'm guessing based on the "SA Lotteries" sign in one of the photos. The supermarket in question is a Foodland but could easily be any other supermarket in Australia. I tho
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by alwaysinshade 13y ago
> I've been meaning to experiment on myself a bit with some glucose tabs after a long day of code Anecdotal feedback - they work great for short bursts of activity. I use them when playing multiplayer games at night. Given my oppone
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by alwaysinshade 13y ago
> For example, COD [...] Virtually the exact same game mechanics. For single player, sure, but COD is a multiplayer focused game. The meta game in Black Ops 2 (the pick 10 system) is new to COD and has really changed up the game mechanic
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by alwaysinshade 13y ago
> it strikes me as odd that he just assumes she's going to go ahead and try all sorts of things. Given how pragmatic Sam is about drug-taking, it would be fair to assume that his daughter will grow up with similar views and conside
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by alwaysinshade 13y ago
> City life very well might increase innovation in certain fields. I'd posit that country life increases innovation just as much, but in different areas. Innovative people are everywhere - the benefit that cities offer is that for e
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by alwaysinshade 13y ago
> I'm more inclined to prop it open on a tab on Youtube than I am to go through the hassle of opening iTunes Perhaps the issue is one of perceived value to the end user. When I hear a song that I love, I have to own it. If I hear so
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by alwaysinshade 13y ago
> Apple [...] can store communications for evermore. And NSA can easily get a copy anytime, via a rubber stamp by a judge in the secret court. "There are certain categories of information which we do not provide to law enforcement o
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by alwaysinshade 13y ago
Not untrue, but analogous to saying someone wouldn't have died from a gunshot if the ammunition hadn't been sold. It misses the bit where someone pulled the trigger.
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by alwaysinshade 13y ago
Your post misses a key point: "WikiLeaks published a lengthy statement on its website Thursday morning, accusing the Guardian of "negligently [disclosing] top secret WikiLeaks’ decryption passwords to hundreds of thousands of unre
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by alwaysinshade 13y ago
> Hyperloop is a “cross between a Concorde, a railgun and an air hockey table.” I'm thinking Wing in Ground Effect [1], where small vehicles are launched to supersonic speeds using electromagnetic slings (and perhaps then use their own
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by alwaysinshade 13y ago
Looking forward to your observations. Be sure to post a link if you're going to blog the results.
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by alwaysinshade 13y ago
I've had this discussion with a few vego's. My wife doesn't eat meat because she doesn't like animal suffering or confinement, so she would happily eat lab-grown meat. Yet her sister is disgusted by the texture/taste of meat on top of the s
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by alwaysinshade 13y ago
> what is so bad about McDonald's? Here in Australia [...] McDonald's Australia has excellent QA, process management and supply chain. I received some insight through someone...involved in all that good stuff (my background is QA/Enviro
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by alwaysinshade 14y ago
> the decline in demand for most meat varieties That doesn't sound right: https://www.google.com/search?q=meat+consumption&hl=en&#... If anything, where there's been a slight reduction in one area of consumption (e.g. beef) there'
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by alwaysinshade 14y ago
> Eat grass-fed, antibiotic-free beef Or just eat pastas, lentil based dishes, vegetable curries, soups, or even supplement meat with texturized vegetable protein for faux meat pies, bolognese etc. I'm a meat eater and can't tell the di
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by alwaysinshade 14y ago
> How is ability of users being able to send each other high-resolution images, HD video etc. going to be worth $50bn+ to economy? The real technological bottleneck of our time isn't CPU's, GPU's or anything that can be purchased by the
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by alwaysinshade 14y ago
>I hope someone somewhere is documenting all the Bitcoin farming hardware. >The future people would probably like a nice list of things that people are trying. I can imagine future "coin" collectors gathering the ancient application
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by alwaysinshade 14y ago
> > "I bought an Android phone to differentiate myself from the superficial drones carrying iPhones." > > If they really wanted to be different, they should buy a Windows Phone... A phone shouldn't be something that defines
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by alwaysinshade 14y ago
> so far I don't see any sign of the kind of leadership that would require. As of 29 October 2012 - Eddy Cue in charge of maps/cloud services, Craig Federighi in charge of iOS/OSX, Jony Ive in charge of human interface and hardware desi
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by alwaysinshade 14y ago
I agree re: faster iteration to keep up with competition, but my point is in line with what was said in the earnings call - Supply of the iPhone 5, ipad Mini and new iMacs was constrained, so they were unable to meet demand. Combine it with
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by alwaysinshade 14y ago
> Did anyone see on their balance sheet where it went? Any extraordinary items? They've introduced new products for every category, so the manufacturing processes are still being refined. As time goes on they should eek more output in a
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by alwaysinshade 14y ago
> What a fascinating and engrossing read. Thanks for sharing. An amazing, gripping story...and then I read a thread about Who hates on other platforms more - Android fans or Apple fans? Here's a free idea, assuming it hasn't already bee
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by alwaysinshade 14y ago
I'm in Australia and would happily donate a few bucks to NASA from time to time. Anyone who recognises the value of expanding our knowledge of the universe would happily throw a few coppers their way.
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by alwaysinshade 14y ago
> would humidifiers help or hurt? I'd imagine in humid conditions the pathogens bind with the fine water droplets in the air to form an aerosol, which (I assume) sticks to surfaces more readily whereas in dry conditions the contaminants
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by alwaysinshade 14y ago
As someone who loves playing violent/FPS games, I'd say he's being reasonable. From the article: In the more than 3,000 words President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden uttered during their nationally televised address today, only 16 deal
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by alwaysinshade 14y ago
> You have your own place to sleep at night, with (nice) furniture. > You have access to cars!? > You have access to high speed internet Let's be fair - relative to the people around him he's abated his consumption of things con

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