angstrom

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   by angstrom 15y ago

   That's a very good point. Four-square (the car sales strategy BS not the site) is one of the most dishonest tactics ever devised to subvert the buying process. Why should I have to deal with a gauntlet of crap that has been tilted so much i
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   by angstrom 15y ago

   Think of the quality constraints of /r/askscience Quality is discourse, not peanut gallery, vacuum sucking commentary that builds on puns, memes, insults and karma whoring. Inflammatory comments often devolve into nothing. No insights, no e
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   by angstrom 15y ago

   They're not, but the supply chains are already in place, which brings up the other elephant in the room. If labor isn't the issue pollution is. As EPA laws tightened China's lax oversight beckoned. It's not easy to find a place in the US th
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   by angstrom 15y ago

   I know plenty of factories in the US. They're robotic. The US churns more product out now than it ever has, but it employs fewer and fewer people to do it. These are the productivity gains from 40 years of computerized automation taking its
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   by angstrom 15y ago

   Foxconn already mentioned last summer the days are numbered for these jobs. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/01/us-foxconn-robots-... The only benefit of the workers was their ability to be quickly reconfigured with rudimentary trai
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   by angstrom 15y ago

   As a Millenial...I resent people like him that create a weak image of this generation. I'm reminded of this blog post by Eric Sink: http://www.ericsink.com/Career_Calculus.html It sounds like this kid is spending way to much time managing
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   by angstrom 15y ago

   Don't stop there: bsdiff, bspatch, bzip2, dtoa, hunspell, ICU, JSCRE, libjpeg, libpng, libxml, libxslt, LZMA SDK, modp_b64, Mozilla interface to Java Plugin APIs, npapi, nspr, nss, Pthreads for win32, sqlite, tlslite, V8 assembler, WebKit,
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   by angstrom 15y ago

   Probably too limited, but a former colleague works for the company that's developing this: http://www.think-a-move.com/tongue.html
9. 189.▲
   by angstrom 15y ago

   Realistically, no. If you have no debt, don't mind 2 beds instead of 3 and not above taking the MTA to work, you could scrape by.
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    by angstrom 15y ago

    Honestly, I didn't even include the iPad in the analogy. I would say the iPad is the 767. The Nook Tablet is borderline DC-10. Of course, I'm looking at these devices with a rooting perspective as well. The screen quality, RAM, and extra st
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    by angstrom 15y ago

    You have a right to bitch if you're told you'll be flying a DC-10 and they seat you in a single engine Cessna.
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    by angstrom 15y ago

    My wife doesn't get my work, but that's actually good in some respects. I would personally grow bored if we could only communicate on a technical level. Some things are better when they don't make sense and you can't exactly put your finger
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    by angstrom 15y ago

    Why should any of this surprise anyone? I doubt they understand the Kreb Cycle either. The onus is on people who do understand to get off their thumbs and seek public office. Here's the next eyeopener: Most legislation isn't written by legi
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    by angstrom 15y ago

    Have to simulate the wind somehow...
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    by angstrom 15y ago

    The answer to that is complex, but worth considering what happens without it. A perfect example would be the Bill Hicks guest appearance on David Letterman that was not allowed to air because the material was considered too sensitive. http
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    by angstrom 15y ago

    Also nice because SSL doesn't tend to get preempted by traffic shaping so you usually get close to the max download rate the ISP says you're paying for.
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    by angstrom 15y ago

    Hoping the monitor is tangentially aligned with the earth.
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    by angstrom 15y ago

    Funny, I know what A/B testing is, but I had to read this twice. I thought you were referring to the A & B trains which converge with the D train track between 59th and 145th.
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    by angstrom 15y ago

    Yes, it all depends what part of the city you want to live in. There are many good areas in all the boroughs outside Manhattan. In Manhattan he could split a two bedroom for about $1500/mo each, though I doubt he would want to considering h
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    David Boies joins Barnes & Noble's legal team in Microsoft ITC case(fosspatents.blogspot.com)

    1 points by angstrom 15y ago|0 comments
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    by angstrom 15y ago

    They're struggling to compete both high and low. The iPad is pressuring them to put out a product that can use Amazon's VOD while BN is pressuring them to put out a device with a price that competes with the nook which has partnered with Ne
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    by angstrom 15y ago

    Coffee is my weakness; I damn near bought the Kryptonite one.
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    by angstrom 15y ago

    Any reason it couldn't plug into this and then directly into the TV with an HDMI cable? http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB352LL/C They can be bought for cheaper elsewhere online. I dub it the "reach around pc" when it is plugged into TV
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    Why Barnes & Noble is an Open Source Superstar (MS patents listed)(blogs.computerworlduk.com)

    3 points by angstrom 15y ago|0 comments
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    by angstrom 15y ago

    Quantum Man goes into a bit of detail about this matter http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/quantum-man-lawrence-m-kraus... Dirac was a very bright, but logically bound person. His decisions, right down to his marriage, were based on logic. I
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    by angstrom 15y ago

    Thanks for the notice. I get the auto updates and hadn't noticed I was on 1.5 and the google code page stops at 1.2
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    by angstrom 15y ago

    Looks a little like ShiftIt (a similar utility) http://code.google.com/p/shiftit/
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    by angstrom 15y ago

    That's exactly what I read: Step 1: Be born at the right time to take advantage of market conditions. I see no reason to escape work. Rather my goal has always been to enjoy what I do. No matter the money pile, you'll never be able to repur
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    by angstrom 15y ago

    And considering how kindly they looked on some of the mundane stuff revealed by wiki leaks debacle...I'd definitely assume this intentional.
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    by angstrom 15y ago

    Nor did he imagine Enrique Inglesais's "I Can Be Your Hero" being sung by Steve Jobs. Influential role model is probably more accurate.