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   by aq3cn 10y ago

   You know whenever there is a bad press about Apple product they start to black list those reporting websites. Blacklisted company don't get any pre-released news or products for reviews. I wonder how many websites have been blacklisted
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   by aq3cn 10y ago

   Touch ID, security + Apple pay. To keep the cash flowing and replace banks.
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   by aq3cn 10y ago

   I like few things about macOS, is there a reliant way virtualise it? If I make switch to Linux, I really don't want to lose my digital purchase in iTunes or Mac App Store or iBooks.
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   by aq3cn 10y ago

   I wonder if MS finds a way to port open source Linux apps in Windows 10.
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   by aq3cn 10y ago

   I do scientific programming using FORTRAN 90 and Python. I am Windows Insider with fast build releases set up in my Dell XPS. For my needs it has served well. But I request MS developers to give more control over how to utilize system resou
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   by aq3cn 10y ago

   macOS has become a consumption device than a productive workplace. Look at Apple Pay. Really, are people so lazy to be not able to keep their credit card next to them. Imagine apple as a bank. Horror! Horror! I remember an opening dialog fr
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   by aq3cn 10y ago

   They need fund for more R&D. It's good move to survive in near future. If they could bring anything new this time, it's okay. Tomorrow they may and some else may not. Competition is important.
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   by aq3cn 10y ago

   Wacom Cintiq 27QHD 27 In. Creative Pen & Touch Display by Wacom $2,799.95 https://www.amazon.com/Wacom-Cintiq-27QHD-Creative-Display/d...
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   CNT transistors outperform Si and GaAs based transsistors(advances.sciencemag.org)

   1 points by aq3cn 10y ago|0 comments
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    by aq3cn 10y ago

    As a touch typist, I cannot tolerate slightest change in keyboard layout. Now this is unthinkable. As a Vim user too, I heavily rely on Esc keys and it will be perfect recipe for them to kill my work flow. So much arrogance in name of inven
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    Using neural nets to recognize handwritten digits(fermatslibrary.com)

    2 points by aq3cn 10y ago|0 comments
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    by aq3cn 10y ago

    He would make every piece of code free of cost and community driven. Does that scare you?
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    by aq3cn 10y ago

    404. That’s an error. The requested URL was not found on this server. That’s all we know. We're still waiting. [[ https://plus.google.com/+ChadMcCullough/posts/SxDNKR7ehSL] ]
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    Nonsense paper written by iOS autocomplete accepted for conference(theguardian.com)

    1 points by aq3cn 10y ago|0 comments
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    by aq3cn 10y ago

    > "The GNU/Hurd reference might also be a pun, as in a "herd" of Gnus "running" in his living room, as wild animals reclaim the Earth after the end of human civilization." If we fill our home with IoT d
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    by aq3cn 10y ago

    If human civilization has been ended with fire, then how does it come back with in ten years and with GNU/HURD to be specific. I don't get what's the humor here. Is it possible that AI has taken control over free OS from all
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    A Cambridge video introduction to strings(cambridge-tv.co.uk)

    3 points by aq3cn 10y ago|0 comments
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    by aq3cn 10y ago

    Making use of bash utilities has made Windows 10 fun again. MS has been very responsive in answering feature requests in Uservoice. It's impressive. https://wpdev.uservoice.com/forums/266908-command-prompt-con...
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    by aq3cn 10y ago

    I am still into phase of accepting it. I took help from two therapists and read books by Hermann Hesse and Anthony Starr to establish sense of authenticity and reliance in my life. I would say it is all about finding an original voice every
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    Mechanism to Allow Social Learning and Cultural Transmission in an Insect(journals.plos.org)

    1 points by aq3cn 10y ago|0 comments
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    by aq3cn 10y ago

    Involuntary.
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    Can an algorithm replace the pill? Natural Cycles app wants to do just that(wired.co.uk)

    1 points by aq3cn 10y ago|0 comments
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    by aq3cn 10y ago

    I know a similar story from a documentary of a naturalist guy named Richard Louis "Dick" Proenneke. He lived in Alska for more than thirty years. His life there is equally inspiring because he never stopped learning and honing his
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    by aq3cn 10y ago

    I define solitude as capacity to entertain myself with or without outside distraction or people. Loneliness is a phobia of what's inside of us. It is a desperation to seek entertainment in outside stimulus. I have gone through year lon
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    by aq3cn 10y ago

    For those, who want to read it in lay man's language, they can go through following articles: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/429561/the-measurement-th... http://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry
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    Constraints on the Universe as a Numerical Simulation (2012)(arxiv.org)

    77 points by aq3cn 10y ago|174 comments
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    by aq3cn 10y ago

    You are right. I did not read the whole part. There is more to it though. > Intel is only going to get worse when it comes to user freedom. Libreboot has no support recent Intel platforms, precisely because of the problems described abov
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    by aq3cn 10y ago

    I was reading about buying a laptop with libreboot bootloader but then I saw a whole section to screw paywall. https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-t400/ https://minifree.org/paypal/ Their
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    by aq3cn 10y ago

    Oh God, another blow to end anonymity. This is sad. I still have a way to remain anonymous which is to only give my first name. There are already thousands of people with my name, so I feel protected in crowd. Do you think this will cause a
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    by aq3cn 10y ago

    I have these speculations: 1. Tech giants are making room for themselves. 2. Their employees (male ones especially) are unhappy with deal, so they are attacking it. 3. Verizon is doing this to get discount. 4. CEO does not care about hiding