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by arrrg 12y ago
No, that’s not true. Well, spring might be true this time around, but it’s not typically spring. They have been in lockstep with Intel ever since the switch to Intel. Look at Intels roadmap and you will know when there will be new Macs. It’
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by arrrg 12y ago
The problem for Apple is that they sometimes want to move fast and change things, but that necessitates leaving people behind. Their preferred solution during the last decade or so is to mostly keep the old products around for a while, but
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by arrrg 12y ago
Wouldn’t that be way too trackable? Objects in Earth orbit the size of this shuttle should be very easy to track. In fact, it’s right here on this tracking website: http://www.n2yo.com/?s=39025 Consequently we should alread
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by arrrg 12y ago
You don’t know that.
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by arrrg 12y ago
We went to this museum on a class trip in elementary school (late nineties)! That’s why I remembered it. I do know that these kinds of classrooms did exist in post-war Germany still (mostly because obviously no one was really investing a l
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by arrrg 12y ago
Pitched surfaces were definitely a thing in schools until the middle of the 20th century. Check out these images from a Bavarian school museum, showing classrooms from 1875 and 1920: http://www.schulmuseum.org/raeume/
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by arrrg 12y ago
Of course it’s politicised. It’s about politics, after all. I do think it’s quite transparently political, both in intent and outcome. I don’t think that’s a bad thing. Honestly, I’m not sure how you even think a non-political Peace Prize w
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by arrrg 12y ago
But that’s not why the prize is given. It is to encourage promising people to continue doing what they are doing. That’s a very clear pattern when you look at who received the prize. Implicit in that is that the prize might be given to peop
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by arrrg 12y ago
I think it’s just plain unethical and irresponsible to act this way, irrespective of the consequences.
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by arrrg 12y ago
Yeah, creating a safe environment for discourse is super-awesome. Those environments are the best thing ever, compared to the oppressive atmosphere of places like HN and reddit. The thing is, arguments on HN about this topic are not intelle
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by arrrg 12y ago
It is binary thinking, though. A is not completely effective, so it’s completely worthless. That’s bullshit. Obviously, for this there is no technical solution. But Twitter (and reddit) currently do a really, really shitty job and they have
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by arrrg 12y ago
Tone is no excuse and if you agree with awful stuff, well that’s on you. Communities wanting to keep such people out is an awesome policy.
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by arrrg 12y ago
If by not solve the problem you mean not completely eliminate, then yeah. Of course. Obviously. What’s with all this binary thinking? It’s completely non-sensical and irrelevant. Twitter is an important tool for communication for many peopl
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by arrrg 12y ago
Warranties can be tied to limitations and restrictions the manufacturers make up. (There probably are some limitations to that to do with contract law. It surely is quite complicated, but voiding your warranty by unlocking your device doesn
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by arrrg 12y ago
Why are you so reductive? I don’t really get that … What’s wrong with enjoying to cook and eat really complicated stuff?
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by arrrg 12y ago
It’s still only one product. The innards and the software are exactly the same, no matter which watch you buy. Functionally they are all identical. The customisability of the exterior is something new, sure.
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by arrrg 12y ago
But if you are supposed to go every two years what’s the use of this website? (Also, the place where I buy glasses offers free vision testing right then and there. You can just go in there, know nothing about what you need and order the rig
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by arrrg 12y ago
Are people without existing issues with their eyes actually visiting the optometrist with any regularity? Every two years? That seems weird to me. Surely eyes aren’t like teeth and need to be regularly inspected. Maybe beyond a certain age
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by arrrg 12y ago
To be honest, I’m not sure how effective these targeted donations are at all. My point was more that in this case, while scary (and probably unrealistic) scenarios of the West somehow being affected were a popular pastime (and seemingly the
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by arrrg 12y ago
This is hilarious. Reddit is extremely racist and sexist. Extremely. It’s a disgusting and vile place. Open your eyes.
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by arrrg 12y ago
The patient was tested in two different laboratories (CDC and another one in Texas). The test is “highly accurate”. It’s Ebola. Watch the video embedded in this to get the verbatim statement of the director of the CDC: http://www
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by arrrg 12y ago
And? I’m not sure what the point is. The effect on the affected countries is still disastrous. Do you think having to fight Ebola on top of Malaria is harmless? Do you think it is worth considering whether a better response was and maybe st
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by arrrg 12y ago
Donations are always tricky and effectively allocating resources to aid is hard … but can you at least recognise that similarly sized catastrophes get much more attention and money? More than 3,000 people dead, potentially more, and many of
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by arrrg 12y ago
The likelihood of any kind of pandemic is extremely low, sure. However, your dismissal of this epidemic and its impact is arrogant and disgusting. It’s still a disaster in the affected countries, with many knock-on effects. Also, it would h
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by arrrg 12y ago
The Director of the CDC just said in the press conference that the person with Ebola didn’t have any symptoms until a couple days after they arrived. They departed on the 19th of September, arrived on the 20th, showed first symptoms on the
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by arrrg 12y ago
What’s wrong with caring about tight tolerances and good material choices? What’s wrong about caring about good feeling buttons? (This is besides the point, but I actually disagree with AnandTech there, the buttons on the 6 feel markedly wo
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by arrrg 12y ago
Yep, listening to podcasts (with the screen off), for example, is definitely “Usage”. I’m not quite sure how the phone counts background activity that doesn’t notify the user or require user interaction (e.g. Mail checking for new emails,
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by arrrg 12y ago
Your battery us probably dead. Maybe get that checked? For what it’s worth, my 5s gets about six hours of intense use. 50% brightness, Twitter, Safari, RSS reader, mix of WiFi and cell towers, mostly good reception. Five hours with only cel
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by arrrg 12y ago
I don’t think that’s very valuable. We are (sadly) at a point where you can ruin your battery life in iOS depending on how you use it. With great power (to actually run things in the background for real) comes great responsibility (to micro
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by arrrg 12y ago
Why would you say that? That website is firmly optimised for large screens, certainly not phones. It’s not even a little bit responsive. And it still manages to have too long line-lengths (though I do like it’s hierarchy and use of white sp

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