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by aylons 12y ago
Indeed. Thank you!
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by aylons 12y ago
Scribd, after dabbling for a long time in the pdf sharing arena, has changed for a model just like this some time ago. One of the founders has even come here at HN recently to talk about it (I can't find the post right now). I wonder
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by aylons 12y ago
When I were in the US, I found that teenage driving was the scariest thing in the world. Man, you're crazy to let kids drive, might as well put loaded guns in their hands... oh, wait!
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by aylons 12y ago
I'm sorry for the mistake in the first phrase. But it seems that you haven't read any phrase further nor TFA.
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by aylons 12y ago
Bing, you're right. I posted and left the computer, so I couldn't correct.
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by aylons 12y ago
The fact that price goes down as the application goes from server to desktop to embedded is very telling, in several ways. One way is the commoditization of computing: actual computer power is now a commodity, with very low prices and stand
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by aylons 12y ago
As the poster is also the author, the title should be "Show HN: Impact of the New Show HN Section on Show HN Submissions"
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by aylons 12y ago
Elon Musk is losing his nerdiness. He should have waited for the 1.21GWh milestone.
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by aylons 12y ago
He is not in the embassy because of the Brits, he is in the embassy because he fears being deported to the US by the Swedens.
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by aylons 12y ago
Having a numbering for a specific account is also possible with Brazilian boleto system, but it is common only for credit cards, which can be paid at any time and at a wide range of values. Gas and phone codes are always bill-specific. Howe
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by aylons 12y ago
"Why is [language] so popular" may have two meanings: The person is curious about the popularity of a language. The person is intrigued to why a bad language has become popular.
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by aylons 12y ago
So many comments asking why people don't use credit cards. The easy answer, already told, is that many Brazilian people don't have bank accounts or credit card. This is only half truth and probably not relevant to the case here, a
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by aylons 12y ago
The loop searches for a true comparison until it reaches one, them stop. And, i=4 is not ignored by the compiler, it is declared as undefined behaviour. What the compiler MAY do is to always return true. In this cause, it will always return
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by aylons 12y ago
And 10! seconds is exactly 42 days. Not an approximation.
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by aylons 12y ago
"Mr Musk has said in the past that Space X does not patent its technologies for fear that they could be stolen by competitors." The USA has forgot it, but this is why we have patents: to stimulate people (and companies) to publici
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by aylons 12y ago
A few layman hypothesis: * A more powerful venom will work faster and more reliably. * This is not only a very powerful, but also a very efficient venom. More efficient venom reduces manufacturing costs (as only a few molecules are needed).
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by aylons 12y ago
Here it goes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Dx1-f8xQio&feature=kp Not as dynamic as one would expect, though. Edit: Reproduction, easier to see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKwSHtQwzD8
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by aylons 12y ago
I'm a Pocket user since it was called Read it Later and even bought the then-paid Android app as a way to support the owner. I was excited to see a way to help the developer again, specially as I learned he is fully dedicated to it sin
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by aylons 12y ago
A smarter idea would be a fleet of automated ships following a flag carrier with the crew in it. This way, the crew per ship could be reduced, as an engineer and even a captain cost would be divided between the ships. At the very least, the
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by aylons 12y ago
Well, even emacs is available for Windows. I guess not even ayatollahs are that extreme. They may concede if they think it will help their great goal.
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by aylons 12y ago
I currently work in a beam instrumentation project and jokingly refer to him as the patreon of beam instrumentation. However, I don't think his case is very interesting in a neuroscience pov. He did not forego any major psychological c
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by aylons 12y ago
Here in Brasil, the ISP must guarantee packet loss of at most 2% in 90% of measurements. [1] A public comitee manages servers located precisely at exchange points, and, thus at network borders. These servers are used by applications which a
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by aylons 12y ago
In Brazil, most banks use two-factor authentication in some form for internet transactions. One of my banks gives me the option to receive the code through SMS, generate it through a phone app or with a dedicated keyring token. This is a op
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by aylons 12y ago
Same here. At first, I though selecting any state would lead me to the article, but it just opened a drop-down menu, and clicking it does nothing. Very frustrating. Any ideas, anyone?
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by aylons 12y ago
I don't remember video at all in Napster and most Napster rooms were very nice. People actually catalogued their library in use and we could download from a specific user. I suppose you are talking about emule or Kazaa, but Napster was
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by aylons 12y ago
You may define a word whatever you please in your text, but you cannot state the definition for the common use of the word. This prerogative are for its users, as a group. Dictionaries (which do not define, but only catalogs accepted meanin
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by aylons 12y ago
In related news [1], Brazil has just sanctioned net neutrality law : http://www.engadget.com/2014/04/23/brazil-passes-internet-bi... Not only that, but also the telcos tried to smooth it out, saying they coul
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by aylons 13y ago
Thanks! I was puzzled by the site, unable to come with a reasonable use case for it, until I read your post. I was specially intrigued by the idea of value variation and notification. "My refrigerator's or bed's market value
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by aylons 13y ago
Yes. You trade some unfairness in a handful of (literally) corner cases for a simpler hand-made tariff scheme that may take into account the subtleties of the trade while being still easy for the client to understand it.
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by aylons 13y ago
I live in Brazil. Where I am, it gets colder in the winter, but never less then 10°C in the morning.

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