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by bardworx 10y ago
> Of course I ditched the "magic" mouse pretty quickly I'm now questioning myself on this comment. I have med-large hands and the magic mouse, even though not intuitive at first, became my favorite mouse. I've tried m
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On KonicaMonilta Bizahub series, anytime a Linux computer prints a large PDF, the printer basically memory leaks to hell. This is PCL and PS drivers. The two models we have are 283 and 284e; both have similar issues. I spoke with a tech thi
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> But, I'm running Linux as my primary development environment again and it just feels _so good_ after a few painful months on OS X. Can you expand on that, please. Why were you months on OS X painful? Just curious to hear the use c
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Note sure why you would be "that guy", unless you mean you're asking questions without reading the article... However, I skimmed the article and searched for terms like resume/sleep/wake/suspend without a hit -
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It's part of the "fun" of being a fan and the "hate" is in perspective, for most folks. I'm a Yankee fan; I hate Boston Red Sox...in most cases, I dislike people from Boston for no good reason. However, when th
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> The "lower sovereign court" has absolutely no meaning when the whole operation was set up to make use of the EU joint market. So why not have a joint EU tax code to simplify life? That's the issue what all corporations f
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I might not have been clear in my original response. I wasn't referring to VAT with regard to double taxation but on paying corp taxes in an EU country and then again when the funds are transferred back to the US. Even though US does p
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> translation: I choose to accept the court that agrees with me and bluntly question the higher ones that don't > I just leave this here for your amusement: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT&
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So then you're still paying taxes twice. In addition, what you're saying is not 100% accurate as US does not have tax treatise with EU but with EU members. Here[0] is a friendly, 2000+ page summary from region to region on the EU
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> small addition: the Irish tax code was found to be illegal. By Whom? If the Irish found their tax code to be illegal, that makes no sense. If the EU found Irish tax code to be illegal then the word "illegal" becomes ambiguous
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> This is not true, the taxes paid in the EU are deducted from the 35% TAX that has to pay in the US if they repatriate the money. Which taxes paid in the EU are deducted? The VAT? Corp?
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My wife is a CPA and works for one of the "Big Four" AND her engagement currently involves auditing an investment firm in Ireland, and the EU. After speaking with her, and getting her opinion, it seems most comments about this sit
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by bardworx 10y ago
Are you being sarcastic or silly? Seems troll-ish to me...
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But you can write and run your own software on iOS platform. Are you referring to non-published (not in the store) software? You can use TestFlight to run software on your own devise, without releasing, and without any modifications to the
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by bardworx 10y ago
You are getting downvoted because people feel like it's not adding to the conversation, however, I disagree. I also use toothpaste, and other products,that my wife chose and came to the realization that even though I might not be direc
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> I need an SSD (~512gb) and a recent cpu with 16gb+ ram. Can you expand on that? I've seen this with folks in the movie/production industry but for webdev it seems like that's more of a want. What's your daily task l
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Multi-level process since a "ban" in online world is difficult to achieve: 1. Set a cookie (lowest form since cookies get cleaned/deleted, but useful) 2. Recognize username + email address (tied to cookie so multiple username
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It's been wild following Andrew for so long. What's really interesting about him is that his blog gained recognition quite early and he was already featured on HN[0] before graduating college. Watching his growth has been fascinat
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> I highly doubt the outcry is imaginary. Totally agree with you, in fact I know of several Mac users who genuinely require a beast of a workstation. These folks (movie production industry) are willing to drop 4-5K on the most powerful m
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If what you say materializes, the outrage would be real..i mean the "Pro" monicker should already denote higher performance...
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by bardworx 10y ago
> What I'm saying is: This person isn't actually a troll. He's not doing it to mess with you. He really does believe what he's saying, and you cannot convince him otherwise until he relinquishes the core idea that led
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by bardworx 10y ago
> Having said that, what I find most interesting about these recent debates is the back and forth about how much people actually need. The argument that "well, it's no problem for me, and I do x, y and z!" is not really a
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by bardworx 10y ago
I have the new MbP w/ 8GB RAM and ram 3 VMs (2 MS build for IE testing and 1 hetoku build-pack) + IDE consuming close to 1GB of ram and compared it to a mid-2014 MbP with 16GB ram with similar performance. Yes the 8GB was a touch slowe
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I think it's a catch-22, if the laptop had 32GB ram but 5hr battery life, folks would complain about it because, for example, it wouldn't last on a flight from East/West coast flight or across the pond. Damned if you do, damn
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Dude, you're simply a troll. > In a nutshell, evolutionary scientists don't want the scientific method to apply to areas where evolution is weak, to avoid discrediting the theory. Remember, if evolution theory is proven to be f
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> I was asked what my technique is during a run, do I concentrate on pain or ignore it. There is a great story that I took a liking to, it centers around the idea that "this too shall pass"[0]. It resonated with me because rega
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by bardworx 10y ago
The Vagus Nerve[0] that controls every mammals voice box originates at the brain stem and travels through the abdomen, then back up to the larynx. It is also responsible for a multitude of functions from heart to the digestive track. Some p
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by bardworx 10y ago
My hypothesis was that the computer "runs" better because of faster RAM and processor but because the system has 8GB, it can't be pushed __too__ much. Testing: 1x headless Linux w/ 1 CPU core and 512MB RAM 2x MS Windows
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Should be fun. I have a MS Win 7 VM for I.E. testing. It's downloaded from MS so there wouldn't be any variance. I'll run a few of them today and get back to you.
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I'm thinking along the same lines. If you're interested in other tests/simulations and I can run them side by side and report back. Today I've ran 2 VMs, about 20 tabs, a large project loaded into an IDE and two shell se

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