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by bcook 10y ago
That's actually a myth, since the GPS satellites all experience a similar relativistic time skew. http://www.alternativephysics.org/book/GPSmythology.htm "The presence of Special and General Relativity effect
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by bcook 10y ago
Do any performance-focused vehicles use CVT? Answer: No.
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by bcook 10y ago
The traffic is encrypted from relay to relay and end to end. You can theoretically prove that someone used Tor and perhaps prove that they connected to a certain Hidden Service, but proving that they actually did something illegal (rather
124.
by bcook 10y ago
Did you go off the medication without any input or supervision from a doctor? I've had doctors accuse me of being irresponsible for doing that, and I have to agree.
125.
by bcook 10y ago
Just for reference, I'm getting ~10 fps on my Nexus 9 with Chrome.
126.
by bcook 10y ago
Hopefully they were simply campaign promises to get votes.
127.
by bcook 10y ago
The "just a celebrity whistleblower" seemed to imply something. He's smart, knowledgeable, and has experience, so his insight into many tech topics is usually worthwhile. He doesn't need to be constantly leaking stuff to
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by bcook 10y ago
He's a celeb for a damn good reason, and for those reasons I respect him and his views, now and likely in the future.
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by bcook 10y ago
Even if everyone was fully aware of the impact that mass surveillance could have, I bet many would still not really care. I mean, a large amount of people use Facebook willingly.
130.
by bcook 10y ago
Caffeine?! That's very interesting. Got any links about vaping caffeine?
131.
by bcook 10y ago
I think you meant "knowledge" rather than "intelligence". Sorry for the nitpick. There are many smart people who are not techies.
132.
by bcook 10y ago
> Then what's in it for me, rich person, to give back or be kind? Why must kindness be justified? "Kindness is it's own reward", no?
133.
by bcook 10y ago
Except we've all had parents... I dunno anyone who has swapped races.
134.
by bcook 10y ago
So... you're advocating a prohibition of sorts?
135.
by bcook 10y ago
Can you share a link to the Dawkins' out-of-context joke?
136.
by bcook 10y ago
No progress? Perhaps that is true from a general virtualization perspective, but this is progress from an OpenBSD (virtualization) perspective, right?
137.
by bcook 10y ago
Maybe his performance and judgement are so impeccable that even after a 90-hour work-week he still operates better than the average.
138.
by bcook 10y ago
Right, but forums are a much slower, more "official" communication medium, so the edit feature makes more sense. I see chat like in-person communication where editing something already said is impossible.
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by bcook 10y ago
Personally, I would treat the chat like a forum post and take more time to confirm that what I was posting was accurate. I have never used chat as for business purposes though, so thanks for the insight. I do wonder though, should IRC evolv
140.
by bcook 10y ago
So logs are no longer append-only? This seems like a uselessly complex thing for all servers and client logs to support. Seems like it would break many things. What situation needs an edit feature? I can think of none, since a quick follo
141.
by bcook 10y ago
I very much prefer using "tar" and "nc". Example: Host1: "tar -cf - /file1 /file2 | nc -l -p 54321" Host2: "nc host1 54321 | tar -xf -"
142.
by bcook 10y ago
These are stock Android perms? Why are JuiceSSH and SuperSU perms included?
143.
by bcook 10y ago
> Yeah, and having an automatic, secure, reliable patching routine for embedded devices is not trivial (and thus really expensive). Roku (and others) seems to have figured that out. They cryptographically sign each update.
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by bcook 10y ago
Can't it be all of the above?
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by bcook 10y ago
> And Internet is just a fad I think a statement like "...and AltaVista is just a fad" is more appropriate, considering that ride-sharing is likely to continue being relevant but the companies that provide it will come and go.
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by bcook 10y ago
Is it common for the hosting company to know which client is being targetted by the DDoS?
147.
by bcook 10y ago
I think the author is inferring the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kruithof_curve . We apparently prefer dimmer light sources to be warmer.
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by bcook 10y ago
You might be interested in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kruithof_curve and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_Rendering_Index (high CRI).
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by bcook 10y ago
> where I live Where is that?
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by bcook 10y ago
Isn't everything optional? It just depends how much you are willing to lose.

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