beefman

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2071.
by beefman 17y ago
Hey, I participated in this. I guessed 0 the first round, and IIRC I raised my estimate to 33 in the second round. I suppose the lesson is that I'm a poor judge of human nature.
2072.
by beefman 17y ago
I wish there were more Weekly World News links on HN.
2073.
by beefman 17y ago
No company in the world has a technology comparable to .net/WPF on any platform, let alone all major platforms. Microsoft is giving it away. Show me the evil. Google et al are taking your data and I defy you to reach a human being on the
2074.
by beefman 17y ago
Naturally, the man is hitting the woman. http://www.metafilter.com/82659/Domestic-Violence-Women-Abus...
2075.
by beefman 17y ago
Probably the most poorly-written article I've read this week. But it's basically correct. Learning ability in individuals is highly correlated across different skills, and is very stable over the individual's life. It's also correlated t
2076.
by beefman 17y ago
What makes you think they can afford to do that? And enforce it. There are already numerous international standards (ISO, etc) on things like Li-ion batteries, which of-label manufacturers are happy to ignore, lie about, or just implement
2077.
by beefman 17y ago
Apple very carefully qualifies RAM for each of their machines. Not all RAM is the same... some can choke up modern high-speed FSBs. You're paying for all the work it takes to qual those parts.
2078.
by beefman 17y ago
I used to think you should never buy OEM parts (for your car, your computer, etc). I thought the aftermarket could even provide superior versions of parts, or at least, the same thing for less money. Then I got a job in hardware engineerin
2079.
by beefman 17y ago
Downvotes, really? I thought it was quite clever. And accurate. We are talking about the headline 'Are trolls ruining social media?' here.
2080.
by beefman 17y ago
I briefly had a job with these idiots (for one month in 2005). The whole thing was conceived as a way to gather addresses for one of the largest spam operations in North America, which the FTC subsequently shut down.
2081.
by beefman 17y ago
Very funny
2082.
by beefman 17y ago
Hmm... http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=713873
2083.
by beefman 17y ago
My wife has a 2G and I have a 3G. She is eligible for the $200 16GB 3GS, my cost is $400. If she gets a 3GS, what is the cost if we then switch phones? We're on the family plan.