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by blunte 6y ago
The amount of human energy spent on killing each other is disappointingly impressive. If you zoom out, in space and time, it's very difficult to make a case for the value of human existence. But on a lighter note, vehicles like these a
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by blunte 6y ago
Since my experience with Git is much less (too much solo work, so you don't get exposed to the same scenarios as team developers do), I'm now having to handle new situations in my Git use. The biggest problem I face is the conflic
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by blunte 6y ago
This happens to every giant eventually (and to countries or civilizations). They get climb to the top, and then they hold such dominant positions that they aren't forced to try. They get lazy or sloppy (and in Intel's case, I&#x
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by blunte 6y ago
This may be a bit of a stretch, but would the power savings (value of which, Earth aside, could be measured in local electricity costs) of an M1 Mac be significant enough in a year to justify upgrading an otherwise functioning Intel Mac?
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by blunte 6y ago
Not that this helps the author, but some of the most successful people failed many times before succeeding. In fact, those who fail before becoming successful seem to be better able to repeat success than those who win on the first try. The
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by blunte 6y ago
So instead of getting swatted, one gets lit.
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by blunte 6y ago
I wonder if parler will start policing posts it's right wing leaders dislike... and will the allow posts which violate laws? Will they allow a post claiming that the Mercer family also funds a major child theft and transport ring? In
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by blunte 6y ago
Noise pollution is surely a contributor to mental and perhaps even physical problems, but it seems to be very low priority. Also, I would assume that people who are exposed to higher air pollution from vehicles are likewise exposed to more
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by blunte 6y ago
Thanks for bringing this to my attention. Somehow I had never heard of it - https://datatransferproject.dev/updates There does seem to be some activity, although it also seems to be slowing a bit... https://gith
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by blunte 6y ago
Is there yet any effective cloud to cloud migration tool or service? I don't mean cloud to PC back to different cloud ...
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by blunte 6y ago
It's been a couple of generations since I used the Thinkpad, but wiping and carefully reinstalling only the useful drivers/apps was how to did it. Perhaps it's locked down now such that you can't do that (and if so, I w
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by blunte 6y ago
The manufacturer of your laptop has paid Microsoft for the OS and is passing that cost on to you in the total price (excluding MS hardware such as the Surface). Or if you buy a bare system or build your own, you need to buy Windows yourself
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by blunte 6y ago
Depends on your country, but here's a US example: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/macos-catalina/id1466841314?ls...
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by blunte 6y ago
Eliminating MagSafe for power ports was one of the Apple choices I hated. So many times something has happened and ripped my power cable off my 2014 MBP, and MagSafe saved the laptop from damage or a fall. And worse, Apple has now applied
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by blunte 6y ago
I have watched a number of reviews comparing the new Air to the Pro. The CPU performance increase isn't noticeable in most cases, and the Pro still offers better pencil latency and display refresh rate (plus camera/lidar, but pro
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by blunte 6y ago
I think it often depends on big resellers (like Best Buy, for example). They can provide discounts which Apple will not do directly to the customer, and which other resellers can't do because they don't turn enough units. That&#x
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by blunte 6y ago
It's not trying to compete with German PCs (which have some nice options, but yet are Windows PCs, not Macs). I'm not an Apple fanboy, and I'm still very displeased with many of their decisions (touchbar being #1 on MBPs). B
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by blunte 6y ago
You lost me at "good Windows laptops". macOS has plenty of warts, but my experience with high quality equipment (Thinkpad, XPS, Alienware) has left me ultimately disappointed with Windows in many day to day situations compared to
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by blunte 6y ago
There are at least two reasons that Apple tries to prevent tools like iSH. In order of what I suspect is their motivation: 1. Users can be foolish or even tricked into installing apps and entering commands. If iSH provided a possible at
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by blunte 6y ago
Who we are with is very important. For some people (myself included), the percentage of people who are beneficial to be around is very low compared to the general population. And since so few people result in positive experiences (and sinc
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by blunte 6y ago
> CBT trains you to arrest those thoughts and replace them with thoughts that are constructive This part is useful to everyone well beyond the scope of depression. Simply becoming aware of one's thoughts is a revelation. Our abili
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by blunte 6y ago
Buy a Trump Tower apartment for a grossly inflated price, and offer to pay in bitcoin. If you act quickly, the deal will get done before there's risk of prosecution.
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by blunte 6y ago
That's the first and hopefully last time I've seen "grown ass man" on HN. This isn't Reddit (although a tiny bit of Reddit humor and wordplay is nice from time to time). But good news! The US draconian drug punish
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by blunte 6y ago
I've been thinking about the possibility of applying some computing power to recognizing or predicting thermals to use for greatly extending flight range. I'm sure this problem could be solved with today's technology, and it
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by blunte 6y ago
I read good things about F#, including that it is a first class citizen of Microsoft... but I have worries that it could become second class if some financial decision deems it not worth the effort to support for them. From a functional per
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by blunte 6y ago
It's really impressive, but for some reason I was expecting a graphics-heavy animation video rather than a Powerpoint :P presentation.
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Ask HN: Developers, why are we re-implementing the same wheels
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by blunte 6y ago
From an investor standpoint, a marketing-first, usability-second (third, fourth maybe?) approach is clearly best. All you need to focus on is that next round of funding that pays off the previous round with a nice profit.
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by blunte 6y ago
You don't even have to be eagle-eyed to see that the roadside objects going past the car are passing by at well under, let's be generous, 150mph. While the GPS speed indicator shows 289, you can watch roadsigns on the right side
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by blunte 6y ago
Almost half a million bikes were stolen in 2019 in NL, and there are reports of organized groups specifically targeting e-bikes now. But in general, any bike that doesn't look like it could sell for 15 euros on the street is a target.

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