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by bluthru 12y ago
You'll hate them even more: They're one reason why taxes are more complicated than they should/could be. http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2013/04/auto...
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by bluthru 12y ago
>but as comparison is anyone 100% happy with their utility (power, water, etc)? Yes. Do you remember what happened in California when power was deregulated and Enron was causing brownouts? Compared to my private utilities (phone and home
543.
by bluthru 12y ago
>They have top engineering and research chops; just look at the new goggles and a lot of their labs projects. MSDN is a wealth of free knowledge. A common comparison between MS and Apple is that MS pours a lot of money into R&D and m
544.
by bluthru 12y ago
Designers design. Artists create art. Almost every job requires creativity.
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by bluthru 12y ago
Seattle actually gets a decent amount of insolation compared to Germany: http://www.greenrhinoenergy.com/solar/radiation/images/World... As we know, Germany isn't shy about its solar investment.
546.
by bluthru 12y ago
>We started Pixelapse with the mission of building the definitive version control and collaboration platform for creatives. Ugh, stop calling them that.
547.
by bluthru 12y ago
I don't get why Apple wouldn't be motivated to fix this ASAP for their own safety.
548.
by bluthru 12y ago
A loss-leading promotion means that government is terrible at everything? Ron Swanson, is that you?
549.
by bluthru 12y ago
The automobile might prove to be the most detrimental invention of all time.
550.
by bluthru 12y ago
Maybe. I kind of hope this groundswell spurs another "Snow Leopard" type release.
551.
by bluthru 12y ago
It's like they're afraid of confronting their own children.
552.
by bluthru 12y ago
Yep, residential garbage collection and recycling is an essential service, and it makes sense to maximize efficiency by not having overlapping routes.
553.
by bluthru 12y ago
Kevin seems full of ideas. It's always fun to see what he produces.
554.
by bluthru 12y ago
I really enjoy the rich tones of the facade: http://www.rew-online.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Barclay... Does rust automatically turn people off because of cultural connotations? It's self-finis
555.
by bluthru 12y ago
Thanks. I'm not qualified to discuss this, but Apple did include hardware decoding for HEVC on the iPhone 6, and they're extremely power-conscious.
556.
by bluthru 12y ago
In an alternative utopia: everything uses the lightning connector design.
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by bluthru 12y ago
No HEVC decoding?
558.
by bluthru 12y ago
>If only my girlfriend that actually uses it would allow me to kill the osx and put Windows 10 there it would save us both a lot of frustration. That's a terrible idea from a battery perspective.
559.
by bluthru 12y ago
That just makes us even more embarrassing.
560.
by bluthru 12y ago
Just checked on my 2007 MBP--I'm also getting flashes. (Translucency is turned off.)
561.
by bluthru 12y ago
And you don't have to put up with "anchor speak". I don't know or where these people pick it up, but I wish they would talk like normal human beings.
562.
by bluthru 12y ago
Back in the more sexist decades, having only the man working created a "one worker per household" policy, creating an even distribution of jobs. Today we have more double income households and more zero income households. The smal
563.
by bluthru 12y ago
But then it would have just been charmingly geeky, not threatening and creepy.
564.
by bluthru 12y ago
>Low level female software engineers at Google are actually paid more than their male counterparts. Why is this?
565.
by bluthru 12y ago
So about 3 days in an American hospital?
566.
by bluthru 12y ago
>If tech companies want more talent perhaps they shouldn't build their campuses on some of the most expensive land in the country. That'd probably save a lot right there. It's expensive because it's desirable. Much of
567.
by bluthru 12y ago
>In 2012, the pharmaceutical industry spent more than $27 billion on drug promotion— more than $24 billion on marketing to physicians and over $3 billion on advertising to consumers (mainly through television commercials). This approach
568.
by bluthru 12y ago
No, the additional load is not worth it. It would be one of the least sustainable things you could do due to all of the heavier columns you'd have to use.
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by bluthru 12y ago
>On the one hand, these holes would be vertical, which is harder than horizontal I don't think this is the case. We dig vertical holes all the time for wells, geothermal, and pilings for buildings: http://www.bdonline.co.
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by bluthru 12y ago
I agree. Even if they didn't need the money it could be donated to the EFF or something.

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