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by bluthru 9y ago
Yes, because I don't like slippery phones. Let's wait for the drop tests.
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by bluthru 9y ago
I guess this can't be repeated enough: press the side button 5 times and it'll require a passcode. You can do this as you're handing it to the officer.
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by bluthru 9y ago
Yeah, I really hope something like Gatekeeper comes to iOS. As time moves on (and tech companies stop being apolitical), I'd like to not have the App Store being the only way to get software only my device. For example Gab was rejected
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by bluthru 9y ago
>Is that the only thing that's different about Tokyo and Paris? I'm not claiming that. I am claiming that multiculturalism plays a role, which many people refuse to acknowledge.
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by bluthru 9y ago
Urbanization doesn't necessarily regress the issues I'm talking about, especially since cities can still have their own neighborhood and block communities. Urbanization isn't unnatural and it agrees with our tribal instincts.
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by bluthru 9y ago
I don't think you could ever make an argument that murder is good, but tribes have their benefits. For example, we know that homogenous societies have less conflict, a greater sense of community, and higher social trust.
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by bluthru 9y ago
We aren't blank slates. Genes inform a lot about who we are.
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by bluthru 9y ago
Apple isn't going to take a step back on a $1000 phone.
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by bluthru 9y ago
>All face authentication schemes are a joke So were fingerprint scanners before Apple's take on it. >but it's orders of magnitude more difficult to "clone" someone's fingerprint You can do this by taking a pho
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by bluthru 9y ago
>If anything there is a regression with the absence of TouchID. FaceID fulfills that role.
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by bluthru 9y ago
LED lights and a smart or scheduled thermostat that reduces consumption when you're not at home. If you're in a hot environment make sure your attic is nice and ventilated, and possibly consider a radiant barrier.
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by bluthru 9y ago
It's always humbling to learn about economic policies that have backfired. Another one is capping wages in the US during WWII: companies compensated employees other ways which popularized employer-subsidized insurance.
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by bluthru 9y ago
That was my hope when I first heard about SteamOS: A Linux distro with great drivers that would free gamers from a Windows reliance. HL2 launched Steam, HL3 would launch SteamOS. Oh well.
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by bluthru 9y ago
>Tesla's system doesn't have enough sensors. Musk forced his engineers to try to do this almost entirely with vision processing, and that was a terrible decision. Vision processing isn't that good yet. Everybody else uses
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by bluthru 9y ago
Proximity to other objects doesn't matter when your air speed indicator isn't accurate and you can't get lift. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_447
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by bluthru 9y ago
>or don't trust the instruments Thankfully this isn't as big of an issue with driving on the ground. Airplanes don't have sensors that give them the same precision as a car's wheel rotation or proximity to nearby obje
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by bluthru 9y ago
Amazon's work in Seattle doesn't require huge factories and a chain of regional suppliers. If things go bad for Amazon other companies will utilize those people in Seattle.
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by bluthru 9y ago
The iPhone was the first phone with visual voicemail.
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by bluthru 9y ago
I'm just happy to see youtube and facebook get some video competition.
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by bluthru 9y ago
I think this is key. We're in new territory with the internet. Will we ever be at a point where a VoIP call is filtered because the service doesn't want to transmit what you're saying?
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by bluthru 9y ago
Downvoted for citing UN data. Unbelievable.
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by bluthru 9y ago
>People leaving Africa right now are being forced out by war and violence, most of them aren't choosing to leave. That was probably true in the past, but that doesn't seem to be the case anymore: "The UN has said that seve
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by bluthru 9y ago
Yeah they've been saying that for a while now. Who's wrong, Gates or the UN? http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/55d38ec0dd089595388...
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by bluthru 9y ago
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by bluthru 9y ago
Who has the US attacked with nukes?
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by bluthru 9y ago
>The idea that nuclear weapons are what's keeping them from being attacked is simply stupid. I guess you think the top experts are "simply stupid" then: http://www.npr.org/2017/03/29/52190978
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by bluthru 9y ago
>Actually US foreign policy is demonstrating right now that large conventional forces are an equally effective deterrent. I don't understand your point. North Korea has had nuclear bombs for over a decade. >Also perhaps I'm
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by bluthru 9y ago
"The Libyan disarmament issue was peacefully resolved on December 2003 when Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi agreed to eliminate his country's weapons of mass destruction program, including a decades-old nuclear weapons program.&quot
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by bluthru 9y ago
Sorry, I can't allow your falsehoods to stand. You're letting ideology get in the way of facts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhVIoj2tYtw http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe&
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by bluthru 9y ago
I apologize, I wasn't aware of that quote by her until you posted it, as I only watched her explanation. She definitely steps out of the lines of "reporter" when she said that. However, my question still stands: what law or p

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