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by bragr 4y ago
GraphQL works great as the omni-API for frontends so you don't have to do 2 releases for every new feature. For most other use cases, it's a solution looking for a problem. Got real edge-node data? Throw it in neptune and query th
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>But it doesn't really say why they chose to build on docx. Is requiring the DOCX format just adding another step in the process for applicants? Actually, it's the opposite. The USPTO conducted a study and found that over
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by bragr 4y ago
Slavery is usually the reason given why the North industrialized and the South did not pre civil war.
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> Another U.S. administration official speaking on condition of anonymity described Abdulrahman al-Awlaki as a bystander who was "in the wrong place at the wrong time," stating that "the U.S. government did not know that M
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by bragr 4y ago
It's debatable to extent that AWS has IPv6 across the board. Many seem to be using a 6 to 4 layer under the hood which can result in noticeable behavior.
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>Is that true though? When Apple made tracking opt-in, pretty much everyone refused. I think that's a clear indicator that the overwhelming majority do want privacy, and if they're actually given a choice, most will probably ta
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I'm not sure this is true given the inaccuracy of shotspotter
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Even still, cannon fire from 250+ miles (at least, that's just to the border) seems improbable
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Wow, you are not wrong. What kind of weird homunculus is that?
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I wonder if some form of solar thermal battery made from in situ resources would be effective for a moon base. 6.5 days in sunlight is a long time to get a large mass nice and hot and you don't have a problematic atmosphere (or wildlif
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by bragr 4y ago
My experience with GPD was pretty bad in the past. I had the first generation Pocket, and while on paper it was exactly what I wanted, in practice what I received felt more like a development unit in terms of build quality and the software.
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>Businesses are supposed to be separate entities from the individuals who own them That doesn't really apply when your business is essentially selling your own image and personality.
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>not vocally criticizing is nothing like actively participating. That's not what we decided about the collective guilt of nazi germany.
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I'm not sure India is the best example right now as it is being consumed by Hindu nationalism to the detriment of minorities.
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"It’s used to subsidize an untenable customer expectation. You leverage a broken workforce to minimize your genuine labor expenses." With the steady erosion of the quality of the drivers, I don't even expect to receive my ord
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>American has paid a non-refundable deposit on the initial 20 aircraft. I guess that's not nothing given how these sorts of contracts usually give the big name brand company lots of outs if the speculative company goes bust, but by
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by bragr 4y ago
From the readme: No package manager. Instead, you configure a set of specifications of what files from which packages to include on your system, and the build system writes the resulting filesystem tree into a git repository. This can
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by bragr 4y ago
ISO downloaded fine on my phone.
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by bragr 4y ago
To be fair, Rufus is circumventing Microsoft's download methods. It would be nice if they were more open but it's not like these aren't available from official sources: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sof
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by bragr 4y ago
In the Apple world, it is the hardware that is licensed, while for Windows, it is the software. It's a small, but important difference.
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by bragr 4y ago
Sure but most of the implementations are commercial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_Network#Implementati...
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by bragr 4y ago
This is such a well known phenomenon I feel it falls under the "sky is blue" exception. However, here's a good example: a specific group of contributors active on pages about composers really don't like infoboxes. Despit
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by bragr 4y ago
That's standard operating procedure when the feds seize these kinds of things: run it for a bit to gather even more evidence.
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by bragr 4y ago
There's a reason wikipedia classifies IMDB as an unreliable source. Apparently Michael Madsen has a real problem with people adding him to films in production in an effort to get financing. https://www.cinemablend.com/n
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by bragr 4y ago
>IBM happily went along. The history of IBM is dark. Then, as of now, I'm confused why people expect these kinds of problems to be solved by corporations "doing the right thing" rather than demanding some kind of real legi
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Kind of a misleading headline given that there's never been a confirmed picture of an intact, unfired R9X missile. Given how it has been described in the media, I'm somewhat curious what they are "hiding" by keep it so s
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by bragr 4y ago
Perhaps but the people most affected by this are also the least able to do anything about it because if 25 points was enough for you to be denied, you are already pretty economically marginal.
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by bragr 4y ago
They are going to move it downriver and attach the masts somewhere else.
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by bragr 4y ago
He'll be ok. His new sailing super yacht launches soon.
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by bragr 4y ago
Like for instance, this one is bad, and your new one is doing much better ;) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32320466

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