calcifer

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by calcifer 8y ago
That sounds uncomfortably close to iPhone :)
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by calcifer 8y ago
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by calcifer 8y ago
You are getting a barrage of comments telling you that you are the problem, so let me just say I completely agree with you. I have multiple colleagues who just casually disappear from the office (sorry, "work from home") for day
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by calcifer 8y ago
All of your points here are "me, me, me". Well, good for you? The fact that you, a rich guy working from home, who never experienced these issues is merely an anecdote. It doesn't contribute anything to the discussion, it jus
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by calcifer 8y ago
You mean more efficient, right? Because the single page "applications" that download UI and data with javascript take a three-digit number of requests and multiple seconds to render everything and be "done".
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by calcifer 8y ago
> Russian rockets use some nasty stuff Do you have a source for that? What sort of "stuff"?
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GitHub now allows deleting issues(twitter.com)
2 points by calcifer 8y ago|0 comments
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by calcifer 8y ago
No idea why you are being downvoted. IBMs actions during WW2 are well known. [1][2] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_during_World_War_II
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by calcifer 8y ago
Because it's not a purely internal matter when you have the Single Market. You know, the one they have willingly and knowingly signed up to?
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by calcifer 8y ago
Ara Güler is also famous for insisting he's neither an artist, nor a photographer, but a journalist. Translated below: "I don't think photography is art. I'm a journalist, not a photographer. When a bomb explodes, a pho
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by calcifer 8y ago
As the article says, they have also blocked Elsevier's website :)
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by calcifer 8y ago
> If they don’t, then some Youtubers surely will Only on HN you can find such hubris that a comment arguing surgical skills can be provided by Youtubers is sitting at the top of a thread.
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by calcifer 8y ago
> The general standard, Qi, only supports charging at 5W. This is false. Only the low power Qi standard is 5W. Medium power is up to 120W and there is talk of a high power mode up to 1kW.
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Why People Keep Rear-Ending Self-Driving Cars(wired.com)
3 points by calcifer 8y ago|1 comments
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by calcifer 8y ago
They say the units will be stackable to increase storage capacity. The form factor seems suitable to that. Seems like it would also allow airflow on the bottom side without visible vents.
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by calcifer 8y ago
According to their FAQ, you are basically on your own since your device is the MX server: > While offline, emails sent to you will not be delivered. This does not, however, mean that they are lost. If your email server becomes unreacha
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by calcifer 8y ago
> perfectly legal, not-unethical things [...] firearms I think you'll find that plenty of people disagree with you on both of those points, so it's clearly subjective.
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If your website's full of assholes, it's your fault (2011)(anildash.com)
1 points by calcifer 8y ago|0 comments
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by calcifer 8y ago
> Commercial Crew can't get here soon enough. You mean the option with 0% success rate so far is better than the one with 100% (till this incident)?
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by calcifer 8y ago
> The story literally quotes the general of the NSA Ah, so he pinky-promised? Well OK then!
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by calcifer 8y ago
> because all Open Source Software is Free Software It's exactly the opposite: All Free Software is open source, but not vice versa [1]. [1] https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point....
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by calcifer 8y ago
You are making my point for me. I'm talking about people who rely on donated food to survive and you are talking about prices, markets and competition.
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by calcifer 8y ago
> Perhaps not natives, but that's another story At the risk of inviting some xenophobic and/or racist commentary, I'll bite. What's your story?
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by calcifer 8y ago
> Does this mean that we may have to restructure social programs as that food becomes sold rather than donated? Sure might. That's ok though. Said the man who never relied on donated food to survive. Still, I know I shouldn't b
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by calcifer 8y ago
Fine, I'll bite. The person mentioned in the article is not anonymous, his name, credentials and motivation are all publicly stated. None of which applies to the GP.
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by calcifer 8y ago
It is really funny that a conspiracy theory posted by an anonymous person with no backing evidence whatsoever is sitting at the top of this thread.
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by calcifer 8y ago
Guardian didn't say censor, they said block, which is factual. Nice strawman though.
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by calcifer 8y ago
The article talks about APLs, plural. If APL is a programming language, how can it be plural?
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by calcifer 8y ago
Yet another article about a three letter acronym without mentioning what it stands for. It's infuriating, even Wikipedia [1] doesn't seem to know what it is. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APL
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Google’s Eric Schmidt accidentally discovers labor unions(fastcompany.com)
3 points by calcifer 8y ago|0 comments

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