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by cdr 15y ago
It's been on HN, but the same tech has been used extensively for a couple years now to produce Vocaloid concerts. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzYssX-CcSY#t=1m37s It really is quite amazing unless you're at a pretty significant angle to
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by cdr 15y ago
I use Alarm Clock Extreme for Android, which (among other things) you can set to make you solve math problems before you can shut it off. The complexity of the problems, quantity, etc is configurable. Much like the GP poster, I'm usually no
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by cdr 15y ago
For one thing, some less expensive Android phones have very limited internal storage. I have a very decent one who's achilles heel is the internal storage. The internal storage has been completely full pretty much since I got it, and any ne
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by cdr 15y ago
A quick google search will tell you that's flat out wrong - there are interview questions that are illegal to ask in pretty much the entire first world, pretty much anything directly pertaining to legally protected statuses/classes.
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by cdr 15y ago
I doubt any officers think that it's wrong, but most are no doubt aware that this thing that is making their jobs easier is unpopular with the public and likely to be barred by courts when challenged. Best, then, to keep it as quiet as poss
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by cdr 15y ago
Entertainment companies are also taking the opportunity to sue: http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/23/valcom-sues-megaupload-for...
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by cdr 15y ago
Certainly not a new thing. Circa 1994 my dial-up ISP (with "unlimited" internet, the first one in the area) was oversubscribed like every dial-up ISP, they had an order of magnitude less connections available than paying customers. When I a
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by cdr 15y ago
Off topic, but asking about downvotes is rarely productive. It'll almost always fix itself given time.
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by cdr 15y ago
Firefox (10, linux) performance is fine for me; it may be his browser version or something else.
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by cdr 15y ago
I take it you didn't read to the end :)
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by cdr 15y ago
It's not law (though there may be state/local laws also), it's the merchants' agreements with Visa/MC/Amex/etc. Cash discounts are allowed - you see them with gas stations quite frequently - but minimums and surcharges are disallowed and th
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by cdr 15y ago
The classic: http://vimeo.com/22053820
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by cdr 15y ago
The defendants are claiming bi-lateral agreements are legal, and only bi-lateral agreements existed rather than a 3+ party conspiracy. Whether either claim is true, I have no idea.
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by cdr 15y ago
That sounds like a rather knee-jerk reaction. Career-wise, having and promoting a personal brand can be very valuable. Have you done a basic cost/benefit analysis? Making stuff and promoting that stuff is not mutually exclusive.
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by cdr 15y ago
It would depend on how plausible what you say is - ie, whether a judge believes you.
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by cdr 15y ago
If an authority is convinced there's a hidden volume with information they want and that you are not providing access, having arbitrary hidden volumes is not doing you any good legally in the US and likely elsewhere. There are technical and
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by cdr 15y ago
I agree that strong moderation is key, but reddit's moderation system doesn't encourage strong moderation and is pretty borked in general. Strong moderation is a rare exception, especially when you consider the more popular subreddits have
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by cdr 15y ago
If they suspect there's a hidden volume, that won't help you either.
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by cdr 15y ago
I don't really agree. There is definitely a general reddit culture (a bland white male young american type of culture) and it seeps into all subreddits to various degrees. It's pretty awful for the "default" subreddits but it affects the en
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by cdr 15y ago
Megaupload complied extremely quickly with DCMA requests by all reports. The non-compliance cited in the indictment appears to be somewhat of a technicality - at worst, only removing links instead of the file. Are you sure Mediafire complie
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by cdr 15y ago
It's definitely business - back around the time Gawker got banned from YC for being trashy, there was some amount of opinion that TechCrunch stories should get the boot too - but it was never going to happen because of the exposure TechCrun
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by cdr 15y ago
The TSA removed the restriction on toenail clippers years ago. I've had a pair in my carryon since, never a problem. They will apparently still on occasion confiscate fingernail clippers that have an attached file/nailcleaner, for whatever
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by cdr 15y ago
I think you meant "a thousand pedants".
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by cdr 15y ago
I'm quite obviously speaking about myself.
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by cdr 15y ago
I don't think that's it - all geolocators, even those that employ advanced techniques, can only get as far as the capitol.
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by cdr 15y ago
I'm in a rural area of the US, and my home IP geolocates to the state capitol - more than 200 mi away.
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by cdr 15y ago
Early on, there were three positive comments - all in negative/grey. It looks like once the thread got more eyeballs, it worked itself out.
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by cdr 15y ago
Joel definitely has anti-fans - I expect that's what's happening.
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by cdr 15y ago
Those companies are "permanently hiring". They're not trying to fill specific positions, but rather trying to skim interesting candidates.
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by cdr 15y ago
NameCheap "doesn't support SOPA", but they're capitalizing on GoDaddy's missteps more than having any firm moral objection to SOPA. Their opposition to SOPA is very qualified, they publicly say they support new IP legislation, and they may

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