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by choko 14y ago
Just because you are moving to other services doesn't mean that those services will be around forever either. Short of running your own servers, you really can't be sure any service you subscribe to will be around indefinitely. That is the
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by choko 14y ago
I don't understand what people use to see new information from multiple websites at once if they aren't using RSS. Are they actually visiting 10 or 20 websites a day manually? Do "normal" users stick to just a few websites?
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by choko 14y ago
If anything at all, this really only measures where the happiest twitter users are located. I question this sampling methodology.
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by choko 14y ago
This same method can be used to extract encryption keys from RAM on a desktop computer. https://citp.princeton.edu/research/memory/
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by choko 14y ago
I'm not a big fan of Fox news (or any mainstream media for that matter) but in their defense, they basically reprinted the article from New Scientist. They even linked to the original article in their story.
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by choko 14y ago
I'm going to have to disagree here. At almost 8", it's still to big for most pockets, so it isn't easy to carry around casually. Spec wise, it's also inferior to the existing iPad in pretty much every way. The iPad mini seems like the "spec
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by choko 14y ago
In my opinion, Best Buy killed themselves. Their prices are high, their salespeople are pushy, and their return policy is an absolute nightmare.
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by choko 14y ago
Seiously guy, go away. I'm so tired of hearing this. Android is open, Google apps are not. You can download the source for Android right now, modify it freely, and put it on a device. It may not be as open as some Linux distros, in that not
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by choko 14y ago
I think iTunes was probably the bigger motivator for customers purchasing iPods. Before iTunes, there weren't a lot of places to legally purchase digital music, and ripping CDs was kind of cumbersome.
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by choko 14y ago
Unfortunately, that law doesn't stand up to scrutiny. I've read several stories today alone where the question in the headline cannot be answered accurately with a simple "no", not that this headline is one of them.
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by choko 14y ago
IMO, it's a pretty sorry excuse for a law. While you can often answer with "no" and be accurate, it doesn't happen enough to say "always" or "any". Reading through my RSS feeds, I see about 20 headlines ending in question marks. Only 12 of
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by choko 14y ago
You don't have to upgrade to the iPhone 5. If you keep your existing phone, you won't have a problem. It sucks, but it's not like it will break your existing setup.
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by choko 14y ago
I think many people are angry because it appeared that Apple would include the adapter at first, but later retracted the statement on the website. Had they not mentioned the "free adapter" in the first place, there may have been less angst.
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by choko 14y ago
Wouldn't it depend on the implementation, not just the idea? I haven't read the power glove patent, so I'm not sure how close they are. Also, I think Nintendo's patents on the power glove expired several years ago.
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by choko 14y ago
Thanks for the advice.
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Anonymous allegedly hacked Romney tax records(nashvillecitypaper.com)
78 points by choko 14y ago|111 comments
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by choko 14y ago
I really don't think tablets have a lot to do with this slump. Software isn't driving hardware sales the way it did a few years ago. Personally, I haven't had to purchase a single upgrade in over 3 years. In the late 90s and early 00s, I wa
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by choko 14y ago
In my experience, most keyboards are washable. You just have to make sure to give them enough time to dry completely. I've washed around a dozen in my lifetime, using a garden hose or shower sprayer, and I've only had issues once. Your mile
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by choko 15y ago
I was unaware that the traditional PC was in danger of disappearing. I think PC sales are down because its been years since most people have had a real need for an upgrade. Hardware purchased in 2008 is still more than usable. Software does
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by choko 15y ago
True, but you are still loosing a significant number of human workers. You don't need 1000 humans to maintain 1000 robots, and those jobs won't be attainable by most people - especially the people the robots were designed to replace.
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by choko 15y ago
Wow, that seems a little pricey for what is offered. I would think they would be able to use an "off the shelf" netbook that already costs ~300 dollars, without Windows, and sell it for ~200. Windows accounts for a nice chunk of the price o
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by choko 15y ago
The title is a little misleading. At the beginning of the article, the author states that he is also using a bluetooth keyboard, since the on-screen keyboard is ill-suited for anything beyond "brief emails and outlines." At the end, the aut
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by choko 15y ago
This whole new wave of Asperger's kind of bothers me. 10 years ago, we were just called "nerds". Now, the medical community has decided that being a nerd is a mental disorder, as if being highly intelligent with poor social skills means you
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by choko 15y ago
Facebook only pulled the page after comments turned violent. Initially, they said the page would be allowed to stay. Then the posts began to incite violence, which is against the FB TOS. It had nothing to do with censoring a call from "libe
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by choko 15y ago
It would have been irresponsible for them to NOT pull this app. They just took down the app that lists sobriety checkpoints, which are, by law, publicly available information. Apple wants a sanitized app store, and the Third Infantada app c
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by choko 15y ago
The Netherlands also didn't have the HUGE healthcare cartel to contend with when their system was implemented. In the US, insurance has allowed healthcare providers to charge enormous fees because they knew it would be covered. US healthcar
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by choko 15y ago
I think the big reason universal health care isn't viable in the US is because of the system we already have in place. Big insurance and high-cost health care are firmly entrenched, and it would take an act of god to change this without ups
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by choko 15y ago
I would argue that the headline isn't necessarily true. The Asus Transformer just came out, and they can't get them to store shelves fast enough. It took me a month to get one, and I almost missed my chance(again). The Transformer is really
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by choko 15y ago
I wipe my phone across my shirt or pants after unlocking it so the fingerprints don't stick around. The cleaning has become just as much a part of muscle memory as entering the PIN, so it's not something I'm likely to forget.
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by choko 15y ago
I had a similar thought, but the less free internet has been in the works for years before these guys came around. With or without groups like this, it is inevitable. The powers in place fear what they can't control.

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