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by codex 13y ago
Have you seen the US incarceration rate? Seems consistent with that.
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by codex 13y ago
The copyrights were filed with the U.S. copyright office at some point. If the copyright should be found invalid, does that obligate the former copyright holder to return licensing fees? I somehow doubt it. The licensor acted in good fai
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by codex 13y ago
I would have preferred NFSv4 over SMB2. They are quite similar technically, but the former has less chance of veering off into supporting strange Windowsims which will be hard to translate to a POSIX client. That said, SMB2 is widely depl
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by codex 13y ago
For ease of recognition, the positive and negative spaces of a given form should be about equal in area. In this respect iOS 7 fails miserably. It's as if they've forgotten hundreds of years of collective design wisdom.
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by codex 13y ago
I think some people get tired of repeated comments by geek-liberal activists coming out of the woodwork to attack Apple, when, in reality, very few people share their particular perspective. "Ah, now we see the violence inherent in th
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by codex 13y ago
"Why don't we have LED lights on the ports? That way people can see them when the machine is in the shadow of a desk." "How do we turn them on?" "Today, when people have trouble seeing ports, they tilt the mac
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by codex 13y ago
These are critiques of Apple's other products and software, but none of them apply to this specific hardware. Are there specific criticisms of this Mac Pro hardware?
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by codex 13y ago
Technically, liberty has not been impacted, only privacy.
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by codex 13y ago
Two motivations come to mind: he wants recognition and/or he's scared of what the U.S. will do to him.
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by codex 13y ago
Having access to a PowerPoint about a system ("metadata") is not exactly the same as having access to the data itself.
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by codex 13y ago
The starry-eyed tone leads me to believe the author is a bit naive--ergo, in his early twenties. Other than that there's nothing interesting here.
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by codex 13y ago
Google merely stated that they had not heard of PRISM--probably because they were told it was called something else.
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by codex 13y ago
I am in love with the idea of this tool. Can't wait to try it.
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by codex 13y ago
Bitcoin isn't anonymous, and if the NSA has infiltrated the various Bitcoin whitewashers (er, "exchanges") it also has your incoming transaction history, to boot.
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by codex 13y ago
Source? The only records taken from Internet companies pertain to non-citizens living outside the U.S. Even then, a secret court order is needed.
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by codex 13y ago
Nowhere in the past two days news has it been revealed that there are warrantless wiretaps in existence. The OP is confused.
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by codex 13y ago
Well, Nissan took a ~$15B loan from the DoE to build an electric vehicle battery manufacturing facility in Tenesseee.
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by codex 13y ago
The article here is spot on: 1. Market share 2. Unfamiliarity 3. Technical gaps Of these, perhaps #1 is the most important, and to some extent impacts #2 and #3. Linux has a 1% usage share [1]. Schools would be doing students a disservice
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by codex 13y ago
If SoftLayer sold, I presume they were selling at below cost and couldn't keep up. How does SoftLayer's pricing compare with AWS?
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by codex 13y ago
Intriguing and promising idea. I think the most interesting market here is angels; the bigger firms already get a good look at the most promising deals. If the execution proves successful, Mattermark should become accredited investor and
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by codex 13y ago
Elon has said that demand will outstrip supply for the next several years--but six to eight weeks is pretty much normal for any custom built car from Ford, MINI, BMW, Mercedes, etc.
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by codex 13y ago
Amazon's grocery service is a lifesaver when you're too busy to shop. That said, it's not ready to supplant PCC or Whole Foods for the high end consumer: the organic selections suck, and what they do have is frequently out of stock. Some
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by codex 13y ago
At a Tesla store last week, I was quoted 6-8 weeks for a Model S. How does that jive with being massively oversubscribed?
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by codex 13y ago
It was a custom setup, but very similar to the recliner workstations sold by Ergoquest ( http://ergoquest.com/ ).
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by codex 13y ago
If someone says you're doing it right, then, is that a sign you're doing it wrong?
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by codex 13y ago
As someone who has used a setup like this for a long period of time (years): don't do it. The chair looks relaxing but it's really a prison, preventing you from stretching or moving your body naturally, making you feel like a paraplegic.
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by codex 13y ago
I find that this article is representative of much of the content of HN these days: provocative assertions made by relative nobodies with little supporting evidence save anecdote, but made with the full voice of authority. Found a middling
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by codex 13y ago
This in no way vindicates Dotcom; the police simply seized all potential evidence without sorting it first. Evidence deemed irrelevant to the case must be returned; the rest will be kept.
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by codex 13y ago
The best startup analogy is that of a band. Everybody is in one, or if not, they want to be. A lot of work and sweat is invested, often after hours. If you get kicked out, or the band breaks up, you start another. Everyone dreams of mak
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by codex 13y ago
Microsoft ships minimum viable products then iterates based on feedback. In the software industry, lock-in effects can give a big advantage to first to market.

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