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by codex 14y ago
Given that Congress recently extended DST in the name of saving energy, I doubt there is much appetite for abolishing it. While the benefits are disputed, the benefits of no DST are also disputed, simply because almost no industrialized re
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by codex 14y ago
One reason for a vegetarian diet on Mars is solar efficiency: the sun is only 44% as strong, which makes raising meat less practical. Meat takes a lot of energy, Another reason is the higher ambient radiation levels on Mars, which plants
873.
by codex 14y ago
I don't see how that follows. Mars would have no net exports to Earth, and no real wealth, so I don't see it approximating anything like a real economy. Most likely Mars will be dependent on wealth transfer from Earth for decades, so ther
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by codex 14y ago
Presumably both the 24 and 48 fps versions were shot with the same cameras, with the 48 fps raw being mixed down to 24. Why would that affect sensitivity? Shouldn't both versions be equally sensitive? If not, couldn't this effect be comp
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by codex 14y ago
Has a use been found for this visualization, or is it simply info-porn? What lessons can be drawn from this data? I must admit, I'm having trouble not classifying this as a waste of time--the result of the evolution-bred desire for tool-m
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by codex 14y ago
Imagine if the CDC had access to all of your email, Facebook posts, credit card transactions, and location data from your phone and photos. It could do a reasonable job of finding the infection vectors for large populations (an unsanitary
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by codex 14y ago
There are some legal issues to be aware of here. Taking photos in a public bathroom (such as in an airport or restaurant) is illegal. Make sure you don't forget you are wearing the device as you wander around. Photos on private property ca
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by codex 14y ago
Open source gives away value (in effect, destroying it for the previous owner), sometimes for very little benefit. Why would pg open source the site and open HN up to a myriad of competitors? HN needs a large user base so that YC companie
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by codex 14y ago
What's great about this post is that it's a win/win: the author gets a lot of value out of simply crystalizing his thoughts on paper, and readers share that benefit. I'd encourage everyone to write as much as they can (especially periodic r
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by codex 14y ago
"Shuttleworth believes that Ubuntu will be more user-friendly for people who barely know how to use a smartphone." An experience that is more user friendly than iOS and more user friendly than Windows Phone will be hard to do. Beating Andr
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by codex 14y ago
Some reasons: - The government is accountable to the people, but who is Facebook accountable to? Shareholders. - Government surveillance has at least some oversight, with a long history of regulation. - Allowing government spooks to note y
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by codex 14y ago
Canonical is always trying to make itself more relevant by chasing the new hotness. First it was copying Windows. Then it was copying the Mac. Then tablets. Now smartphones. Unfortunately, the open source nature of their efforts means
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by codex 14y ago
When adjusted for inflation, it's not a box office record; that honor belongs to 2002: http://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/2386/annual-revenu...
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by codex 14y ago
I think it depends on what the intended use is. A watch would be a waste of time. But I suspect this device will primarily be used for easily composing and viewing text messages without taking one's phone from one's pocket/purse. I expec
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by codex 14y ago
This watch will not be used primarily to tell the time. It will be used primarily to read and compose text messages, possibly with a curved touchscreen for better ergonomics.
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Exercise and the Ever-Smarter Human Brain(well.blogs.nytimes.com)
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by codex 14y ago
No, but presuming that the best language was used to implement these runtimes, these languages would be worse off it it weren't for C/C++. And the runtimes qualify as important software in their own right, simply because they inherit from
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by codex 14y ago
Aren't the CLR, Java, and Python runtimes written in C/C++?
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by codex 14y ago
Most likely English is not the author's first language. While they do not contribute much beyond the quotes, at least the article had a modicum of information and was not a complete waste of time. I'm afraid I can't say as much for your c
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by codex 14y ago
So, you could be successful if only the morons in the previous generation would let you? Is that how the previous generation became successful? Sounds like entitlement to me.
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by codex 14y ago
Israel actually has rather tight gun control laws, and is tightening them [1]. To me, this is proof that a well regulated militia is compatible with strict personal gun laws. [1] http://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelpeck/2012/12/20/israel-l
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by codex 14y ago
To be clear, it looks like there are two different questions being conflated here. The first is whether the TSA's procedures would help a prevent 9/11-style hijackings. I think everyone agrees that the TSA doesn't add much value in the si
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by codex 14y ago
It's hard to say. By quickly adapting to new threats (like the shoe, underwear, and printer cartridge bombers) the TSA may be keeping terrorist attack technologies in a perpetual "alpha" state--unable to be refined past v0 to the point whe
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by codex 14y ago
While I agree completely, it's worth mentioning that the author does use GTD for his mindless, shallow tasks (that he can't delegate or get rid of). Presumably that boost in efficiency gives him more time for deep work.
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by codex 14y ago
Interestingly, given that the US has a fifteen trillion dollar economy, that's only 0.006% (or 6e-05) of U.S. GDP. I suspect that the economic cost of an successful terrorist attack on a U.S. aircraft would cost the U.S. economy more than
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by codex 14y ago
The cost is a little higher than that, because many passengers don't fly non-stop--they may take two flights though a hub, for example, but there's only been one screening. However, if you assume one screening per flight, and a one-way flig
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by codex 14y ago
I'm a bit confused: the poll was released in August. That said, the final budget negotiations for the first half of 2013 (which included the DoHS) weren't concluded until September. Is that what you mean?
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by codex 14y ago
They are mostly not exempt, see: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11... The exception are the rare members travelling with a security detail, i.e. when the security detail is armed.
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by codex 14y ago
I'd like to see him try to fill that ark with two of every kind of animal on the planet.
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by codex 14y ago
I'm sure Steve's estate has heard a lot of claims along the lines of "But Steve said he'd pay me X." It's unfortunate, because while Steve may have said that, in many cases the claim may be fraudulent.

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