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by crikli 14y ago
Yup, I couldn't see anybody higher than the Lhotse Face. Couldn't spot any tents on the South Col. Must be the wrong angle.
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by crikli 14y ago
Forbidden link. :(
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by crikli 14y ago
Others will be able to fill in more detail as I'm just going off memory here, but I think this is taken from the Nepalese side. The ice field just above Base Camp (which, wow, look at all those tents) is the Khumbu Icefall, which climbers
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by crikli 14y ago
I hadn't known that Bruce Schneier created Pontifex for the book as I didn't know who he was back in the 90's. Kinda neat to circle back to an old favorite and learn that someone with whom you've become familiar since the last read contrib
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by crikli 14y ago
Blog spam, inaccurate headline. Original article on npr: http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2012/12/07/166678... The boost was in 57% of "warrant services" whatever that means, not arrests. No numbers given for the increase in ar
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by crikli 14y ago
Or you could view this as a fascinating case study regardless of all that. I'm personally horrified that Obama got re-elected but this post is cool as hell and I'm absolutely fascinated by this work and appreciate that Kyle took a few hour
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by crikli 14y ago
Intelligence is like an idea: without execution, nothing.
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by crikli 14y ago
I get that, but it's still sneaky. I would like to see the AppStore/PlayStore create a third category to add to "Free" and "Paid" being "IAP" It's to the point where in the AppStore I look to see if the top related purchase are some $4.99
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by crikli 14y ago
Agreed. I hate "free" apps that are completely hamstrung until you buy some dumb in-app purchase.
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by crikli 14y ago
There are many other places in the world than the Bay area, and my god am I ever sick of seeing this myopic perspective represented on HN.
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by crikli 14y ago
Certificated private pilots like myself use iPads on an increasing basis in the cockpit. There is no issue with interference, nor is there any empirical evidence to indicate so. The ban is and always has been ludicrous.
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by crikli 14y ago
Wow, yes. I rewatched that scene at least 20 times.
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by crikli 14y ago
Damn skippy. I signed a similar petition campaigning against airport user fees that would basically charge pilots to talk to air traffic control. What I got in response was a paragraph of bad analogies and poor logic...basically a "FYVM fo
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by crikli 14y ago
I help fund the iKeyboard, which was (is) very similar to the Touchfire. It's an excellent execution of what I now see as a fundamentally flawed concept. Having to remove an object from my iPad when I want to switch apps, which is often,
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by crikli 14y ago
"Likewise with great copywriting. If you don't trust that every word your co-founder wrote has importance, and that you should at least review with them before making changes, then you didn't pick the right co-founder. It's ok to work towar
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by crikli 14y ago
No, that is what it feels like to a primadonna when you mess with their words. They conflate the quality of their work, a highly objective measure, with breaking tests and screwing up a server, a distinctly objective measure. No one's wo
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by crikli 14y ago
The pitot static system had demonstrated itself to be failing, leading the pilots to lose faith in their instruments. Let he who has flown in the soup with flaky instrumentation cast the first stone.
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by crikli 14y ago
I wrote an explanation of how flight instruments are powered that is germane to this discussion (and IMO helps clarify what happened). http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2595230
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by crikli 14y ago
Agreed. Both parties just look silly.
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by crikli 14y ago
Thanks! This must have been a development within the last year or so.
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by crikli 14y ago
Wonder if you still have to pay $10K a year just to get SSL. This is one of the biggest reasons, ok, the only reason we've used Bing or OSM for many of our clients.
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by crikli 14y ago
Source article from which DK and other sources extemporized: http://arstechnica.com/business/2011/10/exclusive-computer-v...
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by crikli 14y ago
"Also, is this really an issue of freedom of speech? Seems a little melodramatic to me." I had the same thought. It seemed to me like the author was trying to make his position far more noble than what it really is. The whole thing boils
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by crikli 14y ago
If a purchase requires you to borrow money, seriously ask yourself if you need to make the purchase. Could you (the royal you) buy a cheaper car, borrowing less or paying cash? Could you sustain another year in your current living situa
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by crikli 14y ago
Your simile doesn't work. One needs a driver's license to drive. One does not need a credit card to make purchases. And getting card actually can be a bad financial decision as too many cards can negatively affect a credit score.
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by crikli 14y ago
This was over a decade ago. Water under the bridge. I learned a lot from that job about how to create extremely efficient processes as well as how not to treat humans.
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by crikli 14y ago
Man, I have no idea. They also didn't allow us to take a lunch break during what could be an 11 hour shift because, as one of the owners told me, people weren't clocking out during the 15 minutes it took to wolf down a burger and some chee
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by crikli 14y ago
Ditto. I bartended a decade ago and my shifts started at 4:00PM and didn't end until an hour after close at 2:00AM. We were on our fee the entire time, with only smoke breaks where we weren't allowed to sit down.
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by crikli 14y ago
Wouldn't do it. I'm just not willing to be a part of the squatter economy. That goes for domain names I hold as well. I've sold several and have never charged more than what I have in them. This is an extreme position, I realize this.
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by crikli 14y ago
Because, of course, a cartoonish description on the internet of hypothetical violence is indicative of "a serious anger problem". And I'm the Pope. I bit the shovel thing from Patton Oswalt anyway. :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDCjI

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