crististm

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by crististm 6y ago
There are a number of cases where the publicity helped to reverse a not favorable decision. I think this is the same strategy used here and they seemed to have made their homework before going public. I don't know for how many cases th
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by crististm 6y ago
I agree with most (actually all) of your conclusions but... They start with the premise of culpability of a name. Which _is_ the problem in the first place. That culpability was not demonstrated but was simply declared by remote association
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by crististm 6y ago
It's an interesting twist. It doesn't change the fact that Apple takes shit from Chinese gov to be able to make money. I understand, rule of the land and all that, but I won't pull any punches: Apple knows exactly what they a
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by crististm 6y ago
I have hobby books from 30 years ago that teach you how to build magnetic heads for cassette tapes. No pictures or anything but with enough patience you definitely can build one today, at home (even then). Mind you, the size of the gap is n
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by crististm 6y ago
I thought it was an AI generated paper.
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by crististm 6y ago
The most non-sh shell I've seen in recent >10years is scsh which is a scheme shell. I don't know if anyone is working on a Basic shell today and you're right about your observation. As a programming language, Basic was mor
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by crististm 6y ago
DOS as a 'proper shell' is missing the point. BASIC as a shell was more capable than DOS. There is no reason to have DOS instead of BASIC other than it has fewer features to be implemented. For all the bashing BASIC gets for favor
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by crististm 6y ago
And when you think about it, having a different DNS root would bring into existence an entirely new internet universe. I don't remember the name of the server but there was at least one that I knew of which mirrored the current DNS but
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by crististm 6y ago
What is the problem with hiring a white person vs a blue person if the white one is better? And vice-versa, hiring the blue one if he is better? If you want to hire white workers regardless of their competence, then you should start a compa
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by crististm 6y ago
I don't agree with this definition and its conclusions. I am average in a domain but I want competent people around me. I am not against them earning more. What I see is that some people will consider that any type of competence signal
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by crististm 6y ago
I am actually in agreement with you and the meritocracy. My observation is that a disproportionate amount of the comments were from people that do not like meritocracy and are irrationally and hysterically going to argue with you missing th
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by crististm 6y ago
Hi there! If you pay attention to the ratio of pro vs against meritocracy rants in this page you will find some interesting (anec)data. Make your own conclusions!
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by crististm 6y ago
I've heard about things like that. Wouldn't such redefinition make more sense to be isolated in a newly spawned universe? That way the whole system would not collapse yet you could still play with such concepts.
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by crististm 6y ago
Microphone for dB measurements should be put 1m away from the noise source. Not at 10cm and not at 5m. That's how the noise level gets defined. I've seen noise levels on cheap indoor air condition units that have unbelievable good
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by crististm 6y ago
I've talked with people at times that hierarchical CA is a bad idea and that peer-trust schemes are better for several reasons. They looked at me like I've just dropped from the Moon. I find these recent developments as evidence t
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by crististm 6y ago
I remember a naval officer survivor of a rocket or torpedo hit (post WWII) describing what he was going through at those moments. He basically was tracking the thing with his eyes as it approached, practically mesmerized, not incapable of m
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by crististm 6y ago
Increase in total capacity is irrelevant when people want to charge their cars _at home_. The circuits for residential areas need to take into account the increase in capacity. And when private electricity consumption is very small, wtf was
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by crististm 6y ago
What do you mean? Are you for real?
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by crististm 6y ago
From what you say I assume you can upvote a dead comment? I guess that interseting perks come along with higher karma then? It's funny that for 10+ years I didn't work on accumulating karma because of some 'what are internet
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by crististm 6y ago
That myth buster is bollocks. It only flies numbers and has no substantiation on the figures presented. It's only a feels good story. Their numbers don't add up. My apartment consumes around 400kWh a month. Assuming I charge a Tes
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by crististm 6y ago
Apparently people consider that things get done on this planet by 'mandating' or 'enforcing' a set of rules, procedures or outcomes. On _others_. I guess the jokes on me because I thought that people, society in general
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by crististm 6y ago
Dead comments remain dead in the hands of mere mortals. I can only assume that the gods of HN have powers beyond that. You can only check 'show dead' option on HN to be exposed to what others have deemed unworthy to be heard or to
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by crististm 6y ago
All your recent comments are dead. Don't bother. It's unfortunate that contrarian opinions are silenced but this is the result of another walled garden
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by crististm 6y ago
"Stallman [...] really didn’t do much to solve the real problems" - I beg your pardon but when was he appointed with this responsibility?
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by crististm 6y ago
Hmm - it doesn't work that way and you know it.
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by crististm 6y ago
I don't get it how we got here. We were allowed to play outside (East Europe) near the house when we were six. Gradually increasing the comfort perimeter as we grew up. Twelve? I could have roamed the entire city if I had enough time t
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by crististm 6y ago
I don't get why they should all vanish in one go. Unless there is a problem with all the heads and all the platters then you should still be able to recover a lot of data. But what do I know, I returned an 8TB drive three weeks ago aft
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by crististm 6y ago
The author has a point. Cool car are faster but that's not where coolness comes from. The same is with houses, computers and stuff. The cool computers have an indescribable 'thing' that you can notice and like when it's
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by crististm 6y ago
what is the APC referred in the article?
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by crististm 6y ago
It could have been from 1975. Maybe not. But that's not the point. The interface year is irrelevant as long as the interface is usable to the point that it is invisible. Which is not. It's horrible. It doesn't have anything u

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