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by dade_ 10y ago
Last year I watched a documentary on Nina's life. It was vividly memorable for the music alone, but so was the heartbreaking story. What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015) "On stage Nina Simone was known for her utterly free, uninhibi
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I had a CEO once tell us the story of previous work in the pet food industry. They had a food product that had low sales and they wanted to discontinue the product. He did what seemed obvious and raised the price. Sales went up. Customer
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There was fantastic support from fellow sysops for OS/2 2 and Warp. OS/2 was bulletproof, and the multitasking was key for multiline and allow maintenance work while live.
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And once promoted content started bombarding me in Twitter, I went back to RSS. Unfortunately sites are dropping RSS, though most WordPress sites have an unpublicized feed.
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I think this situation perfectly describes the problem: http://business.financialpost.com/executive/cogeco-inc-ceo-l... "Family ownership" and transferring wealth to heirs tax free.
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I don't think smart wealthy people pay a dime in service fees. I gave the privilege of collecting transaction fees on my purchases to HSBC, who charges me nothing. It has all the usual premium card perks, though not the latest silly o
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I use a master controlled switched power bar, controlled by my receiver, because of a similar issue with power vampires: https://www.rocketfishproducts.com/pdp/RF-HTS205/5709672
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Not questionable if it is a Mosque in 2017, which is the next logical place for this to head. Then we can also have Jewish police, born again police, Catholic police. And what if 2 churches are next to each other? Maybe they can build a
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What if your friend of family member is getting married or a funeral service there?
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This is what happens when people watch too much sensationalized news. What will stop home owner associations and condo complexes from getting their own police forces? Who would they report to? What about privatizing the judiciary too? May
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I was at a dev meetup for Python: I really thought he was joking when he said, what is IRC? And then I realized that we have a whole generation of devs that have no idea what IRC is or how to use it. Amazing the amount of knowledge and exp
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I replaced books with my Kobo and iPad years ago, but replaced the iPad with a Surface since. I don't have any memory palace issues, but a bookshelf is a must. To solve my bookshelf issue I use Calibre and keep all of books, including
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It is a good example of marketing dollars influencing protocol adoption. I've met a remarkable number of people that work in IoT that know nothing of CoAP.
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I bought my Surface Pro 3 when it came out years ago and the SP5 is a done deal. I consider the money already spent...
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Great point. I didn't know that Web OS was released as Open Source by HP, or that LG bought it... http://www.openwebosproject.org/
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I think it is great, all the usual Windows items apply. Specific to the SP3 Pro: use the SP4 keyboard, it is much better and is completely compatible; the dock is expensive and worth it: 2 display port connectors so I have the surface displ
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Brand loyalty is silly. It does mean I need to avoid platform lock-in, but it is completely worth it. I buy the best machine available for me at the time. When it was time to replace my MacBook Pro 2011, it wasn't a machine from App
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"Today’s games seem to be displacing careers, friendships and families, and thus stopping young people (particularly men) from starting real, adult lives." How very American Beauty. It is probably best for economists to avoid the
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He should try peddling it in Toronto. There are over 100 high-rises under construction in the area.
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It depends on what you are doing. I find programming on one monitor to be fine, but I have a schedule with email, excel workbooks to compare with Visio diagrams / Word docs, Web conferences, a soft phone, and my Surface happens to be
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It's a fine project to undertake, but this is a free feature of Kobo (software and devices).
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The fact is that banks already use 3rd parties to provide new features and share data with them today. As I understand this post, it forces banks to allow 3rd parties that I can choose. Even if I choose not to use any of these services, t
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It isn't a cult, but I agree that it looks like one. https://www.amazon.ca/Unconscious-Civilization-John-Ralston-... "Saul engagingly explains the current woes of democracy, especially in Canada, the U.S., and Bri
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No, it really isn't. There are much lower risk options than stocks or bonds that are liquid. All of the savings accounts I have seen for quite some time pay below inflation, so you are actually losing money using them. Most people d
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Just keep adding to the sludge! More proprietary protocols and islands! The biggest problem with "Unified Communications" in business is effortless federation with your vendors and customers. Teams just makes a bigger mess, but
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It's a nice sentiment and sounds like a good legal argument. However, your constitution doesn't do me any good and doesn't help you with foreign states. Five Eyes has been a legal work around for years so keep fighting the
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I don't have Android Wear. But as he explained it he went to the Google personal data page that shows you the data they've collected on you and said there were audio recordings and transcripts with words and phrases that seemed od
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Or thought it heard Alexa. There were many many times when my devices recognized Hey Siri and Okay Google during regular conversation when no such thing was said. I've disabled that capability on all my devices as well.
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At this point I assume they have a warrant, so I don't understand what the problem is. People should assume their devices can and will be used against them. A much more tricky conversation is when a friend of mine discovered that fra
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As a public policy, it should be encouraged as many people can't afford data plans. Basically their smartphone is their computer, and they go from hotspot to hotspot for data. I also agree with the public safety aspect as well, but e

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