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by dak1 13y ago
Agreed. When I saw the link on Hacker News, my gut reaction was that it was probably Snowden; however, I have to say I think the Pope was the far better choice (and I'm an atheist). He's the first Pope from what is often called t
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3D Data Visualizations(binwalk.org)
2 points by dak1 13y ago|0 comments
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by dak1 13y ago
1) Yes, yes it very much freaking is 2) That has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the story 3) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism
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Evidence for A Parsec-scale Jet from The Galactic Center Black Hole(arxiv.org)
1 points by dak1 13y ago|0 comments
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by dak1 13y ago
One of the most important things we can do is intellectually insist on the separation of the concepts of "China" and "the PRC government". Today, usage of the word "China" is interchangeable with the words &quo
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House intel bill adds $75 million to NSA budget to stop future Snowdens(arstechnica.com)
7 points by dak1 13y ago|2 comments
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by dak1 13y ago
In that case it would be better to write: > If we really lost antibiotics to advancing drug resistance — and many experts agree we may not be far off
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Chinese leaders control media, academics to shape the perception of China(washingtonpost.com)
50 points by dak1 13y ago|17 comments
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by dak1 13y ago
> The state as a person of international law should possess the following qualifications: (a) a permanent population; (b) a defined territory; (c) government; and (d) capacity to enter into relations with the other states. > The polit
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by dak1 13y ago
Don't give them any ideas.
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by dak1 13y ago
There's a long thread on mozilla.dev.platform[1] that lays out the arguments for MathML quite well. I'd also add that there is a W3C Math WG, and has been for over a decade. I would have thought the question of whether or not Mat
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Chromium: "MathML is not something that we want at this time"(code.google.com)
91 points by dak1 13y ago|103 comments
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by dak1 13y ago
I got back about 14GB of disk space after upgrading.
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by dak1 13y ago
I think it makes more sense if you think of it as "domain of the front-end engineer". There's certainly an increasing number of developers who are focusing more on the front-end plus Node.js, often for connecting backend serv
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by dak1 13y ago
Or just switch what tests you're using. You could keep alternating between 2 tests and have 20% performance improvements year over year on the exact same hardware.
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by dak1 13y ago
From the article: > With the SSL keys, and a wiretap, the FBI could have decrypted all web sessions between Lavabit users and the site. It sounds like he was incurring some significant fines as well, so he was left with the choice of und
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by dak1 13y ago
I read your link, but I'm having difficulty seeing the connection in my comment. I didn't make an ad hominem attack, and tried to offer a constructive criticism (that an animated image takes more time to process for information).
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by dak1 13y ago
While using an animated GIF is a cute idea, a simple "Yes" or "No" would suffice and be quicker to process/interpret.
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by dak1 13y ago
Don't worry, you're paying that entire $650 (and usually then some). It's just hidden in your contract price.
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by dak1 13y ago
"This could be the end of any radical innovation in mobile, period. Even Apple has run its course: Where else can it go?" If the author can't think of anything innovative, then surely that must mean the end of innovation.
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BlackBerry to go private in $4.7 billion deal(arstechnica.com)
2 points by dak1 13y ago|0 comments
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by dak1 13y ago
It could also be used offensively to start a rebellion or change political outcomes.
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by dak1 13y ago
I find it intriguing how close yours was to what I came up with quick for myself ( http://www.dungeonsanddevelopers.com/#_a2b2c2de3hi2jklmnopqx... ). I wonder what percentage of web developers on HN fall into the same broad c
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by dak1 13y ago
Since the order of an object's keys is not guaranteed, it seems like even if a parser respected the last-defined rule, you could still potentially end up with the wrong field last.
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by dak1 13y ago
It's really more of an issue: http://english.sina.com/china/2013/0717/609718.html http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/190358-protests-after-street...
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by dak1 13y ago
The numbers in the article don't quite add up. Shao bing is cheap food... usually 1.5 or 2 renminbi, maybe 2.5. If they're selling 100 a day, every day, at 2.5元/each, that would be 250元/day and ~7500元/month. 7500元
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by dak1 13y ago
The fact that this could very well prove to be a Pyrrhic victory I think is actually extremely relevant to this case, since the fundamental guiding principle here is "is this in consumer's best interest."
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by dak1 13y ago
It sounds like the stumbling block was a horizontal monopoly in retail held (or nearly held)[1] by Amazon. You can argue whether or not Amazon is participating in predatory pricing now, but should Amazon end up raising prices (not entirely
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by dak1 13y ago
The President doesn't need a security clearance. His or her election gives him/her the ultimate security clearance.
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by dak1 13y ago
Well, if these motions ever do find their way to the court, the court's statistics for rejected motions should improve considerably.

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