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by davidf18 10y ago
I own the 2015 basic 15" model and it is a great machine. The 2016 model consumes much less energy for the same performance (see link in my post above) and the SSD speed (esp. in >= 512 GB models) is much faster. It also has buil
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by davidf18 10y ago
Thank you for your reply, but I'm still a bit confused. I would have liked an NVidea dGPU instead of the AMD for GPU processing with CUDA so that is a disappointment, but from my understanding, the AMD 14nm node GPUs consume much less
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by davidf18 10y ago
Admittedly, for my needs the 15" models are not great. Writing and some computer programming/big data. I prefer longer battery life and a lighter/smaller 15" unit. The new unit claims to have about 2 hours more batter
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by davidf18 10y ago
From [1]: "This month, Moody’s reported that Dallas was struggling with more pension debt, relative to its resources, than any major American city except Chicago." Chicago is even worse off than Dallas.
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by davidf18 10y ago
There are problems in NY State and Illinois as well. Illinois has been in some sort of legislative standoff between the Republican Govenor who is trying to rein in pension costs and the Democratic legislature. NY State if I recall, has som
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by davidf18 10y ago
In NYC we've had many tunnels for beginning about 100 years ago -- for the subways and also for trains and cars under the Hudson River. Recently there have been tunnels made for the Second Ave subway which should be opening soon. Last
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Elon Musk’s idea for fixing traffic suffers from one fundamental problem(vox.com)
1 points by davidf18 10y ago|5 comments
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by davidf18 10y ago
It seems like a number of R packages use Fortran. I'm on Mac and it needs to Fortran compiler to be installed so that at least some of the R packages can be compiled when doing updates.
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In Kansas City, a New Nissan Leaf Is Only $11,510(fortune.com)
2 points by davidf18 10y ago|0 comments
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by davidf18 10y ago
There are people who have extended their lives through lifestyle. Check out: https://www.bluezones.com
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by davidf18 10y ago
> is cancer entirely preventable? Medicine is messy. Even when we treat a heart attack, generally a person is not fully recovered. We should work on different approaches, but by far the one with the nearest timeframe and the most imp
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by davidf18 10y ago
That's what I've been saying for years. The transporter in Star Trek simply reassembles atoms.
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by davidf18 10y ago
> An approach to disease that requires virtuous citizens is unlikely to work. It's called public health as applied to noncommunicable diseases and it does work. The smoking rate in NYC declined from 21% adults and 21% teens to 14%
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by davidf18 10y ago
Are you saying better to let an car engine seize from lack of oil and repair it vs. simply ensuring that there is enough oil? Or that we should add more and more firemen and firetrucks without putting in sprinkler systems and fire extingui
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by davidf18 10y ago
The best way to halt cancer is to ensure that they never start. Tobacco use contributes to 12 different cancers and makes up about one-third of all cancers[1]. Obesity and lack of exercise can contribute another third. [1] https:/&#
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by davidf18 10y ago
Interestingly, everything organic is already powered by solar energy so by far, solar is probably the greatest energy source on the planet. The Photosynthesis enzyme in plant leaves captures photons that are converted to electrons with ener
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by davidf18 10y ago
I think it is true. The tables in the article that show power draw for different tasks and models is informative. They compare the 2016 15" with the 2015 15" for idle, WiFi, X.264 video, etc. I think a lot of people with new lap
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by davidf18 10y ago
> Are you saying that 2016 has longer battery life than 2015? Yes, that has been my reading and the review [1] confirms about 2 more hours than the 2015 15" model. The brighter screen is relevant for battery use, because the laptop
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by davidf18 10y ago
I have the 2015 rMBP 15" basic model. I constantly have activity monitor showing CPU in the dock to see if CPU consumption is increasing for some reason. You can check the activity monitor CPU tab and the Energy tab for energy consumpt
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by davidf18 10y ago
I've been using the same model, but I don't get 12 hour battery life. What is your brightness setting? The 2016 seems to have a longer battery life and the screen is far brighter than the 2015 model which means one can run with t
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The best economics books of 2016(washingtonpost.com)
3 points by davidf18 10y ago|0 comments
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by davidf18 10y ago
Many people have backup laptops and in my case most recent model.
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US Intel Vets Dispute Russia Hacking Claims(consortiumnews.com)
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by davidf18 10y ago
> "If it was the 15in MacBook Pro I could almost imagine that you’d never use it when away from power, and that battery life wasn’t that important. But a 13in laptop is made for portability." At my university and nearby coffee
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by davidf18 10y ago
I had Thinkpads until 2011. For hardware repairs I couldn't do myself there was an authorized dealer not far from work who would order the replacement parts (e.g., motherboard) and I'd bring it in for quick repair. With Apple for
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by davidf18 10y ago
The reviewer complains about battery life but is using Chrome which is a known battery hog. I use Safari instead of Chrome for precisely this reason. Regarding battery life, there are comments in macrumors forums from real users. He also c
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by davidf18 10y ago
Instead of down voting, why don't you state specifically why you don't agree???
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by davidf18 10y ago
Very sorry to hear anyone going through this kind of trouble, but at least for US users and most readers of HN, they should be getting up-to-date iPhones on the Verizon network. The costs are minimal and it helps to avoid hassles. I'v
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Airbnb Ends Fight with New York City Over Fines(nytimes.com)
3 points by davidf18 10y ago|0 comments
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Michael James Delligatti, Creator of the Big Mac, Dies at 98(nytimes.com)
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