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by desdiv 11y ago
Stopping counterfeit LV bags is hard because there's no authentication mechanism short of putting RFID tags in each bag. But a computer accessory is different. The magsafe charger communicates with the laptop using the 1-wire protocol[
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by desdiv 11y ago
>The primary purpose of the DATA statement is to give names to constants; instead of referring to pi as 3.141592653589793 at every appearance, the variable PI can be given that value with a DATA statement and used instead of the longer f
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by desdiv 11y ago
For TN you need a job offer. Specifically, when you try to enter the US on the TN status (it's not a visa technically), you'll be asked to show an offer letter from a US company that clearly states your intended role and salary.
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by desdiv 11y ago
>Dogs can be trained to the scent of many items I heard there's been some breakthrough in reading digital data through scents: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_and_Flo
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by desdiv 11y ago
http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/xps-13-9350-laptop-ubuntu/... >Intel 8260 2x2 802.11ac 2.4/5GHz + Bluetooth4.1
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by desdiv 11y ago
Melbourne, Florida shows 299 jobs, beating out Seattle's 214 jobs. Probably caused by a bug that's confusing Melbourne, Australia with Melbourne, Florida.
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by desdiv 11y ago
http://i.imgur.com/DS57Lrk.png
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by desdiv 11y ago
Any masters gives you an edge when applying for the H-1B visa: >An advanced degree exemption is available for the first 20,000 petitions filed for a beneficiary who has obtained a U.S. master’s degree or higher. [0] [0] https:/&#
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by desdiv 11y ago
FYI the four links on your landing page are broken. They all go to notiontheory.com/services instead of the subsection anchors.
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by desdiv 11y ago
>Give me any ethereum use-case & I'll tell you how to do it with bitcoin. How do you implement a trustless SatoshiDice with bitcoin?
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by desdiv 11y ago
Nominative determinism strikes again!
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by desdiv 11y ago
>and that he makes 400k/year from the site Fool-proof retirement plan that anyone can follow: 1. Have 400k/year of passive income. 2. Retire.
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by desdiv 11y ago
Google (and every other major search engine) already provide a way, i.e. reverse DNS lookup, to authentic bot ownership: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/80553?hl=en AFAIK no content provider actually
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by desdiv 11y ago
Sounds like a Linux port is on the drawing board: http://forum.outerra.com/index.php?topic=2635.0
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by desdiv 11y ago
What's the difference between Option B and onsite whiteboard coding? Aren't you violating your employment contract all the same?
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by desdiv 11y ago
To play the devil's advocate: 20 years from now someone trying solve a hard problem could stumble upon your patent via a simple google search.
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by desdiv 11y ago
>What's happening is that the project maintainer is pulling in your changes, from your repository. Then how come the following is possible? 1. I submit a pull request to Bob. 2. I delete my repository. 3. Bob successfully accepts my
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GCHQ hacking phones and computers is legal, says top UK court(independent.co.uk)
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by desdiv 11y ago
The latest roadmap[0] has the last 2.11.x release coming out Q3 this year. That's far too early IMHO since the entire Android eco system is still stuck on Java 7. Android is slowly moving to Java 8 but there's no definite timeline
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by desdiv 11y ago
I think he's referring to the replication crisis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replication_crisis
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by desdiv 11y ago
In rapid back-and-forth discussions, the HN interface won't show the "reply" link for a short cool down period. So it's not letting you post (temporarily), instead of hiding your post after you have submitted it.
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by desdiv 11y ago
This story has a little more info, including the chip's origin from Myricom: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/02/09/google_processor/
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by desdiv 11y ago
That really depends on the jurisdiction. For example, the stockholder, director, and officer information of a Nevada corporation[0] is not disclosed to the public. AFAIK there's no limit on a Nevada corporation's size for these pr
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by desdiv 11y ago
>THEY SMOKE THEIR OWN BACON. Where do you work, if you don't mind me asking?
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by desdiv 11y ago
Interesting how the French Canadian keyboard is the only one where the escape key doesn't contain the word "esc". They went with the ISO keyboard symbol for escape instead[0]. I didn't even realize there was such a symbo
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SourceCode: Scala Filename and Line Number Macros(github.com)
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by desdiv 11y ago
>I doubt the Pontifex's Netflix catalogue differs from that of Italy. Holy See: 1083 videos, 892 movies, 191 series Italy: 1216 videos, 1012 movies, 204 series
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by desdiv 11y ago
Click the "web" link under the title and it'll show you a way to bypass the paywall.
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by desdiv 11y ago
Funny, because data says otherwise: Original USB: 1,500 connect-disconnect cycles Mini USB: 5000 cycles Micro-USB: 10,000 cycles USB Type-C: 10,000 cycles [0] http://www.anandtech.com/show/8377/usb-typec-connector-
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by desdiv 11y ago
This is what parent is referring to: http://www.cultofmac.com/324445/inside-apples-secretive-imac...

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