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by digdigdag 10y ago
> As a non-American, I would much rather have the US in that role than any other country in the world. In diplomacy and international relations the United States has conducted itself with fairness and honour, and is generally regarded ou
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by digdigdag 10y ago
I don't quite see how it is "creepy". Tesla's autopilot is not a requirement for operating their vehicle. It is an experimental value add that you have to agree in order to be included in the program. As with any beta
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by digdigdag 10y ago
I don't think there are electronic or software components today that can withstand interstellar space travel for thousands of years, even at the distance of proxima centauri. Distance is irrelevant when it comes to space travel. Unless
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by digdigdag 10y ago
This is the reason why I haven't visited Wired or Forbes in months. And it's not that I couldn't figure out a way past their ad-block detectors. The idea that I must disable what is inherently a security feature just so the
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by digdigdag 11y ago
>How am I to trust a password manager if something as obvious as this is allowed to be shipped to the end user? You don't. Assume every online service you use subject to security holes. What defines a secure app from an unsecure one
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The power of crowds(sciencemag.org)
2 points by digdigdag 11y ago|0 comments
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by digdigdag 11y ago
Well, it's not. It's using pressure differentials to cause small capillaries to burst(?), causing minimal damage as possible. I can see why Google might be interested in doing this. They're already in the smart watch market,
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by digdigdag 11y ago
"Some Republican lawmakers want to preserve bulk collection until 2017, citing the Nov. 13 Paris attacks in which 130 people died." It always leaves a bad taste in my mouth when politicians use an event (bad or otherwise)
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by digdigdag 11y ago
It became a greedy, self-serving move the moment they decided it would be a good idea to associate the good name of National Geographic with Murdoch et al.
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by digdigdag 11y ago
I would be pleasantly surprised if NASA could nudge an asteroid massive enough to pose a threat to human life on Earth. If we can nudge it into a collision course, surely we can nudge it out of one.
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by digdigdag 11y ago
My guess is it's using a pre-built Wordpress template.
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by digdigdag 11y ago
None of this really adds up for me. The in-flight entertainment system should run completely separate from the RTOS that governs thrust, navigation, control surfaces, etc. I highly doubt these mission-critical systems would somehow be direc
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by digdigdag 11y ago
Care to tell me what your issue is with Windows 8.1? I've been using 8/8.1 for well over a year now, and it has been, perhaps, one of the best installments of the Windows line of operating systems I have ever used. There are a var
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by digdigdag 11y ago
Per usual, not much will get done. It's your word against police unions.
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by digdigdag 12y ago
Are there any organized efforts to fork the 1.x branch to sustain existing applications?
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Is light a wave or a particle? Beaming boffins prove it's BOTH(theregister.co.uk)
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by digdigdag 12y ago
They do provide an audio version.
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by digdigdag 12y ago
The death rattle of a bygone platform.
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by digdigdag 12y ago
The battle may have been lost but the fact that Aereo became as successful as it was in the short time it existed is a step in the right direction. Unless it's encrypted information, I find it absurd that the courts would side with the
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by digdigdag 12y ago
Well where's the fun in that?