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by dmckeon 9y ago
For a USA-ian, it is interesting to see similar issues for language immersion (in Canada) and US voucher-based charter schools, each relative to the local traditional schools, with a tendency for students from higher-income families to atte
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by dmckeon 9y ago
Nice article, but note that the site's operator is "on pause in 2017", and the video appears to pre-date the damage sustained by the SS Palo Alto during winter storms of January, 2017. https://www.washingtonpost.co
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by dmckeon 9y ago
> A second factor might be that the PC was set to start automatically when Power was applied and while booting up it gets turned off again several times ... Small generator manuals often suggest that the generator motor be warmed up and
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by dmckeon 9y ago
Consider how many of these tips might apply to the dance of entrepreneurs looking for funding, and VCs looking for their next investment.
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by dmckeon 10y ago
For a multi-lingual (really multi-char-set, "multi-graphic"?) user who often visits sites in several different char-sets, and might have a 60/30/5/5 percentage distribution, getting an "are you sure?" chec
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by dmckeon 10y ago
Can a browser could track how many language/character sets are typically used by a browser profile, and warn the user when they are about to use a new, previously unused set, rather than waving the duty off as the "responsibility
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by dmckeon 10y ago
The European Union has some rules on personal data which are worth reading: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/
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by dmckeon 10y ago
Also posted to HN as: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13886467 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13879156 For me the lesson here is "use unambigious language" rather than "{always|nev
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by dmckeon 10y ago
The 29-page decision shows that the "Oxford comma" is only part of the court's interpretation of the law, and I recommend reading the decision before commenting. http://cases.justia.com/federal/appellate-
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by dmckeon 10y ago
Many cheap fast improvements now are better than one perfect improvement later. (see also: "I don't need it perfect, I need it Tuesday" (Sam Goldwyn?) and "cheap, fast, good: pick two." I think the bullet part of
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by dmckeon 10y ago
Anyone reading Starship Troopers may also want to read Joe Haldeman's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Forever_War of which Heinlein apparently said [it] "may be the best future war story I've ever re
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by dmckeon 10y ago
Try breaking an apple open instead of cutting with a knife. Break the skin near the stem with thumb nails for an inch or so along a great circle line, then grasp between palms with the stem between the proximal joints of your thumbs, and pr
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by dmckeon 10y ago
For other Californians selling or donating cars, a crucial step is to complete a "Notice of Transfer and Release of Liability" form. details at: https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/vr/vr_i
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by dmckeon 10y ago
I hit this on the last Yahoo hack go-round, and it seemed that having a name in the form 'F Lastname' (for example) disallowed use of the letter F in the password. I say "seemed" as I did not go through the exercise of t
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by dmckeon 10y ago
A environment of multiple, repeating alarms - whether "Stall!" in a cockpit every 3 seconds, or a hospital room with multiple beeps, with only 8 of 1455 especially significant, sounds to me to be like being a programmer trying to
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by dmckeon 10y ago
Heard a comment from a recently deployed logistics guy: "A great projectile for a rail gun would be a used-up double-A battery - we always have plenty of those."
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by dmckeon 10y ago
Partially from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stranger_danger#Criticism > The concept has been criticized for ignoring the fact that most child abductions and harm result not from strangers, but rather from someone
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by dmckeon 10y ago
The difference is even smaller if GB are power-of-2 Gibibytes: 2345MB is 2.29GB.
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by dmckeon 10y ago
precis: Seattle to Vancouver, 10 year phase in, starting with HOV lanes. Self-driving vehicles 80 hours/week - M-F 4am-8pm; overnight (8pm-4am) & weekends still open to human drivers.
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Seattle Tech Vets to Propose Driverless Stretch of Interstate 5(washpost.bloomberg.com)
2 points by dmckeon 10y ago|3 comments
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by dmckeon 10y ago
Try this writer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_L._Forward
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by dmckeon 10y ago
Source at https://github.com/jnaulty/metermaid-monitor Coming soon, no doubt, a similar tool for residents to track vehicles parked long past their time limit and alert parking enforcement to a ticketing opportunity.
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Meter Maid Monitor fixes the most San Francisco problem ever(techcrunch.com)
7 points by dmckeon 10y ago|2 comments
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by dmckeon 10y ago
Posters may find it informative to review Tom Egeland's response (in Norwegian, so a translation site may be helpful). https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1203560296... Is the collection of the other 6 or
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by dmckeon 10y ago
Perhaps "Boeing, Boeing" - done as a film in 1965 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058981/ and in multiple stage and film versions.
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by dmckeon 10y ago
For Firefox: user_pref("image.animation_mode", "once");
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by dmckeon 10y ago
A better title might be: GOP platform calls for 'self-defense ("hack back") right' for hacked businesses. edit: the platform language is at the bottom of page 53 of: https://prod-static-ngop-pbl.s3.amazonaws.
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GOP wants you to retaliate against hackers, but should you?(mcclatchydc.com)
1 points by dmckeon 10y ago|1 comments
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by dmckeon 10y ago
Information on the incidents in Montana and Pennsylvania seems minimal at this point, but may I suggest the phrase "Darwin mode" to describe the decision to engage the beta version of Autopilot without being continuously ready to
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Now a Third Tesla Crash Is Being Blamed on Autopilot(roadandtrack.com)
16 points by dmckeon 10y ago|10 comments

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