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by dsuth 13y ago
That is not the only use for Facebook, although sadly I think a lot of people view it that way. Social media is a great way to find out about new things which have been vetted by your social network, meaning you're much more likely to
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by dsuth 13y ago
Sounds like you're projecting, to me. There's no bitterness in his/her post, just an observation.
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by dsuth 13y ago
Wow, that's a huge amount of insecurity balled up into a single post. Way to validate the research mate! Sounds like you need to practice letting go / not caring about your reputation and what other people think, and just be yours
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by dsuth 13y ago
Utterly false, and a dangerous belief held by many business-oriented types who think that engineers are a dime a dozen, and their ideas are what really matter. In this case, no Woz = no Apple.
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by dsuth 13y ago
Agreed, this is classic Woz. He didn't take any of the offense that others seem to think he should have, nor was he heaping scorn on Jobs here. Just telling it like it is, as is his want.
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by dsuth 13y ago
"He's cheating off me!" "No, HE'S cheating off ME!" /slapfight ensues. We never had anything this ridiculous when I went to University (EE at one of the better Uni's in Australia), but reading it sure
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by dsuth 13y ago
Having looked over a lot of mechanical keyboards recently, it's fairly uncommon to find both mechanical action and backlighting in a single keyboard. I think some of the 'gamer' class ones have them, and that's about it.
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by dsuth 13y ago
This is the exact model I'm typing on now, and have a Das Keyboard for Mac at home (because I couldn't find anything less pretentious-sounding with Mac keys). The thing I prefer with this keyboard over the Mac standard, and simila
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by dsuth 13y ago
Not to mention, most office space is pre-constructed out of snap-to-fit desk/cubicle walls. The chance of me getting a height adjustable desk is between zero and a very small number. Unless I qualified for an actual office (~10% of the
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by dsuth 13y ago
I use Spotlight to open apps the majority of the time as well. But people are fuzzy logic creatures. Sometimes they know the app by name, sometimes they need to see it in the context of a menu ("Oh, it's that program in the Produc
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by dsuth 13y ago
> This is about human psychology, rather than reliability in the engineering sense. I truly believe it would lead to better safety, but not perfect safety. The problem is that you have no idea how Process Safety works, or even what it is
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by dsuth 13y ago
The problem is, by the time it affects enough of the general public, it's already to late. It's the classic "First they came for..." problem.
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by dsuth 13y ago
RIM has been offering incentives for developing apps for their store, I'd guess a lot of these were just an attempt to cash in on that.
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by dsuth 13y ago
Dammit, too late to get in on the ground floor :S
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by dsuth 13y ago
Yep. These are designed to look like 'normal' cars so as not to spook the generally conservative market. Mk II or III will be significantly different in design from today's car I think.
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by dsuth 13y ago
Provided there's enough room in the back for soccer junk for 3+ kids + shopping bags, it'll be the perfect around-town car for mums. And that's a huge segment of traffic, at least around here.
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by dsuth 13y ago
Hah! I was wondering about that; I thought their designer had just decided that side mirrors were too ugly on the 3D model. I really like the way these guys think. This is truly disruptive design at work.
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by dsuth 13y ago
We have a 4WD (what Aussies call SUVs) with a roof rack, and have never taken it off road. We use it for skis, surfboards, extra luggage (family of 4). Roof racks are an extremely useful addition to a car, for a family.
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by dsuth 13y ago
> Beyond a certain threshold, systems are essentially unfixable. What a sad belief to hold, especially in the light of agents of such great change as Gandhi, Rosa Parks etc. Any system can be changed with the right impetus, although that
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by dsuth 13y ago
Wow, great answers! I'll check these out, thanks.
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by dsuth 13y ago
No doubt, but this is the first time I've heard of it. Before it was just a random fact about Greenwald, now it's splashed all over the media, in people's faces.
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by dsuth 13y ago
Hell I'm baffled to find there's no server tools to automatically update a server (or even set it up to run autonomously). There's a bunch of hacked script files and screen... That's about it. Given The money they'v
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by dsuth 13y ago
New scanning technique shows sharp increase in internet scans!
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by dsuth 13y ago
How do you propose they forced him to talk? They're interrogators, not torturers. It would be perfectly valid to sit there and refuse to answer questions for 9 hours, if not particularly pleasant.
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by dsuth 13y ago
Agree with this. There's a large measure of difference between detaining a private citizen (bad), and detaining somebody under the employ of a journalist organisation (far, far worse). One is harrassment, the other is political intimid
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by dsuth 13y ago
Globally, as this is a global story with global consequences (the entire NSA scandal, not just this part of it).
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by dsuth 13y ago
Another possible pre-meditated outcome: 4) Highlight the fact that Greenwald is in an openly gay relationship in an attempt to discredit him / colour what he's saying in a personal light. Sadly, a large part of the conservative ba
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by dsuth 13y ago
Yeah, the Isaacson book is almost unreadable. Obviously rushed to coincide as closely as possible with his death, and just not a good book by any standard. The lack of even cursory editing is telling.
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by dsuth 13y ago
Often, anticipation is what ruins a movie. All of the best movies I've seen (The Matrix, Fifth Element spring to mind) had such obtuse trailers that I had no idea what was going on before I got in there.
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by dsuth 13y ago
No, the problem is that complex systems fail in non-obvious ways. Even highly technical and computer savvy people still need to hit the reset button on a Windows PC or router, due to an un-diagnosable problem which then magically goes away.

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