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by epo 14y ago
Still using a HP-16C (the computer scientist) bought in the mid 80s, the first set of batteries lasted about 10 years.
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by epo 14y ago
I saw this yesterday and forwarded it to some women in my life, weapons-grade advertising.
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by epo 14y ago
I'd imagine the 'cover up' is because law enforcement is involved and this 'ryan' character is being looked for.
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by epo 14y ago
It doesn't make you stupid but it is easier to find and convince stupid people to go out and die than it is to find and convince smart people to do the same thing, many suicide bombers are found to be mentally retarded and/or highly suggest
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by epo 14y ago
He said "as a collective group", the smartness of the leaders is averaged down by the low quality of the foot soldiers who actually decide to die for the cause. It is hard to find willing terrorists normally , it becomes easier if you prov
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by epo 14y ago
Aah!, the self-fulfilling nature of paranoia.
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by epo 14y ago
When did this breach occur? The implication is that it was a couple of weeks ago. As it happens my CC expired at the end of March.
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by epo 14y ago
... per month.
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by epo 14y ago
A front page story on "Hacker News" recommends installing minimal versions of Linux to cut down on VM resource usage, and gets votes. What next? Get computers to behave exactly as you want them to by configuring them according to your needs
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by epo 14y ago
You point 3 makes no sense whatsoever.
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by epo 14y ago
I am sceptical about your final sentence, are you talking about anything other than the broad brush data validation constraints provided by Excel? If so please give examples.
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by epo 14y ago
What is it with this moronic word "homeland"? This was the DCRI, an internal security organization. "Homeland" is a fascist-style euphemism which the Americans have become conditioned into using.
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by epo 14y ago
Rather wordy writeup on the use of double standards to excuse behaviour in one group which is not accepted in others. The 'elite' used to pride themselves on drinking like fishes while prohibition/temperance was seen as necessary for the lo
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by epo 14y ago
Hours spent doing something is not the same as hours spent in targetted time to achieve mastery of your chosen domain. Lots of kids spend hours and hours kicking footbals, few become the next Ronaldo, Messi, Beckham ...
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by epo 14y ago
Certainly British, and probably European, usage. And yes, it predated electricity by quite some time, in fact said ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawnbroker ) to date back to the origins of banking in Italy.
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by epo 14y ago
Nice, looks good on an iPhone though perhaps wastes a bit too much space on padding. NB when going from landscape back to portrait it doesn't refresh the screen properly. Also, crossing things off would be cool
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by epo 14y ago
Your social skills are severely lacking. If you were 13 it might just get you the "it is rude to do that" talk. Otherwise you will find the problem of people interrupting your onanistic self absorption will sort itself out over time.
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by epo 14y ago
This guy is easily impressed. I also get incessant spam from Facebook, it is one-note harrassment. The one variation I have is that it tells me about messages or likes from myself . Facebook is just sleazy and I am waiting for the inevitab
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by epo 14y ago
Facebook's Segway moment?
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by epo 14y ago
I always feel that such glib attempts at one-upmanship are a good indication of immaturity. Or perhaps you don't get involved in producing anything with non-trivial functionality? Because anything simple enough not to need instruction is pr
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by epo 14y ago
Downvoted for projecting your opinion of Jobs onto your (probably deliberate) misinterpretation of the story. Jobs was a difficult hire because he wasn't a team player.
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Guardian Goggles - April Fools story(guardian.co.uk)
2 points by epo 14y ago|0 comments
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by epo 14y ago
Sshh, don't be insensitive, some people have a rare metabolic disorder.
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by epo 14y ago
Sophistry. For most people change in weight is an excellent approximation to change in fat composition.
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by epo 14y ago
So what you're advocating is that 'journalists' who don't know anything about a subject can just make it up. No one is blaming people for not understanding they're being blamed for writing fiction which purports to be fact. The fact that yo
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by epo 14y ago
Must be really hard to figure you are looking at a download page and then to click on "home".
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by epo 14y ago
Wow, that comment was pretty pointless.
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by epo 14y ago
It's (meant to be) a humour column as any attempt to read TFA would reveal. Anyone taking it seriously, or worse taking offence, is either illiterate or an idiot.
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Apple, Amazon get patents to offer "used" digital goods(blog.seattlepi.com)
1 points by epo 14y ago|0 comments
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by epo 14y ago
There is so much wrong with your comment. 1) It is not the software that is illegal, it is the selling of it as your quote clearly shows. 2) If the software has no other purpose than to commit crimes, then yes, the selling of that software

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