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by equalsione 4y ago
Over 60% of the US population think abortion should be legal. More than half of US states are (or are very likely) to institute abortion bans. To the broader point, there has to be _representative_ democracy for decentralized decision makin
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by equalsione 4y ago
> If you are using instanceof in a normal java program In applications yes, but instanceof is heavily used if you write frameworks. And as someone else has mentioned, the more functional style java you write the more use you start to mak
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by equalsione 4y ago
To be fair, it was a distinct diagnosis from autism until relatively recently. It was "absorbed" into autism in DSM 4 or 5. So if he was diagnosed with Asperger's in the past, he would now be considered to be on the autism sp
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by equalsione 4y ago
> I actually hate people disavowing themselves of responsibility here. It's easy to say "they should have known" better because in absolutist terms it's correct. But you're focusing on the 'what' and no
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by equalsione 5y ago
You could still produce a AAA title with a small team (e.g 10) in the early to mid-90s. By 2000 an average team was about 100 people. There are exceptions to this in both directions but that was the overall trend. In that period, you moved
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“The first Great Information War began in 2014”(twitter.com)
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US tests of robotic patrol dogs on Mexican border prompt outcry(theguardian.com)
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by equalsione 5y ago
As an aside, the IR filter is often removed[0] from many cameras when using them for astrophotography. Canon[1] sell dedicated astro cameras that are modified in this way, along with other modifications. [0] - https://skyandteles
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770-km US megaflash sets new lightning record(phys.org)
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by equalsione 5y ago
While it wouldn't be what springs to mind when you think of a mall, this video shows an interesting repurposing of a mall to become residential space: https://youtu.be/HmL2l-bcuUQ
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by equalsione 5y ago
Pulsars usually "pulse" very rapidly and in very short bursts[0]. This one pulses only once every 18 minutes, but in bursts that seem to last for a minute. Some articles mention the possibility of a star-quake which as I _think_ c
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by equalsione 5y ago
"> What of those who argue that using a phone in stationary traffic does no harm? Van Erp has little patience with this – noting the “WhatsApp gap” – the way phone-distracted drivers tend to jerk forwards belatedly when the queue mo
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Tech bros have been feeding the trolls – and women are paying the price(theguardian.com)
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by equalsione 5y ago
I've known a few of people over the years with some form of hard-to-diagnose autoimmune illness (ME/CF/...) and the hardest part seems to be getting a medical professional to take them seriously.
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by equalsione 5y ago
From my very limited interactions with them, Nokias saw mobile operators as their customers, not end-users. They were never going to do anything with it that would piss off the likes of the like of Verizon, Vodafone, Orange etc. I have an n
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by equalsione 5y ago
Your comment reminded me of this video illustrating the travelling salesman algorithm on a US map (I love the music): https://youtu.be/SC5CX8drAtU
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by equalsione 6y ago
Surely you meant to say "poop culture"?
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by equalsione 7y ago
New legisation is being enacted around this on an ongoing basise: e.g H.R. 4998 was introduced about two weeks ago All the major carriers are implementing a STIR/SHAKEN strategy that should be in effect by next year. But it is compl
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by equalsione 7y ago
Firfox recently changed this so that you have it can only be invoked from within a button click or equivalent event[0] - I _think_ Chrome is following suit. 0 - https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API
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by equalsione 9y ago
> I was also surprised to learn that my heart rate spiked significantly after tense moments in the game. This is something called cardiac lag. Your heart rate takes time to climb to the rate it needs to match the effort your body experie
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by equalsione 9y ago
https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/info/20007/types_of_dementia/5... Narrowing of the blood vessels supplying oxygen to the brain, caused by things like high blood pressure. Also, strokes and mini-strokes.
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Don’t Be Fooled: The Mac App Store Is Full of Scams(howtogeek.com)
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Hackers Modify Water Treatment Parameters by Accident(news.softpedia.com)
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by equalsione 11y ago
A post the author of ggautoblocker on what is missing from twitter when it comes to dealing with trolls etc: https://medium.com/@randileeharper/putting-out-the-twitter-t...
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Putting out the Twitter trashfire(medium.com)
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by equalsione 11y ago
A really good source of info on this is DC Rainmakers blog. His comments [1] on the lawsuit are worth reading if you're interested. In terms of heart rate accuracy, HR straps aren't always accurate either depending on placement, b
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by equalsione 11y ago
20+ years later it's hard to have a context on Generation X and how perfectly it captured that moment in time. (American Psycho was published the same year - how's that for context!). Post-Regan, Post-yuppie (well, almost), Pre-gr
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Under Armour (owner of MapMyFitness) Buys Both MyFitnessPal and Endomondo(dcrainmaker.com)
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Hurricane Coasters - laser cut bamboo coasters featuring Irene, Isaac and Sandy(dougmccune.com)
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by equalsione 13y ago
This is a very good point. Our guy turned out to have similar food allergies. The soy one is a nightmare, because soy and soy derivatives seem to be in just about everything. But if he does have any allergies, there are lots of alternatives

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