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BMW shows off an X6 in Vantablack, the blackest of blacks(theverge.com)
1 points by eric_h 7y ago|0 comments
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Apple to supply parts to independent repair shops for first time(reuters.com)
3 points by eric_h 7y ago|1 comments
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by eric_h 7y ago
> Just don't accept unauthenticated requests that make changes, and ignore CORS. The problem here is that it’s really pretty trivial to scan a local network and get valuable metadata about the router and other devices on the network
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by eric_h 7y ago
All of that is completely invalidated by that one time I hit 13 on the roulette table at two different casinos and quit gambling up $1500 ;)
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by eric_h 7y ago
> If they would allow me to play a +EV game If a business offered a positive EV gambling game, it wouldn't be called a casino and would only last as long as the venture capital lasted.
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by eric_h 7y ago
I did exactly that as well. I’m also happy that there appear to be several different captchas, as others mentioned ones I didn’t see. The best one I clicked through was “select every picture with glasses” and every picture had either eyegla
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by eric_h 7y ago
But video is the most expensive thing to transmit over the interwebs. How do we afford it? Where do we get the interest to fund it?
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by eric_h 7y ago
He has shifted the Overton window in the direction of software freedom for a long time. That has made a huge difference in how all software developers work today. He's worth listening to as long as you don't treat him as an idol.
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by eric_h 7y ago
I find retaining information in digital books much more difficult. I think the lack of a tactile third dimension when reading eliminates a search index in my memory and it really effects how I parse the book. I tried reading the most recent
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by eric_h 7y ago
> You can still find ways to distract yourself in a manual. True, but it's harder to text and drive when you really do need both hands (and both feet) to drive successfully. Anecdotally, I find driving a manual transmission keeps me
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Naming a Mistake(lostmahbles.com)
1 points by eric_h 7y ago|0 comments
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Why HBO's “Chernobyl” Gets Nuclear So Wrong(forbes.com)
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by eric_h 7y ago
> New Jersey Nitpick, but last I checked, New Jersey still doesn't let you pump your own gas.
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by eric_h 8y ago
It’s Phil Plait on the Syfy blog Bad Astronomer, not Wired. He does occasionally get a bit click-baity in his headlines but the content is pretty solid, particularly on the subject of omuamua
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by eric_h 8y ago
Most of those large businesses didn't preface the building of their headquarters with a very public dog and pony show of shopping for tax subsidies. Lots of shady tax related shenanigans happen in NYC, particularly in real estate devel
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by eric_h 8y ago
But is it there actually a crime in this case if the owner intended for the package to be stolen (of which there is also video evidence)?
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by eric_h 8y ago
Uber always prompts you for a rating for your last trip, there does not appear to be a time limit. The only thing you can skip is leaving a tip.
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by eric_h 8y ago
> Uber has a similar problem of drivers scamming riders for "spills". Can confirm a driver attempted to do this to me. He splashed a little water on his (plastic) floor mat and shredded a tiny piece of paper that had fallen out
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by eric_h 8y ago
The thing is that some problems are not solved by an immediate profit driven market. Healthcare, education and public transportation all suffer when the required payback periods are relatively short. A good healthcare system will pay itself
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by eric_h 8y ago
> which the MTA (subcontracted out) runs the East River ferries. I was under the impression that the MTA is not involved at all in the NYC Ferry system - it is run by Hornblower, a German cruise company. [Edit: I am correct. Per https:&
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by eric_h 8y ago
> Hence why the NYC mayor is so intent on funding worthless streetcars and ferries I'm assuming you're using the "worthless" adjective only for the streetcars - I use the NYC Ferry regularly (a stop opened near my apt
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by eric_h 8y ago
Started a new job a few months ago and we’re writing Go - a bunch of the test suites I’ve built run in microseconds. Statically typed compiled languages ftw.
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by eric_h 8y ago
Perhaps you are spoiled (as am I in that regard) but i would absolutely never take a job unless I knew who I was going to be working with and had a chance to ask them honest questions. Seems like a trap set up for fresh out of college hires
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by eric_h 8y ago
> What is the proper balance between right to repair and anti counterfeiters? Probably a legitimate way to get replacement parts from Apple? Licensed apple service centers are still a thing, but as far as I know they’re the only way to g
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by eric_h 8y ago
I like physical cash. I don’t always use it, and generally use my points earning credit card at places I frequent, but don’t at places I’m new to or have no intention of returning to (unless I don’t have enough cash on me). The number of ti
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by eric_h 8y ago
> The data on close-quarters constant second-hand smoke (working in bars, having a partner that smokes) is sketchy Okay, but the data on smoking is not sketchy at all, so it’s not a stretch to suggest that constant exposure to second han
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by eric_h 8y ago
If I hadn’t gotten mildly addicted to Twitter (with my fairly well curated list of people I’m following) I’d not have spent the ~700 bucks to start my naturalization process so that I will finally have the right to vote after 34 years livin
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by eric_h 8y ago
(Warning: anecdata incoming) I know a number of people who have used flavored vapes for nicotine replacement therapy and haven’t had a cigarette in years. But I’ve also met some young people who’ve never smoked who started vaping because it
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by eric_h 8y ago
> Smoking in the center of cities on the street should be illegal (like it is in most of Australia), because it causes harm to complete strangers. I understand that secondhand smoke indoors is dangerous to others, but is there any real d
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by eric_h 8y ago
> they do have an ad platform, actually, and that all apps on the App Store are mandated to use it if wanting to monetize. What? This is not true at all. Source: I released an iOS app that used a non-apple third party to serve ads.

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