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by ern 16y ago
At least Google is deleting the accounts rather than outright exposing the info. As far as I can tell, they are deleting profiles , not accounts. "Deleting your public profile won't delete your Google Account." http://www.google.com/sup
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by ern 16y ago
I created one, while I was trying out Buzz. I don't like putting my personal details out on the web for no reason, so I kept details out of my profile, and it stayed private. When I saw this message yesterday, I saved the few "Buzzes" I mad
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All private Google Profiles will be deleted after July 31, 2011(google.com)
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by ern 16y ago
I also use Facebook friend lists, and I often post things to my status that are restricted to close friends only. I also restrict Facebook chat using friend groups. The problem is that these friends have no way of knowing that they are the
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by ern 16y ago
I kept waiting to get something deeper out of the article, but I didn't. A rehashing of descriptions we have seen a lot of in the last year or so: lazy, bored Emiratis; rootless expats; South Asian serfs; vulgarity. No real insights.
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by ern 16y ago
After watching a video on Khan Academy on Lattice Multiplication, I assumed that it was the "new way" of doing multiplication by hand. I certainly would use lattice multiplication in preference to traditional long multiplication methods if
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by ern 16y ago
I also remember my grandfather using saucering to cool hot tea down, I finally have an explanation for why it works. I wonder why the practice went out of fashion. Do paper doilies send a signal that the saucer is not to be used to hold liq
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by ern 16y ago
The article is a bit flippant about the quarantine. If they hadn't been quarantined, and if there was a pathogenic life form on the moon, we would have been in serious trouble. I hope the same precautions will be taken with Mars missions.
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by ern 16y ago
Since children under 13 are not allowed on Facebook it's a moot point regarding Obama's daughters. And if they did get accounts, they'd be reported very quickly: http://www.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=underage
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by ern 16y ago
To torture the analogy: trains have been ridden by billions of people, rocket ships by around 500. Less exciting experience, but far more accessible.
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by ern 16y ago
George Clooney is an American of Irish descent. Does his interest in Sudan (to which he seems to have little "personal connection") make you wonder about his motives?
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by ern 16y ago
When I had LASIK done 8 years ago, it was by an ophthalmologist, an MD specializing in the eye, not by the optometrist who prescribed glasses and contact lenses. Optometrists would probably have to go back to school, become MDs, specialize,
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by ern 16y ago
The same argument would apply to optometrists with the advent of laser eye surgery. It would be interesting to see if it has made a dent in their incomes, and if contact lens sales are down, for example.
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by ern 16y ago
The article is interesting, but the layout is very confusing. I was quite confused when I saw (what turned out to be) a sidebar about the Pioneer plaque in the middle of the section on the Argand Diagram. The section heading "Diagram of De
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by ern 16y ago
It's more of a challenge, (and more fun) doing this with a real-life chess game. A friend and I challenged a buddy who was good at chess to a game (2 vs 1), a scenario which he usually defeated us in. I had to leave the room to enter his mo
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by ern 16y ago
When I was in high school, I was hassled a lot by a bully, who enjoyed showing off to the (largely female) class by bullying me. He also had the nasty habit of grabbing and crushing the testicles of other boys when cornered. One particularl
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by ern 16y ago
Spare a thought for those of us who have to maintain ASP.NET 2.0 Web Forms apps for a living.
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It says a lot about our knowledge about teaching and learning programming that pithy quotes from 35 years ago are still regarded by many as being relevant. I mean, has anyone actually studied the academic outcomes of programmers who started
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by ern 16y ago
Or it could be complaints about streetlights that aren't being switched off during the day.
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Direct link to survey results: http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/...
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Ask HN: A way to export Google Waves?
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Another "oddity"- Germany also has/had strict laws about using foreign academic credentials, that have tripped up visiting academics: http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,540459,00...
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by ern 16y ago
I looked at the wording after I posted the comment, and wondered if it would offend anyone. It wasn't meant as an ageist statement, but I think it's a safe bet that the majority of older people (hackers aside) are late adopters. His own son
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by ern 16y ago
He is oblivious to the concepts of nettiquette, spam and social networking, but, given his age it's understandable. I recently helped my father (also in his 50's) join Facebook, and I wouldn't be surprised if he goes on a friending spree. H
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by ern 16y ago
I would say that Microsoft-focused web developers' attitudes have changed a lot in the last few years. I was at a DevDays event a few years ago, when ATLAS beta (now ASP.NET AJAX) was demoed. There was much snickering when it failed to work
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by ern 16y ago
Talking about penetration numbers on 3.0+, data on WPF and Silverlight adoption would be useful. MS should also consider making Silverlight and WPF more compatible. And if WPF adoption is lagging expectations (as I suspect it is), figure ou
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by ern 16y ago
Good advice, except for the part about letting his wife meet them. If they are possibly "crazy, drug-addicts, or ex-convicts", then letting his pregnant wife meet them seems like a needlessly risky thing to do - who knows what they could be
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by ern 16y ago
When you muse about using "race-specific bioweapons" to wipe out a billion people, you can expect a few downvotes.
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I think it would. A few years ago, my curtain rail collapsed, and it took a few days before I could have it fixed. Automatically waking up with the sun streaming through the window was a wonderful experience and I felt well rested, but, for
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by ern 16y ago
I think all of us have encountered examples like this. I consider myself a fairly savvy user, but a few years ago, I was caught by geni.com's invite policy (it was endorsed by Time Magazine, so I trusted it more than I should have). I ent

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