fabled_giraffe

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by fabled_giraffe 10y ago
Monitors back then were wide then and the Alto turned the screen on its side. The Mac somewhat similarly had a screen that wasn't wide. The Mac mouse is also copied from the Alto's if you look at the shape.
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by fabled_giraffe 10y ago
Beyond procrastination, for those of us that have trouble focusing, this sort of thing is no joke. In 30 seconds, we can go from fully intending to do something that we should do to better ourselves to reading HN submissions and commenting
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by fabled_giraffe 10y ago
The original Macintosh really seems like it borrowed a lot aesthetically, in addition to the similarity in operation: http://lowendmac.com/1984/macintosh-128k/ http://www.righto.com/2016/06&#x
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by fabled_giraffe 10y ago
Looking at your comments- it seems like for all of your karma, you generate a lot of content on HN that is strictly policing: https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=dang Just imagine if you will if all members of the site
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by fabled_giraffe 10y ago
I'm sorry for violating an HN guideline by saying "I know I'll get napalmed for saying this". I was not aware of that guideline, and have been in the HN community for about nine years now.
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by fabled_giraffe 10y ago
I'm sorry, I was unaware of that guideline. Here are some you might be unfamiliar with: 'When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. E.g. "That is idiotic; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3" can be shortened
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by fabled_giraffe 10y ago
> it is a community that gathers and discusses news that is relevant to people who are starting or funding new companies, mostly in the information technology sector. Been here since 2007 off and on. Usually don't use same user beca
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by fabled_giraffe 10y ago
I know I'll get napalmed for saying this, but why is this all over HN? Why are people obsessed with cryptocurrencies? It's bad enough that those with sufficient computing speed/power can already rip off the stock market; why
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by fabled_giraffe 10y ago
I suggest putting money into the stock market instead. It's much more consistent, e.g. http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=%5EGSPC+Interactive#symbo...
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BMW's Vision Next 100 is the concept car of my childhood dreams(theverge.com)
1 points by fabled_giraffe 10y ago|0 comments
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by fabled_giraffe 10y ago
During the little ice age, people ate things that grew in colder climates, like potatoes. We will find a way to survive, and we have more technology now to help than we did then.
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by fabled_giraffe 10y ago
I believe in global warming, but I also think a higher or lower temperature Earth with a greater level of CO2 just means that different organisms will thrive. We think that we have damaged the Earth, but the Earth is much, much older than u
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by fabled_giraffe 10y ago
> I'm still of the opinion that it's probably better leaving things be the way they are now. First off, I really appreciate your contribution to the topic! In response though, I'm curious why you think things should be lef
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by fabled_giraffe 10y ago
Speaking of Angular 2, will we have to wait until Angular v3 for it to use TypeScript v2?
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by fabled_giraffe 10y ago
Note to others- he wrote that because the original link on this post was foxnews, but the new link is more well-written and from KHOU, a CBS affiliate.
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In Open Internet Ruling, the D.C. Circuit Defers to an “Economics-Free” Agency(forbes.com)
2 points by fabled_giraffe 10y ago|0 comments
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by fabled_giraffe 10y ago
You'd be surprised how tenuous backup situations are at most companies and organizations. Even if your company is doing full disaster recovery checks 24/7, one after the other, a "well-placed" failure/mistakes or sm