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by fhood 10y ago
This is nothing new. Many car manufacturers have premium features already built in to the car but disabled in the software (because its cheaper to build fewer variants). Volkswagen charges a premium for remote window control despite all car
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by fhood 10y ago
Sorry I'm with snovv_crash here. I can only speak for iphones, but I have never had a 3.5mm jack fail on me, and I used to go through a pair of headphones every 6 months or so.
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by fhood 10y ago
thanks added to my list.
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by fhood 10y ago
So I'm curious, say you do want to store images in your own database, what is the best way to implement that?
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by fhood 10y ago
You make a good point, which is that I really should get around to learning lisp, as the only functional language I am fluent in is Ocaml. Anyway what stands out about Clojure to you?
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Ask HN: What practical modern programming languages should I try to pick up?
2 points by fhood 10y ago|5 comments
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by fhood 10y ago
I don't know, after "everything" the rest of these seem redundant.
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by fhood 10y ago
My point is that going into a complete fervor over how Bernie was cheated out of the nomination seems counterproductive. First as an american citizen I feel it is your patriotic duty vote anti-Trump rather than pro-anyone. And I am worried
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by fhood 10y ago
May I remind the seething masses, unpopular though this opinion may be, that more people have voted for Hillary than Bernie. They just tend to be less vocal about who they support on the internet.
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by fhood 11y ago
The real issue with democracy is that people (me included) care far more about whether a research vessel is christened Boaty McBoatface than they do about almost anything else.
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by fhood 11y ago
I know a lot of people are suggesting MacBook pros and airs, which is great if you want both OS X and Linux, but.. apple = $$$. Part of what you pay for is OS X so if you want a Linux machine this is silly. If you don't specifically ne
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by fhood 11y ago
That mention of VMware sent little bubbles of rage burbling up through me. On a mbp VMware forces use of the discrete gpu if available. This destroys any hope of using the virtual machine without your computer plugged in, and worse, some pr
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by fhood 11y ago
I suspect that Amazon has realized that people don't upgrade their kindles the way they do their phone per say and they think that people will be willing to pay a lot more for something that lasts them 4 or 5 years, if it feels higher
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by fhood 11y ago
My personal crazy theory is that Microsoft is distancing itself from the windows platform and moving towards a more Unix based system. I suspect that Microsoft is finding that moving forwards on their original platform is untenable in the l
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by fhood 11y ago
I agree with you on most of these points but I do want to clarify a few things. Banks circulate money, they don't just hold on to it, and that is good for the economy. Don't get me wrong Banking as a reality is among the scummiest
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by fhood 11y ago
I don't believe that drug abuse is a result of not learning from punishment. Looking at it in that light seems counterproductive to me. I have made a lot of questionable choices with regards to drug use, and I have lived and been close
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by fhood 11y ago
Hold on.......you can use smartphones to call people!?!?!
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by fhood 11y ago
I think that opiate abuse has more to do with increased availability then a loss of hope.
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by fhood 11y ago
If I have a skill that a large number of people are willing to pay for them that in itself represents independence. Earning potential is far more valuable than money. And guess what, if your children decide not to use those banks and univer
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by fhood 11y ago
Should the police be allowed to do this? I don't know. Obviously the line has to be drawn somewhere right? Child pornography isn't like narcotics. It isn't in any way a victimless crime and I would prefer that the police be a
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by fhood 11y ago
Escalade is a bad comparison. Few have ever accused it of being a good car. I agree with you, but to be fair to GM they have gotten better as of late. Cadillac ATS and Camaro SS are truly great cars as of this year. As good as they are they
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by fhood 11y ago
I think that splitting intro classes by experience is really important. In intro classes a lot of the more experienced (and thus less socially able) students are actively intimidating. I was helping out with a 100 level project and on the c