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by foreverbanned 15y ago
Reminds me that according this NYT infographic : http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/newsgraphics/2012/0115-... about 20% of physicians are in the top one percent. This is the highest percentage of all occupations.
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Mozilla's 'modest proposal:' Dump the smartphone OS(networkworld.com)
1 points by foreverbanned 15y ago|0 comments
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by foreverbanned 15y ago
> Works that are not challenged within this period, have their rights seized, so that they can be published again. It's even more restrictive : only the public libraries can make these works available (and only to there suscribers)
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Molecular animations of ATP synthase(mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk)
37 points by foreverbanned 15y ago|10 comments
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by foreverbanned 15y ago
I think autocompletion as a selling point for static language is underrated. With autocompletion I feel I type less than half the characters that my code requires. It is not just about completing a word. The completion can be a pattern of s
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by foreverbanned 15y ago
Firefox : everytime I close it, and third party cookies not allowed. Chrome : never I use Chrome almost exclusively to check my gmail account and Firefox for everything else. I am aware that Chrome and Firefox share a flash cookie on the su
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by foreverbanned 15y ago
Moreover, I am pretty sure that Apple iProduct prices are carefully crafted to maximize profit. They could be sold with a much lower margin and completely crunch the competition. So, it seems that at least between profits and market dominat
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by foreverbanned 15y ago
The NYT has a registration wall that seems to pop up at random. At the moment with FF I can't get through unless I had r_=1 to the article url, but with Chrome it's not there at all. Strange...
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by foreverbanned 15y ago
I am not sure you can find a fair trade laptop. "According to a study by Oekom Research, a ratings agency with a focus on sustainable investment, 42% of consumer electronics manufacturers are guilty of violating labor rights, far worse than
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by foreverbanned 15y ago
They probably use an atomic force microscope (google "atomic force microscope nanomanipulation").
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by foreverbanned 15y ago
You may be right. When you think about it, what were the odds that the 100,000,000th file would be something funny worth mentionning in a post?
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by foreverbanned 15y ago
They didn't mentioned the filename at first. What they actually said was : "And a Basecamp user uploaded the 100,000,000th file (It was a picture of a cat!)". So people got the impression that they actually saw the picture. Hence the backla
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by foreverbanned 15y ago
I would be happy if just the filename (not the extension) is at least obfuscated. I can trust someone and still not be comfortable if he accidentally see that I uploaded "how to file a divorce.pdf" for example.
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by foreverbanned 15y ago
I wouldn't say that HN is not a business. It brings a lot of exposure to YC and its startups. So, in some ways, your free speech is moderated by private interests. This is not a critic, just a valid point I think.
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by foreverbanned 15y ago
Obviously you have never participated in an Apple critical discussion...