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by fr0sty 15y ago
Are there actually a significant number of posts which consist of just a single "This"? Or are you making a statement against the use of that as an opening line before someone adds their two cents. If the former I might suggest it has somet
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by fr0sty 15y ago
> What scenario can you think of where coercion would be a real issue? Forget about intimidation and consider bribery. Instead of a domineering boss threatening termination imagine a man with a laptop and a roll of $20 bills.
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by fr0sty 15y ago
This article (or one like it) needs to see wide circulation as a counterpoint to the posted article. All things being equal and assuming some sort of positive savings rate and return on investment older people will _always_ be richer than y
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by fr0sty 15y ago
'git diff' already supports --word-diff natively.
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by fr0sty 15y ago
There is a difference between setting up shop on a public sidewalk and conducting business on private property.
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by fr0sty 15y ago
I'm certain that there are similar legal questions surrounding children doing manual labor. I guarantee you someone would have a fit if they caught an 11 year old cleaning windows. The only difference is that someone in a chair with a sign
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by fr0sty 15y ago
Sounds like they are trying to push their high-bandwidh users to enterprise pricing. The $10k/yr Enterprise licence works out to $27/day which breaks even with the incremental pricing at 58k visits/day.
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by fr0sty 15y ago
I was expecting this "Scotty Effect": Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: Look, Mr. Scott, I'd love to explain everything to you, but the Captain wants this spectrographic analysis done by 1300 hours. Scotty: Do you mind a little advice? Starfle
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by fr0sty 15y ago
You have a tool that quantifies real-time performance of indivicual stocks. This information is helpful to make long-term buy/sell decisions. Making such decisions based on this information is apparently profitable. How is that NOT a stock
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by fr0sty 15y ago
If everyone knows the secret it is not a secret anymore and the information becomes useless. If too many people are trading using the same algorithm the profit will be squeezed out and the data will be about worthless. Find a Hedge Fund man
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by fr0sty 15y ago
Re: A vs AB. The difference is the fundamental mode of operation with different distortion characteristics. Class A amps will have both odd and even-order harmonics but class AB will be mostly even-order. That is both an audible and and ele
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by fr0sty 15y ago
It is called a slide hammer. The blow to the end of the shaft is transferred to the magnet on the opposite end and pulls the magnet inside.
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by fr0sty 15y ago
A major difference is that those agitating for change stand to benefit greatly (or believe they do) by that same change. White civil rights protesters were more altruistic.
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by fr0sty 15y ago
I believe the GP was speaking globally. There are probably a billion people who would love to be poor in america.
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by fr0sty 15y ago
The misery index of your commute is inversely related to your average speed. For a spell I had a 50min commute with an average speed of around 40mph. It was a pleasant drive, mostly rural roads. If I had to grind my way into a major city in
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by fr0sty 15y ago
There is something, perhaps, to be said about forced activities and artificially limited choices. There are no doubt people in possession of sufficient motivation, discipline, wisdom and insight that can take the near-infinite list of possi
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by fr0sty 15y ago
I think it is a matter of "opportunity cost". If you take the commute as a given then the question wrt to the technical tome is: "What must I give up to read this book?" On the train the answer is: "Sleep, stare out the window, solve crossw
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by fr0sty 15y ago
I think this is just a case of ESL, not fraud. The second sentence reads: "The official launch comes after nearly one year telecom minister Kapil Sibal flaunted a prototype of the device." Also: "he device will bridge the gap between the ru
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by fr0sty 15y ago
You have your prices backwards. Tesla S is $50k(est) and the 911 Carerra is $79k. Also, the S is a four-door sport sedan that seats up to 7, not a two-seat sports car.
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by fr0sty 15y ago
> an expensive car that does not look good Seriously? What cars, in your opinion, do look good? > It's not faster or better than other cars 0-60 in 5.5sec 400Nm torque Those numbers are nothing to sneeze at. Yes it is expensive. It
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by fr0sty 15y ago
After thinking about this some more I think there is a massive communication failure here. Lots of unreasonable expectations and plenty of misinformation and not only in this article but by other poster (including myself). I'll try to clear
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by fr0sty 15y ago
> If Amazon advertises it as a “Touch” device and it doesn’t behave anything like every other device advertised as a “touch” device, this is surprising. The "Kindle Touch" has a touch keyboard the "Kindle"(no touch) has the d-pad contro
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by fr0sty 15y ago
EDIT: Mea Culpa. The article was complaining that the "Kindle" (non-touch) didn't have a touchscreen and had the tedious d-pad interface instead. That revelation doesn't bother me at all (and hardly is a revelation. Original post follows: I
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by fr0sty 15y ago
EDIT: got confused between "Kindle" and "Kindle Touch". To me it is obvious that "Kindle" has no touch screen and that keyboard input must be via the D-pad. Consequently I assumed the complaint re:keyboard not being touch would apply to a p
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by fr0sty 15y ago
I'm really late to this party but I want to stress a. Point that doesn't get mentioned often enough: Do not use "cp". Please. Copying changes to save them and reapply later is nearly guaranteed to quietly lose changes, reintroduce removed c
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by fr0sty 15y ago
Do you have a source for your "considerably more" claim? Does that claim factor in the inevitable battery pack replacement?
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by fr0sty 15y ago
Can you make a power supply recommendation for the casual hobbyist? Edit: I mean a variable voltage variable current bench/lab power supply.
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by fr0sty 15y ago
There are plenty of explanations that don't involve living paycheck-to-paycheck. 1. You keep money in several accounts (checking, savings, money market, paypal, etc.) 2. You are a contract worker being paid in large installments and you nee
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by fr0sty 15y ago
Perjury requires you to be giving testimony under oath. This law covers any and all conversations however casual. Furthermore perjury requires the act to be willful and the item under question to be of material importance to an investigatio
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by fr0sty 15y ago
Whether she had zero, one or several jobs in between is immaterial. Bringing it up borders on ad hominem Also, Fixed the tense on the previous comment, sorry.

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