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by gist 4y ago
> Extroverts seem to me to live for the interaction, not for the content of the interaction. To me this is the essence of small talk - what is said isn't the point; it's the fact that words are being exchanged that gets and kee
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by gist 4y ago
For a future blog post, as a non engineer I'd be curious how an engineering team designs a system (like those you detail) and others in that mission when there is no way to test them fully in advance of the mission. I know that's
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by gist 4y ago
Must be more on this thread (and what led up to the 'Just called btw this is Elon'. So someone texts Larry Page and claims they are Elon Musk and they are believed to be that person? (By Larry Page I mean)
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by gist 5y ago
Legally will never happen. Will be challenged and while maybe they reserve the right to approve new locations with this (minor) stipulation not going to take existing businesses and wack them with a $10k fee like this. And forgetting the pu
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Wyze Cam flaw lets hackers remotely access your saved videos(bleepingcomputer.com)
3 points by gist 5y ago|0 comments
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by gist 5y ago
It mentions 'badge engineering' which is this: https://www.motorbiscuit.com/7-of-the-coolest-badge-engineer...
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Defunct Car Brands(titlemax.com)
2 points by gist 5y ago|2 comments
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by gist 5y ago
> As a regular, I disagree completely. As someone else here indicated, I think this is the part that implies superiority in some way (and as a result could be interpreted as to negative). Both 'as a regular' (meaning you must n
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by gist 5y ago
Exactly (thanks never heard that term). Essentially similar to clip art or stock photography.
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by gist 5y ago
I personally hate this type of argument in support (or against) something: > Now, that was also a response that many people had to the world wide web. To existing software developers of the day, it seemed trivial. So even though the tech
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by gist 5y ago
> Or maybe the cake mix with dried egg powder didn't taste as good. It's not one or the other and can easily be both reasons.
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by gist 5y ago
> Even if you could afford the camera you still couldn't make anything like a Hollywood movie. But what is a 'hollywood' movie? Do you mean one where predictably (like a Spielberg film) there is a certain level of technica
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by gist 5y ago
Classic supply and demand. The price is set based on the market and the demand if these were created in any type of quantity they'd cost very little ... obviously. Essentially like any expensive machine these are custom machines for a
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by gist 5y ago
> I really don’t think it’s grossly uncharitable at all. I agree and will state that whenever a thread like this is on HN you have to walk on eggshells. The minute mental illness or any sensitive topic (hardship, health, whatever is pres
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by gist 5y ago
> I don't understand why the cursory math of someone with no domain knowledge, business understanding, or access to accurate data is at all interesting The post is similar to many things you read online (on HN or other places) it&#x
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by gist 5y ago
> What is the target audience of this post? Separate point to your question. FB is under no obligation to provide more details than they need to because a small segment of the population (certainly relative to their 'customers'
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by gist 5y ago
I am 100% missing why he sent this tweet. https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/anything-goes/nurburgring...
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by gist 5y ago
I don't know if you are right or not. But what you are saying reminds me of I think it was the 70's when someone who was involved in early trunked car phones told me that there was no way a phone could be portable that it would ta
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Tom Cruise luggage stolen from bodyguard’s BMW (key cloned)(thesun.co.uk)
1 points by gist 5y ago|0 comments
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by gist 5y ago
> 1. your company should actually do something important/valuable. Solve an important problem etc. There are for sure examples of companies who are not 'solving an important problem' (at the time of the company being form
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by gist 5y ago
Terrible what happened to her but truth is she is a public figure and has not avoided the limelight either. (Not that that matters with my argument but will mention). She is fair game for any creative pursuit (song, movie, book, news articl
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by gist 5y ago
At least with public utilities you can actually communicate with (many of) them by phone or email. Public utilities have to answer to someone and they don't like when dissatisfied customers file complaints (which creates work and pote
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by gist 5y ago
Good point but a bit different. People view climbing Everest as an achievement as opposed to going up in a rocket which even though you need to prepare seems less daunting and a different type of risk. Not that it matters but I wonder which
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by gist 5y ago
> rich folk would gladly pay millions, which makes the business case a lot more compelling. I would say some would but keep in mind that a few other things have to come together. a) Willing to take the risk (non trivial example I would n
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by gist 5y ago
A show hn should be a 'show hn' not a github repository with code and some comments.
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Lessons learned from the 1981 Hyatt skywalk collapse [video](youtube.com)
2 points by gist 5y ago|0 comments
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by gist 5y ago
> One of the thing that sucks about all these billionaires running end run around the tax system It's not an 'end run around the tax system'. It's either legal or it's not. If illegal they run the risk of getting
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by gist 5y ago
> Just because I make something possible, it doesn't mean that somebody else should take advantage of it ("hey, your car was unlocked, so of course I took it for a ride") This is specifically prohibited by law. Now there a
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by gist 5y ago
You've made good points but they are not related to what I am discussing which is someone charging $500 (if that is the price) to get information off google that google will do (apparently per OP) if you knew the right form. Anyone kno
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by gist 5y ago
> are charging people like $500 a pop to "remove damaging information from Google results." And ALL THEY DO is fill out that form for free. Someone tried to hawk this service to my husband after he came under attack. 'ALL

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