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Theoretical Element 115 Exists, Study Confirms(popsci.com)
3 points by gmisra 13y ago|0 comments
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Star Birth Drama Captured by Giant Radio Telescope(space.com)
1 points by gmisra 13y ago|0 comments
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by gmisra 13y ago
Really? Could you provide a source for this? I was under the impression that the 30-pin connector was (yet another) proprietary Apple hardware standard.
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by gmisra 13y ago
FWIW, pretty much the entire sub-field of "priming" in contemporary psychological research has come under significant scrutiny over the past few years. I am no expert, I would encourage you to read this: https://chronic
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by gmisra 13y ago
Serious questions: 1. Do you think there may be selection effects in this type of donation model? How do you plan on preventing discrimination against the less photogenic? 2. Do my dollars, etc actually go directly to specific individuals,
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by gmisra 13y ago
1. San Francisco is small enough that there is in how much housing stock is created, with the same development groups at times opposing growth and at times advocating for growth. 2. Since building codes and zoning laws are often manipulate
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by gmisra 13y ago
And the parent's point is that "why doesn't everybody use all keyboard shortcuts all the time" is a HN refrain that is tired and smug, and yet still the top-voted comment here.
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by gmisra 13y ago
For the silence/ambient noise problem: http://coffitivity.com/
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by gmisra 13y ago
It's rarely actually impressive to observe somebody attack lesser proponents of the ideas they disagree with. Sure, none of the actual decision makers will come within ten miles of an open forum, but this comes off mostly as just bully
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by gmisra 13y ago
Firefox only plugin. Is there something comparable for chrome? For reference, this page is unsatisfying: https://panopticlick.eff.org/self-defense.php
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Secret Agent - Randomize User Agent to Suppress Device Fingerprinting(dephormation.org.uk)
2 points by gmisra 13y ago|1 comments
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by gmisra 13y ago
And yet, this Pew Research poll from two days ago: > "Overall, 56 percent of Americans consider the NSA’s accessing of telephone call records of millions of Americans through secret court orders “acceptable,” while 41 percent call
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by gmisra 14y ago
IMO, the most interesting thing going on here is whether Microsoft will incorporate the backlash against his comments as meaningful product feedback. We don't know if the feature is being seriously considered or not, but if it ends up being
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by gmisra 14y ago
I like InstantCab and I really do hope that sanity will come to bear around community ride-sharing, but at this point isn't it disingenuous to be surprised that their are repercussions from ignoring the rules around the highly-regulated dri
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by gmisra 14y ago
"If TED’s platinum brand is at risk of becoming a generic, it has been with the full support of the brand’s owner." http://nymag.com/news/features/ted-conferences-2012-3/ It's a decent history of how TED has evolved.
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by gmisra 14y ago
Or you might want to take "DR" less literally and actually read the statement and realize that changing unlocking rules doesn't require legislative intervention. The Library of Congress oversees the designation of DMCA exceptions, and the s
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by gmisra 14y ago
TL;DR: 1. The White House thinks this is a good idea, but it is not within their powers to implement change under the current law. 2. These rules (DMCA exceptions) fall under the Library of Congress, and the White House has recommended a re
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by gmisra 14y ago
We actually switched from a retail focus to a wholesale focus, so we not longer need a POS. We still use Square as our credit card processor. I have helped set-up a QS implementation on top of the Revel POS and would not recommend it at all
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by gmisra 14y ago
I own a small business and we have experimented with Square Register and other ipad-based POS systems. Register is by far the least feature rich of all of the offerings we looked at - this is not necessarily a bad thing. Specifically, Cons
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by gmisra 14y ago
It's all a matter of perspective, e.g an accurate sexual behavior network would be of tremendous value to epidemiologists and public health practitioners, not to mention when people need to notify former partners about disease diagnoses. Th
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by gmisra 14y ago
This comment thread is a perfect example of the problem with fb's privacy control system. HN readers are generally tech-savvy and privacy-aware, especially relative to the typical fb user. Yet this thread is full of many comments exhibiting
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by gmisra 14y ago
The parking-via-phone app solution has existed for almost a year: http://paybyphone.com/sf/ Graffiti removal is pretty damn easy via 311: http://www.sf311.org/index.aspx?page=118 And real time tracking of public transit could be better,
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by gmisra 14y ago
Or you can use https://www.paperkarma.com/ which is less passive-aggressive and more free.
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by gmisra 14y ago
I wonder what would have twitter done if this happend in March 2011, and the e-mail address in question was that of a Libyan secret police "executive"?
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by gmisra 14y ago
This article would have been interesting if included actual suggestions for replacement icons. Being anachronistic isn't inherently a flaw. However, if our attachment to anachronism is preventing us from using more intuitive icons, then our
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by gmisra 15y ago
This is hard to take seriously at face value after looking at the Obama for America privacy policy http://www.barackobama.com/privacy-policy If you go through the trouble of creating an account, you will find that the claim: "You can view
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by gmisra 15y ago
I suspect that "the answers are pretty cool, except for <the ones regarding the subject I know a lot about>" is itself the most common reaction.
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by gmisra 15y ago
There aren't any yous or tubes in Doubleclick, get a spell checker.
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Tuning EBS i/o on EC2(quora.com)
2 points by gmisra 15y ago|0 comments
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Sorting algorithms explained...as traditional folk dances(youtube.com)
1 points by gmisra 15y ago|0 comments

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