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by gphil 16y ago
Something that would be a valuable addition to this idea would be a way of starting out by making purchases on demand, and then being able to easily automate them if they are regularly occurring. For example, I don't pay attention to how of
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by gphil 16y ago
This is very true. Beer in Europe is largely disappointing except for the obvious highlights from Belgium and Germany, which are pretty much all readily available from a good beer store in the US.
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by gphil 16y ago
This is a little bit out of date, but it is a good reminder to be careful.
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Coffee shop WiFi for dummies(securityfocus.com)
15 points by gphil 16y ago|20 comments
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by gphil 16y ago
This is funny, I can't believe this made it past a peer review.
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by gphil 16y ago
Wow, that is the biggest codebase I have ever heard of. Does anyone know of anything bigger than that?
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by gphil 16y ago
It seems like all Oracle ever does is buy companies, they are a notable omission from this list.
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by gphil 16y ago
I was doing some research on what software currently exists in the alternative energy and energy efficiency space and I found this resource that I thought was worth sharing.
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Building Energy Software Tools Directory(apps1.eere.energy.gov)
3 points by gphil 16y ago|1 comments
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by gphil 16y ago
Yes, I think this comment gets it exactly. This kind of research always bothers me because it starts with narratives like the Big Bang and parallel universes and then (ab)uses the data to corroborate them. The problem is that, on a multiver
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by gphil 16y ago
On a related note, Netflix will be joining the S&P 500 next year when they re-index.
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by gphil 16y ago
Don't know anything about the OP but this one is an April Fool's Joke: http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/forum/forum_comments/2961...
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by gphil 16y ago
I'm a little scared giving Google all of that personal data, but I suppose I'd rather they have it than Comcast. Also, a quick look at their privacy policy for that service shows it being relatively respectful of my privacy, at least for no
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by gphil 16y ago
I think you're taking the article way too literally, especially considering who the author is (almost all of Yegge's rants are sarcastic or contain large amounts of sarcasm.) The dig isn't on Haskell, it's more on "industry" if anything. I
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by gphil 16y ago
One thing I've noticed about OpenTable is that usually when I can't make a reservation through their service (e.g. when it says there are no available times left) I can still call the restaurant and be accommodated. After doing this a few t
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by gphil 16y ago
> It's being massively shorted by the hedge funds. Just out of curiosity, who are "the hedge funds" and how do you know this? Is there some way of researching who is shorting what?
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by gphil 16y ago
Why? Since they've been getting chastised a lot on HN lately, I'm curious to hear what about Oracle you advocate.
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by gphil 16y ago
I agree. This felt like a test of whether or not one is conditioned to recognize how actors use their eyes to express certain emotions rather than a test of how well one can empathize with the feelings of others in the real world.
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by gphil 16y ago
This is a good move. With Java under Oracle's control, Microsoft has a lot to gain by embracing open source licensing.
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by gphil 16y ago
I would disagree that the TSA is unconstitutional under the 10th Amendment as you assert, because of the power to regulate interstate commerce (which certainly includes at least air travel crossing state and US borders) is an explicitly enu
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by gphil 16y ago
I agree about Clojure's rough edges. I'm a beginner, and when something goes wrong it is very opaque to me what happened. That said, I do enjoy the language--especially the baked-in data structures.
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by gphil 16y ago
> Start a business to bring a meaningful change in the world. A huge change. A 1000% change. I know it might be heretical to say this on HN, but establishing and growing the kind of organization that can create this kind of change in th
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by gphil 16y ago
I was in a fraternity in college and definitely one of the geekier members. I felt it really helped my interpersonal skills a lot, and I made a lot of really great friends in the process. The best advice I can give is not to worry about cat
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by gphil 16y ago
Didn't realize the account was made only a few hours ago, so I guess that's not a great sign. I was giving him the benefit of the doubt that he was asking for non-confidential examples of the work out of genuine interest, but maybe that's a
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by gphil 16y ago
I am too, not sure why you are being downvoted. I'm interested in finding out what a "landmark style" influenced by using gimp instead of photoshop looks like exactly.
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by gphil 16y ago
You seem to be concerned about selling the tech to investors, but why not sell it to customers instead? Is it so expensive to make that investment is needed to make the product?
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by gphil 16y ago
Yeah, it sounds like the launch process is more at fault than the technology for this if there's really no way to rollback to stability.
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by gphil 16y ago
Haha, is there any other kind of argument (in politics at least)?
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by gphil 16y ago
I have the priority inbox in my Gmail and in my Apps right now. As far as my accounts go, they were rolled out simultaneously today.
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by gphil 16y ago
Good call, maybe I should have gone to the source. I just linked to the article I came across myself.

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