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Anyone on HN Versed in Klingon Language?(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by greendesk 8y ago|0 comments
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To avoid global warming we have to give everyone a reason(bloomberg.com)
1 points by greendesk 8y ago|0 comments
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by greendesk 8y ago
Some years ago I run into a e-mail loop. An e-mail request is sent to a marketing e-mail service. For a specific e-mail notification, we do not receive a confirmation from the marketing e-mail service that the e-mail reached the recipient.
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by greendesk 8y ago
It the vendor specific tool facillitates the work of the user, why not use it? An academic is another type of a job, and using proprietary tools occurs in multiple professions. It’s use is not that different compared to other jobs.
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VPNFilter vulnerability(symantec.com)
2 points by greendesk 8y ago|0 comments
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by greendesk 8y ago
I believe tax competition between states reaches problematic levels in the States. While individual rights are preserved, a race-to-the-bottom between states reaches a negative outcome for individual states; and for United states as a whole
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by greendesk 9y ago
Wow, I had to watch the road a second time to see markings of the split. In the beginning of the movie, I was expecting that there would be two lanes on the left and two lanes on the right.
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by greendesk 9y ago
I also hope for innovation in the mining business. This also seems to be underserved niche for start-up companies. From miners that I have talked with, this is a small-moving enterprise setup.
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by greendesk 9y ago
This approach has helped me significantly. Another aspect that is also useful has been my experience of Pomodoro technique. At a job where we were practicing Pomodoro technique, I realized I don’t struggle with concentration anymore. The mi
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by greendesk 9y ago
Can this phenomenon be used as a shield for spacecraft? If a laser travels inside a fiber cable, then the laser beam can wrap around the spacecraft. If the beam can stop electrons, it can potentially stop the larger particles traveling in s
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by greendesk 9y ago
A crook created an online persona, pretending to be working in the airline industry. He used public photos from an Air France employee on a LinkedIn profile. The crook had created the persona from 2012. It was a scam to obtain credit card n
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Impersonation of an airline employee [In Bulgarian](m.dnevnik.bg)
1 points by greendesk 9y ago|1 comments
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by greendesk 9y ago
I started measuring my sleep this year. The data is as follows: I feel well and I can focus if I sleep for 8:00-8:30 hours. If I sleep less than 7:00-7:30 hours per day I feel unwell and I cannot concentrate. In between 7:30-8:00 hours I ca
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by greendesk 9y ago
>>Who drives into a concrete barrier or the middle of a tractor trailer truck? I have seen a drunk driver do exactly that. Someone who falls asleep might also do that. [edit] Come to think of it, I have almost caused an accident a dec
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by greendesk 9y ago
A country I used to live in had political steps as a prerequisite for professional life. To me, it does seem like an important point...
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by greendesk 9y ago
I was left with the impression he wants the introduction of a quota for sympathizers for a political organization. My takeaway was that he wants to work with people who are officially representing political parties. Maybe it is that I have
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by greendesk 9y ago
I read James' document. I did not have the impression that this is his thesis.
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by greendesk 9y ago
For any individual, there is a limited time to study material. Any time that is allocated to study, for example, statistics, is time not spent on studying, as an example, a new computer language paradigm. I am also surprised how some comput
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by greendesk 9y ago
These are different skylake xeons. Skylake E3 were available in 2016. They are limited to only 4 cores. The OP refers to the server-grade Skylake Xeons, previously referred to as E5 and E7. They will reach a lot higher number of cores.
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by greendesk 9y ago
I want to answer to this particular statement about terraforming taking centuries: >>Even if terraforming ever works, it will take centuries. Dozens of generations. That's not a stopping criteria, even if it is something to consi
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by greendesk 10y ago
The last footnote was hurtful. 'Under proposed DOE budget, all research in renewable energy will be stopped, including research like this.'
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Photovoltaic research in ink perovskites(arstechnica.com)
1 points by greendesk 10y ago|1 comments
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National Grid considers deal with DeepMind to optimize grid performance(ft.com)
3 points by greendesk 10y ago|0 comments
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by greendesk 10y ago
I am afraid of the situation where a person who is reasonably well decides to let go of opportunities in the presence of UBI. The parent post is a case in point - what if the person tries the startup idea; but since the person's liveli
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by greendesk 10y ago
But what good is the minimum? Food that you grow and cook yourself, or fried chicken at McDonald's? Shelter - at what size is the minimum? I remember US standards increased the size of the houses two-fold within the past 30 years (I mi
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by greendesk 10y ago
Is there a process or technology to avoid unnecessary medical treatment? The article mentions how one patient googled his condition and sought a second opinion. I imagine that this direction is common among patients. I am afraid that once I
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An epidemic of unnecessary and unhelpful medical treatments(theatlantic.com)
245 points by greendesk 10y ago|120 comments
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by greendesk 10y ago
Is not daily US politics meant to be avoided at Hacker News? I remember several articles got flagged for discussing politics, might the rules have changed?
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Evolutionary trick for bacterial resistance(arstechnica.com)
1 points by greendesk 10y ago|0 comments
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by greendesk 10y ago
There is a warning, when you first open the app. The warning is that the app developer should update their app. It started appearing either in 10.1 or in 10.2

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