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by hiram112 8y ago
I've heard X1 Carbon 5th is great for Linux, but 6th gen still had issues. Anyone know if the 6th gen is okay with Linux yet?
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by hiram112 8y ago
I live in a city with multiple providers. Some lucky ones even have choice of FIOS, along with fast cable from two providers and slower DSL. It doesn't matter for cord-cutters and people like me, who just want to pay for a $30 / m
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by hiram112 8y ago
I can't even buy internet in my city (with 2-3 competing ISPs) without having to bundle cable. It's cheaper to get the internet / cable bundle because they want to up-sell on-demand videos, HD, recorder box rentals, etc. whic
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by hiram112 8y ago
Yes it'd be a shame if, in the long run, Japan stabilized its population growth or even shrank down to what was sustainable for several thousand years. Japan is the size of California, and its population is 127 million or more than 3x
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by hiram112 8y ago
> It is the largest single expense to employers and to the [Canadian] healthcare system. I've read numerous times that smokers are actually a net gain for a healthcare system, assuming the same system pays for the whole life of the
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by hiram112 8y ago
I'd actually be really interested to hear more opinions, especially with regard to scaling Postgres. It seems like a few companies have actively been working on the horizontal scaling part of Postgres, along with the RDS version. Would
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by hiram112 8y ago
> 256GB of DDR3 is less than $600 on eBay... Wow - I see PC builders paying $150+ for 16GB. I guess ram really goes down in price once you start buying in bulk / server memory.
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by hiram112 8y ago
Every time I see another PR release about an awesome use of AI , I get a little depressed. Maybe learning Java 8 streams, or Python 3 , or Scala 3, or anything other than Andrew NG's AI course and my old linear algebra notes is a wast
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by hiram112 8y ago
Even Java, which introduced generic types long after the language itself had become standardized and popular, cannot keep generic type information after compilation due to backwards compatibility. Don't quote me on it, but I believe C#
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by hiram112 8y ago
> Many adjuncts often have no real guarantee they'll have a job the following semester/year. They are the first to get axed when there are budget problems. So pretty much like every job I've ever had in the private sector.
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by hiram112 8y ago
You'd think, right? I wouldn't hold my breath, though. My car insurance was set at about $900/year by my insurer for 5 or 6 years. In that time, they never once lowered the price, even though I had one or two tickets expire,
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by hiram112 8y ago
Thanks a lot. I will definitely do a little research on the thermal issue. I was hesitant to buy this as it's about 2x as much for what I usually pay for laptops, and it's also very bad specs for a 'new' computer. But th
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by hiram112 8y ago
that's not working in latest Chrome. I'll do a little searching around as that would help my own workflow quite a bit. Thanks.
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by hiram112 8y ago
I've been (down voted) for saying this before: it is not just ads that they are selling. The big money is going to be selling your profile to everyone, including insurers - health, auto, home, etc. Good luck getting a good deal when
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by hiram112 8y ago
>Either somebody sells it and gives me a "free" OS or somebody sells me an OS and I don't "sell" my privacy. Don't forget the Windows 10 model: You're forced to buy the OEM version on any new PC, and th
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by hiram112 8y ago
I know everyone has there own work flows, but how can you even keep track of that many tabs? After about 8 or 9, I find myself tabbing through half of a dozen tabs to get where I'm going, and at that point I realize I've added lik
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by hiram112 8y ago
I just bought my first (non work provided) MBP - a 2015 for about $1750. I can't even use Linux or Windows anymore these things are so nice! You're saying I should go to an authorized Apple shop and have them crack it open to du
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by hiram112 8y ago
I've been lucky enough to never have to actually develop ODF software for integration with Libre Office / MS Office, but from I've read, the specifications were half-heartedly published, and it is now basically a game where d
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by hiram112 8y ago
I'm almost permanently ready to ditch Windows for good and move to MacOS and Linux. And I've been a Windows user since 3.1. If we're really moving to the equivalent of Windows 11 and 12, I must ask: who is paying for these re
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by hiram112 8y ago
I agree that office 2003 has enough features and is good enough for 99% of the things I use. In fact, starting with 2013, there are anti-features (integration with OneCloud, online docs) that I'd prefer were not included. Unfortunately
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by hiram112 8y ago
I would say the lack of family for many (men, especially) in their late 20's and beyond is another issue that the media will be slow to acknowledge. Let's face it - 33% of males aren't going to have families of their own, and
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by hiram112 8y ago
What did you sell it for? I just bought a new 2015 rMBP (2.2 GHZ, 16GB, 256) for $1750 off Ebay in order to avoid the issues everyone else is having. Yesterday it was on sale for about $1500 at BestBuy...doh
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by hiram112 8y ago
Are you an Emacs user? I'm currently trying to undo two decades of Windows keyboards in order to use my MBP, and have had to switch up alt, command, etc. in iterm2 to get things as I'm used to, but I'm willing to force my bra
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by hiram112 8y ago
I'm not familiar with the 'parec' command. Are you able to filter out other audio streams (e.g. Slack alerts or accidentally opening a page with an auto-play video)? I was under the impression that one of the big advantages o
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by hiram112 9y ago
I did the same thing. It got to the point where I had to set it to about 5 snoozes of 3 hard math problems then a final 5 problem set. It worked for a few months, but eventually I began just hard powering down the phone and falling back asl
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by hiram112 9y ago
Agreed. In my high COL area, renting is definitely cheaper than owning, at least with regard to small condos that I look for. Foreign and older buyers have pushed up the price of condos as rental properties, but now there is a glut, and the
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by hiram112 9y ago
Tend to agree. Law went through a huge spike in graduates and private law schools last decade, and when the economy hit bottom, many lawyers felt the worst of it, especially recent grads who've still never really been able to get a foo
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by hiram112 9y ago
Most people in the US may not care, but that's because they simply do not understand how it will (or already is) affect them. The average person thinks that, at worst, they'll just see ads that are more intelligent or targeted.
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by hiram112 9y ago
If you're going with Dell, pay extra for professional support. In the US, it was very good. Basically you aren't talking to offshored tier one customer support. Instead you get US based support who are empowered to get you up and
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by hiram112 9y ago
There are a few left from reputable sellers on Ebay and sometimes online vendors for around $1750. Without tax, that's about the same price you'll pay refurbished at Apple.

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