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by idiot900 8y ago
Really impressed with this project and that it is still going. What do people use Haiku OS for in the real world (i.e. something more specific than "personal computing")? Or is it just a toy?
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by idiot900 8y ago
I volunteer my backyard as well!
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by idiot900 8y ago
Is pilot error more or less of a cause of fatal aircraft incidents than automation gone awry? What does the data say?
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by idiot900 8y ago
I agree, the solution is not a technical one, it's about money. If funding agencies require, as they should, day one free and open access, the problem will solve itself. Not without a good deal of temporary pain, but it will be solved.
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by idiot900 8y ago
For what it's worth, the Camry (an excellent car) is front wheel drive and many luxury cars are rear or all wheel drive. This makes a difference in driving dynamics.
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by idiot900 8y ago
At what point does the union feel bad for mandating that I join it, even if I don't want to?
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by idiot900 9y ago
Fentanyl is extremely potent - its clinically relevant doses are measured in micrograms. Appears they were concerned with reducing mortality first.
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by idiot900 9y ago
> Why not build some toilets? Has anyone tried? Yes: http://theloo.biz/
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by idiot900 9y ago
This article, interesting though it may be, is from January 2017.
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by idiot900 9y ago
Is that their normal use case though? Why would you hire any freight forwarder to do nothing beyond what FedEx does? Aren't there more complicated logistics problems they ostensibly solve?
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by idiot900 9y ago
I am a biologist, and while not everything these journals publish is super-compelling, by and large most of it is stuff that changes the way we think about particular scientific questions. The standard is definitely well above "minimum
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by idiot900 9y ago
In the US, in the biomedical sciences, it is pretty easy to be paid to get a PhD, but far more difficult to become faculty, and even more difficult get a grant as faculty. This imbalance has created the funding problem we have today.
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by idiot900 9y ago
Is that similar to "Backend Developer" in the dropdown list?
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by idiot900 9y ago
Seems like they really meant "uncluttered", but "essential" sounds better. Who knows, if it isn't a good phone I will return it and wait for the next Pixel.
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by idiot900 9y ago
Can't imagine any actual users caring about Andy Rubin in the slightest. However, they have enough funding to be there long enough to honor their warranty, and the phone really only needs to last two years. But who cares, if the phone
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by idiot900 9y ago
Those who preordered can now pay for the phone, as I have, and expect to physically have one in a few days.
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by idiot900 9y ago
This is a fancy way of saying it's a fashion accessory for many people. Just like clothes, cars, housing, etc. I bought one because the materials seem like they will be nice, and that has value to me.
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by idiot900 9y ago
Scientists publishing original research in academic journals are not paid by the publishers, and neither are the quality control measures such as reviewers.
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by idiot900 9y ago
Easy response he could have made, but didn't: "Not a common carrier - this page on our website describes exactly what protections are provided: <link>"
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by idiot900 9y ago
> A single 737 sold for $50M is not equivalent to $50M spread around 10 small manufacturing suppliers building tens of thousands of devices. Correct - it's many more than 10 suppliers: http://www.b737.org.uk/supplier
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by idiot900 10y ago
This situation is easily distinguishable from hypoglycemia from starvation - the latter unlikely to happen in non-diabetic children who spent the day eating sweet fruit. Checking basic labs such as a blood glucose fingerstick - as would hav
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by idiot900 10y ago
One of the saddest parts of this story is that decades of confusion could have been ended by checking glucose levels in these children at the hospital. This is a basic standard of care but seems like Bihar is so underprovisioned that even t
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by idiot900 10y ago
The NYC subway system is full of Bombardier subway cars, in case you've been there.
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by idiot900 10y ago
Because then we end up with a broken third world society.
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by idiot900 10y ago
Taxis in some places have awful service and blatantly ignore the law. Extrapolating from my experience, nearly every credit card reader in a taxi in Philadelphia is broken even though they must be working, and has been for years. As such I
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by idiot900 10y ago
Our affluent society doesn't actually, unless food stamps are an acceptable outcome. The affluence does not wish to provide funding for very many excited researchers.
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by idiot900 10y ago
In over a decade of life in NYC, never had a problem with taxis incorrectly refusing cards. Happens 90%+ of the time in Philadelphia though, which is why I take Uber or similar whenever possible there.
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by idiot900 10y ago
Another way to help discover how SSH works is to compile your own openssh server, instrumenting it with your own printfs, and see exactly what it's doing. I did this at one point, and it helped immensely to write a (horrifyingly insecu
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by idiot900 10y ago
Still remains to be seen what the long term costs are to be an Uber driver. They are probably not that favorable when considering depreciation, insurance, etc. Most likely there will be a slow exodus of drivers until the market reaches equi
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by idiot900 11y ago
Google doesn't control all advertisers. Presumably this applies to sites with non-Google ads too. Also, if these ads are rejected immediately (or nearly so) by Google, it will provide that much more feedback that malicious advertisers

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