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Sorting Visualizations(imgur.com)
651 points by infodroid 9y ago|35 comments
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by infodroid 9y ago
I'm not sure what is so retro about the 16:9 display. Surely Lenovo can do better than that?
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by infodroid 9y ago
Even if the default position is to help, it can't be unconditional, there are limits. You don't have a right to expect help when it places an unreasonable burden on the helper.
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by infodroid 9y ago
> everyone has a right to expect help and a right to give help This might make sense when asking a stranger for directions or for someone to help with your car problem, because the relationship is 1:1 . But this breaks down in contexts
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Remembering 'Portal,' Activision's Interactive Novel(motherboard.vice.com)
42 points by infodroid 9y ago|8 comments
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Dotcom, Copyright, and What Went Wrong(on-t-internet.blogspot.com)
2 points by infodroid 9y ago|0 comments
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MACsec: a different solution to encrypt network traffic(developers.redhat.com)
1 points by infodroid 9y ago|1 comments
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What If Stores Charged Admission?(businessoffashion.com)
2 points by infodroid 9y ago|0 comments
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Record-sized data centre planned inside Arctic Circle(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by infodroid 9y ago|0 comments
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by infodroid 9y ago
dupe https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14925135
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The Future of Privacy(nytimes.com)
1 points by infodroid 9y ago|0 comments
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Sperm Count Dropping in Western World(scientificamerican.com)
232 points by infodroid 9y ago|269 comments
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Dutch Senate votes in favor of dragnet surveillance powers(bof.nl)
2 points by infodroid 9y ago|1 comments
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by infodroid 9y ago
Doesn't Redshift work for you? It's not GNOME specific. https://fedoramagazine.org/safe-eyes-redshift/
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Feudalism and the “Algorithmic Economy”(medium.com)
75 points by infodroid 9y ago|45 comments
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by infodroid 9y ago
The goal is to get to know your coworkers better, so you can see them as people instead of mere job descriptions. It's still a workplace setting, except that you are discouraged from talking about work. The alcohol is there to cut thro
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by infodroid 9y ago
Please append [pdf] to the title.
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by infodroid 9y ago
This is a more extensive list: https://github.com/kilimchoi/engineering-blogs#companies-1
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by infodroid 9y ago
There is a significantly better version over at Memory Beta, with full references and fewer typos: http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/Ferengi_Rules_of_Acquisiti...
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by infodroid 9y ago
Please append [pdf] to the title.
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by infodroid 9y ago
You probably mean companies that are loaded or well-funded or stupidly rich . This isn't the same as fuck-you money , which refers to the amount of savings a person would need in order to retire early and thereby bid their employ
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Intel hints of potential patent infringement around x86 emulation on ARM(zdnet.com)
1 points by infodroid 9y ago|0 comments
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Sony’s New Toio Wants to Inspire a Future Generation of Robotics Engineers(spoon-tamago.com)
81 points by infodroid 9y ago|19 comments
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Technosplit: The bifurcation of humanity(salon.com)
1 points by infodroid 9y ago|0 comments
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by infodroid 9y ago
Although not specific to Middle East politics: cutting all diplomatic ties with a country, closing all the land/sea/air borders with it, banning travel to it, and expelling all its citizens, not just the diplomats... This all soun
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by infodroid 9y ago
With the Middle East, things are never what they seem on the surface. In this case, what is not so obvious is that Qatar has recently refused [1] to tow the anti-Iranian line of the Saudi-led Gulf states, who consider Iran to be their regio
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by infodroid 9y ago
The root of the problem as I have mentioned previously is that the propaganda is actually effective. And until you identify the reasons why this is the case, and directly start addressing those reasons, whatever actions you take aren't
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by infodroid 9y ago
This sentiment is common but misguided. For one thing, "impressionable people" will always seek out taboo information. Banning jihadi messaging isn't going to make it less appealing to them (when they find it elsewhere) or to
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by infodroid 9y ago
Unlike famous mass shootings and stabbings in recent years by depressed or mentally disturbed individuals, most jihadi fighters don't have such problems. The fact is that jihadi terrorists usually turn out to be otherwise normal people
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by infodroid 9y ago
> Having asked the question of "why do they want to kill random strangers", the answer they arrived at is "because they were brainwashed by religious fundamentalism they found on the internet". To a reasonable person,

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