jhonkola

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by jhonkola 2y ago
This process has a descriptive name, enshittification ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification ), and it seems to apply to most internet services.
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by jhonkola 2y ago
Gorbachev sent the tanks rolling in Lithuania ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_Events ).
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by jhonkola 7y ago
Though it remains in the environment even after the operation and civilians will be exposed to it. This has been the case in e.g. Balkans ( https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/07/world/radiation-from-balk... )
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by jhonkola 8y ago
No. Wifi router needs the MAC address in order to provide a service to the user, thus it is allowed to collect the MAC. GDPR allows collecting personally identifying information if it is necessary for providing the service.
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by jhonkola 10y ago
"We're Facebook for middle age people.". Isn't that just Facebook? At least that is what all young ones say - that it is used by middle-aged people
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by jhonkola 13y ago
This was also my first thought. FB gets a lot of information on people's actual behavior wrt their contacts (who do you contact and how often), and this for people all over the world.
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by jhonkola 13y ago
Well, in case of electric heaters used to heat a home the efficiency should really be measured in terms of "how much electricity is consumed if the heated room is kept at constant 20C measured at e.g. center of room". This is some
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by jhonkola 13y ago
And for a cynical take on the "modern engineer brings advances to middle age" also taking into account social aspects, Mark Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" ( http://www.gutenberg
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by jhonkola 13y ago
They didn't buy Nokia's patents. They bought Devices & Services business unit (the one making the phones) and a 10-year (non-exclusive) licence to Nokia's patents, which obviously are needed to make the phones. Does not s
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by jhonkola 14y ago
Another (probable) software failure due to unexpected scenario was the Mars polar lander http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Polar_Lander#Loss_of_commu... The failure review concluded that the probable cause of loss was that the landing sys
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by jhonkola 14y ago
I second the suggestion to add support for templates for most well-known publishers. For example, in CS even having Springer and IEEE 2-column templates supported would have been enough for me when I was involved in writing papers. I think
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by jhonkola 14y ago
Yes, kids will play with anything. However, the way they use toys to play will be individual. My daughter preferred cars and trucks while young (under 4 years). She would cover the garage with blanket for the night, put her small truck to s