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by jotux 11y ago
Related: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/05/140508133157.h...
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It's more an issue of who the media covers. One tweet from snowden generates an article on a dozen news websites instantly.
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I wish there were more good, open source, product life-cycle management (PLM) tools.
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188k for java and 258k for C++.
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I really don't understand your argument. Git is for decentralized development but there has always been a need for a central server to host the repo and github made a business out of providing that along with additional services (pag
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What's the working level grade for engineers?
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>I only had the chance to review their personal websites or github profiles >Many are not able to [...] to explain why and how a clearfix works, or what ARIA roles are for I have only had the chance to review this blog post but this p
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I really don't want HN to turn into reddit, with half the thread devoted to jokes/memes, so I appreciate self moderation that discourages that.
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I was visiting some family recently and their ~5yo son was interested and playing with code.org. You can do the exercises without a login but with a login (which requires an email address) you can save progress and have a profile to share w
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This reminds me of the saying, "We judge ourselves by our intentions and others by their behavior."
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>I note that Microchip is claiming to be shipping dev kits sometime this quarter. I won't hold my breath, and I still mark this as vapor. As of a few minutes ago seven in stock at mouser: http://www.mouser.com/Produc
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Seems like the TF2 economy is a good example of this.
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>Except that I can't buy it Microchip sells radios that do LoRa: http://www.microchip.com/pagehandler/en-us/technology/person... They're available on mouser for ~$17: http://www.mouser
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>Beats me why anyone is writing in C full stop. Embedded software? All of the platforms I work on provide C/C++ compilers and driver libraries that are C only. I'm working on an ARM Cortex project right now and there isn't
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>When dealing with sociopaths, you have think of them like diseases and not even begin to attempt to relate to them in human terms. I personally believe you should never dehumanize people, no matter how bad they are. Once you write off
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I read this a while ago which sums up the problem: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/15/fashion/the-challenge-of-m... The most important thing I noted: >As external conditions change, it becomes tougher
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https://www.skepticalscience.com/sea-level-rise-predictions....
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What's sad is 60 seconds of googling would point him to a paper answering the exact question he believes cannot be answered: http://www.pnas.org/content/112/44/13508.full.pdf >Analysis based on previo
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ExtremeTech[1] lists the specs: >the Chromebit contains a quad-core ARM Cortex A17 Rockchip CPU and a quad-core ARM 760 Mali GPU, drawing as little as 3 watts of power, and the Chromebit contains 2GB RAM and 16GB flash storage. 802.11ac
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>I didn't want to make this code depend on stdint.h Why?
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>Teen Who Hacked... >The hacker, who says he’s under 20 years old 20 years old is a teen? What a terrible headline.
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Live in Sacramento, the half-roundabouts drive me crazy. Here's another: https://www.google.com/maps/@38.6759386,-121.5367581,3a,90y,...
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I won my physics class egg drop challenge and three years of California MESA competitions in high school using spray insulation foam to make molds of specific eggs. The MESA rules were 14" diameter max, no liquids, no parachutes, dropp
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Honest question, why? What role does someone's previous pay play into what they're worth to a new employer?
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>Also reading timing is just as subtle skill as reading faces. I understand people "read timing" and interpret it as adding to the conversation but timing in a text conversation is so unreliable I personally give it no importan
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>But if one has to explain ... Comments this far off topic and irrelevant need explanation.
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I'm in the millennial-age range and am quite irritated when someone sits on their phone when we're meeting in person. Electronic/social communication is, by its very nature, asynchronous. You can send a message and there&#x27
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>A bit of organizational sociology: most people silently group their employees into two categories Is this from a book or research? If it is I'd love to know where I can go read more about it.
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Mondaine has a similar watch (classic look, with activity tracker): https://www.mondaine.com/watches/mondaine-helvetica.html
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>that secures them the copyright until the end of its term Practically, once you are granted copyright it's secured until Disney goes out of business thanks to the Mickey Mouse Protection Act[1] and inevitable future Disney lobbying

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