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by jumelles 8y ago
Saudi Arabia needs to be shunned by the rest of the world for all its barbaric practices. Truly an awful government with repugnant laws.
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by jumelles 8y ago
This has been going on for two decades now. Teenagers have grown up used to the sound and aesthetic of compression. Whether you like it or not compression is here to stay.
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English doesn't have tones; it's what's known as a stress-timed language.
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The headline unfortunately makes it sound like there was a conscious decision to rescue the adults before the children, whereas the article states: "However, in a previously unknown twist, the two caving experts thought they had found
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by jumelles 8y ago
You can set up a filter to match all emails and have them forwarded to another address. There may even be a specific forwarding setting somewhere in Gmail.
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That seems too small IMO. Encoded BD rips average about 20-30 GB; remuxes (no compression/encoding) begin around 50 GB.
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Online, usually corrections are appended to the bottom (or even top) of the relevant article.
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And I'd argue that's still extremely high. Something as simple as a standalone DAC or good headphones/speakers can make a noticeable difference, even entry-level devices!
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by jumelles 8y ago
I'm amazed that Boeing isn't the focus of more - much, much more - criticism. It seems clear to me they are vastly more culpable than the pilots or airline.
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by jumelles 8y ago
Robotics have improved exponentially since the moon landing - where before humans may have been necessary, autonomous landers etc. are now cheaper and more capable. Why risk the lives?
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by jumelles 8y ago
Hiroshima has something similar, if a bit more train than bus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astram_Line
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by jumelles 8y ago
This year was actually Mickey's "90th birthday" and Disney did a massive amount of promotion and advertising. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/02/business/media/mickey-mou...
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by jumelles 8y ago
> The New York Times interviewed more than 60 people, including former employees of Facebook and its partners, former government officials and privacy advocates. > The Times also reviewed more than 270 pages of Facebook's interna
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As Facebook Raised a Privacy Wall, It Carved an Opening for Tech Giants(nytimes.com)
499 points by jumelles 8y ago|190 comments
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It would be awesome if you put this somewhere like archive.org!
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Marriott Data Breach Traced to Chinese Hackers, US Readies Crackdown on Beijing(nytimes.com)
195 points by jumelles 8y ago|157 comments
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Anything captured on film simply can't be compared with a digital file. Even if the picture is blurry the resolution will still be there.
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> WiFi in the tunnels and installing flatscreen TVs ... less station closures, less delays, and less stopping-and-waiting-20-minutes because of track congestion Some of these are much easier fixes than others.
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by jumelles 8y ago
Simple and to the point, these sites! Just adjust the fonts and spacing and most sites would look much more modern.
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by jumelles 8y ago
New York is "the place" for just about every industry.
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I feel like these are the safest choices. DC is the capital; NYC is the unofficial capital - not at all with "no real draw." If you want to live in a city, there's no comparison with New York anywhere else in the country.
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Word is that an official announcement is coming quite soon.
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I mean, sure, but the New York Times reported this a week ago? Nice to have confirmation, though.
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This isn't anything new - it's why ABBA sang in English. It's why most Eurovision songs are in English. If you can speak it, why would you limit your audience with a smaller language?
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This is exactly why the FDA can and will inspect facilities in foreign countries.
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The tactile experience of a desk phone has many benefits. You can transfer/hold/merge calls without looking, even building up muscle memory for it. The speakerphones are often louder then a cell phone would be - and if you need so
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by jumelles 8y ago
There is an argument to be made that solitary confinement is torture. Check out this New Yorker article: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/03/30/hellhole
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No, country names are very commonly used as synecdoches.
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Yes. In fact Congress has direct jurisdiction over D.C.

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