kamarg

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by kamarg 7y ago
That kind of sounds like you're saying "These people aren't smart enough to have a say in how their lives are run".
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by kamarg 7y ago
I don't believe they have actually flown a single flight yet but supposedly https://www.zedaerospace.com/ will be flying it's first routes sometime this year. They're claiming first class seating for all pass
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by kamarg 7y ago
Isn't the language a setting in the OS somewhere? I don't think you need any ML to figure out what language a user's phone is currently using.
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by kamarg 8y ago
For microorganisms it's plenty of time. Things with very short reproductive cycles can evolve quicker than humans. In https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._coli_long-term_evolution_ex... they state that the e. coli wen
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by kamarg 8y ago
You're always the product. Even paying for a product doesn't mean they aren't gathering and selling your data. As examples, cell phone companies selling location data, tv manufacturers selling viewing data, cable/isp com
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by kamarg 8y ago
So in the case of copyrighted laws in OP's scenario: The government passes laws (creating the text) and then someone or some company buys the rights to the text of the laws. Then the government (who created the text in the first place)
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by kamarg 8y ago
What is the copyright holder contributing in this case? The government is passing laws and providing the access to them. Citizens aren't paying anyone for access. I'm not sure what the third party is doing that it should be gettin
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by kamarg 8y ago
Or perhaps the smart ones that wish to do harm don't intend to do it on such a small scale as publishing the location data of a couple of individuals who are of relatively little consequence. It's a dangerous idea to assume that a
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by kamarg 8y ago
I've used it for letting customers know that artwork is ready for approval on a custom printing site. We give them the option of notification between email, text, and browser notification and our artists average creating a proof for ap
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by kamarg 8y ago
Please let me import from another password manager! There's just too much friction involved in switching if I have to manually import all my existing passwords. And if I can't import them, then I have to keep my old password manag
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by kamarg 8y ago
At least in the US, I think it's easier than you think for the government to get what they want from the telcos. AT&T and their retroactive immunity set a pretty strong example that if you play nice with the government bad things w
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by kamarg 8y ago
It's almost certainly a driver issue. Drivers that are provided by Dell. I'm not at all blaming the hardware for the issues. I'm blaming Dell. To answer your question, I don't switch OS because the machine belongs to my
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by kamarg 8y ago
Three gripes with my Dell XPS13. 1) The docking station is horribly buggy. If I unplug it to take my laptop somewhere and then plug it back in, I have to do a full reboot or none of the USB peripherals on the docking station get power. Moni
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by kamarg 8y ago
Not sure about iOS. On Android I've found a mouse is helpful about 50% of the time and still resort to just poking at the screen sometimes. Using a keyboard has been absolutely wonderful though. It's even saved me a few times when
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by kamarg 8y ago
Have you considered getting a bluetooth keyboard/mouse? It makes text editing on tablets/phones much more tolerable for me.
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by kamarg 8y ago
> * Selling their debt is quite profitable for payday lenders, so they are incentivized to make bad loans. Debt collectors know that they probably can't collect most of the paper they buy. This is especially true for non-exclusive p
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by kamarg 8y ago
Aren't similar expenses be used by businesses? Bought an expensive building or paid for all your sales people to take clients out for dinner and drinks.
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by kamarg 8y ago
At least with my recent V-Moda pair they changed it to send us your broken ones and we'll give you a certain amount off your next pair depending on what pair you're sending in and what pair you're buying next. Still a good ex
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by kamarg 8y ago
The market rejecting a product has nothing to do with innovation. It's people saying I can't afford this or I don't value this at the price you're selling it at, or even I don't like the politics of someone that wor
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by kamarg 8y ago
Really depends on how the company is setup. If you have shares issued, you really only need a majority (not everyone) of the people with voting shares to be ok with it.
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by kamarg 8y ago
Er...isn't the general agreement that if you want to get rich you absolutely should not go work for or found a startup but instead get a steady job at big corp and live below your means? People are always on about how shares in a start
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by kamarg 8y ago
Are there many companies that can pay 1.3x of FAANG compensation? One of the big reasons people go work at the big 5 is the pay.
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by kamarg 8y ago
This is a bit off topic of the main post but do you plan to add Twitter login to the Android app? I can't use it to access the books I've purchased because I logged in to the website with my Twitter account when I made the purchas
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by kamarg 8y ago
> Court battle is like debate competition, you can use arguments you don't believe in. Except that court battles have consequences. If you use an argument you don't believe in for a debate competition, you aren't going to
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by kamarg 8y ago
I think you may be giving too much credit to how satisfying and fulfilling the general populace found life back in the day. Any specific part of previous generations that you're thinking of when you say their lives were more satisfying
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by kamarg 8y ago
You don't generally hire people like that to work for you on something specific. You hire them with a very broad goal and give them the resources to accomplish the task how they see fit. With a bit of nudging here and there you should
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by kamarg 8y ago
Total cop out answer but if DHH and people like Jeff Dean are both interviewing for a position with me you can be sure I'm doing everything I can to hire all of them. Even if it means starting entirely new departments. I'd totally
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by kamarg 8y ago
I don't work in SV. I assume it's like everywhere else where a potential employee who feels their skills are weak will take credit for things done by their teammates even if they were only tangentially involved. My above comment w
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by kamarg 8y ago
What if you had to choose between someone with a proven track record of building high quality software used by millions of people who has also shown they're capable of leading groups of people in successful projects but hasn't mem
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by kamarg 8y ago
Why they're hardly even Scotsmen at all! Less humorously I'd say your definition of working class differs from that of the public. If you ask those tradesmen if they're working class, I'd wager upwards of 90% of them wil

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