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by kbatten 14y ago
I think master locks are a much more prevalent example of this.
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by kbatten 14y ago
I have a terrible feeling that WSJ is using hackernews here. This post is pretty meaningless, and the title does not agree with the few sentences of an "article." "Quiting" has a much different connotation than being funded by your employer
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by kbatten 14y ago
What is your proposal to automate this? Remember there is very large delay and blackouts that happen. After they do it by hand several times, sure automate it.
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by kbatten 14y ago
I have a text document on my computer that lists all the websites/programs with username/password. I also use autocomplete (which IMO is basically the same as having a document with all passwords.) I can have unique passwords for every sing
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by kbatten 14y ago
I would be fine with a data transfer cap, if it scaled with technology or time. However looking at my internet provider, I have not seen an increase in the data cap since it was implemented. Meanwhile both services and technological capabil
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by kbatten 15y ago
I wonder how much role models actually play a role. I got into programming because I loved programming, it was something I could do at home with minimal ramp up time or gear.
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by kbatten 15y ago
I fail to see the relevance of this. In addition it somewhat upsets me that someone could get jail time for making an offensive comment. Depending on the jurisdiction or culture, I know I have said things that would be offensive to someone
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by kbatten 15y ago
It seems to me that working away all your life isn't any better that "wasting away" all your life.
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by kbatten 15y ago
I've read a lot of ebooks (even long before I got a kindle) and I have to say that I read them for the story, not the presentation. What is wrong with ebooks is that there are still books that I _cannot_ buy. I want to give the publishers/w
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by kbatten 15y ago
I don't understand why you have to "develop hardware" for this. Unless you are willing to produce hardware at a loss its already incredibly cheap to take off the shelf parts and put together a media box. To me it sounds like a lot of over e
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by kbatten 15y ago
This has alternate spellings (data-alternative-spellings). So you can type America and it will show United States.
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by kbatten 15y ago
When I can get a game for free that has fewer restrictions than something I pay for then the system is broken. Looking at you Ubisoft.
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by kbatten 15y ago
Internships are supposed to be the real world training though. It seems highly unethical for companies to take advantage of interns because by definition interns are inexperienced. I had great internships and never felt like I had to be vig
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by kbatten 15y ago
One thing I'm somewhat confused about is why a bailout is better than default. In both cases the banks cannot pay back loans so their credit is worthless right? In a bailout the government becomes the bank (through a proxy) but its still th
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by kbatten 15y ago
Well that and transfer caps from ISPs getting lower (or more expensive for the same cap) over time.
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by kbatten 15y ago
I don't understand how this is sad. All it showed was that people skipped a word that had "bananas" in it, a word that has pretty much no meaning in the context of the article. Its similar to how I ignore spelling mistakes in news articles.
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by kbatten 15y ago
The menu style seems very close to the style already in Windows 7 for Wordpad. Personally I find that style both confusing and clunky.
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by kbatten 15y ago
Probably the biggest reason I will leave a game unfinished is if it takes too much effort to get back into the game. There are plenty of times I will take a break from a game, even one I really enjoy playing, and more often than not it is
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by kbatten 15y ago
Not necessarily true. Often there is application state that you don't want to lose, which isn't saved. For example if you have open IM/IRC windows or if you have multiple opened Documents that you are reading that are saved. Though I think
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by kbatten 15y ago
From one view I understand at least some of the reasons they are doing this. 1) Money. D3 is free to play so monetizing non-subscription aspects makes sense. 2) People will buy in game items for real money so bringing that out of the dark
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by kbatten 15y ago
There are plenty of times when a resume is not required for a hire. A recommendation can replace it, chatting with the person in a dev irc channel, contributions to open source, etc. You aren't required to do any of those things, but it mak
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by kbatten 15y ago
Netflix is free to set their own prices, and I am free to change my subscription (cancel or drop to streaming/dvd only). However doubling the price of something, and expecting no backlash is silly at best. In addition they cut the cost and
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by kbatten 15y ago
It seems to me that the word "gifted" has been diluted to mean "meets expectations."
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by kbatten 15y ago
It seems that the cost of fabbing your own gps chip would be peanuts compared to the cost of even one missile. Given the raw GPS data its pretty trivial to do all location processing in software.
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by kbatten 15y ago
I think the value of a college degree as a screening procedure is in fact dropping. The potential value of college education is still high, but the piece of paper doesn't really give any insight into what value the student took. All it show
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by kbatten 15y ago
I think the fact that there are no other large competing social gaming web platforms shows that it is actually not at all a guaranteed success.
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by kbatten 15y ago
This seems more comparable to a bunch of people finally ganging up to beat the shit out of a bully who had a history of treating weaker individuals badly.
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by kbatten 15y ago
The only issue I have with the missing http is that when you copy the link, it automatically adds in the http. Most of the time when copying a link I either don't care if the http is there, or I specifically don't want it (for example if I
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by kbatten 15y ago
It doesn't seem to be a PC problem, it seems to be a laptop problem. My lcds at home (and my TV) are all matte, its only my laptop (mac) that is glossy.
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by kbatten 15y ago
When I want to watch a movie, the first place I go to is netflix. I won't tell you the second place I go to. I'd pay an extra 5 bucks a month if it could increase the rate at which netflix lets me "play now" movies. Yes, some movies I speci

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