kmichaels

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by kmichaels 10y ago
This case isn't about libraries/templates. If it were I think it would be a clearer copyright violation.
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by kmichaels 10y ago
I think they likely just look at the sub-contracting costs and see that the Chinese contractors are massively cheaper then don't ask too many questions. It's pretty much business as usual to pirate CAD software in China so they pr
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by kmichaels 10y ago
Right, but usually the licensing around libraries/templates is quite clear? At least it should be. Here's specifically what they're claiming copyright over: "DDC’s counsel answered that DDC is focused on expressive conte
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by kmichaels 10y ago
Summary for this work in layman terms: https://www.osti.gov/accomplishments/anderson.html The positive electron (positron) appears to have been the first anti-particle identified.
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by kmichaels 10y ago
So fundamentally what the author is saying is that this laptop is bad is a way that it was never meant to be good. And that's what makes the title click bait because the author is clearly aware of this. Clearly it was never meant to be
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by kmichaels 10y ago
I think, these are just argument why this isn't a good fit for you. However it's not really a good argument that this is a bad thing in every use case. Calling this a "bad" laptop when the only other laptop that's o
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by kmichaels 10y ago
Just started re-reading the Baroque cycle and plan to follow with Cryptonomicon. Re-reading really reveals a lot that was a bit of a mystery the first time.
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by kmichaels 10y ago
None of the options you suggest have an open PCB layout/schematic (which this does in Kicad). Not only is this philosophically "good" it also has practical benefits if you are looking to build on the design to say, integrate
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by kmichaels 10y ago
It's interesting though, I think India is becoming more economically competitive as prices rise in China.
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by kmichaels 10y ago
Obviously nuts, but quite interesting in that it appears the content has been reused since 2015: http://www.lovingenergies.net/pt/WIKILEAKS-DOCUMENTS-REVEAL-... I wonder how this blog network works, how well it pays.
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by kmichaels 10y ago
China is getting more expensive and starting to lose jobs to Indian manufacturing though. It will be interesting to see how this pans out. I can imagine manufacturing in India has a lot of advantages.
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by kmichaels 10y ago
The thesis here is essentially that they also got regulated out of exsistance. Seen has centers of criminal activity, local government started mandating the removal of inbound calling capability and reduced the number of permits they grante
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by kmichaels 10y ago
I think it's the API limit. Last time I tried doing something like this I hit the 250 posts limit.