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by manarth 10y ago
I wasn't aware that the USA still vaccinated against polio, that's interesting to know. In that case I agree, going against the CDC advice is an anti-vaxxer stance. yet here we are and I don't see those diseases making bi
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that makes me an anti-vaxxer regarding those two An anti-vaxxer is someone refusing appropriate vaccinations (as defined by the medical authorities for that country). Conforming to the recommended vaccination regime for your area,
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A patent is a time-limited monopoly, granted as recompense for publishing the details of their invention. Inventors can profit from their invention by selling products, and keeping the invention details a Trade Secret. For example, Coca
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what counts as a "troll" case In general, "patent troll" refers to NPEs - Non Practicing Entities - companies that don't produce/manufacture/sell anything (except patent licences). Most companies a
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But you'll be amazed at what's revealed in Part 3!
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DiIorio recalls it peaking at $3.50 by September 2006, giving his holdings a value of around $1.3 million. the stock plummeted from $3.50 to $0.06 a share within two months. So by the end of part 1, he's down to $22k.
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I would bet money that the attack was truly epic From the article: "The assault has flooded Krebs' site with more than 620 Gbps per second of traffic — nearly double what Akamai has seen in the past." Sounds pretty
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It's more akin to installing iOS on a Nexus phone.
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we have studies that show that those who produce more also produce better. This is true of people producing more of the same thing . An artist who makes a lot of pottery doesn't increase their ability in painting, or piano-pla
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Don't just punish the cheaters, punish those in a position to have *conceivably known* who didn't report it. There's a significant difference between punishing those who did know about it (and didn't report it)
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Pitons are used extremely rarely. For most rock-climbing, protection is usually equipment such as a nut [1] or a cam [2] wedged in the rockface. You may come across gear given another name - such as Hex, Micronut, Stopper, Chock, etc - but
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by manarth 10y ago
If the intent isn't to stop generics, why have DRM on an ink cartridge at all? Even if this instance is due to HP making a mistake, such as forgetting a certificate renewal, the intent is there right from the beginning, by using the DR
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It's a time-consuming but relatively harmless foible. I guess it's partly FOMO, partly habit, and partly the slightly positive aspect of following a routine. There are the odd days when I just skip them all, but it does leave me s
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by manarth 10y ago
There's also the effects of price-anchoring and price-bracketing: $20 may look expensive compared to $3 or $5 or $10, but stick it up against $75 and $250, it appears to look more reasonable. It's exactly what you're saying:
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by manarth 10y ago
It's BBC Capital, part of BBC Worldwide, who are a commercial organisation. I don't know whether BBC Worldwide permit sponsored content, but they don't operate under the same rules as the "proper" BBC.
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The watermarks are also on the other images that they've licenced from Getty, and the unwatermarked image is credited to the photographer. I'm not sure that there would be all that much value in creating new images for the story t
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At least there's no worry about the ever-increasing number (and increasing time-investment) of missed episodes to catch up on. I say this as the guy who wakes up in the morning with 500-800 overnight missed tweets, and then patiently r
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The family members who knew get arrested, the ones who didn't know disown you. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Darwin_disappearance_case
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Out of interest, do you have any metrics to support this? It would be interesting to see data that compares the two, and see how close they come in different scenarios, and how tuning/configuration might affect the performance.
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Because the route was occasionally navigable, dependent on season and weather; but if trends continue, the route will be consistently navigable.
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> You can tell from the genre, the director, the actors and so on New directors? Unfamiliar or upcoming actors? A desire to experiment and try a genre you're unfamiliar with?
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and raising personal allowances so as to boost the salaries of the lowest earners by an average of 7 percent So the plan is to cut the taxes of high-earners, as well as improving the tax-free allowance for everyone… Without increasi
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In some jurisdictions, a court can dismiss a default judgement, if you show that was a good reason for missing the hearing. That still takes you back to square one though, with an outstanding court case (and missing the next hearing would l
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are they really going to get in trouble from not having a flashlight and map and compass? Perhaps not, but that equipment is recommended by pretty much every recognised outdoor association. It's true to say that many routes wou
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> ie: if your company does something "bad" In most jurisdictions, if you have control of a company (e.g. as the majority shareholder and director), and the company does something "bad" to the extent that it's i
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To rephrase the question slightly differently: "Is Atlas a suitable tool for a UK startup, selling to the UK/EU markets?" To which the answer may well be "No. Right now, Atlas is US-centric, but could potentially broaden
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What colour is the Rootkit?
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> "It's a executable rootkit" I hate to join in the terminology argument, but is it really a rootkit? After all, it doesn't (according to the reports) disguise its presence, which discards "rootkit" as a c
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Not sure whether to be amused, vindicated, or concerned that the most prominent conversation here on HN is terminology: "Is 'backdoor' the correct term?" Malware, trojan, virus, rootkit, backdoor, squirglebunny (OK, I ma
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It seems there have been so many grenade attacks in Sweden that it has its own Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_grenade_attacks_in_Swe...

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