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by manarth 10y ago
The article is about Apios americana (groundnut), rather than Arachis hypogaea (peanut). They share the same order and family, but are a different genus. The article comments that "groundnut" is ambiguous, and refers to a variety
872.
by manarth 10y ago
That's already explicitly stated in the article: > "Lovecruft had intended to move to Germany someday, but she put those plans on overdrive."
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by manarth 11y ago
It's specifically referring to child porn, rather than generic adult content. That said, the UK equivalent, the IWF (Internet Watch Foundation) effectively blacklisted Wikipedia, because of the Scorpions' album cover: https:&#x
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by manarth 11y ago
This is surprisingly difficult: http://www.crackshackormansion.com/
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by manarth 11y ago
> the shuttle was designed for carrying much larger payloads. Falcon 9 has about half the payload capability of the shuttle, but Falcon Heavy has more than twice the capacity, so you can make meaningful comparisons. Falcon Heavy's c
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by manarth 11y ago
Alibaba.
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by manarth 11y ago
They remotely disabled the port? I can't see anything in the article to suggest that…where did you read this?
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by manarth 11y ago
> if you spend your year's stipend on a week in a Hilton suite Most countries pay benefits on a weekly/monthly basis. Perhaps not to avoid this precise scenario, but simply to aid budgeting. You're right to say that some p
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by manarth 11y ago
> points 2-4 apply just as well to the UFO reports > mysterious objects in the sky that never quite manage to show up on photos or radar You are quite right to refer to UFO reports that came from highly qualified pilots, etc. Those we
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by manarth 11y ago
There's a world of difference. 1. There is evidence that drones exist. 2. The reports are being made by qualified recognised professionals, who are, at the time of reporting, clearly in good health, good state of mind, and sober (or th
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by manarth 11y ago
It is already regulated: > Current FAA rules restrict drone operators from flying within five miles of an airport and above 400 feet The issue is either a lack of awareness of the regulations, or, perhaps a willingness to flout the regul
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by manarth 11y ago
> what is to stop people from wasting their basic income on frivolities while also drawing from existing welfare programs > a UBI, on top of existing welfare programs Most proposals see UBI as replacing the existing welfare programs
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by manarth 11y ago
The model S 0-60 varies from 2.8s (P85D in ludicrous mode) right up to 5.9s (2012 Base model), so it's possible that they'll also release a version of the model 3 that will be able to go zero to 60 in less than 4 seconds. It sound
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by manarth 11y ago
It's very common with "Close companies" (companies that are owned and run by a small number of people) that banks require the directors/owners to act as a personal guarantor on company loans. Without that, it would be qu
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by manarth 11y ago
Does $15,000 matter, to people earning $50,000 a day? Does $15,000 matter, as a business expense on a billion-dollar deal? I agree tele-presence makes sense, but when $15,000 means as much as the price of a Starbucks coffee means to you and
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by manarth 11y ago
SpaceX has also had a lot of [issues commensurate with the nature of their industry]. That's fine with a rocket, [and also fine with a new airplane, as long as the issues are proportionate with what is common in their industry].
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by manarth 11y ago
Therac's often used as the "canonical" example, but there are more recent issues that stem from a lack of a physical interlock: - VW's dieselgate (although that was intentional) - Virgin Galactic VSS Enterprise cra
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by manarth 11y ago
You just need to look at Therac-25 for a device which lacked hardware interlocks/cut-offs, had flawed/buggy software interlocks, and still received certification.
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by manarth 11y ago
This could be applied to any software that is developed as a product (in the sense of a piece of software to sell to multiple players in a market). The article talks about the demand/market for the software increasing after the relea
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by manarth 11y ago
I imagine making a cuppa would go pourly.
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by manarth 11y ago
The ethicality/morality of a potential supplier is a legitimate consideration for many organisations, and in some cases is written into the organisation's policies. For example, WWF procurement[1]: > "We monitor and selec
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by manarth 11y ago
Yes, it was an autonomous vehicle (with a "test driver" in the car)…there are more details on http://www.engadget.com/2016/02/29/google-self-driving-car-a... What I find interesting is this comment:
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by manarth 11y ago
And if we step outside SSL vulnerabilities: - ILOVEYOU - Melissa - Slammer We've been naming attacks for a long time. Perhaps one difference is that these days, a vulnerability is named if it's deemed high-risk/high-impact. I
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by manarth 11y ago
OS-X (Yosemite + El Capitan) has displayed the message to me: "Your device tried to draw too much current and so the USB port has been disabled". When I took the offending cable out, and tried with a different device, it worked st
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by manarth 11y ago
This just shows the importance of having date metatags - e.g. dc.date.created. How old is this content…is it new? Was it published a day ago, a month ago, a year ago? I guess we'll never know.
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by manarth 11y ago
Haven't they ever seen Robot Wars? Everyone knows you need a flipper to get yourself upright again.
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by manarth 11y ago
That'll be 10 drupal requests (invoking PHP, all the Drupal stack, DB queries, etc). The static assets will be served directly by the webserver, without invoking Drupal, without any of that overhead.
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by manarth 11y ago
> it's another matter for map services. And it's going to get more expensive no question For companies that offer a "free" tier (e.g. Bing/Google maps), for sure, sooner or later, a switch to paid is very likel
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by manarth 11y ago
Apple supports in-app purchase of subscriptions, so you can still use the standard App-store tools to handle recurring billing.
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by manarth 11y ago
The article claims that they localised the revenue: > "After finding the average annual salary for each profession in each city " Whether the numbers are reasonably accurate is another question though.

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