manvsmachine

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by manvsmachine 16y ago
They want 27 percent? Really?
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by manvsmachine 16y ago
Another point worthy of mention: a lot of Americans tend to disregard tech that is not as "sexy" or "in your face". Is traditional engineering not tech anymore? I'd definitely add Volkswagen, Daimler, and BMW (actually, almost every Euro au
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by manvsmachine 16y ago
Just out of curiosity, what have you driven at 160-180 mph? I'm a huge car nut myself and would kill for an opportunity to do that.
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by manvsmachine 16y ago
http://xkcd.com/747/
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by manvsmachine 16y ago
Actually, that's not what herd immunity means. Herd immunity is based on the concept that, if a large enough subset of the population is protected from infection, then others in the population are inherently more protected due to lower tran
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by manvsmachine 16y ago
F13 is running KDE 4.4, which I've heard is actually a significant improvement. Not as big of a deal as 4.2 -> 4.3, but still worth noting.
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HP Also Looking to Bid For Sybase?(zdnet.com)
2 points by manvsmachine 16y ago|0 comments
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by manvsmachine 16y ago
I'd suggest a combination of both mcav and cpr's suggestions. Highlight the notes themselves instead of the area around them. Drop the jumpy marker and replace it with a smoothly moving, constant speed vertical marker. It's a commonly recog
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by manvsmachine 16y ago
The difference that stuck out to me the most was the lighting. Look at the transparent pipe at the top of the room or the shadows and specular highlights coming from the office on the left. At least for now, it seems that the graphics engin
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by manvsmachine 16y ago
The test results may not be completely definitive, but I think they they bring up an interesting point: now that Apple is getting what it wants (large-scale adoption), how is it going to handle relations with third-parties in a rapidly movi
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Mac OS X Portal Performace(anandtech.com)
21 points by manvsmachine 16y ago|25 comments
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by manvsmachine 16y ago
Sybase isn't really in the enterprise DB space anymore. That part of the business still exists, but it's not really what they push, as far as I've been told. These days, they primarily do client-server middleware for mobile devices. Device
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RPI Launches Nation’s First Undergraduate Web Science Degree(news.rpi.edu)
1 points by manvsmachine 17y ago|0 comments
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by manvsmachine 17y ago
the average DoGood user is someone who'll actually click on ads I don't know if that's necessarily the case. I honestly can't think of a single banner ad that I've ever actually clicked and followed (though there have been some that I've
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by manvsmachine 17y ago
Another good one: http://www.ams.org/featurecolumn/archive/svd.html and its HN thread: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=736618
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by manvsmachine 17y ago
My honest thoughts? It doesn't matter. If 2009 has showed us anything, it's that the desktop OS is quickly becoming less and less of a factor, as far as consumers are concerned. Linux's strength has always been in the cloud and on "non-comp
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by manvsmachine 17y ago
In case you're interested in the (lengthy) original discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=626771 EDIT: that wasn't the original, but it was the longest. This is the original (I think): http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48006
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by manvsmachine 17y ago
Looking at the map for my city of residence (Atlanta) confirms a pattern I've observed in real life: the black community generally will support its own, seemingly regardless of the details of the performance. Look at the patterns for The So
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by manvsmachine 17y ago
I'm sorry, "on the box"? I'm not familiar with that phrase.
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Ask HN: How to apply for positions that require government clearance?
3 points by manvsmachine 17y ago|7 comments
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by manvsmachine 17y ago
Good point, but not always true. It's a myth that game performance is universally GPU-bound. Most notably, most MMORPG's, many RTS's and pretty much anything made with the Source engine are more dependent on CPU performance.
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by manvsmachine 17y ago
And apparently, I really should have proofread that post.
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by manvsmachine 17y ago
It seems to be a pretty simple explanation to me: we are a group of extremely opinionated people with a serious bent towards problem solveing. Very few, if any, other fields of study are founded so deeply on the philosophy of taking matte
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by manvsmachine 17y ago
I don't see how the two philosophies are necessarily contrary. Nobody is saying that doing what you love must comprise one's "day job". I think the idea behind the saying is that, generally speaking, one must love (or at least like) what th
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by manvsmachine 17y ago
This reminds me of what I tell people when they chastise me for my (sometimes copious) use of profanity: "I'm concerned about what what I say, not particularly how I say it."
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by manvsmachine 17y ago
Being nitpicky for a second: There is a different between something being "in the cloud" and "on a server", the difference being that if your stuff is just on a remote server, you could go to wherever it is, point to it, and say "that's w
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by manvsmachine 17y ago
I too was listening to Lala when I heard about this, and I was instantly concerned. The current model that they have going is really good imo, and I feel like it's inevitable that Apple will cannibalize it and merge the functionality into
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PhotoelasticTouch Combines 3D Shapes With Touchscreens(singularityhub.com)
2 points by manvsmachine 17y ago|0 comments
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ATL News.YC Meetup December 7th(hackernewsatl.eventbrite.com)
2 points by manvsmachine 17y ago|0 comments
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by manvsmachine 17y ago
This is what I need to tell people when I try to explain my love for racing games (and motorsports in general). To me, it really is the epitome of a mastery-based genre, especially when dealing with time attacks. Multiple failures with incr

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