mdekkers

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by mdekkers 8y ago
It is beyond me why people would want to put a live mic in their home. Every dystopian story, real or fiction, features some element of constant observation, and here we go, happily placing these devices in our homes. Insane
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by mdekkers 8y ago
Why? Gravity
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by mdekkers 8y ago
Frankly we just don’t need nuclear You lambast the actual statistics cited, but fail to provide anything yourself. How much TW is currently produced globally by Nuclear, and how much Solar or other renewables? What is the timeframe until
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by mdekkers 8y ago
- On scale of 1-5 (3 being ok, 5 being really bad), what’s your stress level? I would think "1" would be OK. Anything over "1" would have a level of stress, and stress is a productivity/motivation/health&#x2F
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by mdekkers 8y ago
does anyone REALLY have meaningful thoughts about their job/career path EVERY WEEK? I think that depends on how happy you are where you work. Some people might have thoughts about that every hour or so.
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by mdekkers 8y ago
To be fair, this is trivial to automate - barcode on the token, scan on the other side, conveyor belt pops out your trays.
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by mdekkers 9y ago
so, you can only run Bubble stuff on their systems? That means it isn't yours at all. What happens when they go bust? what about your apps then?
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by mdekkers 9y ago
thank you for the excellent explanation!
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by mdekkers 9y ago
Hydrogen [...] is basically not present in nature. I am probably misunderstanding the whole "most abundant element in the universe" thing. Can you explain?
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by mdekkers 9y ago
distributing hydrogen requires trucks and you have to refuel them at fuel stations The physical and mental infrastructure for both of these are already in place.
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by mdekkers 9y ago
"the vast increase in welfare beneficiaries and the extension of the franchise to women [...] have rendered the notion of ‘capitalist democracy’ into an oxymoron." That guy is a nice piece of work.
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by mdekkers 9y ago
...blew my mind! (sorry, i'll leave now)
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Facebook says users must accept targeted ads even under new EU law(uk.reuters.com)
5 points by mdekkers 9y ago|0 comments
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by mdekkers 9y ago
Microsoft however is still too big for my liking. and I believe in the free market. come across as difficult to combine statements in my mind.
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by mdekkers 9y ago
tbe ripples will be felt for centuries hah, seriously? "centuries" as in "hundreds of years"? Do you have _any_ kind of half-way decent argument to back up that -frankly outlandish- assertion? I'm not a big MSFT f
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by mdekkers 9y ago
But it offers them additional months of life Personally, I always wonder why people go through the pain and expenses to add a few more months. Years/cure - yes, go for it. A few months? I'll take the painkillers and anti anxiety
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by mdekkers 9y ago
Cold War 2.0, with all the bullshit that comes with it. Having lived through the insanity of constant hyped up threat of nuclear attack the last time around, I really think we should do what we can to avoid it this time. It wasn't a pl
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Google is Always Listening if it is Open and you have a Microphone(geektyrant.com)
2 points by mdekkers 9y ago|0 comments
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by mdekkers 9y ago
And I really don't think this Kremlinology-based approach could capture it anymore ...eh? How is "study and analysis of the politics and policy of Russia" related to this?
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by mdekkers 9y ago
It’s not often that you write a paper proposing a hypothesis that you don’t support. Come work in corporate IT, we do this all the time :)
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by mdekkers 9y ago
Bullshit. The "garbage on the curb" situation is due to the fact a court ruled that once you dispose of garbage "in a public place", there is no reasonable expectation of privacy . Destroying email is exactly the opposi
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by mdekkers 9y ago
I cannot understand the pushback against cashless systems I am deeply comfortable with the idea that I have the option to keep my spending habits private, and not subject to data mining. I also like the idea of not being tracked all the t
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by mdekkers 9y ago
paywalled
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by mdekkers 9y ago
If all the PR and the CEO keep saying “autopilot”, users will use it as auto pilot. If it isn’t autopilot, it should have a different name. That is exactly my point.
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by mdekkers 9y ago
Tesla refuses to allow third party repair or parts Interesting. I think this is, or will soon be, illegal in the EU - we have legislation around driving more openness from manufacturers to 3rd party repairs. I have to admit to not knowing
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by mdekkers 9y ago
The system that Tesla has is in a different class Indeed! The Tesla system appears to have a much higher probability of killing you! I don't see headlines about "$carbrand cruise control out of control, kills driver"
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by mdekkers 9y ago
I think that the S and X have three forward-looking cameras center-mounted. And I think that given Tesla's known propensity of logging _everything_, they would ave video footage of those camera's saved somewhere. I wonder if thi
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by mdekkers 9y ago
You are not clearly communicating what you mean in your original post. Do you think the TC's are robbing? The GC's? I am not sure anyone is talking about resettling Varosha, so I don't really understand your point. In any cas
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by mdekkers 9y ago
Fun fact - given the current implementation of Autopilot, it is insane to expect an autonomous vehicle. There should be some kind of common sense/intelligence test for would-be users of Autopilot. So far, every incident involving Autop
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by mdekkers 9y ago
Sorry, none of them were legal. This was pure and simple the idea of the Turks being unhappy with Greek Cypriot rule. Source: lived in Cyprus for 5 years.

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