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by metageek 15y ago
I use two periods.
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by metageek 15y ago
My HTC phone does that for contacts; not sure whether that's Android or HTC Sense.
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by metageek 15y ago
I expect the initial trials will be on desert roads.
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by metageek 15y ago
You'd think it'd be cheaper and more reliable to make the doors sturdier.
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by metageek 15y ago
Go ask a biologist how long it'll be until humans evolve 360-degree vision.
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by metageek 15y ago
And emotional stability. When I've had a rough day at work, an hour of downtime on the train really improves the face I show at home.
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by metageek 15y ago
It's a standard formation in some publications--e.g., the New York Times.
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by metageek 15y ago
The Veer is overpriced. My Inspire 4G cost the same two months ago, and it's much better hardware, plus something like 10 times the apps. HP should have priced it to where AT&T would sell it for $0 on contract. At $99, there's no way t
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by metageek 15y ago
A more plausible direction, which could have been twisted into this rumor, would be an iPad with a keyboard. It could invade the laptop niche, without the support horrors of introducing an incompatible Mac.
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by metageek 15y ago
> He enjoys thinking about math. He doesn't need $1M to think about math. Ergo, he doesn't need $1M. The fallacy there is the assumption that he will never need $1M to think about math. He could get hit by a bus next week and need $
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by metageek 15y ago
This article should have been tagged as being a video.
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by metageek 15y ago
> Build a browser that does wire compression before sending it down http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2514020 I don't know whether Android's browser is using SPDY yet, but it seems like an obvious step.
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by metageek 15y ago
> How? How would it have cost them less? They could have arranged with Telstra to cut off service to any meter that billed over $X in a month. In fact, that should have been an obvious step to make, because a meter that was sending too
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by metageek 15y ago
Decent summary, but nothing new if you've been following the coverage at Ars.
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by metageek 15y ago
Anybody know what the units are on the (time) calls? Makes a big difference whether these are seconds, ms, or μs.
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by metageek 15y ago
Alternate currencies seem to be legal in the US. There's a minor movement of people setting up local currencies to encourage doing business with local merchants. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_currency
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by metageek 15y ago
I agree that it's mostly pretty good, but here's one flaw that always annoys me: when I tell it I want something under $50, and I only want stuff sold by Amazon, they'll include an item even if Amazon's price is $60, as long as at least one
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by metageek 15y ago
Yes, golf and caber tossing both come from Scotland. No, that doesn't mean they mix.
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by metageek 15y ago
> It's a big project, and it will inescapably require pushing more configuration options out to users (for example, pointing your DNS at a router chosen by geographic homing Heroku should save the customers this pain, by setting up any
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by metageek 15y ago
Yes, because they're going to be doing it in New Mexico, on land that can't be used for crops.
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by metageek 15y ago
Yeah, but you get it back when you go to the doctor.
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by metageek 15y ago
> Many of OP's questions are problematic They're important data, though. Probably best to wait until you've got an offer in hand.
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by metageek 15y ago
> Here you need to change your birthday And, you know, your mom probably won't be too happy when you pop out of your time machine, a week before your birth, and tell her she needs to induce labor.
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by metageek 15y ago
That's true, but the same would apply to any deliberate attempt to reach other life.
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by metageek 15y ago
We're already being loud. We've been leaking radio transmissions into space for the past century.
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by metageek 15y ago
Even in the US, it might be illegal under the ECPA.
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by metageek 16y ago
And the newer E911 requirements which kick in next year call for 100m accuracy.
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by metageek 16y ago
I love this bit: "It sounds simple, but, well, that’s only because we’re simplifying it.".
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by metageek 16y ago
> or are they landlocked? Nice term.
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by metageek 16y ago
Thanks, that does make sense.

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