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by metric10 9y ago
I'm curious; where you using this feature? Why was Google Finance better than the alternatives? I've kept an eye on Google Finance for a while and it doesn't appear to have received any updates for a long time. The stock c
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by metric10 9y ago
Repairabilty doesn't nessacry mean easily user swappable parts. It just means that it must be possible for a repair shop to perform the repairs. The legislation specifically targets DRM that's designed to specifically prevent un
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Young blood does not reverse aging in old mice, UC Berkeley study finds(news.berkeley.edu)
107 points by metric10 10y ago|60 comments
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by metric10 10y ago
They're probably factoring in a charging Tesla in the garage.
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by metric10 10y ago
For those with Amazon Prime, a number of "Firing Line" episodes are available with better (relatively speaking) quality from Amazon for free. I think this is the same episode that you linked: https://amzn.com/B007
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by metric10 11y ago
Google the article's title and click on it. WSJ articles referred from Google news search are free. edit: As reported below, try turning off your ad blocker and/or using incognito.
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by metric10 11y ago
But we agree that the Secure Enclave code CAN be updated, correct? I know that it can, because I remember an iOS update that fixed a problem with Touch ID on my iPhone 5s. If the DFU mode can't do it, then you just need to load an OS
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by metric10 11y ago
This appears to be true. If you look at Page 5 of [1], there's a side note about DFU mode. There's no indication that updating the firmware wipes the secure contents of the device, which it would need to in order to be secure: &
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by metric10 11y ago
Assuming you are referring to the San Bernardino case, that is an iPhone 5c which features an A6 series CPU. The Secure Enclave feature was introduced with the A7 [1]. [1] https://www.apple.com/business/docs/iOS_S
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by metric10 11y ago
As the FSF clarifies a few sentences later, their criticism centers around the fact that those users are dependent on Microsoft. When support ends for an old version of a free software distribution, users have the ability to hire someone e
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by metric10 11y ago
Yes, it's how they are supposed to operate. But what makes a call "high priority?" Are 911 operators actually working off this list? What happens if the program fails; what's their back up plan? What happens if there
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by metric10 11y ago
> Sadly, in my own experience, Policing and tech are never done terribly well. This is a poor example of the two cultures not getting along. No IT person worth his salt would ever allow someone to come in and start deploying one off app
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by metric10 11y ago
And the reason he blew up was because any changes to the way 911 operators worked had to be approved. Wow. What I can't believe was that he was allowed to resign and wasn't fired on the spot.
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by metric10 11y ago
Profit share means that when you total up all the money that's been made as profits for the industry, 92% of that money went to Apple and 8% went to "other." If Apple where to wipe out the competition as you suggest, then th
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by metric10 11y ago
It means that if Apple where to lower their prices then they'd only be hurting their own profits. Apple (and all scrupulous companies) are trying to maximize profits, not wipe out the competition.
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by metric10 11y ago
Problem is, sometimes you're just sick of the song, not that you hate it and don't want t hear songs like it. Pandora has a "don't play this for a month" option, but even that's too short. It's also not
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by metric10 11y ago
It's a preconfigured VM that includes all the tools for developing for Google Cloud Platform. You just click a button on a console and you have everything you need, with a 5GB persistent $HOME directory. True, you could do everything
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by metric10 11y ago
They likely don't know how this is going to be used, so they want to gather usage statistics (both user and resource) to determine what it should cost.
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by metric10 11y ago
I don't know about Linux's simple_strtoul(), but the C library's strtoul(3) will return ULONG_MAX and set the string pointer to a valid location. So the old code COULD cause an issue if "io_tlb_nslabs" being equal
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by metric10 11y ago
The quote you gave refers to cereals specifically, not vegetarian diets in general. Fruits and vegetables are very high in a wide variety of nutrients and I would argue that it's far easier to eat an all vegetarian diet vs an all me
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by metric10 11y ago
? The issue isn't that Windoes knows your location when you type an email, it's that it sends all this information and much more to Microsoft. If I type an email on my iPhone it doesn't get sent to Apple (unless, of course,
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by metric10 11y ago
You're comparing Microsoft's request to send ALL typing and "inking" (I assume that means touch and stylus events) to Google logging search terms? No matter how you look at it, essentially reserving the right to instal
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by metric10 11y ago
Pay attention to the license. This is not open source as it's for noncommercial use only. Still interesting, just saying.
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by metric10 11y ago
Right. There's no way this would go unnoticed on any enterprise or government network, and once noticed it would end the use Chrome in those environments. In fact it would have unimaginably huge consequences. It would mean huge numb
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by metric10 11y ago
Has anyone actually confirmed that Chrome is continuously sending audio back to Google? I highly doubt that this is the case. Instead, the plug in knows how to recognize "OK Google" all by itself. Once activated, then it star
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by metric10 11y ago
Depends on the situation. A Linux machine running as a server can still be accessed by multiple people. Also, a "user" could be a compromised process that can execute commands. Using stdin or a properly created file means one l
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by metric10 11y ago
From the Hacker News Guidelines: On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intel
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by metric10 11y ago
It's a hold over from World War 2 wage controls. Offering to pay health insurance on the side got around them. It no doubt continues because of the pre-tax benefits. That is, if your employer pays for it then it isn't subject t
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by metric10 11y ago
Depending on the size of the engineer's family and the quality of the insurance, I'm sure you'll go over $1000 pretty easily. People don't realize that their employer pays most of their insurance. The 20-something prob
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by metric10 12y ago
With an unconscious and unresponsive driver? Are you nuts? EDIT: I have seen cars stopped on shoulders all the time. It may be dangerous compared to a parking lot, but this is an emergency situation. The driver is incapacitated and may

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