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by milesf 10y ago
Third-party cables, docks, and maybe even specialty slim side dongles will fill the gap quite nicely. I'll still wait for the second iteration of this lot simply because I've been bit too many times in the past by first-gen Apple
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Russia's New ICBM Could “Wipe Out Texas”(popularmechanics.com)
3 points by milesf 10y ago|0 comments
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by milesf 10y ago
I remember being a teenager back in the 1980's and the threat of a nuclear holocaust. What dangerous times we suddenly find ourselves in. Russia is sabres rattling over US decisions, Trump or Hillary will be the next US Presiden, and n
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Russia unveils 'Satan 2' missile, could wipe out France or Texas(cnn.com)
3 points by milesf 10y ago|2 comments
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by milesf 10y ago
This what I like to call "both/and". I like both the old reliable and the new shiny. So often people want things to be "either/or". Either I'm going to use this solution or that one. The key is to know the
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by milesf 10y ago
I thought the article would be about THIS Levi Strauss :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Strauss
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by milesf 10y ago
You don't have volume control on your phone?
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by milesf 10y ago
Can someone help me understand why the city confiscated some of the houses, then returned them damaged with the solar systems removed? This makes no sense to me.
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by milesf 10y ago
Ah bulletin boards :) For years I have been searching for a copy of Blue Board ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Board_(software) ), a popular BBS program in the Vancouver, BC, Canada area written by the late Martin S
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by milesf 10y ago
FYI: A free course from the University of Glasgow just started today as well. https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/functional-programming-h...
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A History of Haskell: Being Lazy with Class (2007) [pdf](research.microsoft.com)
6 points by milesf 10y ago|1 comments
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IPv6 Wall of Shame(ipv6wallofshame.com)
81 points by milesf 10y ago|75 comments
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by milesf 10y ago
Did they buy this from some other company and then rebrand it?
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by milesf 10y ago
> Nobody's offended by your choice, that's your personal call, but to think that your particular decision is one other people can or should make, forcing your will on them, is pretty arrogant. We are talking about physical real
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How Snowden Escaped(news.nationalpost.com)
4 points by milesf 10y ago|0 comments
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What You Should Know About Remote Work(lesseverything.com)
2 points by milesf 10y ago|0 comments
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by milesf 10y ago
I know this will sound cold, but why is this story here? Does it really fit the guideline of "anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity"? I've shoehorned it into my rationalization for being here as advice on
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by milesf 10y ago
No, they are too beholden to large corporations who will not be railroaded into using an OS they don't need or cannot use for compatibility reasons. It may take some time, but eventually Microsoft will capitulate. They always capitulat
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by milesf 10y ago
Won't happen. Microsoft has made threats like this before, and backed off at the last minute.
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by milesf 10y ago
Oh look! It's the Lancet! http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-67... And oh, look! Abstinence-only is not very effective, but Abstinence-plus presents all the information, including
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by milesf 10y ago
Safe sex pretty much always works...riiiiight. Condoms never break. I remember the term safe sex back in the late 80's. Then the term was changed to safer sex. So let's say you're going to have sex with a person and just befo
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by milesf 10y ago
Nonsense. Public health is the cumulative sum of all our personal choices. This is especially true with STI's.
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by milesf 10y ago
Go for it, man. Do whatever you want. I respect a person's right to believe anything they want, all I ask is they respect my right to believe whatever I want. I did both. Have a look at other responses I gave in this thread. As far as
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by milesf 10y ago
Who cares! I remember listening to abed stuff back in the 80's, and chose to have sex anyway. As I mentioned in another comment, in 1990 I heard about the _science_ behind sexually transmitted diseases and chose to stop.
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by milesf 10y ago
Preachy? Seriously? I am not here to change minds or win friends. I'm 47. I respect a person's right to believe whatever they want, all I ask is they respect my right to believe whatever I want. Yes, it does work for me and many o
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by milesf 10y ago
All drugs. Cocaine, marijuana, heroin, you name it. Legislation doesn't work, it only creates black markets that jack the price up and fund the less scrupulous elements of our society. Is _that_ an answer for you?
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by milesf 10y ago
> Clearly you live on some other planet where people don't have sex before marriage I admit that I really don't belong here in this world. I'll give you that. Was I a virgin before I married? No. But when I learned about t
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by milesf 10y ago
Well, it works well for me. 16 years married, and I have never cheated. In fact most of my friends and colleagues have been married a long time, including my friend Irving. He and his wife have been married for 70 years (they're both 9
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by milesf 10y ago
You didn't detect the note of humour in my comment? :)
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by milesf 10y ago
It's a personal choice. Frankly I am okay with all drugs being legal as well. It's not going to sway my decision not to use them.

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