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by mng2 13y ago
It's interesting to compare the New Yorker coverage from January (paywall, but there's a summary): http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/01/28/130128fa_fact_...
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by mng2 13y ago
>2 WD RED 7200RPM 3TB drives (with lifetime warranty!) I thought Reds were ~5400 RPM ("Intellipower") with a three year warranty.
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by mng2 13y ago
I agree. In fact, I'm still using a Symbian phone, and the maps still work. (Offline maps are essentially the only smartphone-esque feature that I make use of on a regular basis, so I feel no need to upgrade.)
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by mng2 13y ago
It's a Korean airline, so the crew members are probably able to speak both Korean and English.
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by mng2 13y ago
Me too. Large files are served from S3 though (using a CNAME).
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by mng2 13y ago
When I went to Berkeley, those with no programming experience were encouraged to take CS 3 (Simply Scheme) before taking CS 61A (SICP).
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by mng2 14y ago
As a fraction of GDP, yes.
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by mng2 14y ago
I have an X200s without a trackpad. It invariably blows people's minds when they try to use my laptop and there's nothing where the trackpad would usually be.
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by mng2 14y ago
I also find it strange that a chip company is out on Kickstarter. From their website, though, apparently they started on an initial $2 million, which is peanuts for this industry. On some level I think it's an opportunistic marketing move,
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by mng2 14y ago
Then instead of "I have solved", you should say "I have proposed solutions to."
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by mng2 14y ago
It's more a function of the magazine the article runs in. Mags like the Atlantic and the New Yorker still run plenty of long-form journalism.
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by mng2 14y ago
The GIMP has "layer modes." http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-concepts-layer-modes.html
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by mng2 14y ago
It's called "substantial similarity." One of the tests is whether a "reasonable observer" would be likely to mistake one for the other. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substantial_similarity It's nice work but the author should've used diffe
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by mng2 14y ago
Haha, thanks for sharing. I do think it's kind of odd that that woman would do something like that. You don't generally approach random people and boast about the accomplishments of your children. In my mom's case, she socializes at church
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by mng2 14y ago
There was a nice article in the New Yorker last year about it. Not available online but you can probably find it at your local library. http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/01/10/110110fa_fact_...
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by mng2 14y ago
It's just a Chinese Parent thing. I went to Berkeley (EECS) but my mom is always telling me about her friend's son who's doing a PhD at Harvard, or her friend's son who's a director at some chip firm, etc. You get used to it after a while.
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by mng2 14y ago
OK, perhaps the parent presented a rhetorical question. I do think that this discussion needs to keep the two governments distinct, so I was trying to give some background. But it seems I may have just muddied the waters by not mentioning h
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by mng2 14y ago
My mistake; I knew that didn't sound right when I typed it.
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by mng2 14y ago
According to China (the People's Republic of China), Taiwan (the Republic Of China) is a "renegade province." Both the PRC and the ROC claim that they are the legitimate government of China. In the US, ever since Nixon instituted the "two C