neolefty

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by neolefty 10y ago
Citation?
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by neolefty 10y ago
I love this kind of discussion -- the danger of initial hiccups prejudicing people against the future potential of a tech. If most cars are autonomous, then it seems pretty reasonable -- people will get used to them and I think we'll f
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by neolefty 10y ago
Is there a link to the source code? Edit: found it on the downloads page http://www.9bis.net/kitty/?page=Download
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by neolefty 10y ago
Here are my guesses: Cheap low-end laptops = not profitable Expensive low-end laptop = MacBook / iPad Desktops = not popular enough to update frequently (desktops have become a small sliver of the laptop market which is itself a small
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by neolefty 10y ago
Do you mean the retina model or the even older one? http://www.cultofmac.com/405009/why-is-apples-ancient-2012-m...
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by neolefty 10y ago
I'll even dispute the "widespread developer backlash" -- it looks good to me, and this reception seems no different from the reception to previous Apple products that broke with the past (no floppy drive, USB for keyboard &am
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by neolefty 10y ago
> barn-storming success of Toy Story
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by neolefty 10y ago
Cook isn't a sales guy -- he's operations. Still an elephant in the room though; there's a natural tension between trying new things and streamlining your existing things.
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by neolefty 10y ago
And before the Mac they had a revolutionary product too ...
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by neolefty 10y ago
How so? To an outsider who knows very little, Nadella seems to be doing great.
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by neolefty 10y ago
It's an automated system designed to comply with the DMCA. Give it a few days for manual intervention to shake things out, then judge.
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by neolefty 10y ago
Not all are bad -- mine has never given me trouble and still has decent battery life fifteen months later.
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by neolefty 10y ago
Good question. I'll try to answer: We are wondering if all the hard work to make that pasta is worth it. It can't possibly be. But maybe it is?
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by neolefty 10y ago
Yes! Thank you for linking that. Our children's experience was very much tied to their extraversion. The most extraverted is doing the best, and the least extraverted has had the biggest net negative outcome, in my opinion.
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by neolefty 10y ago
Ha ha! West Lafayette, Indiana (home of Purdue University).
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by neolefty 10y ago
As others have said, I think it depends on the children's personalities and parenting style. There are definitely things we could have done better. Our children's specific stories: Youngest is extraverted, confident, and resilient
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by neolefty 10y ago
And: "There is an irony to this. The first global computer networks took root in the US thanks to well-regulated state funding and collaborative research environments, while the contemporary (and notably independent) national network e
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by neolefty 10y ago
I took 5 years off of programming, to go with my family to China, where my wife could pursue her ESL career. I taught high school part-time and was a house-husband. We came back this summer, about 3 months ago. I'm 45 and managed to fi
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by neolefty 10y ago
I started just after footpad tracking was disabled, but now "Sightings" lets me track down 'mons just fine. Maybe it's more work than footpad? I wouldn't know.
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by neolefty 10y ago
Have you tried it?
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by neolefty 10y ago
Note that this is a purely statistical analysis of the situation: > “You’d need 10,000 worlds like ours to have the chance that there would be one human who would become 125 years,” said Dr. Vijg. It says nothing about medical breakthrou
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by neolefty 10y ago
Being #1 in India seems like a success in and of itself, considering Allo is entering such a crowded market.
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The story of DARPA's stentrode, “Building a bionic spine”(arstechnica.com)
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Biological GPGPU?
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by neolefty 10y ago
Maybe that explains why I can't see (I bump into things) when I'm doing algebra or other complex logical thinking.
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by neolefty 10y ago
Is there a "fat industry"? Sugar production is very industrialized, just a few companies with a strong lobby. Fat is much more diverse. Sure, there are a few giant soybean oil producers, but it's not their only product, and i
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by neolefty 10y ago
> Furthermore, this case has highlighted the need for a serious discussion on whether there should be nationwide reform with respect to considering tribes’ views on these types of infrastructure projects. I find this whole statement stra
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by neolefty 10y ago
Possible interpretation: Not enough people are trying risky entrepreneurial things; the market is begging us to quit our jobs and try more startups. In other words, productivity gains are meaning that the world is saving too much money, and
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by neolefty 10y ago
Serverless has a very definite meaning to me if I'm tired of administering Linux servers.
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The article rationalizes with physics, arguing that a physically large data store, when it is efficiently implemented, is limited by the inverse-square of distance inherent in a 3D world. Certainly there are exceptions when you make a syste

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