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by newman8r 9y ago
I haven't had to figure out anything like that in the last few years. I'm not very social - I hang out with friends a few times a month and usually just hack on stuff and drink a few beers. I've got lots of radios though, and
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by newman8r 9y ago
Yeah, there's a few services that are hard to use due to requiring phone number verification. Ironically, twilio was one of them. I just don't use these services, but if I absolutely needed to, I could figure it out. I ended up us
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Ask HN: Thoughts on this fact-checking platform concept
3 points by newman8r 9y ago|4 comments
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by newman8r 9y ago
I don't have a phone at all. I am thinking about getting a prepaid phone at some point in the future (I did this at one point - you can get a $5 phone and pay under $100 for minutes that will last a year). It doesn't even feel wei
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by newman8r 9y ago
I got rid of my phone ~2 years ago and I feel the same way about that decision
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by newman8r 9y ago
interesting idea - and if you don't have a permanent residence you could just stop by a post office. Seems like they have the right infrastructure and are presently in need of a new business model.
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by newman8r 9y ago
perhaps allowing tokens/passwords to be established for existing SSNs would be an alternative to national IDs. You could even create a separate token each time you needed to supply the SSN, so that if it's ever leaked, the source
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by newman8r 9y ago
I don't have anything against the wealthy, but it kind of irks me when people with inherited wealth try to maintain some illusion that they're financial geniuses. Personally, I grew up thinking my grandfather was a great businessm
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by newman8r 9y ago
I wonder if you could get around it with a relay and some resistors to trick the system into thinking the charge is lower than it actually is
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by newman8r 9y ago
I think to me, the difference is that in ICE vehicles, you're often tuning them up (requires additional research, testing, warranties) rather than tuning them down. I also assume there's some additional hardware to support the inc
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by newman8r 9y ago
If that's all it came down to I'd agree with you but I don't know of any ICE models where the difference is solely software that locks features down (or, as you said, drilling a hole somewhere to limit functionality). They ma
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by newman8r 9y ago
hah just replied with exactly the same thing. I'd say it was a PR move, but advertising that they lock down features doesn't strike me as wise.. but then again, I'm not an ad man.
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by newman8r 9y ago
interesting. In that case, I wonder how useful this update is, since it would presumably just allow the consumers to charge their cars for a longer period of time, but they should probably be getting the hell out of the storm path instead.
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by newman8r 9y ago
lol I own 2 macbook pros and a mac pro - wiped apple software off an installed linux on all of them. never looked back. They all work great (a little bit of extra work setting up) - but you are right, I wouldn't have bought them if I k
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by newman8r 9y ago
I know it's an established concept (I put modded firmware on my nikon d5100 - basically makes it more like a d7100) it just seems perverse in this situation though. vehicles have more of a 'life and death' component than a di
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by newman8r 9y ago
that's a fair point. Are these ICE features solely locked down by software though?
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by newman8r 9y ago
IMO locking down the battery capacity via software is pretty lame. Does anyone know exactly how this is done? does the battery just never charge up all the way? does it claim it's empty when there's actually more charge left? Are
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by newman8r 9y ago
also bastard colors (if for no other reason than the name) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastard_color impossible colors are fun too https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impossible_color
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by newman8r 9y ago
and you don't need to download 15mb of garbage to read a few kb of news
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by newman8r 9y ago
take a look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QRP_operation - there's an entire community dedicated to this pursuit. Also take a look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LowFER - you can even use
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by newman8r 9y ago
Awesome idea and nice work. Personally I find these types of conceptual exercises very useful.
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by newman8r 9y ago
can you recommend any books that introduce the concept well?
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by newman8r 9y ago
for anyone interested in more good beginner resources, I really enjoyed this youtube playlist on python NLTK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGxgnH8y2NM&list=PLQVvvaa0Qu... edit* I accidentally linked to another good pl
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by newman8r 9y ago
I'm just starting to dive into NLP and I'm curious if this type of technique could be viable for identifying the same users across multiple social media accounts.
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Ask HN: Good freeway traffic simulators
1 points by newman8r 9y ago|0 comments
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by newman8r 9y ago
Yeah people interpret the term in different ways. Personally, I just consider it to mean living on property that doesn't have utility easements on it. Generally that will put you in an area with a lot of open space.
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by newman8r 9y ago
I drank the linux koolaid and haven't used apple software in ages, but I will consider myself informed, good to know.
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by newman8r 9y ago
does this do anything beyond the capabilities of a vanilla kali install?
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by newman8r 9y ago
I think it's an interesting question. One use case example: if I'm looking up resources to learn about cryptocurrencies, I want a web 2.0 style experience. If I'm on an exchange and trading those cryptos, I'd rather have
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by newman8r 9y ago
I spent some time out in the desert on a 5 acre parcel I purchased outright. There were neighbors about a quarter of a mile away and I drove into town every few days. I think complete isolation is probably a different story but low populati

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