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by nobrains 7y ago
Like when you see a pizza dough being spun...
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by nobrains 7y ago
Its not partial. Its pseudo.
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by nobrains 7y ago
India, Vietnam and others are a big beneficiary of the US-China trade war.
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by nobrains 7y ago
"... despite efforts to conceal his identity ... to hide public blockchain transactions using a Bitcoin mixing service." Does someone have details on what he was trying to do here and why did he have to use bitcoin mixing in the f
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by nobrains 7y ago
This has nothing to do with morality. It is purely economic. Amazon makes a decision whether they can afford to absorb this mistake, and gain brownie/internet/karma/customer-service/loyalty points, or that they cannot af
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by nobrains 7y ago
This car wrap vinyl material is the same stuff that Zagg Invisible Shield ( https://www.zagg.com/eu/en_eu/invisibleshield ) and others use for mobile scratch protection wrapping.
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by nobrains 7y ago
How will they evolve against this: https://4.imimg.com/data4/RH/CQ/NSDMERP-28172796/kainchishoe...
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by nobrains 7y ago
From the blog: "I wanted to remind everyone that Facebook, through its subsidiary Calibra, is just one of the initial 28 Founding Members that are coming together to form the Libra Association. It’s easy to assume from the headlines th
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by nobrains 7y ago
In Dubai, Carrefour has a branch that allows you to scan the items with your while you adding them to your trolley, so that in the end, you do not need to do a full checkout and can just do the payment and walk out. There is another Carrefo
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by nobrains 7y ago
Some anecdotal data. My father's parents had 8 surviving children. My mother's parents had 8 surviving children. My parents had 4 surviving children. I have 4 children. My siblings have, on average, 3 children, and will probably h
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by nobrains 7y ago
The last line is so crushing: "Mr. Ive’s old design team—a group of aesthetes once thought of as gods inside Apple—will report to COO Jeff Williams, a mechanical engineer with an M.B.A."
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by nobrains 7y ago
That sounds like a bad checklist. Some improvements that can be done: 1. Divide the checklist into "required", "lower priority" and "optional" sections. Will help in just focusing on "required" for ti
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by nobrains 7y ago
Google Plus failed because of the following reasons: 1) Invite Only It makes sense for gmail to be invite only, as you can still connect to non gmail users. Its email. It doesn't make sense to make Google Plus invite only. You are just
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by nobrains 7y ago
The inventor of Bitcoin doesn't need to "prove" he invented it and also he did not want to be known.
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by nobrains 7y ago
> look around next time you go out there are cameras _everywhere_ In that case, the cameras can also capture which keystrokes are being typed.
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by nobrains 7y ago
So, how is this: Store money in Bitcoin, and when it needs to be sent, change to Libra and send?
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by nobrains 7y ago
Renaults are the only cars sold in the middle east whose entire range have steering mounted speed limiters. I love that feature.
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by nobrains 7y ago
I think he means that: 1. He will not apply for jobs at Google and Facebook. AND 2. If attempted to be poached by Google and Facebook, he would decline any offer.
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by nobrains 7y ago
Also, a degree is purchased mostly "once" a lifetime. And you cannot sell your degree, like you can sell a house.
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by nobrains 7y ago
That's because Anand Lal Shimpi is not doing the writing anymore...
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by nobrains 7y ago
The real question to ponder is who controls that on off flip switch?
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by nobrains 7y ago
Toilet paper vs. water. The decision is clear, at least in my opinion: Water. Water, by far. And from so many angles (hygeine, cost, ecology, availablity, ikkiness, etc.)
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by nobrains 7y ago
Here is the ass saving statement from the press release: "Senior company leadership was not involved in the review and first became aware of this issue in the aftermath of the Lion Air accident."
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by nobrains 8y ago
"To recap, there’s good evidence that brushing twice a day with fluoride toothpaste is a good idea, especially with a powered toothbrush. For children, there’s good evidence that the use of fluoride varnish or sealants can be a powerfu
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by nobrains 8y ago
... Dubai
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by nobrains 8y ago
The solution, as I imagine it, is the following: 1. data for web apps should be stored separate from the servers as the code. 2. this separate data store should be owned by the user (not the provider of the web app). 3. user should be able
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by nobrains 8y ago
"Why do Buses Come in Threes" I read this book when I was 12 which opened up my mind to the hidden maths of everyday life. I recommend to read this book, even as adults, but HIGHLY recommend to give to children to let them read ab
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by nobrains 8y ago
There is one more reason why the acceptance rate of notification prompts is low (3%), other than the two points mentioned by Mozilla. THAT reason is that simply people do not want to be notified. They value their attention in these times of
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Space debris warning after India destroys satellite(bbc.com)
3 points by nobrains 8y ago|0 comments
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by nobrains 8y ago
Question: What happens to the debris generated? Is there debris generated or the satellite is just "disabled" and falls down? Space debris is a serious future problem, that should not be ignored.

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