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by nrb 10y ago
I'd imagine we don't have just "Google" because the word Google comes up in conversation in many contexts that are not the user requesting assistance from Google Home.
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by nrb 10y ago
At the absolute minimum, I'm sure Walt Disney Imagineering would love to find creative uses for this in their theme parks.
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by nrb 10y ago
It seems like the author is indeed referring to Free Software, but then makes a comparison to free-as-in-beer web services.
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by nrb 10y ago
Crumple zones, seat belts, and air bags are a far cry from setting hard limits on performance characteristics of the vehicle, even if those same requirements may have had a negligible impact on vehicle performance. I guess the question is w
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by nrb 10y ago
Uhh... I'm pretty sure vehicle safety improvements have more to do with that than anything.
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by nrb 10y ago
Depending on the type of fabric, it can breathe extremely well.
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by nrb 10y ago
You cannot be jailed in the US for debts other than unpaid taxes.
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by nrb 10y ago
Anecdotally, in Illinois it costs more than that just to file your LLC and reserve your company name.
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by nrb 10y ago
The 40x rule is actually a decent guideline in most housing markets in the US.
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by nrb 10y ago
Why exactly would you prefer that over a longer exercise window? What are the odds that the startup you joined 2 years in will successfully exit (even 8 years later in the case of Dropbox)?
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by nrb 10y ago
Is protecting user privacy really the primary focus of this initiative? It seems to be another step in the multi-front battle between Netflix and ISPs: 1) Expose ISPs who limit your bandwidth to the service. 2) Protect against manipulation&
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by nrb 10y ago
In the age of smart guns that only the owner can fire, why is "he was reaching for my gun" a valid reason?!? How many wrongful death lawsuit settlements does it take to retrofit or replace the existing firearms?
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by nrb 10y ago
If you use Chrome/Chromium you can see with More Tools > Task Manager and view Memory/CPU/Network usage by tab.
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by nrb 10y ago
His point is that, if you are correct, they could easily work with someone who is certified to give this advice.
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by nrb 11y ago
Doesn't this sound like something a startup can come in and alleviate? Anyone have any recommendations for identity verification as a service?
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by nrb 11y ago
He is clearly referring to German and French.
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by nrb 11y ago
You do not need to know parallel parking to pass a driving test, in Illinois and probably many other states.
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by nrb 11y ago
market forces
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by nrb 11y ago
I think he's talking about people who are at a decent standard of living that becomes reduced, thus the potential parents not "wanting to bring a child into this troubled world."
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by nrb 11y ago
Because if you give 1 billion dollars away, you are 1 billion less wealthy. If you give away 1 billion dollars worth of Azure credits, you are some much smaller percentage of 1 billion less wealthy, and the recipient is still receiving 1 bi
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by nrb 11y ago
If you have wifi hotspots in every station you can track the trains that way, no GPS required.
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by nrb 11y ago
More like "Junior devs should not be shipping nonreviewed code into lifesaving medical devices."
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by nrb 11y ago
The two aren't mutually exclusive. Humans have pursued leisure for probably as long as there have been humans.
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by nrb 11y ago
The flip side is also true, the lack of "arbitrary" rules are sometimes making airbnb guests comfortable at the expense of neighbors/communities. Isn't it the case he's making that there should be sensible middle gr
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by nrb 11y ago
Google's response: "Our Google Play policies (specifically clause 4.4) have long prohibited apps that interfere with other apps (such as by altering their functionality, or removing their way of making money). We apply this policy
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by nrb 11y ago
The thing is, this isn't censorship "on the internet" but on their private, closed platform that people choose to be a part of.
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by nrb 11y ago
It absolutely is a fundamental problem. Just because government-run prisons have some overlap in their human rights abuses with private-run doesn't excuse the business model of the latter. When you are paid by the bed, it is in your
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by nrb 11y ago
The three-tier system was created after the end of prohibition to provide a single point for the control and taxation of alcoholic beverages by the states, the wholesalers (distributors). It also protected the smaller suppliers (breweries)
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by nrb 11y ago
He's referring to the ads on their search engine results page, not their ad network for publishers.
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by nrb 11y ago
Triggering a window re-paint seems to correct this: resize the window, toggle the embedded developer tools window, etc.

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