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by nullflux 15y ago
But basically the situation would have become more like android, instead of people getting their distributions from debian or redhat every PC manufacturer would have created their own distro. Upvoted for a very intelligent reply and extre
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by nullflux 15y ago
You'd be fine. Just let the inspectors in and be super-transparent. Plenty of people have research reactors, and if you aren't a belligerent theocracy, you shouldn't have much of a problem. Just play nice.
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by nullflux 15y ago
I really want to love this. iPad hardware just doesn't deliver. The problem isn't that nice drawing software like this doesn't exist, it's that styli on iPad still suck . The capacitive screen (even on "new" iPad) only has about a 6mm capa
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by nullflux 15y ago
Taking this too seriously, but you could probably do it by hacking up a mobile inkjet printer and turning the ink volume way down to control ink bleed. Edit: Looks like some guy already did this: http://blog.makezine.com/2011/09/26/toilet-
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by nullflux 15y ago
The whole joy of something not working and you sitting in front of the system for hours at length to get it working is something i truly miss. I certainly don't. Are you sure this isn't just rosy retrospection?[1] There's a reason why apt
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by nullflux 15y ago
Semi-unrelated: Does anyone recommend a good LaTeX tutorial/book?
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by nullflux 15y ago
Around where? Seattle? Certainly not within a 200 mile radius of, well, just about anywhere else. When I see Microsoft's new ads, I still cringe. It's just a veiled "developers, developers, developers" thing. It still feels like the rich
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by nullflux 15y ago
What ruined the product for you? In what way is it too crowded? (I am not affiliated with Pinterest. Just curious from a product perspective.)
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by nullflux 15y ago
Everyone talks about authenticity in social media (that somebody wants to see "real" content from "real" people) which really makes sense because it is the most human thing. But what if the bots pass a Turing test and deliver relevant conte
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by nullflux 15y ago
I'm going to ask the dumb question that the article doesn't explain: why do people hate Romanians so much? I've never found Romanians awful people. Is this just more ethnocentric rubbish and typical hostility toward Eastern European immigra
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by nullflux 15y ago
The sharpness surprised me. What a beautiful combination of new and old.
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by nullflux 15y ago
"Lots of our customers are using Exec as a way to provide their team members with more leisure time." This. I hate waking up early, work very long hours, and find the majority of the time I have for running errands falls outside of traditio
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by nullflux 15y ago
I guess I didn't get to my point clearly. What I'm saying was "Who cares what the temperature in the data center is? We'll just put some guy in a cold suit if it is more efficient." Humans usually adapt when it is in their favor to.
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by nullflux 15y ago
I am afraid of how this will actually turn out. I think the biggest problem is going to be sorting the signal to noise ratio: women's fashion is ephemeral as well as seasonal. Items people want will be in perennially short supply, and items
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by nullflux 15y ago
First things first, congratulations. Do you guys on either side of it want to get into the terms of acquisition a bit more, just for curiosity's sake? I suspect that it is not a spectacular return for the seed investors. Forrst guys get job
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by nullflux 15y ago
Why not make it "Git for humans (that don't use git yet)"?
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by nullflux 15y ago
> you join a project that uses assembly language, which you find too hard to learn, so you decide you'll be using Ruby instead. That's not my point. My point is that if legit gets people into using Git as their VCS, it seems silly to at
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by nullflux 15y ago
The same argument could be used with assembly language vs. Ruby/Python, but that doesn't stop people from using higher-level abstractions to get things done easily. They exist to streamline a process. I see much ado about nothing in these c
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by nullflux 15y ago
The problem with education is that these tests treat students as a commodity. "Standardized" tests tend not to be even remotely useful in diagnosing the positive social capability of a human being. It is a travesty that American teachers an
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by nullflux 15y ago
This seems to me to be something that should have been issued as an OS-level patch. Apple could prevent a lot of these issues by using an application-specific UDID generated by the device. Hash the UDID with a random salt generated from ent
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by nullflux 15y ago
We also seem to get along fine in space, under water, in low oxygen environments, in irradiated environments, in freezing environments... The point of this is: who cares if the data center is warm/hot? It's as hot as that inside a mascot su
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by nullflux 15y ago
While slightly off-topic, do read more of lesswrong.com if you are new to the site. I personally find the site to be a solid repository of useful/thoughtful content.
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by nullflux 15y ago
"Nobody embodies your userbase better than your mom" That is not a universal truth. Is your mother computer literate? How does she use web applications and her computer? How does she connect to the product? What niche does the application
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by nullflux 15y ago
The only way I can see to reinvent the big music companies is to not consume their content and help contribute to the independent labels.
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by nullflux 15y ago
Every major label is suing Grooveshark, so they'll likely get damages one way or another.
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by nullflux 15y ago
How are these relevant with the dawn of tablets and ultraportable, cheap laptops? Is it just price, or am I missing something?
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by nullflux 15y ago
TLDR: Pinterest is getting lots of criticism from press on specific issues and they are editing them. * "pro-ana" (anorexia) pinboards containing "thinspo" (pictures and sayings to reinforce anorexia) were featured in a Jezebel post. Pinter
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by nullflux 15y ago
Can I get something to read on this premise? This type of "unconscious influence" stuff reeks of conspiracy theory or an irrelevant conclusion from sociological data. (Not calling you wrong, but I'm skeptical of this conclusion.)
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by nullflux 15y ago
Also: Can we really call this a "regressive tax" like the Wired article states? There is no obligation to play the game. You are obligated to pay taxes. Numbers games (lotteries) are run by governments now because organized crime was runnin
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by nullflux 15y ago
That same site has an interesting article on Martingale betting systems: http://wizardofodds.com/gambling/betting-systems/ IIRC, a martingale strategy will eventually destroy you because it requires an exponentially sustainable bankroll t

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