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by ovao 8y ago
Predatory interest rates frankly don't concern or particularly bother me. I think, for me, that only becomes a point of concern if a person is simply mentally unfit to make such decisions for themselves. In such cases the general guida
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by ovao 8y ago
It's disconcerting to me that under the GDPR, online businesses appear to be losing the ability to deny services to a user who knowingly, and with clear consent, chooses to take personal responsibility over the data they provide to sai
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by ovao 8y ago
Aperture Science would surely approve.
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by ovao 8y ago
Some retail businesses don’t accept credit cards. Point being: stranger things have happened.
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by ovao 8y ago
"Yo dawg, I herd u like browsers..."
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by ovao 8y ago
If the main impediment to dining at a restaurant was having to reserve a table, I think that would be a real possibility. But the main impediments are usually cost, complexity in getting to the restaurant, unfamiliarity with how good the fo
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by ovao 8y ago
It's an interesting analogy, since this tool could potentially keep you safe from making costly errors. And, as an email-composing safety driver, you can always take the wheel when you need (or want) to.
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by ovao 8y ago
I don't think there's any basis for the argument that autocomplete tools lead to "homogenization of thought", and therefore no reason to "despise" them.
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by ovao 8y ago
I assume it's a number they chose to strike a balance between security and eventualities that create support burdens. It could probably be user-defined, but when it comes to setting a one-size-fits-all default and offering users an opt
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by ovao 8y ago
Well, why not 7 days?
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by ovao 8y ago
To this end, I strongly suggest checking your local UV index before heading outdoors for any extended period of time. I use an iOS app called UVLens (no affiliation), which displays your local UV index throughout the day and can give you an
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by ovao 8y ago
Exactly. There is the concept and the syntax of pointers, and those are relatively straightforward to understand. I gave up on learning C++ — twice — when I was a kid because no book explained why there are pointers. It’s all very “a poi
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by ovao 8y ago
The mantra tends to be “just use SQL” or “just use SQL, unless...”. Similar to the advice “just use an int, unless...”. The wisdom in that is usually pretty sage. Reach for a SQL database unless there are reasonable and concrete reasons not
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by ovao 8y ago
Which is relatively easy when you’ve written the software stack powering the recipe site, or can at least grok its source (if available). It may not A) be clear to the operator of a recipe site that their stack is logging IPs and B) be re
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by ovao 8y ago
The title of the article matches the title of the submission, which is usually HN policy.
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by ovao 8y ago
> So we can't trust Facebook with our data but they want to store our nude photos. Unless they can monetize on your nude photos, Facebook doesn't want to store them.
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by ovao 8y ago
To me the argument's akin to suggesting that Robert Wadlow wasn't tall, because giraffes are taller than Robert Wadlow. When the spectrum of the context is unambiguous, that's not an argument for finding a way to make it ambi
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by ovao 8y ago
There are motivating reasons for that[0]. The Expect-CT header is its replacement, and is getting picked up by recent versions of Chrome. [0]: https://scotthelme.co.uk/im-giving-up-on-hpkp/
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by ovao 8y ago
No, I wouldn’t. I’m merely suggesting that the author is mischaracterizing the public park situation around Fickett St., and not suggesting that kids in Boyle Heights walk 1.5 miles to their local park.
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by ovao 8y ago
I live in Los Angeles. There are three (what I would call "average-sized") parks within 1.5 miles of the street mentioned in the article, as well as two smaller parks. At least one of them just underwent major renovation over the
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by ovao 9y ago
The $50(+) number came from the post I commented on: > by and large, a $50+ excursion for a family of 4... As for the difficulty in entertaining a family on a budget, it's generally true that as soon as you step outside the door to
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by ovao 9y ago
VR movie-watching is interesting, but I don't know of any headphones that can produce chest-rattling bass. Maybe in tandem with a SUBPAC or something, that might be more compelling.
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by ovao 9y ago
When you consider alternative outings for a family of four, $50 isn't so terribly bad. Where else do you get two to two-and-a-half hours of entertainment for four people including food? If you're having a hard time getting good
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by ovao 9y ago
Productivity and number of hours worked are orthogonal.
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by ovao 9y ago
The Doom 3: BFG sources have also been released, so technically no. Doom 3: BFG is essentially a hybrid of id Tech 4 and id Tech 5.
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by ovao 9y ago
The universal availability of Taco Bell must invariably be the prime directive.
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by ovao 9y ago
Thanks!
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by ovao 9y ago
I don’t think it’s possible to determine from a single blogpost that it’ll work poorly in production.
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by ovao 9y ago
Do you have a link?
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by ovao 9y ago
Your comment doesn’t have any substance. For what reason do you think it’s undesirable?

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