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by pbhowmic 10y ago
I have 2012 Macbook Pro (non-retina) & I am mostly fine with it. I bought it and the first thing I did was upgrade the RAM to 16 GB. The battery life is getting suckier on it but I I can still live with it. The loss of MagSafe is a big
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by pbhowmic 10y ago
My single biggest fear was that they would end the MagSafe and that has come to pass. 3 kids, 3 cats, 2 dogs, the MagSafe has saved my existing MacBook Pro so many times.
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Buick Up, Honda and Subaru Down, Says Consumer Reports: The Two-Way(npr.org)
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by pbhowmic 10y ago
It depends on what I am trying to improve on. Currently it is the CMU Database Group https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHnBsf2rH-K7pn09rb3qvkA because I have never taken any DB courses in school and I felt the need to s
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by pbhowmic 10y ago
Even if I were to grant that the Wells Fargo CEO should have been charged with fraud and he was not, that does not mean this BackPage scum-CEO should not have been charged. Two wrongs don't make a right.
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Chromecast Ultra: This is not how you launch a product(chromecast.com)
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Chinese teen starves mom to death in fury at brutal Internet addiction boot camp(washingtonpost.com)
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Apple Is Said to Be Rethinking Strategy on Self-Driving Cars(nytimes.com)
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Doctor Who resurrects lost serial 'The Power of the Daleks' thanks to animation(latimes.com)
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by pbhowmic 10y ago
Exactly right. The TV itself is a durable product my TV is 8 years old. This is what I like about the modular approach of "pluggable" smarts. Upgrade the smarts by upgrading the cheaper smart module in this case Chromecast or Fire
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Seven Databases in Seven Weeks Seminar- CMU Database Group (2014)(db.cs.cmu.edu)
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Btree vs. LSM(github.com)
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So many lovely beaches in Malibu, if only you could get to them(latimes.com)
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Comedy Central Cancels 'The Nightly Show'- POLITICO Media(politico.com)
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by pbhowmic 10y ago
What's the alternative? Give me a credible one and I will change my mind about Scrums. It's not great but I need an alternative, one that is better enough to abandon scrums.
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States Vie to Shield the Wealth of the 1 Percent(nytimes.com)
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Not All the High-Tech Jobs Are in California(bloomberg.com)
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by pbhowmic 10y ago
Apple in 2005. I was taking an investments class in community college and this was the investment decision I made as part of a homework assignment/project. Of course, sold too early to buy a house and ...
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If California's a 'bad state for business,' why is it leading in job/GDP growth?(latimes.com)
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The Case for Working in Silicon Valley and Living in the Rust Belt(bloomberg.com)
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When Subpoenas Threaten Climate Science(nytimes.com)
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by pbhowmic 10y ago
The headline is really at odds with the article itself. A probe would look into evidence of wrongdoing. The article is talking about data gathering on the impact of services such as AirBnB.
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by pbhowmic 10y ago
As did I and for the same exact reasons. I am the only dev on the project (it is a startup) and we need to get to MVP fast.
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by pbhowmic 10y ago
Not news. Move on.
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Geneva Opens Criminal Probe After Mossack Fonseca Complaint(bloomberg.com)
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by pbhowmic 10y ago
same here. Mine is 2012 and if they don't offer something decent this fall, I will just add in an SSD to replace the HDD. That ought to hold the perf for a while longer.
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Polls – Brexit tracker(ig.ft.com)
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by pbhowmic 10y ago
Well ahead of the other major players. Well done.
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bloomberg.com npr.org stackoverflow.com medium.com
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Poultry Workers in Diapers as Bathroom Breaks Denied, Oxfam Says(bloomberg.com)
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