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901.
by plg 13y ago
barf
902.
by plg 13y ago
I'm confused ... is it (declared) stable? or is this a beta?
903.
by plg 13y ago
The world is not a meritocracy, and so we must not underestimate the value (ROI?) of the various social connections one makes at different schools and degree programs.
904.
by plg 13y ago
These men and women are signing up to protect us, at great personal physical (not to mention psychological) risk. They should absolutely earn a living wage that enables them to live in the community in which they serve.
905.
by plg 13y ago
If it means we will have an actual word processor on iOS, all the better. I for one am deeply disappointed with the direction Apple has taken with iWork. Not least of which is the (a) removal of features and (b) incompatibility with recent
906.
by plg 13y ago
ah that's what I was missing. it goes under clothes
907.
by plg 13y ago
so when am I going to be able to walk into a shop, go into a change room, strip to my underwear, and get a 3D laser scan of my body, that then gets used by clothing companies X Y and Z (of my choosing) to custom-cut clothing that fits me pr
908.
by plg 13y ago
looks ... great??? umm sorry but I know I'm not a fashionista but does this look attractive to anyone?
909.
Gmail IMAP access is suddenly v slow
1 points by plg 13y ago|1 comments
910.
by plg 13y ago
also (1) children in school may have no choice but to agree, and (2) just because you agree to something in a contract doesn't necessarily mean it's enforceable. For example there are some rights you can't sign away in a cont
911.
How Stats Fool Juries(youtube.com)
1 points by plg 13y ago|0 comments
912.
by plg 13y ago
another one?
913.
by plg 13y ago
It's just amazing. I found the same thing with "old" Pages documents (from 2008 as well). What am I supposed to do now? It does not make me feel like continuing to put all of my work in iWork format. If one were to go Microso
914.
by plg 13y ago
"my prospects for gainful employment have been harmed" sounds like he's gearing up to sue Newsweek
915.
by plg 13y ago
Is this what passes for journalism today? (see section below bracketed in +++) quote from the CNN story: "Report: Plane flew low to avoid radar Whoever was flying the airplane may have flown below 5,000 feet and used mountainous terrai
916.
by plg 13y ago
so someone tell me the real risk of me getting sued (or even threatened) by a movie company, by my ISP, by my police department, and then I will use it. maybe
917.
by plg 13y ago
Seems like a business opportunity: for companies to make their own linux friendly hardware ... or to modify existing laptops to be linux friendly.
918.
TunnelBear VPN app(tunnelbear.com)
52 points by plg 13y ago|45 comments
919.
by plg 13y ago
We need someone rich and powerful to champion this cause, to put their name, influence, reputation behind it. We need an Elon Musk or a Mark Zuckerburg to just do it, and say go ahead, try suing me, I am going to change the system.
920.
by plg 13y ago
oh yeah good point!! I totally forgot about "sponsored tweets".
921.
by plg 13y ago
so annoying, what am I paying for if this goes down like this? oh wait...
922.
by plg 13y ago
how about one VPS per child
923.
by plg 13y ago
It's hard to see this gaining traction in a world with the likes of iPython, Octave, R, etc.
924.
by plg 13y ago
Unless I'm missing something, only apps that specifically include iAds will result in a user being subjected to these full-screen video ads ... right? Presumably this will only occur for free apps? I don't see why (a) people have
925.
by plg 13y ago
how is this not a blatant ripoff of sublime text??
926.
by plg 13y ago
Yet another worrying sign is that at my university (and I've heard similar stories from colleagues at others) is now deciding that instead of hiring 2 or 3 junior faculty positions (new academics straight out of a postdoc into their fi
927.
by plg 13y ago
ummm how about only navigating to your gmail page when you want to check mail?
928.
by plg 13y ago
"But today there is no way to do this without money. That’s the difficulty. In order to do science you have to have it supported. The supporters now, the bureaucrats of science, do not wish to take any risks. So in order to get it supp
929.
by plg 13y ago
the voice sounds like Catherine Keener http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001416/?ref_=tt_cl_t6
930.
by plg 13y ago
really? I'm obviously at the wrong BigCo

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