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by pq0ak2nnd 8y ago
Funny that we laugh at a flat-Earther who tries to shoot himself into orbit , but applaud this effort, when both are on equal scientific footing. https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2018/03/27/
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by pq0ak2nnd 8y ago
Please note I chose my words carefully. I was not asserting I was correct, or as you put it "rationalizing", I was asking. Son, snark just makes you look dumb when you don't actually read the post.
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by pq0ak2nnd 8y ago
Serious q: would investing in infrastructure solve this problem? Is there enough bandwidth / switching capacity to cram 8M people into one small area and still have reasonable latencies? I provided the analysis as a reason why there mi
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by pq0ak2nnd 8y ago
Oh sh*t. My mistake, I confused NYC with Manhattan. Thanks.
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by pq0ak2nnd 8y ago
Let's compare to Manhattan. Switzerland has the same population as Manhattan. Switzerland has a population density of 196/km², Manhattan has a population density of 25,846/km². I'm not absolving the plundering by US Telc
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by pq0ak2nnd 8y ago
#4: Update the Flash I think Flash can be safely removed. I've been flash free for at least a year and all major content sites are supported.
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by pq0ak2nnd 8y ago
That's an interesting question. My first response is: hell no. But I think what's behind your question is the fact that part of UX/UI is to abstract experience and interface. So maybe if I first had to poke at an alien OS I w
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by pq0ak2nnd 8y ago
I get your snark: social media is built on narcissistic borderline personalities. But it does make sense that someone with a huge following might want to redirect to his personal blog, where he has complete control. I left FB two years ago
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by pq0ak2nnd 8y ago
IMHO The 20+ years spent trying to make a desktop version of linux has SEVERELY reduced overall knowledge of unix practices and patterns. I'm not just talking about things like automake or the contents in /bin that younger program
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by pq0ak2nnd 8y ago
i'm new here and learning that HN is more serious than /. or reddit. probably because people here refrain from posting obvious / useless comments like mine. getting the hang of it...
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by pq0ak2nnd 8y ago
Man I need to do a sudo apt upgrade on my brain: I read the title and thought he was talking about ELM the email client, and was like: yeah, we all stopped using that in the early 90's when zmail showed up.
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by pq0ak2nnd 8y ago
So basically your argument is "people will laugh if we try to increase awareness." Who are the people laughing? Trolls. Now your argument becomes "trolls will laugh if we try to increase awareness." Then you go on to cla
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by pq0ak2nnd 8y ago
Oof. I completely forgot about that. I remember seeing a footage of a young boy in Singapore sorting dumped US plastic PC chassis by burning them with a lighter and smelling the fumes.
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by pq0ak2nnd 8y ago
Wow, Vietnam vs. US. Such a tiny country producing so much waste in the ocean.
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by pq0ak2nnd 8y ago
Visit Cyprus: their south-coast beaches are the worst I've ever seen in the Mediterranean: cigarette butts & plastic caps uniformly distributed in the sand to a depth of about 30cm. Oddly, just to the East, Crete's beaches wer
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by pq0ak2nnd 8y ago
When I first joined Twitter one my my first tweets was to the Annenberg Foundation, lamenting why TMU series weren't online for free, only to have them reply that yes, in fact, they are online, for free. Apparently now they have moved
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by pq0ak2nnd 8y ago
This is a great resource. I don't think it is for beginners, it is a bit overwhelming. But as a programmer who has to dive into asm every few months (on a variety of architectures!), this will be a very helpful reference to help me re
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by pq0ak2nnd 8y ago
Testing if(null) inside my code always makes me feel like I've been punched in the face. Why should my code have to be on the lookout for bad parameters all of the time? But on the other hand, my code should be on the lookout for bad p
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by pq0ak2nnd 8y ago
You are correct, sir.
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by pq0ak2nnd 8y ago
As an embedded programmer, it is still very hard to displace C and will be for some time. The two main reasons: the compilers are well-behaved, and the debug tools are very, very mature. One thing newcomers overlook is the importance of und
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by pq0ak2nnd 9y ago
I would say for free services, I'm ok with ads (like metafilter)... but for free sites that collect our every click and keystroke and sell it for gobs of money to marketing megacorops, they should be paying us!
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by pq0ak2nnd 9y ago
I use an ad blocker so I rarely see them. Does this mean my vote doesn't count?
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by pq0ak2nnd 9y ago
1. Eating crow when customers find my bugs. 2. Rewriting, rewriting, rewriting 3. Trying new languages for fun (I ported a LAMP website to Node to learn about node+express)
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by pq0ak2nnd 9y ago
i would also add to "taste" and "nutritional profile", (3) the well being of the chicken, (4) the well being of the factory workers who tend to them, and (5) the impact on the environment where the non-industrial chicken
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by pq0ak2nnd 9y ago
+1 for "food product". i use that more accurate term frequently.
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by pq0ak2nnd 9y ago
came here to say exactly what you said, but you did a more elegant job of exposing the thinly-veiled cynicism of the parent-post. i also find it ironic that in many cases of debating this issue I find that those of us who consider "org
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by pq0ak2nnd 9y ago
here's an exception to that rule: san marzanos are pretty cute and they're IMHO the best tasting tomato, and they look the same in Gabicce Mare or in Sacramento.