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by puredemo 15y ago
Or perhaps the fact that CS has always been a naturally political issue. Is RMS apolitical? Is CS not used to wage wars?
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by puredemo 15y ago
Actually, if you don't mind spending a few minutes to go on a bit further, I think it would be useful to have it all archived here for future reference.
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by puredemo 15y ago
Lack of emotion doesn't necessarily correlate with intelligence or success. Also, an "emotional outburst" can be the product of knowing you're correct, AKA you've done the research and know the ins and outs of the situation.
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by puredemo 15y ago
Hopefully we'll see some ultrabooks on here in the upcoming months.
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by puredemo 15y ago
My first computer was an Apple IIE. My favorite computer is the one I'm on now, a 13" Macbook Air. RIP Steve, thank you.
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by puredemo 15y ago
Yeah, that is definitely the wrong sort of environment to do them in. Camping with best friends is a better environment.
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by puredemo 15y ago
Why would you feel it's so important to belittle someone else's experience as "merely shallow recreation" when they obviously feel it meant more than that?
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by puredemo 15y ago
I wonder what else is in the online services division?
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by puredemo 15y ago
Until the medium changes.
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by puredemo 15y ago
This seems like a process they would have figured out way before now.
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by puredemo 15y ago
I always think of the Mafia.
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by puredemo 15y ago
Yep, his associates ID is _1.
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by puredemo 15y ago
>the most surprising thing about this list is that whoever made it didn't insert Amazon affiliate links into it. They did, you just didn't notice them.
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by puredemo 15y ago
The article contained some numbers. Approximately 4 hours of down time in a year and a half.
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by puredemo 15y ago
* If it's only for authors, the form should clearly state that at the beginning. Not just loosely imply it by using the phrase "your textbook," which could easily mean one that the reader owns or uses. * There should be a link to a form wh
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by puredemo 15y ago
Sounds like their overall uptime is still several sigmas deep. Comparable, if not higher than AWS even?
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by puredemo 15y ago
The copyright explicitly says it can be republished. Also, you realize it's from a California State edu address, right? It isn't just some random e-book.
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by puredemo 15y ago
Spending $95 on a PC does not make you "well off." I too would prefer that price point.
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by puredemo 15y ago
Their submission form is ridiculous. http://www.saylor.org/otc-form/ I was going to submit this: http://bob.cs.sonoma.edu/IntroCompOrg_Jan_2011.pdf An excellent (imo) book on introductory assembly and computer organization, but I'm not
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by puredemo 15y ago
Good on Mr. Arrington. I'm looking forward to seeing what he does in the next few years. He can be polarizing, but his journalism and analysis have always seemed spot on to me.
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by puredemo 15y ago
>Our subjective opinions on how "gross" this is won't get us anywhere. Then why did you start off by saying it was gross? >But the nutritional point I raise isn't a light issue. These are animal cells coaxed into growing in foreign
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by puredemo 15y ago
That didn't happen when AOL bought them?
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by puredemo 15y ago
Why did you take that down? I've wondered that for years..
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by puredemo 15y ago
Indeed. I've been reading a lot of responses thinking the same thing.
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by puredemo 15y ago
Pet care is a billion dollar industry. Could we stop arbitrarily dismissing things that are important to hundreds of millions of people as "silly"?
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by puredemo 15y ago
The UI and the spam protection mostly. What other email platforms are you referring to?
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by puredemo 15y ago
Comes out next month then?
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Ask HN: Any good Macbook Air alternatives?
85 points by puredemo 15y ago|134 comments
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Pesto wins if you count the extra features at the end.
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by puredemo 15y ago
Neuroendocrine Tumor/Islet Cell Carcinoma

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