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by qwerta 13y ago
This was on front-page before.
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by qwerta 13y ago
Yes, but in atmosphere it would be accelerated at a different rate. Stationary objects are not accelerated at all, because gravitational force is compensated. As I was saying, there is difference between force and acceleration.
573.
by qwerta 13y ago
> tells the students that gravity accelerates things at the same rate regardless of mass Please get your wording right, there is a big difference between force and acceleration. It is trivial to prove, that things are not accelerated by
574.
by qwerta 13y ago
Article totally ignores remote work. If you leave out local salary the best criteria would probably be: * weather * local people * how expensive the country is * connectivity speed * proximity to good airport
575.
by qwerta 13y ago
1+ for Ireland. Combines best from US and Europe.
576.
by qwerta 13y ago
Does anyone know good Civilization like game? I played Civ4 and Alpha Centaury a lot, but it is getting old. Civ5 does not work for me.
577.
by qwerta 13y ago
> Students in the treatment group were 18 percent more likely to attend the exhibit than students in the control group. Interesting definition of being smart :-)
578.
by qwerta 13y ago
There is stuff with similar properties. Silicone or resin applied in layers. Also soldering plastic (good ventilation!) or wax. But Sugru seems like very easy to work with.
579.
by qwerta 13y ago
http://www.google.com has not changed much since 1999. Here is old version: https://web.archive.org/web/19991129021746/http://www13.goog...
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by qwerta 13y ago
It is even worse, EU agricultural commission is pushing replanting ban for entire EU, for any seed regardless of copyright. In Europe each county or even village has its own breed of apples, plums and other fruit. Various mutation added som
581.
by qwerta 13y ago
I have to retract my previous statement about fonts. My config is bit unusual, VRGB with inverse colors. I just installed Suse 13.1 alongside my Kubuntu 13.10 and rendering looks good on both. I also tried Infinality on 13.1, but fonts did
582.
by qwerta 13y ago
alt-f2 ?
583.
by qwerta 13y ago
> font rendering is just config. Not just config, but patents! There are patents which covers font rendering (thanks a lot apple), so freetype in most distributions is crippled. Ubuntu ships with those patches. I think on OpenSuse I coul
584.
by qwerta 13y ago
Better font rendering, larger software selection, home folder encryption, WIFI firmware included on CD. I also think apt is better package manager. On other side SUSE has better installer. I am not sure Kubuntu will survive 14.04. Perhaps t
585.
by qwerta 13y ago
OpenSUSE seems like best KDE distro just after Kubuntu.
586.
by qwerta 13y ago
Perhaps they want prevent competitors to implement their protocol? XMPP is too much open to fit into walled garden.
587.
by qwerta 13y ago
Most burner numbers are for legitimate purposes. It is probably only way to avoid spam. Or other way: I did not gave my phone number to most of my paying customers, why should I give it to some random website?
588.
by qwerta 13y ago
>I’m trusting you with my data. I realise there are risks involved, but please treat my data with respect. Just because you can doesn’t mean that you should. And don’t be a creep. Yes, we can! :-)
589.
by qwerta 13y ago
Time to buy bitcoins was 12+ months ago. Now it is way too volatile and cashing out could be problematic.
590.
by qwerta 13y ago
Are not fires natural? Sequoia trees need fires to reproduce. Highly efficient fire-fighting methods creates timing bomb, as more and more material accumulates.
591.
by qwerta 13y ago
I have not followed this, but I would ask where $1M comes from, and if was actually involved in spending it. Quote from wiki about previous 2006 cause: Charges of 2.5 million dollars in damages was assessed based on $500 per credit card, fo
592.
by qwerta 13y ago
How about Israel and South African Republic?
593.
by qwerta 13y ago
Code has to be reviewed and _VERIFIED_. How can an article pass peer review, if nobody even checked code for basic mistakes?
594.
by qwerta 13y ago
My teachers always told me that main criteria in "science" is possibility to verify and reproduce. Study which relies on statistics, but no raw data or code is presented, is not scientific. It does not take millions to check for b
595.
by qwerta 13y ago
I did not meant it in a negative way, just to illustrate differences in language. Kotlin is an industrial language designed to interact with and enhance large java code-bases. Scala is more like ecosystem on its own.
596.
by qwerta 13y ago
>one that stands a reasonable chance to see wider adoption t Not just compared to Scala but any other language. I actually think Kotlin is more similar to Groovy than Scala. Sure the facade is veri similar, but the philosophy and interna
597.
by qwerta 13y ago
Tax over 100% was in Sweden as well. Astrid Lindgren's tax rate reached 102%/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrid_Lindgren#Politics
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MapDB 1.0 will be released in January(kotek.net)
2 points by qwerta 13y ago|0 comments
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by qwerta 13y ago
My 'dumb' phone lasts 25 days on battery.
600.
by qwerta 13y ago
Who cares?

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