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by raarts 10y ago
Luck has a lot to do with it. Marissa knew the people who started Google and that was luck. She may be talented but there are many others just as talented, who weren't at the right place at the right time. The founders who succeed may
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by raarts 10y ago
Do you have a link for that?
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by raarts 10y ago
And it's also a huge battery saver.
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by raarts 10y ago
Totally nothing on battery life. Can OP say something about it here?
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by raarts 10y ago
These guys are serious. Read their blog.
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by raarts 10y ago
While Amsterdam, which already is below sea-level, will not.
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by raarts 10y ago
The fact that you may have understood what the grand parent meant does not mean he formulated it correctly.
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by raarts 10y ago
I once had a secretary who - whenever she saw I was about to sneeze - yelled: "I bet you can't do it, bet you can't do it", in a childish, daring voice. Totally worked every time.
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by raarts 10y ago
Your own clarity of view has gone up.
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by raarts 10y ago
This is all rather exaggerated. Nobody wears helmets, yet the number of accidents is very low The number of high or drunk people is not higher than elsewhere. Falling because your wheel gets stuck in the rails will not seriously injure you
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by raarts 10y ago
I don't think parent was complaining about install times.
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by raarts 10y ago
> something really bad needs to happen to move things in the right direction. Something really bad already happened: genocide. What else needs to happen? The Netherlands (among others) required everybody to register their basic info, inc
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by raarts 10y ago
Weird that I can't find a review anywhere that compares the battery life of the 2013 macbook air with the new $1499 macbook pro. Anyone know of one?
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by raarts 10y ago
Funny, I would qualify as old but I'm of exactly the opposite opinion. Young people are not used to paying for content (newspapers, anyone?) and do not realize free content cannot pay for high quality journalism and thus only provides
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by raarts 10y ago
Great overview! Would be even better as a general guideline if it included costs for HD/SSD disk writes and network usage!
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by raarts 10y ago
They are: > Reviewing our privacy policy to determine which changes need to be made in order to enhance and ensure that our users privacy rights are properly addressed. 'addressed' is not the same as 'respected'.
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by raarts 10y ago
No you didn't, but I find it hard to believe you would opt for a lot of diversity, given that you state it would be bad.
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by raarts 10y ago
But wouldn't that be specifically used against kids not contributing to the household by not doing any chores or not bringing in any money?
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by raarts 10y ago
You mean some other kid that learned to drive before learning to drink.
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by raarts 10y ago
And the traffic situation is much more tailored towards bikes compared to most other countries.
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by raarts 10y ago
It's better to substantiate allegations. Causes people to take you more seriously.
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by raarts 10y ago
You're being downvoted but I feel your pain.
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by raarts 10y ago
I can't point to such a study. But - based on life experience - I believe the meme.
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by raarts 10y ago
> vacation has beneficial but very temporary effects, and that mindfulness therapies have sustained beneficial effects. Proving the obvious. But I would choose vacation over meditation any time. Seeing the world and other cultures does a
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by raarts 10y ago
Relevant username.
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by raarts 10y ago
So what's the battery life for these laptops?
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by raarts 10y ago
Not to mention tenths of chrome tabs.
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by raarts 10y ago
One use case is you do work onsite and there's no Internet. Like defence industry or you work on ships.
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by raarts 10y ago
I am very disappointed with the new lineup: no more magsafe, no more 12 hrs battery, much higher price, and no 16GB Ram for the MBA to fall back to. And a touch thingy I didn't ask for to replace my trusty function- and escape keys. I
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by raarts 10y ago
Completely agree. I need to replace my macbook air, but am seriously stumped: no more 12 hr battery, no more magsafe, a much higher price, and can't even stay on the MBA because the 16GB I was hoping for did not appear on the MBA. Real

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