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901.
by ralfd 9y ago
How was that a lie when the ad aired? The ad also doesn't make the claim, just that Mac can't get infected by thousands of Windows viruses.
902.
by ralfd 9y ago
A hundredseventythousand?! :-o I have never heard of that dam accident.
903.
by ralfd 9y ago
Open console.app and look at the timestamp of log files when the crash occurred.
904.
by ralfd 9y ago
Summary?
905.
by ralfd 9y ago
His other pictures: https://get.google.com/albumarchive/112064700171231789580/al...
906.
by ralfd 9y ago
Imagine though the millions of photos a phone would shoot in a pocket.
907.
by ralfd 9y ago
But how will that culture fair better under SoftBank?
908.
by ralfd 9y ago
Though that this was a robot (or just humanoid shaped) in the mall is just a cultural artifact. A touch-screen info panel in a western place has the same (or better) functionality, just without the sentiment.
909.
by ralfd 9y ago
Interesting, but (wiki): > Their work, completed two centuries before the invention of calculus in Europe, provided what is now considered the first example of a power series (apart from geometric series).[2] However, they did not formul
910.
by ralfd 9y ago
That is disappointing to hear. I have bought years ago from Threadless and the American Apparel shirts still hold up well.
911.
by ralfd 9y ago
Well, as an outsider always reading about race issues, Ferguson riots, BLM, black people here vs white people there, identity politics, ethnicities only voting for one party etc it doesn't seem like immigration is so desirable.
912.
by ralfd 9y ago
I only hear bad stuff about Amazon, they churn through fresh graduates. Apple has this whole secrecy stick, but people stay long term there, even when (especiall when?) working for Jobs. I dont recall any negative stuff about Facebook. Goog
913.
by ralfd 9y ago
I am a bit confused by the website (blog?), as the sidebar links to unrelated strange stuff (graphic novel, pictures of asia). But the site should make sense as a two letter .org url is quite prestigious.
914.
by ralfd 9y ago
What are Smart Jeans?
915.
by ralfd 9y ago
A scottish study found though a slight correlation between IQ and height: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10519-014-9644-z The hot potatoe is of course "race" (what US-Americans equate for som
916.
by ralfd 9y ago
> people who are more closely related (from a genetic point of view) are likely to have more similar intelligence. This may seem almost trivial, as most people probably have this opinion anyway. But it still has inconvenient ramificatio
917.
by ralfd 9y ago
> statement by Murray to the effect that "the IQ differences between members of each specific race are greater than the IQ differences between the different different races." And yet the Vox article implied that Murray was maki
918.
by ralfd 9y ago
Could you explain this like I'm fifteen?
919.
by ralfd 9y ago
The article states: > “Despite having requested a license from Qualcomm, Samsung cannot sell licensed Exynos chipsets to non-Samsung entities because Qualcomm has refused to license Samsung to make and sell licensed chipsets,” Samsung sa
920.
by ralfd 9y ago
But People are not buying an iPhone because of LTE, as almost every other phone has that too, but because of the Apple brand, app ecosystem, lock-in, ease of use, design, manufacturing quality, marketing, etc etc ... all that is value Apple
921.
by ralfd 9y ago
Sure that was not said in an ironic way? Flat earth stickers surely have to be satirical.
922.
by ralfd 9y ago
Obligatory Slate Star Codex Link: http://slatestarcodex.com/2017/02/09/considerations-on-cost-... Scott Alexander examines "cost disease" in the sectors of health care and education.
923.
by ralfd 9y ago
Napoleon as #2 surprised me.
924.
by ralfd 9y ago
Protestantism was not Luther alone (think Calvin). Taking the bible literally (sola scriptura) and preaching outside of established church channels, led to a blooming of different sects, to pietism, Beeldenstorm, puritanism and religious fe
925.
by ralfd 9y ago
Decaf diet coke is the nost useless thing anyway. You get neither coffein, it is just water with some taste.
926.
by ralfd 9y ago
If Apple would have released an OS version which you can unlock for $50 there would have been an internet shitstorm decrying them.
927.
by ralfd 9y ago
But the vast majority of US software patents are not patentable in Europe. If the US patent system would impede progress the effect should be a stronger European IT industry. I am doubtful of that though.
928.
by ralfd 10y ago
Ya, the young people were overly picky because they wanted to.
929.
by ralfd 10y ago
What is Ethereum? Something like Bitcoin?
930.
by ralfd 10y ago
Judging from the website that looks like buzzword trash and the worst blog spam ("21 pet death which makes you love", "These 17 twins have dating problems ... here is why")

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