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by redsparrow 7y ago
Unfortunately there were no desktop G parts (APUs) on the Zen+ architecture (as far as I know.) And they're not in the first round of Zen 2 either. The 2400G, which I think is currently the top desktop APU, launched in Feb. 2018 and h
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by redsparrow 7y ago
I'm the same but using Vivaldi while I wait...
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by redsparrow 7y ago
Here's one with noise by day and night as well as a bunch of other metrics: https://berlin.placeilive.com/daynoise
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by redsparrow 7y ago
Are you referring to the astronomer or the 5G user? ;)
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by redsparrow 8y ago
For me the front page is the "last 24 hours" view on hn.algolia.com. https://hn.algolia.com/?query=&sort=byPopularity&prefix&page... It can also show the stories from arbitrary periods including single
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by redsparrow 8y ago
The next sentence is: "At least not for mine."
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by redsparrow 8y ago
For others, who may not have seen this reply to the same comment above, it's no longer required: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18434172
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by redsparrow 8y ago
I've been using Vivaldi for a while and find it performs better than Firefox on my Mac, especially since version 2.0. I prefer the Firefox license, but prefer using Vivaldi.
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by redsparrow 8y ago
I lived in on-campus student housing that had bathrooms like this (the locks on both sides of both doors version.) My friend was in the bathroom during a commercial break of X-Files and I locked him in there. Ha ha. So he knocked on my n
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by redsparrow 8y ago
It may vindicate the parent's method, but only up to the point where their child gets the job. It seems that the system will let the coddled individual get that far. I wonder what happens to the coddled people after that. Right now
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by redsparrow 8y ago
Here's the rule from the transit system in Berlin: "Children under four years of age may only use public transport if they are accompanied by a person who is at least six years of age." https://www.bvg.de/en&#
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by redsparrow 8y ago
Paul Graham's essay on the topic: http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html
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by redsparrow 9y ago
Berlin, Vodafone Kabel Deutschland (Cable): test1 test2 test3 test4 test5 test6 test7 test8 test9 test10 Average cloudflare2nd 13 ms 13 ms 11 ms 12 ms 16 ms 12 ms 11 ms 12 ms 11 ms
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by redsparrow 9y ago
Sennheiser sells lots of replacement parts for their headphones. In fact, it looks like I could nearly rebuild my entire pair of headphones from their spare parts: https://spares.sennheiser.co.uk/search?q=hd+280
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by redsparrow 9y ago
The author downloaded 1000 tracks from each class, so they are evenly distributed.
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by redsparrow 9y ago
Yes, it does. That's the norm in Germany because the words (in German) for job titles (eg: software developer) imply a gender. So instead of writing the full job title in both masculine and feminine they just write it once and then p
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by redsparrow 10y ago
20.6% of Canada's population (circa 2011) is foreign born (compared to 12.9% in the US.)[0] "In Toronto, three-quarters (75.8%) of its population consisted of people who were foreign-born or had at least one parent born outside Ca
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by redsparrow 10y ago
For Canadians interested in learning about index-based investing I recommend the Canadian Couch Potato site[0]. If you don't want to put a lot of thought into it he has some sample portfolios, but also has a lot of resources for learn
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by redsparrow 10y ago
Here's a snapshot of what things are like in Berlin, Germany. I dropped my 7 year old off at a new day camp (in the centre of the city) last week. They asked me if she was allowed to leave on her own at the end of the day. Here are th
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by redsparrow 10y ago
When I last used wireless mice they had two AA batteries and I found it a great relief to go back to a much lighter wired mouse. It hadn't occurred to me that newer battery tech might be lighter. Maybe I should take another look at w
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by redsparrow 11y ago
I think the expectation that you'll like it on the first try is low. Maybe they're hoping you'll get used to it. :)
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by redsparrow 12y ago
Android added always-on VPN in 4.2.
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by redsparrow 13y ago
With the job he's obligated to get up and do the work. People are counting on the delivery, whereas nobody else suffers if he sleeps in and skips the gym. (Plus gym memberships cost money where this generates money.)
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by redsparrow 13y ago
My mom has a newspaper delivery route that she doesn't need. She uses it for exercise and spends the money she earns on her YMCA membership, which she also uses for exercise... She was selected as Carrier of the Month one time and was
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by redsparrow 13y ago
That reminds me of this story of a family who "invested" $100,000 in Beanie Babies: http://www.marketplace.org/topics/life/how-one-family-went-b...
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by redsparrow 13y ago
As a developer working in Ottawa, I'd like to say that working for the government and working for a start-up are very different experiences. I don't think that the government takes so many developers away from the high-tech commu
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by redsparrow 13y ago
Indeed there is. There exists Android malware that infects your PC with a Zeus variant and then the two work in concert to intercept your SMS-based two-factor authentication.
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by redsparrow 14y ago
He claims that he was only asked about lawsuits from the previous 10 years but the Seagate lawsuit occurred in 1993 so he didn't feel obligated to mention it.
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by redsparrow 15y ago
If you click the Generator Options button you can customize the ratio of carbs, proteins and fats.
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by redsparrow 15y ago
Unions don't always choose what is best for everyone. My aunt and uncle were working at a unionized automotive parts factory here in Canada and the factory needed to reduce payroll due to lost sales. They gave the union a choice of either

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