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by rlpb 17y ago
Yes - the article assumes that brakes operate by converting the kinetic energy of the car at a constant rate and thus this is the limiting factor. Yet with decent brakes most of us do an emergency stop as hard as possible without skidding,
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by rlpb 17y ago
Nice placement! http://imgur.com/cgQSP
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by rlpb 17y ago
> it's difficult to decompile object code This is getting easier and easier with languages like Ruby and Python becoming more mainstream.
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by rlpb 17y ago
Should giving gifts be illegal? > What exactly is the rationale behind such an unfair concept? What's the difference (in real terms) between giving a gift before you die and giving a gift after you die? > ...limits how much money pa
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by rlpb 17y ago
Define "consumer internet startup". Is that any startup that isn't focused on B2B, or what? Isn't that most of them?
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by rlpb 17y ago
I think the bottom one would look much better on a dead-tree letterhead, and this is what makes it look professional even if you aren't ever going to do this.
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by rlpb 17y ago
Your proposed system doesn't provide non-repudiation, which is something that paper cheques do provide. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-repudiation A suitable XML schema for digitally signed cheques would work though, provided that it wa
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by rlpb 17y ago
This is a great idea. I think there is one catch, though. I think he's assuming that my accuracy is the same around the target that I am aiming for, regardless of where it is. I find that this is not the case. As a "below average" player, I
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by rlpb 17y ago
I'm of the opinion that if you have to generate code, then there's something wrong. It may be that you're using a library or language that's out of your control, in which case fair enough. The difficulty comes when you suddenly find yoursel
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by rlpb 17y ago
I would sort out the business plan. Will the startup be profitable? What are the risks? Surely this is the first thing that any potential partners are going to ask.
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by rlpb 17y ago
It looks almost exactly what rsync.net provides. They're established. Why aren't you telling me why your service is better than theirs? Your prices do appear to be cheaper but as you've said with a much larger minimum quantity. Is cost the
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by rlpb 17y ago
"To facilitate that I want to make it easy to discover our modifications and pass them along to upstream and/or other consumers of a given upstream. One way to force this is to continue working with a upstream archive (tarball release, mayb
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by rlpb 17y ago
Taxpayers don't pay directly for the Ordnance Survey. "It is a separate government department that is now financed through data licensing rather than direct funding from the tax payer" http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/media/featur
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by rlpb 17y ago
Meanings are only well-defined in their particular contexts.
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by rlpb 17y ago
Presumably the mother was paying taxes at a rate proportional to her salary. So it seems fair to me - it works a bit like an insurance policy out of your tax bill.