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by robotcookies 11y ago
Do people really complain because google maps uses Mercator (or a similar) projection? My understanding was that the complaint was when Mercator is used for wall maps like in the classroom. When you show the whole world using it, the sizes
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by robotcookies 11y ago
My experience has been that it depends on the laptop and how it handles the charging. Some will keep trickle charging at 99% so it keeps recharging the laptop frequently. That wears out the battery and usually in a couple years it won'
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by robotcookies 11y ago
The story mentioning the woman who did not consider herself a "real programmer" is obviously disturbing. But that is not the consequence of believing in a bi-modal distribution of programming talent. Rather, it is the consequence
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by robotcookies 11y ago
If it works out, wouldn't the utilities do it themselves? Why transmit that power for miles and then transmit it back. And even if they didn't, arbitrage means the price difference between times would fall as more people do it. Pe
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by robotcookies 12y ago
I know that the most common reason cited for divorce is finances. So it may indeed be that higher income professions in general have a lower divorce rate.
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by robotcookies 12y ago
"Longitude" by Dava Sobel. Sailors knew for a while how to get your latitude (by using the position of the north star) but didn't have a way of getting their longitude pre-18th century. This was a serious problem in navigatio
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by robotcookies 12y ago
Absolutely. What Apple is or isn't doing isn't the real issue. The issue is, do you want to put yourself in a position where they could do things to you and you'd have no recourse? As a corporation, Apple is obligated to maxi
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by robotcookies 12y ago
Thanks jordigh. Yes, I made the comment before the title was changed. I have no complaints with the title as it is now.
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by robotcookies 12y ago
Is it possible to make these titles just a little bit more descriptive of the content? I enjoy reading hackernews but increasing see these completely vague titles that tell nothing about the link. Some of us are pressed for time.
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by robotcookies 12y ago
That's a good point. And if people are leaving their cars while charging to run errands or such, they are likely to take up more charging station time than what might be presumed if they immediately opened up the spot after getting the
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by robotcookies 12y ago
What? We're not talking about sexual attraction. What do you think beauty means?
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by robotcookies 12y ago
I don't know if symmetry is really that ingrained in our dna as necessary for beauty. Most people part their hair to a side (rather than down the middle). There are few things cuter than a kid who smiles to reveal a missing tooth on on
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by robotcookies 12y ago
Would rather that society stop obsessing over having perfectly straight teeth. If they are otherwise healthy, why spend that money and go through the painful experience of straightening your teeth. It's entirely cultural (learned) to e
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by robotcookies 12y ago
Yeah, any liquid water will boil in a vacuum, even if it's at body temperature or even colder (as long as it's not frozen of course).
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by robotcookies 12y ago
"A deflationary environment still rewards workers, because the dollars are worth more, but doesn't punish you for not constantly struggling." It's true you get a small raise each year. But from the business owner's
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by robotcookies 12y ago
Yeah,they totally went overboard. The last time I tried to check my G+, they had a dialog asking me for more personal information and wouldn't let me get past it. I closed the window and have not gone back to it since. I was once a sup
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by robotcookies 12y ago
It doesn't sound so much like a culture clash to me. Sounds more like a difference in the direction each company wants to take (EV vs hydrogen). Just because they didn't share code (since they were both doing it, it makes it a com
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by robotcookies 12y ago
You need a keyboard to do any serious writing. Students should write and they should never have gotten iPads in the first place. What are these teachers thinking?
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by robotcookies 12y ago
"Write once, run anywhere". This is partly, I think, the same reason why Java skyrocketed to popularity in the mid 90's. It gave hope of transcending the boundaries of the operating system. Java, of course, failed in deliveri
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by robotcookies 12y ago
How accurate are these figures? I know that many teams will inflate the posted weight and height of their players. There is no regulation requiring that the publicly posted figures are accurate so they nudge them higher for psychological ef
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by robotcookies 12y ago
What would happen if someone who isn't colorblind wears these? Do the reds appear even stronger?
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by robotcookies 12y ago
How many would have bought an mp3 but didn't because they could hear it on the station? How many went out and actually bought the mp3/cd because they discovered it on the streaming station? How many went to a concert of the artist
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by robotcookies 13y ago
I've heard the hours are much longer though for that field. Correct me if I'm wrong.
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by robotcookies 13y ago
He did change his name from Satoshi to Dorian and maybe that's what the officer had.
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by robotcookies 13y ago
Asking politicians who have broken laws in secrecy to stop being secretive and stop breaking laws isn't going to work. The only useful course of action is to vote them all out of office.
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by robotcookies 13y ago
From reading the first release, it sounds like the penalties imposed was for more than just the stock options thing described by Horowitz. It also describes fraudulent disclosures about backlog of sales and structuring fraudulent loans. So
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by robotcookies 13y ago
But Github is already doing what 37signals is aiming for and that is being a company focused on a single product. I'd think they want to maintain that.
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by robotcookies 13y ago
The problem is not server-side but on the client. So as baby said, it won't be an issue if the next person doesn't have the same people to message.
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by robotcookies 13y ago
Might also be that some people will try to enter an amex or discover card number if you don't do this. Even if you state that only visa or mc can be used, people don't always read it. Having to select an option is how you can be s
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by robotcookies 13y ago
Yes, his Black Swan stuff is a completely separate issue from whether he has or hasn't predicted anything.

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