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by roc 11y ago
Fair enough. Yet the question remains: can you meaningfully lower arrests/convictions that resulted from stop-and-frisk, by changing the laws regarding the particular charges that are brought? If it's about a 'fishing expedi
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by roc 11y ago
What I wonder is how many people were originally detained/investigated because of the WoD, but arrested/prosecuted for the non-drug offenses. (i.e. resisting, gambling, tax evasion, etc.) Unless you know why these people were in
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by roc 11y ago
Recirculating cabin air is plenty for skunk. Even economy American cars -- that no-one would confuse with exceptional engineering -- do just fine keeping the stink out.
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by roc 11y ago
I know exactly what you're saying; that stuff would drive me crazy in his podcasts. I figured out he was just very much biased toward things that are exciting . Things like the moon landing being fake, or bigfoot being real, etc. An
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by roc 11y ago
The problem of "more capability" is that everyone has a smartphone in their pocket. Any interaction that lasts more than 2-3 taps, or 2 seconds, is a failure because the user would have been better served by retrieving their phon
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by roc 11y ago
> Any reason they can't be installed trivially? Capsule size. The last I saw the pod designs, passengers are all reclined cockpit seats that aren't going to have a whole lot of elbow-room, let alone any chance to stand. &quot
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by roc 11y ago
Lobbying is like any other organization of man: government, organized religion, corporations, unions, non-profits, etc. Once they get to a certain size, once people are supported solely by the organization and thus put their need for it to
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by roc 11y ago
I think a lot of the social stigma will go away as smartwatches proliferate. And the wondering of "what are these things for ?" will get easier to answer as the Internet of Things builds out. (To say nothing of weirdness like re
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by roc 11y ago
Not really. The problem is that "we're far" is ambiguous as to what we're far from . Are we really far from our origin ? Or are we really far from the destination ? In the absence of a complete statement, people tend
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by roc 11y ago
I would like to be able to query device status and issue commands from across the internet. So some other device in my home will be acting as a 'hub'. So direct access sounds redundant at best, and more likely just a nightmare
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by roc 11y ago
It's also worth remembering that proven reserves are thought of in the context of current and projected global population and consumption. The thought experiment begins with a "post-global calamity/collapse" situation,
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by roc 11y ago
Markdown is primarily for writerly writers with workflows. That's where all the benefits accrue. That's where it matters whether mark-up is done inline with content creation, or whether it's a post-pass process of fiddly but
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by roc 12y ago
Designing a 2015 smartwatch to fit the expectations of dumb-watches feels more and more to me like designing a 2007 smartphone to fit the expectations of the blackberry crowd (physical keyboard, removable battery). The digital crown looks l
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by roc 12y ago
I don't "get" the "Watches save you from distractions" pitch at all. It only works if you're willing to ruthlessly pare down the notifications that you receive. (else your wrist buzz as much as your phone) And
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by roc 12y ago
I'm surprised at everyone's insistence that smartwatches ape the physical sizes and shapes of traditional watches. It strikes me not unlike past insistence that smartphones needed to have physical keyboards and removable batterie
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by roc 12y ago
This is the correct answer if you live in the US. Tokenization is massively more secure than stripe and signature. As long as the phone isn't notably less convenient than your card, you should want this.
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by roc 12y ago
The size certainly makes sense, if driverless technology turns cars into mobile living rooms. If you're not driving, the entire "sporty" side of the styling and image are out the window. Limos aren't "sporty" a
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by roc 12y ago
Once you've accepted the conceit that Facebook will say and do whatever has the best return, it's hardly incongruous for Facebook to hitch a ride on a free, positive PR train. The only incongruity is on the part of people who bel
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by roc 12y ago
> "in politics and journalism, plagiarism remains a serious, even career-killing charge. So why is it any different when it comes to jokes online" This is just a bad comparison. The difference between the two cases is that th
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by roc 12y ago
> "The justification for having them doesn't really apply to self-driving cars anyway." Because self-driving cars will be in constant contact with some central digital infrastructure that will be tracking everything (&qu
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by roc 12y ago
> "it's as though they are posting not to show people stuff but to get people's approval for what they are posting" Which is generally how the average westerner has behaved for generations. They don't acquire a
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by roc 12y ago
> "The hackers have released at least nine batches of data and promised a larger quantity on Christmas." That's why it doesn't make sense as North Korea. Their accepted motive goes as far as THE INTERVIEW, which wa
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by roc 12y ago
> "Apple and Google already solved the UI problem" Have you seen any demos of these systems? Because I thought this as well until the video evidence began to mount. Both CarPlay and Android Auto are slow, laggy and overly com
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by roc 12y ago
> "assuming it can emerge from bankruptcy and state management" Assuming? http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/12/05/detroit... Edit: I'm downvoted for pointing ou
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by roc 12y ago
Though you were joking, it's worth noting they're certainly not discriminating against robots. They're discriminating against your robots. Which is to say: they're perfectly willing to let your crawl-able content and
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by roc 12y ago
> "That was Microsoft coming late to the party." Late? They threw the party. Damn near a decade ago.
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by roc 12y ago
Somewhat of an aside, but: If you're a self-directed learner passionate about a subject nothing about a classroom holds you back . [1] It sets a minimum pace for acquiring new information, it sets a minimum domain of concepts and to s
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by roc 12y ago
If the ISPs were on-board with an acceptable compromise, they'd presumably not lobby strongly against it. The decision would likely stay in the land of wonks and be largely ignored. So why would Obama turn that -- getting what he wants
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by roc 12y ago
> "My question to Obama is: why now?" My guess? The FCC is probably close to deciding and Obama knows which way they're leaning. So he wants to build some distance between the DNC and the FCC, before the FCC inevitably
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by roc 12y ago
It's popular to suggest this is a symptom of the paltry entry-level storage -- but I think that's naive. People's storage use expands to the capacity of their device. Even if the entry level was 64GB, Apple would see this ef

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