rustcharm

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Can an iPhone/Qi charging pad erase a floppy disk?(youtube.com)
2 points by rustcharm 8y ago|1 comments
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For Autistic Boys, the NYC Subway Is Actually Soothing(nytimes.com)
92 points by rustcharm 8y ago|36 comments
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by rustcharm 8y ago
I have several Alexa devices in my house. I don't care. I'm just not that interesting.
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Microsoft Launches Free AV1 Video Codec(news.softpedia.com)
5 points by rustcharm 8y ago|2 comments
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by rustcharm 8y ago
We'll know if it works when he gets to be a trillionaire.
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The Problem Behind a Viral Video of a Persistent Baby Bear(theatlantic.com)
4 points by rustcharm 8y ago|0 comments
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by rustcharm 8y ago
We have IPv4 and IPv6 public interfaces on our AWS services.
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by rustcharm 8y ago
I'd rather companies like Amazon or Microsoft has them, in a way that people can cheaply rent them along with compute power at competitive rates, than companies like "Prudential" or some giant bank sit on them.
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by rustcharm 8y ago
@dang can you remove this off-topic comment?
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by rustcharm 8y ago
What does this mean? Israel also has very good relations with India and China.
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DataPlay: The futuristic optical disc format that time forgot(youtube.com)
1 points by rustcharm 8y ago|0 comments
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by rustcharm 8y ago
Yes, the NY Times changed the headline (though evidence of it is still in the URL)
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by rustcharm 8y ago
One of my first experiences with microcomputer hobbyists was in 1977 when I heard someone call in to WBAI late at night and playing music generated from his TRS-80 over the radio. He used the radio frequency interference from the computer t
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Dennis Hof, Dead Brothel Owner, Cruises to Victory in Nevada State Election(nytimes.com)
31 points by rustcharm 8y ago|11 comments
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by rustcharm 8y ago
The only people who want to change voting systems are the ones whose preferred candidates don't win.
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Why Doctors Hate Their Computers(newyorker.com)
18 points by rustcharm 8y ago|4 comments
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by rustcharm 8y ago
What's interesting about these practices is that the _best_ candidates will have no patience for this and say "no thankyou" so they're not getting the cream of the crop. Everyone, even an obvious bad fit, should be treat
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by rustcharm 8y ago
People should be treated with respect, even if they're not a good fit for the job. This is disgusting behavior on Amazon's part.
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by rustcharm 8y ago
Now that we have refrigeration there's no need for "embalming". My family's religious tradition calls for _no_ embalming and burial in an un-adorned, un-finished pine box. This will also save people a lot of money that&#
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Ramen noodles are apparently responsible for one in five childhood scald burns(6abc.com)
5 points by rustcharm 8y ago|4 comments
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America Misunderstands the Declaration of Independence Because of a Typo(theatlantic.com)
3 points by rustcharm 8y ago|0 comments
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by rustcharm 8y ago
I don't understand. Isn't Mac OSX "Secure By Design" (that's what they say on their website). How can some ICMP packet take control of every platform they make? Isn't Mach a Microkernel?
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by rustcharm 8y ago
Iran has publicly said they want to wipe Israel off the map. The fact that this doesn’t bother you is telling.
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by rustcharm 8y ago
Why would you pay people who walk out the same as those who don’t?
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by rustcharm 8y ago
How do these protestors know the facts of the matter better than the people who investigated?
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by rustcharm 8y ago
It would be an interesting attack if you needed to disable an iPhone.
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by rustcharm 8y ago
Here: https://bellard.org/jslinux/vm.html?url=https://bellard.org/...
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by rustcharm 8y ago
This one is especially bad, but there's a major problem in general. I have to constantly warn people not to "google" for printer drivers or video drivers, etc, because the links they'll get from any search engine are alm
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by rustcharm 8y ago
This is a "bing" issue, not an "edge" issue.
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by rustcharm 8y ago
No. They wrote a fresh version, but they did use an 8080 assembler on a Dec-10.

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