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by rz2k 11y ago
Will the inclusion of HEVC/H.265 decoding in the integrated graphics be beneficial? On an older MacBook Pro I have with Intel HD Graphics 3000, the fans go beserk on video that my iPad handles with passive cooling without even becoming
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by rz2k 11y ago
For fun here are some very rough figures. ~ 1000 watts per square meter from the sun ~ 5 horsepower from the surface of a car ~ 10-20hp for a car to travel at highway speed I imagine that 1 horsepower is much more realistic
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I also remember reading or hearing one of the original astronauts being ideologically resistant to private companies rather than civic supported programs being at the forefront of space exploration. However, here is the closest I can find,
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Someone's going to try to sell me something I'm susceptible to buying? So what. Authorities don't collect data on you to protect you, they are ostensibly doing it to protect other citizens from you. One of the reasons that &q
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I wasn't clear. Instead: >reassuring to see more writing that refuses to see all sides of every debate as equally valid Treating "balance" like an implicit good is garbage. News organizations should have editors with eno
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>The Justice Department and FBI insist the encryption debate is critical to national security, and they’re right. The problem is that—amid another terror attack in the West—they continue to supply more reasons to doubt their credibility
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There is an analog with art, a /droight de suite/ or a system for resale royalties. The idea is that starving artists have very low bargaining power compared to galleries and art dealers. The theory goes, that if the artists are d
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During the time of the debate around SOPA or PIPA, I found the Cato Institue particularly useful for two reasons: 1. There are a lot of people who won't read something from an organization with a liberal reputation regardless of the me
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I suspect that complaints and indications of suffering exacerbate the 'othering' problems. To me it's entirely conceivable that when people were torturing for our government 10 years ago, their conscience was less engaged if
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I'm pretty sure jcot is aware of the problemmatic theoretical foundations for historic bloodletting, and the attending reputation that persists. However the interesting part is that it could have therapeudic uses, but physicians are un
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How else do you draw dotted lines? https://youtube.com/watch?v=l789l6np-qA
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The accompanyuing course is also being offered online on Stanford's EdX/MOOC platform Lagunita. It is 9 weeks of material due April 4th. https://lagunita.stanford.edu/courses/HumanitiesSciences/Sta...
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by rz2k 11y ago
The US Department of Justice has very publicly made that claim, it just fell flat.
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A few weeks ago a couple of people died after BASE jumping off of Bixby Bridge near Big Sur. After the first jumper successfully landed, she was swept out to see by a series of big waves. Caught on the second jumper's GoPro, he followe
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The US does have different enlightenment-era founding principles from countries that are based on ethnicity, religion, or even a shared history according to its founding documents. The priority for individual dignities may conflict with ide
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I'm not sure how accurate the data are, but take a look at opensignal.com.
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My memory isn't clear, but was Apple/iOS considered the threat such that whether it were SUN or Oracle it would be an ally rather than a competitor? I seem to remember that the (much more expensive) purchase of Motorola was consid
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Hammerspoon is a fork that has enough community to keep the mailing list somewhat active. It sounded like Mjolnir might turn into the basis for a less low level, more polished commercial product, but there is little news. Anyway, both use L
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Though any good university may have filled the same role for an exceptionally bright an enterprising person with a modest background, Bloomberg is know to specifically credit Johns Hopkins as almost a beginning of his life completely differ
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Current OS X runs on Core 2 Duo MacBook Pros from 2007. For a five year old 2011 model, the only likely disadvantages are a lack of Retina display, and probably the lack of an SSD unless upgraded. I'm pretty sure Apple hasn't make
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"Somewhere in the middle" is one of three possibilities if you reduce everything to a one-dimensional line and pick two points. Even in the rare cases where an oversimplified single continuum expresses the best solutions to addres
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Running a democratic country is expensive, but better than any of the alternatives!
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Extended release notes here[1] as well as an explanation of the new object system for extending it, ggproto , here[2] [1] https://github.com/hadley/ggplot2/releases/tag/v2.0.0 [2] https://cr
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Ggplot2 version 2.0.0 released by Hadley Wickham(blog.rstudio.org)
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Isn't re-use the slogan-compatible word? I'm not sure if the bees are disqualifed if they use the plastic for a different use or how much physical alteration matters.
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> they have no competitors That is exactly why it would rub people the wrong way on a site where people are interested in entrepreneurship and also in disruption. Being approved by standardized testing institutions becomes a barrier to e
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Considering the topic, it should be noted that acetaminophen really should not be taken for a hangover or mixed with alcohol[1]. Acetaminophen is the most common cause for acute liver failure in both the US and the UK, and when combined wit
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Here's a short article about his involvement in the new Cosmos . [1] [1] http://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/tv/whatrsquos-seth...
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On iOS, the client seems like it is just a shortcut to a website. However, I use IMAP in other applications, whether Apple's Mail or Outlook, and I'm just as happy if they don't develop a complete client.
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Maybe I am misinterpreting your comment, but forecasting isn't the primary function of macroeconomists. Most of what will determine the future hasn't happened yet, or hasn't yet been measured. And yet, public policy, fiscal p

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