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901.
by rz2k 13y ago
I think you're right, and that I just haven't been paying attention. I've seen headlines talking about a cheaper iPhone coming, and was surprised that the opaque costs are essentially the same. The industry seems ripe for dis
902.
by rz2k 13y ago
I wasn't very clear, but that was my point, that the marketing angle seems to be that it is an option for more budget-conscious first-time smartphone buyers. And yet, there are negligible actual savings compared to the 5s, since the ma
903.
by rz2k 13y ago
I think it is kind of a bummer that Apple is going this route. It will be too bad if people get their first smartphone because it is $100 instead of $200, but fail to realize that they are changing their 2-year mobile phone expenses from ~$
904.
by rz2k 13y ago
We should decide why we are above it all though, shouldn't we? Is it because all of the top-ranked colleges are essentially the same, or is it because the top-ranked colleges are different in ways that are not captured by a single numb
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by rz2k 13y ago
Earlier this year [1]: >Then there is Katelyn Campbell, 18, whose objection to a factually dubious sex-education assembly at her high school bubbled over into a confrontation with her principal, which bubbled over onto the Internet. >
906.
by rz2k 13y ago
Having launched a non-profit and accepted close-to-zero salary for well over a year, I can confirm that it is nonsensical.
907.
by rz2k 13y ago
Pretty fancy: http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3892224512/tt0067992
908.
by rz2k 13y ago
The spirit of the article is compatible with explaining the virtues of general purpose computing. There are plenty of people who have drawn a distinction between devices that can be programmed and which encourage experimentation and creatio
909.
by rz2k 13y ago
So, Indian organizations should stop outsourcing their IT to the US?
910.
by rz2k 13y ago
I thought you were supposed to take the pictures after you scratch the car, so that you can "prove" that the damage was there before you picked it up. My point being, what are photos or videos supposed to prove. If the car is da
911.
by rz2k 13y ago
Is that similar to using something like OpenID, where you sign into the authentication service, then one by one authorize the identity to log you into services? It seems like a more modular approach than using Facebook or Google to sign int
912.
by rz2k 13y ago
Yes, that is exactly what the problem was, though it got lost in the drama. The car has a protection mechanism to prevent the battery from freezing, and when left over night in the cold without a charger, it will actually run an auxiliary h
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by rz2k 13y ago
FERPA may serve as a baseline for federally mandated privacy rights of students, but many schools have additionally protections that are remarkably strict.
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by rz2k 13y ago
I really don't understand how that comment section could come from typical BusinessWeek readers.
915.
by rz2k 13y ago
I don't see how this article could neglect to address that Jeff Bezos bought the paper himself, rather than having Amazon buy it. Also, for it to mention Bill Gates without contrasting what he did to the tech world through Microsoft du
916.
by rz2k 13y ago
No doubt people with more influence will be able to limit the repercussions of actions that would ruin others, yet pretty much anyone who has influence is bound to want to use it, and by its nature anything that is disruptive is likely to u
917.
by rz2k 13y ago
I agree that Tableau was more impressive than I expected, however I also think mere pivot tables in Excel are under appreciated for perhaps their biggest strength—many mathematically-minded and analytical in starting positions who do not wo
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by rz2k 13y ago
I can't shed much light, only make a couple guesses, but it supposedly will not play MPEG2. Roku players cannot play MPEG2 either, but you can purchase a license to decode MPEG2 on a Raspberry Pi. MPEG2 decoding would let people play a
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by rz2k 13y ago
I think this is a common experience for anyone who interacts with the rest of the world. And, since there always seems to be Texas sharpshooter response as to why anything you describe is somehow perfectly reasonable, perhaps the best aproa
920.
by rz2k 13y ago
I think Manning probably lacked the sophistication to have as many options as Snowden. Snowden, could have remained anonymous a lot longer, too, though probably not indefinitely. What do you think about him disclosing his identity before he
921.
by rz2k 13y ago
Do a lot of people actually believe that it contributed to it in any significant way?
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by rz2k 13y ago
I had the same first reaction to the juxtaposition, but came to the conclusion that really what it does is call out another implied assertion that is nonsense. A world with wifi on every corner could still have child sex slavery, and it sho
923.
by rz2k 13y ago
I'm not sure about smoots, but beard seconds sounds right, which would mean that it wasn't all original to the thread I remembered.
924.
by rz2k 13y ago
I can't find a reference to it anywhere , but for a while Google's calculator processed ridiculously esoteric natural language units. If I remember it correctly, after a thread on Reddit, they even implemented "refrigerator
925.
by rz2k 13y ago
I tried to use it a lot when it came out. It seemed like the strategy would be to use trial and error as a method for teasing out tricks in the syntax. However, very little seems standardized, and what works one month, means something else
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by rz2k 13y ago
That is the price range that you can find on aliexpress.com right now, and you can buy them in large lots. However, I have no idea whether they would work when they arrived or not.
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by rz2k 13y ago
I agree that the push functionality seems to instantly notify you about incoming mail, however it doesn't seem to integrate as well with iOS. Have you been able to get email forwarding in other apps to use the Gmail app rather than try
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by rz2k 13y ago
Radio may be far more interesting that you expect. Once upon a time you had Payola[1] where radio plays were designed to influence record sales in a nontransparent way. Now you have the issue of consolidation where you'd have no idea w
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by rz2k 13y ago
Microsoft innovated as well, but Microsoft also engaged in significant anti-competitive behavior. Memories of the details have proved to be pretty short. However, if we were really honest we'd acknowledge that aquihires, and the proces
930.
by rz2k 13y ago
I think this[1] was one of his most remarkable attempts to contribute to the information age. [1] http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2003/06/59305

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