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by schwap 9y ago
Not exactly -- they used CGI to reproduce young Carrie Fisher while she was still alive.
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by schwap 9y ago
... fascinating. There's no way that's easier than replacing the battery or even the detector itself. Why suffer through something so trivially fixable?
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by schwap 9y ago
No. What possible reason would they have for charging a child?
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by schwap 9y ago
Pay them the difference then.
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by schwap 9y ago
> But so is writing a will for a friend, or giving free flu shots to the neighbor's kids. How are those things ethically questionable?
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by schwap 9y ago
One of them syncs your tabs and bookmarks, and the other one syncs you tabs and bookmarks and can create stronger links with their already extremely prevalent browser tracking technologies which they then can tie in to their analytics on yo
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by schwap 9y ago
> I and most of my friends had unsupervised internet access. I don't know how old you are, but personally (in my early 30s) the internet of my youth was pretty vastly different than the internet of today, i.e. as you say: > And g
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by schwap 9y ago
Interesting that 2 success stories in this space (the other being WhatsApp) are built on Erlang/OTP.
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by schwap 9y ago
Ah, optimizing for maximal sanctimony. Interesting concept.
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by schwap 9y ago
Like I said, I think the article is a bit confusing by using the term 'spoofing', which to you and me I think implies a 'fake' message.
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by schwap 9y ago
My car has this feature and I quickly learned that it only unlocks if you put all 4 fingers through the handle. So to check if it's locked I just give it a pull with 2 fingers and the unlock doesn't trigger.
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by schwap 9y ago
You are misunderstanding how the attack works (probably because the article misuses the word 'spoofing' IMO). The messages between the car and the key fob are the real messages. They are just using a radio to extend the range of
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by schwap 9y ago
Unlike indoor arenas, it doesn't look like this is much of a revenue stream for most football stadiums. For instance, I checked Arrowhead Stadium (Chiefs) has 2 non-football events scheduled in the next year. Heinz Field (Steelers) ha
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by schwap 9y ago
> Cleaners and car washing are pretty commodity though. You'd just let a random person who signed up with an app into your house to clean?
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by schwap 9y ago
The case I most often encounter is "oh, you liked x ? I'm sure you'll like every remix of x for the next month of your discovery weekly!". Technically not the same song.
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by schwap 9y ago
As someone who also grew up in the 90s, all the cool kids had these things.
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by schwap 9y ago
Your comment is visible so you aren't (anymore at least).
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by schwap 9y ago
While this can be annoying, I don't see what it has to do with copyright. Can you elaborate?
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by schwap 9y ago
> 2 extra people > giant weekend party Hmm my frame of reference for 'giant party' must be different.
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by schwap 9y ago
> We also are vehemently anti-religious and would never support an institution like marriage for that reason either. Just curious, do civil unions not exist where you are? I kind of assumed in my mind they were a pretty normal thing at t
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by schwap 9y ago
But ground and maintenance staff don't need to identify them by colour from far away. For them, you could rely on simple signage.
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by schwap 9y ago
> I get that big companies are not your friend, but is it really necessary to wage total war by using all possible legal advantages and issuing ultimatums? I think when you're facing a large entity and their thousands of dollars per
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by schwap 9y ago
> Is it... paying more so people don't have to choose between their country and financial security? I don't think many software developers in Canada are facing that choice. Is there the opportunity to be 'more' secure
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by schwap 9y ago
Quick'n'dirty run down: Income tax: province/territory and federal levels Consumption tax: government level (5%) + provincial level (most provinces/territories) (this is close-ish to VAT) property tax: municipal/pro
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by schwap 9y ago
In the context of the article "better" = tastes most pleasing (to the author)
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by schwap 9y ago
Also Model T, of course. But interestingly, there was also a Ford Model S as well ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Model_N )
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by schwap 9y ago
They met through the university's group, but they created their own chat.
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by schwap 9y ago
No, this is not true. The top paid players in professional hockey are almost all high-scoring forwards. 4 of the top 50 highest paid players in the NHL are goalies.
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by schwap 10y ago
Wisdom teeth removal can be very harsh. It depends greatly on how they've grown in. My wisdom teeth, for example, were a simple tooth extraction under local anesthetic.
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by schwap 10y ago
I don't think 'authenticity' is that simple. I'm a Canadian, I love hockey and have a pretty good understanding of it. I could make a 'hockey stick' shape out of plywood and paint it up to look good, and you co

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