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by sfotm 7y ago
When it comes to studies that involve measuring telomeres as a result, I've always wondered: is telomere length such a foolproof measure that it can be used to make claims like this? Given two people who will live their entire natural
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by sfotm 7y ago
Nope - in fact, I hear that they prefer to change the size rather than the price because consumers tend not to notice it as much. https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/25401945
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by sfotm 7y ago
iTunes works OK for me :P
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by sfotm 7y ago
Yeah, it does. If you're addicted to nicotine because you've been vaping up to this point and are looking for an alternative, what's your next best option (aside from quitting)?
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by sfotm 7y ago
Wouldn’t this lead to a pretty fragile user experience across versions? I don’t think the parent is saying it’s technically impossible, but Apple isn’t about to open up an API they intend to immediately break, affecting not only devs, but t
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by sfotm 7y ago
If you were OK with S3, then I'd recommend backblaze. Very affordable object storage. I used rclone to back up my home server to it every night.
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by sfotm 7y ago
At the same time, a lot of those safety features are enforced by the governments of the people they're manufactured for. Depending on the country you buy a vehicle in, it may have more or fewer security features. Of course, for cars, s
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by sfotm 7y ago
I don't really see religious/conservative populations going out of their way to abridge a book that includes scenes that they need need "whited out". There are plenty of other books to read, and they'd probably pref
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by sfotm 7y ago
Not if you're trying to block Google as well, but for all other parties it probably is.
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by sfotm 7y ago
Slippery slope. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slippery_slope
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by sfotm 7y ago
Being the happiest and healthiest city doesn't really affect what's counted as desirable or valuable in the housing market. This doesn't really follow.
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by sfotm 7y ago
>It felt like a loss of control when I learned recently that facebook uses a loophole to exchange data with Whatsapp... https://medium.com/@gzanon/no-end-to-end-encryption-does-not... . That's not what the artic
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by sfotm 7y ago
Only in the same way that Gmail and Android are "subsidized" by Google. They're sources of data and play directly into how they generate revenue. I agree that without those motivations it would be hard to fund these projects
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by sfotm 7y ago
This is the reason why it's so nice to manage your own domain, even if you were to decide to stay on gmail. You can always just point the domain to a new provider. I've gone from Namecheap's solution to GSuite to ProtonMail t
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by sfotm 7y ago
I've learned to replace "the cloud" with "someone else's computer". Always worth repeating to yourself when you're considering uploading sensitive documents or something you can't afford to lose.
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by sfotm 7y ago
I agree in this context, but not in the broader sense. Not giving clear responses to interviewees is unprofessional and shouldn't be tolerated, but "abusive" is a bit much.
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by sfotm 7y ago
Hearthstone packs definitely affect gameplay. Most of their other games are cosmetic-only, though.
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by sfotm 7y ago
How would a more traditional airship descend, if not by becoming heavier than the air surrounding it?
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by sfotm 7y ago
I don’t think it’s in the purely personal sense. Imagine how much unused food must be thrown out at restaurants and delicatessens. Buffet and prepared foods probably don’t roll over into the next day.
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by sfotm 8y ago
I think it's because most vehicles for trading ownership over companies or commodities like gold have a good amount of friction to them, making it impractical to deal with them as if they were money. This might include a minimal value
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by sfotm 8y ago
It does, thanks for taking the time. I would definitely be gunning for the "mainstream enterprisy" positions over the BAT wannabes given the option, but as some have said, sometimes the choices aren't that straightforward or
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by sfotm 8y ago
Do Chinese workers not have the flexibility to avoid working for companies that force these schedules on them? I know next to nothing about working life in China, but wouldn't workers generally gravitate to the companies that value wor
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by sfotm 8y ago
I think it's to garner support for the kickstarter linked on the page.
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by sfotm 8y ago
I don't really see this as a competitor to CSR, and I don't think Apple does either.
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by sfotm 8y ago
Far as I know, this doesn't come with an annual fee. If you only plan to use it with Apple Pay, it's competitive with Citi Double Cash, which is considered one of the top tier cash-back cards you don't pay yearly for. It seem
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by sfotm 8y ago
These examples vary in how outrageous they are, but some of them have the ability to singlehandedly depreciate someone else's most valuable asset by tens of thousands of dollars without any sort of recourse. Even if the nightclub or pa
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by sfotm 8y ago
It exists: https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium The general concern about projects along these lines, e.g. IceWeasel, is that they won't keep up with security patches as quickly as the project it's f
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by sfotm 8y ago
Eminem won a case where he portrayed a childhood bully negatively in one of his songs: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/judge-drops-em... I guess Eminem has more resources than the average person, but
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by sfotm 8y ago
Don't let the perfect stand in the way of the good. If the treaties help prevent 90% of the usage, they seem worth having.
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by sfotm 8y ago
iPhones now let you uninstall almost all of those. I know Safari and the App Store are two of the rare exceptions.

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