silverdrake11

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by silverdrake11 8y ago
I worked in a office setting for four years doing development work (finance). I found it very difficult to make friends and very isolating. Then I ended up getting laid off and living with roommates and found it much easier to make friends
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by silverdrake11 8y ago
I used to sit in a cubicle next to a window in a high rise. I would always get sun shining in my eyes and my face would get red sometimes. I usually ended up with strained eyes and later found out the uvb radiation can cause skin cancer. So
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by silverdrake11 8y ago
Some computer science textbooks use array indexes starting at one
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by silverdrake11 8y ago
Snapchat explicitly does this with the BFF feature
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by silverdrake11 8y ago
That'll clear your login and user data, but google still knows your ip address, os, screen resolution, browser, plugins, and many other small pieces of information that can be used to uniquely identify you and personalize your results
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by silverdrake11 8y ago
As Elon Musk would say do not underestimate the power of people to be inspired by new technology.
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by silverdrake11 8y ago
I still give them credit though. With Unity and Ubuntu phone they were trying to have one interface that worked in all devices.. 'convergence'. Hope one day we will have a linux that does this or at least an open source OS on our
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by silverdrake11 9y ago
You can install LineageOS without root / usb debugging enabled
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Ask HN: Why doesn't Windows and Mac come with a locked bootloader?
1 points by silverdrake11 9y ago|1 comments
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by silverdrake11 9y ago
Caloric restriction makes you live longer, but apparently so does exercise. The problem is though that exercise costs calories so you will be consuming more. How to square this contradiction?
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Microsoft Quantum Development Kit Q#(microsoft.com)
2 points by silverdrake11 9y ago|0 comments
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Snapchat blocks login from users with rooted Android(forum.xda-developers.com)
9 points by silverdrake11 9y ago|0 comments
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Focusing for Skeptics(lesserwrong.com)
1 points by silverdrake11 9y ago|0 comments
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by silverdrake11 9y ago
Marijuana high decreases short term memory. Alzheimer's decreases short term memory. Not quite sure how this works..
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by silverdrake11 9y ago
Don't forget you can edit Wikipedia!
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by silverdrake11 9y ago
I'm trying to stand for about 2 hours a day. I can't do more than that as I get tired quickly. I've noticed my posture has improved and I feel better when I get home
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by silverdrake11 9y ago
You could argue that energy is being wasted in traditional currency systems. Printing currency, ATM machines, cash registers, transporting cash in armored cars. This energy doesn't serve any purpose besides maintaining the currency its
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by silverdrake11 9y ago
The Princeton Coursera class has an entire section on it
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by silverdrake11 9y ago
Location: Chicago Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: Python, Machine learning, Django, DSP, LaTeX Résumé/CV: https://www.dropbox.com/s/4ywe0x2cxgdh5j3/resume3.pdf?dl=1 Email: kevi
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The Changing Economics and Demographics of Young Adulthood [pdf](census.gov)
3 points by silverdrake11 9y ago|0 comments
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by silverdrake11 10y ago
Even if I cut off my home internet, I still have my phone. Am I suppose to cut off both?
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by silverdrake11 10y ago
I wonder if your head would actually hit the cabin ceiling though because of the centrifugal force. The plane might have flipped too quickly for that to happen
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NASA’s $8B plan to find extraterrestrial life(arstechnica.com)
75 points by silverdrake11 10y ago|49 comments
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by silverdrake11 10y ago
The article does seem to be about total calorie consumption so fasting once a month or year does not seem to be beneficial as long as total calories remain the same. What doesn't make sense to me is that exercise is known to be healthy
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by silverdrake11 10y ago
UPDATE: It looks like eBay refunded him because of the reaction here on HN http://matthewsag.com/?p=1649
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One More Sign World Is Shrinking – eBay Is for Suckers(matthewsag.com)
489 points by silverdrake11 10y ago|233 comments
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by silverdrake11 10y ago
There's Wikipedia Zero. The goal is to provide free access to Wikipedia through mobile carriers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero
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by silverdrake11 10y ago
Not quite waterproof. I tried taking some underwater photos with mine (had a feeling it would be a bad idea) and the camera stopped working. There are also a couple dead spots in the touch screen. However the rest of the phone works.
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by silverdrake11 11y ago
Designers have portfolios where the interviewer can see the previous work they've done
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by silverdrake11 11y ago
What makes it hard is that you have just over a minute to answer each multiple choice math question

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