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by smackfu 12y ago
Yes, that's actually the only source of new info.
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by smackfu 12y ago
Well, the idea is that something has to be notable to have its own entry, not to be in the encyclopedia at all. If the page on something is only one paragraph, maybe that one paragraph should be on a different page. If you have it in both
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by smackfu 12y ago
The counter argument would be that 100 people are going to go to wikipedia and try to update the team for a popular player. But who's going to do it for the last man off the bench? A system that makes sure all updates are made proper
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by smackfu 12y ago
I think some people just have moved on. Heck, a lot of people here were not in tech when Microsoft was doing bad stuff. Stacker: 20 years ago. IE Antitrust: 10 years ago. SCO: 10 years ago.
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by smackfu 12y ago
The next steps is to tear down the old mall, and replace it with an "inverted mall." Big box stores on the edges of the property, and parking in the middle.
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by smackfu 12y ago
Well, it would be nice if they cited something, rather than just making general statements that may or may not be true.
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by smackfu 12y ago
I think the biggest weakness in the complaint is that they have to argue that the shorthand "mayo" is the same as the protected term "mayonnaise," and is controlled by the same rules. The fact that they use dictionary d
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by smackfu 12y ago
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/1125 and http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/1117 First section says that someone using a misleading word or term "shall be
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by smackfu 12y ago
Eh, I'd argue the age of innovation for foods started 25 years ago, when we figured out how to make chocolate tasting things without much chocolate, and maple-flavored corn syrup. You can't call that chocolate or maple syrup, so
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by smackfu 12y ago
OTOH, I agree that it is very easy to double your discretionary spending if you stop caring about "little things". And that can really add up over time. You spend $50 each day, that's $1500 a month, $18,000 a year. A decen
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by smackfu 12y ago
I doubt it. It's just the "bad low-end model" strategy that Apple has used for a long time. You make the base model cheap, but give it some flaws that knowledgeable buyers just can't ignore. This might be a slow proce
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by smackfu 12y ago
One tangible reason is support costs. A new Mac mini is never going to the Genius Bar because of bad third party memory, or badly seated memory, or a static shock administered to the mother board while the memory was being changed. Even if
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by smackfu 12y ago
Yeah, as far as I know, most price-steering that people see on Amazon is actually vendor-steering. If you have Prime, they will tend to give you Prime sellers if the overall cost is less. If you sign out, it may give you 3rd parties who c
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by smackfu 12y ago
I think the backlash against Cox is almost cliché at this point.
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by smackfu 12y ago
>They already had some sort of apparatus set up to do the simultaneous drops. Why do you say that? They could have easily made the apparatus for this experiment.
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by smackfu 12y ago
"Even when you follow great people, you still have to wade through tweets that have little or nothing to do with news." Kottke is not a great example of this. He has separate personal and professional accounts. His professional
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by smackfu 12y ago
The problem comes when they raise the price because of all the "added value". And I just want the "free" shipping.
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by smackfu 12y ago
>Each of these images can require downloading up to 4 DVDs worth of data just to get it bootstrapped, which can take forever even on a fast pipe. Are they really 15 GB per image?
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by smackfu 12y ago
Although that does sound like it's eavesdropping on the transaction, rather than picking up the card in your pocket.
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by smackfu 12y ago
The limited scan range is the main security. 2-6 cm is what I see quoted.
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by smackfu 12y ago
It is kind of interesting that Apple has provided an authentication API via Touch ID, but no similar authentication API for non-Touch ID. So you have to roll your own if you want it to work on older devices.
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by smackfu 12y ago
I think you might have read this article a bit too quickly. It's about apps using TouchID to protect access to the app on an unlocked phone, and whether that is worthwhile or a false sense of security. The passcode in question is a dr
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by smackfu 12y ago
Of course, once they terminate the TOS for any reason, the next line of the TOS doesn't seem especially relevant.
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by smackfu 12y ago
It's similar to security questions in that way. If you answer them truthfully, then they can be used to attack you.
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by smackfu 12y ago
Fair point, but the failure modes of flying seem to be more addressable than those of rockets. Like if the airplane engine is essential, add enough that you can tolerate a failure. If control surfaces are essential, add redundant systems.
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by smackfu 12y ago
Yeah, "rocket" + "safe enough to carry tourists regularly" just seems like a difficult combination.
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by smackfu 12y ago
CoreData is really meant for storing the entries that back your table view. Trying to use it as a universal data model seems unintended.
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by smackfu 12y ago
Back then, a whole lot of people (women) working on Apollo were typing up memos.
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by smackfu 12y ago
I think the moral is that you work with what you got. And that a lot of modern technology makes us more efficient in terms of personnel numbers, but if your personnel isn't constrained, that's not overall that much more efficient
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by smackfu 12y ago
In reality, as a consumer, I average 3% back on credit cards. I probably average 2% fees on cash, between ATM fees and driving to free ATMs.

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