stephengillie

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   by stephengillie 8y ago

   Driving safely is more important than climate change. Don't phone and drive.
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   by stephengillie 8y ago

   Article doesn't match title. They're studying gravity's pull on antimatter.
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   by stephengillie 8y ago

   My digestion won't support 8 hours of uninterrupted anything. I'm up 2-3 times every night, as though I had a young child, but I'm single. Some nights, I'll be up for an hour or more, then return to bed for "second
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   by stephengillie 8y ago

   It's impossible to have a moderate discussion when extremists keep shouting at each other.
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   by stephengillie 8y ago

   Stories about NIMBYism on HN don't help.
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   by stephengillie 8y ago

   How do I add an address when I don't know where is the place? I can add this friend's address, because I've been to his house before. But what about a new friend?
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   by stephengillie 8y ago

   I've only seen UWP versions of Microsoft products. Really, it's a way of keeping a foot in both mobile and desktop, when mobile-first has been embraced so widely.
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   by stephengillie 8y ago

   The site works for myself and most everyone else. Umatrix doesn't block the CDN because it's on their domain, but I think your browser might be blocking it. The downvotes might be due to the technical issue being off-topic from th
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   by stephengillie 8y ago

   Guessing your privacy settings are blocking the cdn. It's on their domain, so you might retry after allowing.
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    by stephengillie 8y ago

    I tried OSM yesterday and it couldn't find my friend's house address in the map. Not that it couldn't navigate there - it said the location didn't exist. Google maps finds it right away.
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    by stephengillie 8y ago

    The signup link is a 404, and most apps haven't had commits for years. Where is the current documentation?
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    by stephengillie 8y ago

    Is this group associated with Coinbase? Did they get permission to use the name?
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    by stephengillie 8y ago

    You get some Bitcoin and send it to a URL, then it will be in your wallet, or so we hope. Some parts are incomplete. This service isn't ready. From the Paywall page: > Process This is a work in progress
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    by stephengillie 8y ago

    Is that market large enough in America to hit a critical mass?
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    by stephengillie 8y ago

    > get a handyman to fix anything, order renovations, moving, breakfast delivery, daycare, cleaning, maids, buy furniture, order a restyling, get new appliances, remote lock it, pay for every service, or even Airbnb it on your behalf if
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    by stephengillie 8y ago

    Unless you have investors.
17. 347.▲
    by stephengillie 8y ago

    Is this a request for investment? I would be happy to help. Feel free to contact me.
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    by stephengillie 8y ago

    The news mediums do a great job with the FUD. It's how they keep you watching their ads. Gotta stay in business somehow.
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    by stephengillie 8y ago

    What tactics do SiriusXM employ to retain you? When my trial expired, they just sent me a few snail mails begging for money. Easy enough to bin.
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    by stephengillie 8y ago

    > There needs to be a UL type company that certifies a product or service isn't spying on you. We are the gears that make our world go around. Live the change you want to see.
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    by stephengillie 8y ago

    > Some people wear 5 different hats and cover responsibilities outside their title. ... Want to prevent burnout? The union would prevent burnout by making a company hire 5 people to do those 5 jobs, instead of overworking 1 person. May
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    by stephengillie 8y ago

    Previous: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18069875
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    by stephengillie 8y ago

    Is today Chicken Little Day or something? Why have so many privacy-related articles been posted today? Who makes money by making us feel paranoid?
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    by stephengillie 8y ago

    Rich counties, companies, and other groups track you based on connections and data across thousands of servers and sites. Poor/lazy counties etc just force an app on you.
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    by stephengillie 8y ago

    s/Google/China
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    by stephengillie 8y ago

    > Yeah, let's pretend there's no point in opposing an authoritarian surveillance state and simultaneously express dismay that this invasive software is poorly designed. Are you describing China or America? Maybe Russia?
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    by stephengillie 8y ago

    Will the Chinanet also have a Great Firewall between Chinese and foreign connections?
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    by stephengillie 8y ago

    Request was for a system that perfectly understands you. Reality is, instead of a human misunderstanding you, it's a robot (like Rosie from Jetsons) misunderstanding you.
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    by stephengillie 8y ago

    We have a single-payer system - Medicare. ACA is just a jobs program for the insurance industry, perpetuating 2 types of bullshit jobs: medical billing and medical underwriting.
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    by stephengillie 8y ago

    Article title includes the clarifying line: A Chinese Web and an American one . And that split effectively happened years ago.