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by swamp40 13y ago
This is why I love Hacker News.
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by swamp40 13y ago
> Whatever, you do, never use black text. It will make your site look outdated and trashy. So on my screen, those light grey hyperlinks are just completely washed out. Also, why should people avoid using photos of people looking direct
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by swamp40 13y ago
You mean like Sheikh Hamad Bin Hamdan Al Ahyan: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2016841/Al-Futaysi-i...
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by swamp40 13y ago
Honestly, the wiki link doesn't give any details on how it works. That's why this announcement is big news.
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by swamp40 13y ago
Probably some combination of: a) He's getting asked a lot . b) By publicly announcing a deadline, everyone involved (including him) will be racing to hit that deadline or lose face. c) He's telling the world "I say what I do
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by swamp40 13y ago
I can't believe the smartest people on the planet here are arguing about this. HFCS is cheaper than sugar because of the tariffs, but it is an equivalent substitute. No better, no worse. Americans are getting fatter these days because
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by swamp40 13y ago
These tunnel boring machines are one of humanities greatest achievements. Look at their size: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hamburg.Trude.wmt.jpg It took 3 years for men and mules working 24 hours a day 6 days a we
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by swamp40 13y ago
Well maybe the US should peg its dollar to the Yuan and see what kind of "crazy" things we could do with the surplus? Maybe we could buy Taiwan?
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by swamp40 13y ago
This is the funniest thing I've read all month.
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by swamp40 13y ago
Actually, you DID read this last month: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5782761
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by swamp40 13y ago
I pay $1500/mo for family coverage. The small company I work for offers group insurance, but we all have to pay full price - they don't subsidize any of it. They do take it out of our paychecks pre-tax so we don't have to pay
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by swamp40 13y ago
You don't happen to have two different last names, do you? I guess I could just ask an agent. I'm in IL, and a group minimum is also 2.
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by swamp40 13y ago
TI just released an FRAM memory (instead of FLASH) version of the MSP430. It has several features which make it better suited to ultra-low power operation. I know FRAM was popular 10 years or so ago, but never really made it big. I'd
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by swamp40 13y ago
I'm STILL waiting on flexible LCD's. 5000 trade show demos, press releases and tech articles - and you STILL can't buy one to put in your product.
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by swamp40 13y ago
Anyone have advice on how to handle health insurance for a family? I've always been worried that once you stray from the protections offered in a group plan, the insurance will just dump you if you have any major issues. And then once
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by swamp40 13y ago
I'm just not buying that. It's well known that several hundred patents a year get swept up under a "secrecy order" and disappear. But most of these are from a) defense contractors working on military systems and b) nucl
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by swamp40 13y ago
Yes, exactly. They will have to sell millions of these. There is no way they can afford to do anything risky. It has to be faster, lighter, thinner and more desirable.
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by swamp40 13y ago
It is absolutely amazing that we have this information (and the ability to graph it) at our fingertips.
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by swamp40 13y ago
I want to comment, but then I'd feel bad...
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by swamp40 13y ago
A hacker's phone! This sounds like a great idea, but it's probably too innovative to be designed by Moto and too risky to be sent into production by Google. A toned down version though, which like the Jolla adjusts the background
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by swamp40 13y ago
> Also I the links in this thread show a side of the books that is far from "apolitical", although they were moving and profound for me. Ender's Game STILL sells 100K-200K copies per year. It is HUGELY popular, so of cours
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by swamp40 13y ago
Mr. Card holds conservative personal beliefs, and has been vocal about them - especially after Sept. 11, 2001. His books are moving, profound and A political. If you avoid his books just because you don't like conservatives (and thi
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by swamp40 13y ago
All three of your links are ridiculous. What kind of person takes an author's books and beats him over the head with them?
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by swamp40 13y ago
For sure, don't use a fast moving carousel with multiple sentences on each slide and no way to pause.
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by swamp40 13y ago
These come from the NSA originally - so it's probably SOP to make slight changes to every page of every document each time it is released to someone, so that they can track the exact source and path of any leaks.
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by swamp40 13y ago
Don't let them drag you down. You are 100% on track - good job.
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by swamp40 13y ago
...Sayeth the pot unto the kettle...
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by swamp40 13y ago
Here's another: "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." ~ Thomas A. Edison
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by swamp40 13y ago
This sculpture has always fascinated me. The fusion of art, mystery and science - very powerful.
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Documents Reveal How the NSA Cracked the Kryptos Sculpture Years Before the CIA(wired.com)
6 points by swamp40 13y ago|1 comments

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