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by talktime 9y ago
That's good news - the headphone jack is essential to me, but the reason that my next phone won't be a Samsung is because Samsung disables Android's native multiple user profile feature.
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by talktime 9y ago
Not all of us, but the majority of us do.
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by talktime 9y ago
The majority of the English like strong, essentially unopposed governance. They like be to be able to choose the g'vner occasionally, but they don't want multiple powerful factions.
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by talktime 9y ago
Well the LibDems are going to say that but they are not going to win. The other two parties aren't - Labour is going split in half. The Tories might see defections, but will stay together and press ahead with Brexit in the hope of a ma
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by talktime 10y ago
It's mostly done for economic reasons, but there is a social aspect to sharing too. More so on couchsurfing than airbnb, and i generally prefer to chat to a part time uber driver than to a full time taxi driver.
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by talktime 10y ago
Yup, some folks can have the occasional drink or drink socially. Some folks need to swear off the stuff entirely. For carboholics, probably swearing off refined carbs would be enough.
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by talktime 10y ago
You can get high on carbs or alcohol sure enough. Try getting high on protein or fat though. Telling carboholics they need to eat less food is like telling alcoholics they need to drink less liquid. It doesn't work - you've got to
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by talktime 10y ago
I'm enthusiastic about the potential for this technology but I don't like either of these options. I feel like both the customer and the product. I'd like an open source, neutral voice assistant that is working for me, not tr
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by talktime 10y ago
Have you heard of Ceres - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceres_(dwarf_planet) I learned of it recently and it was like learning of a new planet.
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by talktime 10y ago
Probably something to do with the market supplying what the customer wants, and the customer being uneducated. Like me . . . If I had seen a 26 inch high desk when I was purchasing the thing, I probably would have passed on it . . would hav
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by talktime 10y ago
I'm sitting here with my keyboard in my lap. I've recently noticed it is a lot more comfortable too. I'm alternating with keyboard on lap to mouse on lap depending on what I'm doing. This hands at lap level seems crucial
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by talktime 10y ago
Thanks, I may switch partially to a standing desk, but I do wonder how much of the gain could be achieved with a correctly adjusted sitting desk.
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by talktime 10y ago
Thanks for the detailed reply. If, at 5'10, I am experiencing problems related to desk height, I can only imagine problems are worse for those shorter. I wonder if there is a correlation between height and these kind of problems. Stand
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Ask HN: What is your height, your keyboard/mouse surface height? And any pain?
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by talktime 10y ago
Shame about David Davis - From this: David Davis: British 'intellectually lazy' about defending liberty https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/nov/08/david-davis... To this: David Davis: Mos
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by talktime 10y ago
Thanks, that's very interesting to me but not quite what I had in mind. I'm thinking modern era, where the sims have links to an outside world - so some sims would commute out of the village for work each day, some would go to the
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by talktime 10y ago
I was thinking a contemporary village where villagers have cell phones, cars, social network accounts, hobbies, errands, illnesses, social functions etc. Human simulation at the level of The Sims, but community size of up to 1000.
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by talktime 10y ago
Reputational Review Network - A review network where users can rate local restaurants, services, goods and other reviewers' credibility. Ratings are personalized based on your own reviews and who you find credible - this gives a user a
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by talktime 10y ago
SimVillage - A building simulation game of of a village of up to say 1,000 villagers. Like Simcity/Skylines, but with the emphasis on detailed human simulation rather than on large scale.
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by talktime 10y ago
sure, but 'feline alarm system' is kind of vague - what type or model worked for you?
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by talktime 10y ago
Thanks. I'd like to give that a try. Do you have a link to the type of model that has worked for you?
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by talktime 10y ago
I'd like something that keeps pigeons off my balcony. Surprisingly little works. I have a motion detecting sonic alarm that doesn't work - maybe it's in the wrong frequency for pigeons. I wonder if a motion detecting laser fr
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by talktime 11y ago
This might be an effect of too much protein in a diet. If you are controlling for carbs, then the solution is to replace protein with more fat.
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by talktime 11y ago
I find it convincing too. Check out the 'Big History' lecture series. Particularly the lecture on the transition to agriculture. I was inclined to think that humans transitioned to agriculture as soon as it was 'invented&#x27
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by talktime 11y ago
And try changing the default browser on your iPad - not possible. I don't know why Apple gets away with anti-competitive behavior that MS was hauled over the coals for two decades ago.
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by talktime 11y ago
On a wider point, I often see Facebook cited as an example of the 'Open Web'. However a lot of it's content is in Facebook groups, which requires a FB registration and membership to access. It's not open or publicly sear
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by talktime 11y ago
The greatest trick the devil ever played was income tax. It disincentives productive endeavor. 0% corporate and income taxes would usher in a huge productive renaissance. In the US, It could be entirely funded with a 2% wealth tax on the to
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by talktime 13y ago
Yes, Miranda said he was told that he would be jailed if he didn't co-operate, and that he was worried he would be kidnapped (gitmoed). So obviously a lot of intimidation going on there.
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by talktime 13y ago
>If you're worried about this, perhaps you should also be worried about entering the US -- including in transit -- in case you are declared to be an unperson and sent to Gitmo with no trial or legal recourse. Quite. >It's a
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by talktime 13y ago
Expat Brit here. Quite frankly I'm frightened to pass through UK ports now to visit family after reading about Schedule 7 powers. My reading of it is that passing through a UK port means I enter a legal limbo. If stopped by an inquisit

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