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by tankbot 13y ago
Outed as being confused? How is this a problem again? What if a straight kid googled 'gay marriage' just to see what the link on HN was all about and someone saw it? For shame! The horror!! What if a velociraptor that's al
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by tankbot 13y ago
Awesome work! Would be neat to adapt this idea to show a realtime visual 'map' of a project as you're working on it. Watching your commits/merges as well as others' while they're happening could even be usefu
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by tankbot 13y ago
That's true, but without the backers (or some kind of funding) the project wouldn't come to fruition at all. It may feel like preordering, but it's not and that's important to remember.
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by tankbot 13y ago
“Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the im
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by tankbot 13y ago
My thoughts exactly while reading the article. I also wondered if allegations against Huawei were falsified (assuming they were) not because they posed a security threat from the Chinese government, but because they would make it more diffi
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by tankbot 13y ago
I've not had a chance to try it out, shame that it's not as good as it could be. All the more reason to market it effectively :)
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by tankbot 13y ago
It's not that people hate eating, not at all, it's just inconvenient in many ways. Something like Soylent solves the problem of convenience and allows a person to take in nutrients while remaining productive. It's not for ev
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by tankbot 13y ago
I'm not sure about this. I think Samsung is doing well because they have great products for fair prices, but I'm continually let down by their marketing. They could take a page from Apple in this dept. Example: Their Smart TV c
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by tankbot 13y ago
Thanks?[0] [0] http://xkcd.com/903/
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by tankbot 13y ago
Haha, indeed!
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by tankbot 13y ago
I'm sorry about your experience, it wasn't my intention to be flippant about the disease, but rather to point out that people's paranoia is often misdirected.
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by tankbot 13y ago
This was by far my favorite quote from his answers. Perfect way to cap off that whole paragraph.
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by tankbot 13y ago
Seems like much ado. If I was bitten by a tick (or twenty, as has happened before) I would pull it off and flick it, then immediately forget about the whole thing. Do you see a doctor after every time you get into a car? Because that is f
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by tankbot 13y ago
I suppose you could potentially choke on it. Darwin was right you know.
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by tankbot 13y ago
All too true. Hopefully these tools we've been able to build and refine over the years will help lead to further advancements in 'green' computing.
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by tankbot 13y ago
Exactly this. It may start with "rich" people, but eventually can become the norm. There are so many examples to support this, I think it should be enough to just mention the personal computer.
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by tankbot 13y ago
Really? For me it was the Pirate Bay and Kate Upton.
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by tankbot 13y ago
Watching old people stumble over so much jargon is rough. Not because it makes them sound ignorant, but because I know that it muddles the message for people who need to get it.
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by tankbot 13y ago
> Note the qualifier at the end. He's claiming that the NSA can read the emails of anyone once they know the address. The implications are that investigation and surveillance are done when a target is specified. Those certainly are
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by tankbot 13y ago
You are arguing about what shows up on the NSA's radar that causes them to go searching, I'm talking about limiting what they can easily find. You're right about Broadwell's actions triggering the investigation, I'
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by tankbot 13y ago
I guess the point I'm making is there is no obscurity to be gained by throwing your actions in with a pool of others' because it is all itemized and catalogued. So what's better? A detailed account of everything you did, or
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by tankbot 13y ago
> if you use an alternative to the major services...doesn't that make it easier to find you? You've effectively joined a much smaller haystack. No. Because the 'haystack' you are (accidentally) referring to is a gino
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by tankbot 13y ago
Ugh, the horse he seems to be beating: "Don't try to do something good, because it might not work!" Depressing read.
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by tankbot 13y ago
I realize that. I just meant that, without the condescension, the way you summed it up actually sounded like a marketing statement I could connect with.
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by tankbot 13y ago
I am definitely on the side which thinks comparing purchases to a daily cup of coffee is bad. It evokes negative associations in me and I have to assume that it will in others, so it's not good marketing. I understand what they're trying t
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by tankbot 13y ago
UK-based, rather. Grr.. stupid muscle memory :o)
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by tankbot 13y ago
Since Vodaphone is US-based (just a guess from the domain) is this an accepted use of the word welding? Could be one of those colloquialisms like taking a "lift" vs an "elevator".
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by tankbot 13y ago
Ah my mistake. The only excuse I can offer is it was late in the day and my eyes were tired.
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by tankbot 13y ago
I have to disagree somewhat. The Wii released with Wii Sports which, despite being more a collection of mini-games, was definitely an "Oh my god I have to play this!" game. When everyone you know, including your 85 year-old grandfather, is
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by tankbot 13y ago
Up-votes at first then down-votes. I guess people don't like Quest Love? Ah well, HN giveth and HN taketh away...

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