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by tbirrell 9y ago
I'm not pleased with the security aspect of face id though. I get that touch id is not highly secure either, but I'm more confident in it and it does not require looking at a phone to unlock.
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by tbirrell 9y ago
It still works. Technically it can be any of the following 25 articles because once you hit Philosophy, it loops through: Philosophy > Knowledge > Fact > Education > Learning > Evidence > Logic > Ancient Greek &g
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by tbirrell 9y ago
This reminds me of that thing back around 2010 where if you clicked the first* link on any wikipedia page you'd eventually get to the article on philosophy or something. I forget which it was exactly, and I have no idea if it still wor
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by tbirrell 9y ago
Its a 6 in a 5's body. It was released 5-6 months before the 7 irrc.
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by tbirrell 9y ago
This. I love my SE, and if SE2 is a micro X, I'll probably finally move away from Apple. I really don't want a face-id or imaginary home button.
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by tbirrell 9y ago
It's not so much that you learn something, it's that the lightbulb moment is so massive and sudden that you think "I finally understand everything!". Then the process repeats itself in 4-5 years. I thought I had it all f
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by tbirrell 9y ago
Actually, "dark-web" is not (yet) in the list of words the bulshit generator uses. The whole generator function is in `#mk-boxed-layout script` (viewable in the element inspector) along with the word list it uses. var verbs =
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by tbirrell 9y ago
Up and Down, yes. Over and Out less so. The thing about more then two hours being "to" is true. I have a friend who always says "down" no matter where she is going. Dallas and San Antonio and Houston are equally "do
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by tbirrell 9y ago
The purpose of a cutting board is to protect the things underneath it that are not as hard as stone.
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by tbirrell 9y ago
Well... including comments it looks like we are pushing 16.3 million posts. The id in the url is sequential. If you are saving url, HN id, and comment count, that's probably no more than a couple megs, if even that.
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How to Properly Respond to a Tweet(ericlbarnes.com)
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by tbirrell 9y ago
This is an excellent point. Some time in the past, society drew a line in the sand and said "everything a man does is better than anything a woman does". As a result, women are being pressured into fields that are male dominated _
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by tbirrell 9y ago
Even if you don't read the article, you should read this story[0] that it links to. Which explains the mindset behind the decision. It's only like 200 words. [0]: http://renewablewealth.com/the-parable-of-the-mexic
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by tbirrell 9y ago
This is probably NSFW and should be flagged as such. While it is a technical subject (the video "photoshopping" technology) the examples used render the article difficult to view at work. Especially if company firewalls are doing
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by tbirrell 9y ago
That is completely unrealistic. If I had brand new tires on a dry, straight, road. That's still something like 15-20 car lengths (~160-180) feet.
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by tbirrell 9y ago
I think this shows that autopilot won't truly be a thing until the cars start talking to each other. If the firetruck was broadcasting a stationary signal, the autopilot would not have to relay of cameras and radar to figure out what i
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by tbirrell 9y ago
I was in a crash some time ago where the car in front of me jumped out of the way because the guy in front of him was at a dead stop. A "safe distance" for following a car that will have to decelerate to stop moving is a lot diffe
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by tbirrell 9y ago
I was in a crash some time ago where the car in front of me jumped out of the way because the guy in front of him was at a dead stop. I can understand why this is an issue for the autopilot. I mean, it's an issue for humans too. It is
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by tbirrell 9y ago
Your twitter link at the bottom of that article goes to an account suspended page.
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by tbirrell 9y ago
That fair. However, Austin is already behind the curve and can't keep up with the current influx of people and companies, adding Amazon to the mix will simply exacerbate the problem. Thus my concern. Maybe it'll be a good thing 10
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by tbirrell 9y ago
Economic agglomeration is not bad, but if the city is unable to keep up with said agglomerating, then accelerating it is a bad idea. Austin is already behind the curve and can't keep up with the current influx of people and companies,
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by tbirrell 9y ago
This makes sense. Years ago when I worked in fast food, I noticed that about 30 minutes into my shift, I'd constantly tap the side of the screen when taking orders because the rate of tapping necessary to keep up with people talking wo
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by tbirrell 9y ago
As a technologically literate individual who takes pains to protect myself online, yes, my feed is inherently more "fine" then the general population.
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by tbirrell 9y ago
As someone who will probably never work at Amazon, or in any way benefit from their presence, the issues of housing prices and infrastructure are important to me. I'm not willing to pay an effective Amazon-tax in both my rent and commu
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by tbirrell 9y ago
It's more like, letting users "legitimize" news is how you get bots screwing with everything. It may not be a problem for some, including myself since my feed is similar to how you describe yours, but network waide, it will p
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by tbirrell 9y ago
I would hate to have amazon here. I don't need my rent to go up or my commute to get longer.
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by tbirrell 9y ago
Anyone who has studied this event at any length will know it was a death by a thousand paper cuts. Trying to assign ultimate responsibility to Captain Smith is tenuous at best. > 1. Why were the iceberg warnings ignored? Its not the Capt
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by tbirrell 9y ago
Okay... But can it handle mounted directories yet?
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by tbirrell 9y ago
Because humans, and by extension, airline seats, are primarily vertical in nature. Whereas cars are primarily horizontal in nature. So the elongated side is extending in a different direction. In a parking lot, the shape, combined with the
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by tbirrell 9y ago
Learning Esperanto is my New Year's resolution. Are there any successful learners who have tips? Right now my plan is to get through duolingo then figure it out from there.

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