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by tghw 10y ago
What false premise? Fivethirtyeight is not wrong. In this case, with seemingly reliable tests (>90% accuracy), only 27% of positive tests are correct. If you're talking about something that has an invasive next step, like a biopsy,
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by tghw 10y ago
That's exactly my point. Citing the first amendment is a very weak argument, even weaker when he cites it in a situation where it does not apply. It's so weak that it weakens an argument that otherwise is very strong, that the p
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by tghw 10y ago
Relevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/1357/
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by tghw 11y ago
I work actively in Xamarin with both iOS and OSX. Documentation can be somewhat lacking, but it's usually not too hard to figure out. Xamarin.Forms is pretty well documented, and if ever you need to dive into platform specific code, th
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How I Made a Cheap PCB(keacher.com)
83 points by tghw 11y ago|81 comments
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by tghw 11y ago
While I also use an ad blocker, it seems odd to be upset that they block you from viewing their site. You've (we've) decided that you (we) don't want their ads. They've decided they don't want readers who don't
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by tghw 11y ago
A reminder to those writing open source READMEs: People coming to your project have probably never heard of it before. Tell us what this is and why, don't bury the lede.
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by tghw 11y ago
I've started using IFTTT to work around some of this. For example, I have it set home/away based on an IFTTT geofence. Unfortunately, IFTTT doesn't do home/away yet, but you can write your own trivial "app" to
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by tghw 11y ago
You did mention Sanders, by using him as the example which you quoted. You used him as a basis for your model, except that you used a flawed interpretation of him: > To elect someone who is known for his inability to compromise as a pres
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by tghw 11y ago
Frank is clearly pansexual.
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by tghw 11y ago
If the other option is someone who will take whatever position is most politically convenient, then yes, I will choose the one who has been advocating for the things I believe in for the past 30 years over the one who just got on the bandwa
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by tghw 11y ago
You should put that tired narrative to bed. 50% of Sanders' donations have come from women. 69% of women under 45 voted for Sanders in New Hampshire.
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by tghw 11y ago
It's not silly at all. Yes, politics are messy, but there is a huge chasm between talking to lobbyists and taking their money. The former is, as you point out, necessary to the process. But the latter inherently undermines the process.
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by tghw 11y ago
I'd like to know if that's adjusted for inflation (not that there's been a ton of it in the intervening years), but it's certainly worrisome. Of course, it could all be a coincidence...
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by tghw 11y ago
I am genuinely concerned about how the Clintons play the game. While there's nothing conclusive, there are a lot of correlations between their "friendships" and the influence they exert. It's even more concerning that th
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by tghw 11y ago
Seems like they really need a token for the user to identify that it's really LastPass. Something like an image, like some banks do, would work well.
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EFF Pries More Information on Zero Days from the Government(eff.org)
124 points by tghw 11y ago|29 comments
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by tghw 11y ago
Have you seen https://www.billfixers.com/ ?
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by tghw 11y ago
If so, they charge 50% of the annual savings. That's steeper than a couple of hours of Magic+.
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by tghw 11y ago
An hour of my time is worth more than an hour of their time costs. And that's without counting the headache of doing it. Considering it would save me money for less than I would "spend" doing it myself, I don't see how i
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by tghw 11y ago
I just signed up to see if they could renegotiate my Comcast price for me. It turns out you have to buy either 10 hours at $100/hour or 40 hours at $75/hour to get started. That's way too steep to try something out.
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by tghw 11y ago
The people you are helping are already in peril, and only remain in that peril if the situation is not safe enough for a first responder to reach them. That seems eminently reasonable, and I don't think there's any expectation to
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by tghw 11y ago
Personally, I'm looking forward to Backblaze's cloud storage, which is being advertised at $0.005/GB/month. Cheaper than glacier, without all of the transaction fees. https://www.backblaze.com/b2/clo
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by tghw 11y ago
While it's legal to take someone's photo in public, because they don't have an expectation of privacy, it's generally not legal to record audio without their knowledge. It depends on states, but almost every state falls
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by tghw 11y ago
I had good luck using Xoom.com to transfer money. The rates were very close to (and occasionally even better than) the blue rate. You just have to find an office to pick it up from. Also, make sure you don't end up with too many extra
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by tghw 11y ago
My father ended up on months-long rounds of antibiotics and started taking probiotics as a result. He also said it helped some similar digestive problems he's had for years.
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by tghw 11y ago
They announced AWD over a year ago.
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by tghw 11y ago
You can edit data in Google Maps directly. It still has to be approved, but it often goes faster than trying to do it with bug reports. https://www.google.com/mapmaker
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by tghw 11y ago
A friend has a software product that does image deblurring. His focuses mostly on motion blur. Depending on the type of motion, it can work quite well. https://www.blurity.com/
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by tghw 11y ago
"Once more of us are familiar with it, the Basic Income Guarantee should be an easy sell politically. It gives money to poor people, reduces taxes for rich people..." I don't have my work from the last time I ran the number

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