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by throwaway32 15y ago
dont forget that SBC was a baby bell, and thus originated from AT&T.
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by throwaway32 15y ago
http://video.linux.com/sites/all/files/videos_local/lcj11_li... direct link to the video file for anyone else that is having issues with the embedded flash player.
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by throwaway32 15y ago
not one case, ever? I highly doubt that
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by throwaway32 15y ago
http://www.riverturn.com/blog/?p=455
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by throwaway32 15y ago
why, they have removed apps for "duplicating iOS functionality" before.
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by throwaway32 15y ago
with such windows apps, you don't need to worry about Microsoft removing you from the only approved sales conduit.
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by throwaway32 15y ago
the idea that personal connections between people should be used to market products is tasteless.
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by throwaway32 15y ago
Please use [pdf] in the title when submitting pdf files
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by throwaway32 15y ago
What has been most disappointing about webM/html5 video, is that Google seems to have halted the roll out on YouTube for several months now.
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by throwaway32 15y ago
This honestly feels like another case of Gnome 3, where a group of inexperienced "UX" people want to make a big splash and change things and take away features as part of their "grand vision". If you disagree, you are wrong. If you have alt
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by throwaway32 15y ago
ignoring people's concerns en masse and introducing something almost nobody cares about or wants is not "the only way to make progress".
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by throwaway32 15y ago
>when combined with other personal or identifying information which is linked or linkable to a specific individual Take a look into data de-anonymization techniques, this can encompass basically any stored information at all. This is no
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by throwaway32 15y ago
> It's an obvious question to say "Do you store personal information for more than X months? still the question is, what exactly qualifies as "personal information", many seemingly irrelevant things can be used to identify you, login ip
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by throwaway32 15y ago
Well there is a lot of wiggle room in those definitions, for instance Length of data store: under what circumstances is what data stored, performance data, explict user data, all data, some subset of personal information, access logs, and f
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by throwaway32 15y ago
I managed to find this http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/dec96/840131722.Dv.r.ht... but unfortunately it also does not cite a source :)
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by throwaway32 15y ago
I think one of the barriers to "monetization" is that the user base finds the concept offensive. A community does not need to be making its creators money hand over fist, or indeed making money at all to be successful in terms of what the u
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by throwaway32 15y ago
I like the idea behind the icons, however these tend to be judgement calls, or at least prone to being "optimistically" interpreted by interested parties.
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by throwaway32 15y ago
they are marked dead on a post by post basis, unless (i believe) the account has a history of only posting spam links. In this case, your link is a duplicate of an earlier/more popular post. So it got auto-deaded
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by throwaway32 15y ago
I think technologies like this are going to really take off in the medium/long term. The ability of modern radio technologies to mitigate/minimize interference is at the point where regulatory spectrum management is no longer necessary, ex
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by throwaway32 15y ago
Well you could hire this hooded guy that i know that stands on the street corner and calls himself Dave...
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by throwaway32 15y ago
What i have always found fascinating is how the biology of macroscopically large beings is so intimately intertwined at so many levels with that of the microscopic. For instance, the average human contains/carries 10x more nonhuman cells th
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by throwaway32 15y ago
You submission has been marked "dead". This means nobody can see it unless they have "showdead" turned on in their profile options. Logged out users cannot see "dead" links. Unless i am recalling incorrectly, you cannot see when your own li
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by throwaway32 15y ago
Due to the structure of Canadian government, there is basically no stopping this sadly.
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by throwaway32 15y ago
please do not complain about downvoting, it does nothing to contribute to discourse, and litters up the site.
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by throwaway32 15y ago
If you use firefox and https everywhere, here is a rule you can put in <firefox-profile>\HTTPSEverywhereUserRules\News.ycombinator.xml <ruleset name="News.ycombinator"> <target host="news.ycombinator.com" />
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by throwaway32 15y ago
no, free members are product, just like a farmer and a dairy cow, they have to do enough to keep you happy, but don't think for a minute you are their customer.
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by throwaway32 15y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_Compact_Halo_Object Basicly, there is not enough baryonic matter (stuff like protons and neutrons) in the universe to explain the observed effects of dark matter without invalidating a lot of other obs
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by throwaway32 15y ago
if you put something like host * ControlMaster auto ControlPath ~/.ssh/master-%r@%h:%p in your .ssh/config, any additional ssh sessions to a host reuse the original connection, so a new link doesn't have to be renegotia
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by throwaway32 15y ago
bittorent does not require the "real world presence" that bitcoin exchanges do. While its true it can really never be completely shut off, its very easy to target the major exchanges that an efficient and liquid economy needs. If you are su
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by throwaway32 15y ago
well as the device exists now, you cannot even finish booting/logging in without internet access.

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