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811.
by tunap 12y ago
And it all comes down to "Supply or Demand". Whatever justifies the greatest return for those who hold the power.
812.
by tunap 12y ago
He's not insulting you, he's protecting their back-end from exposure & scrutiny. NSA has become a problem, but Apple, et al, corps' data collections have been eroding & infringing our privacy all along... in the name
813.
by tunap 12y ago
The difference between real & perceived value is only a price tag away. Be wary when seemingly trivial choices with potentially fatal consequences are made based upon marketing trends and convenience. Perhaps these systems will mature &
814.
by tunap 12y ago
Huh! Very interesting. I loiter around drinking my 1st cup of coffee with mule deer most mornings, I thought ours were just acclimated to people... north-side of Phoenix metro. A few dozen of them graze our property most mornings between tw
815.
by tunap 12y ago
"TV-advertised laptops for 200-250GBP are very appealing for my client demographic. It irks me, sure, but then sometimes people have to learn by doing. The tide is very slowly turning." At least 'formerly-known-as netbooks&#x
816.
by tunap 12y ago
I would, and do, take the further step and repartition & reformat in DOS to eliminate rootkits. Have seen them carryover through new installs before, even after reformatting; TDSS I believe it was, but not 100%.
817.
by tunap 12y ago
From alt link posted prior in comments: http://www.adventure-journal.com/2015/01/why-is-climbing-the... These guys are falling a lot on their way up. Don’t they want to climb the whole thing without falling? Well,
818.
by tunap 12y ago
"I see little issue with imaging a car if there's nobody in it" If you were to spend some time at a border checkpoint sitting in a chainlink cage(literally) in the accompaniment of other travelers as your vehicles are batch s
819.
by tunap 12y ago
Immediately after college I quit drinking coffee. For fourteen years afterward I always had a feeling of incompleteness, something felt missing whenever I was in a relaxed state, like there was something I was missing/needed to do, but
820.
by tunap 12y ago
That MAY explain why I don't have these issues on my N4, I de-googled[1] my phone as soon as I got it. [1] http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1715375
821.
by tunap 12y ago
What? No more time shifting reboot regurgitants for you? What if Kahn morphs into Kanye for hip-hop goodness? You're going to miss yet another weak Spider Man/Superman/Iron Man written to appeal to a 10yo(seemingly written by
822.
by tunap 12y ago
I bought an N4 a few months ago to test Sailfish OS on. Works OK, the SFOS beta release Dec 11th fixed a lot of bugs. My problem is the N4's 3G & wifi reception are inferior compared to my 5yo N900.
823.
by tunap 12y ago
"Gamechanger"=same shit, new wrapping "rockstar" or "ninja"=naive or gullible "hybrid"=1 to do work of previous >1 These are the people I would not work for even if they paid me <i>enough<
824.
by tunap 12y ago
The US is currently, and for the foreseeable future, solely reliant upon Russia to get astronauts to & from LEO & the ISS. Frankly, I'm surprised Putin hasn't rattled that saber yet. Edit: I'm rooting for Sabre &
825.
by tunap 12y ago
Sounds like if I 'Tab' to the field & hit enter I must be a bot....
826.
by tunap 12y ago
When I was young, 'all' of what I learned was unique. As I aged, the newness waned as I recognized patterns and deemed repackaged ideas as innovative applications. Now well into my 40's, I can still find 'new' when
827.
by tunap 12y ago
Interesting but dated info for techies. I was hoping for something more along the lines of how retailers triangulate & track your movements inside their brick & mortar sites. Or how public providers scrape your browsing habits whils
828.
by tunap 12y ago
Haha, I'm back after I read the question below the title. I just ASSUMED this being a tech site that this was a technical poll. Doesn't political BS polls/posts send a mixed signal while YC & HNers continually talk about
829.
by tunap 12y ago
A client dropped Dropbox when it took 2 days to download their 10GB backup on a >5Mb/s connection. The new solution is an external hard drive for nightly batch backups + Cubby's DirectSync feature for multi-systems, multi-locat
830.
by tunap 12y ago
And to add some more murk, the Conquistadors were the result of 800 years of muslim 'conquest'... All in the name of <insert deity here>. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Spain#Conquest https:&#x
831.
by tunap 12y ago
Or you can benefit from confused consumers' perceived value by identifying with the established product. ie: Outlook, Pentium, Godzilla
832.
by tunap 12y ago
Perhaps if you had finished with "sedentary lifestyle" or "consumption lifestyle" you wouldn't have been modded down so far? What do I know, I'm just another un-diagnosed aberrant.
833.
by tunap 12y ago
Never saw that, thx. His leap of faith worked out well for them. Another good bird IQ documentary, Nova's Inside Animal Mind: Birds... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-spBaywak7M An even better read, IMO, but I am part
834.
by tunap 12y ago
That's a TEXAN accent, pilgrim.
835.
by tunap 12y ago
"ALL of the behaviors you'd like to believe are strictly efforts of will are composed of complex chemical interactions in the brain that can be hampered or helped with the addition of other chemicals." FTFY As for chemical im
836.
by tunap 12y ago
Self control? Next you'll be talking crazy things like discipline & personal responsibility. There are no pills to auto-magically make those traits a reality, they are earned by action, introspection & habit formation. Turn off
837.
by tunap 12y ago
Buy the Chinese knock-off for $10. https://encrypted.google.com/shopping/product/99842391963509... Download the discontinued device's MS software. x64 http://download.microsoft.com/download&#x
838.
by tunap 12y ago
Don't worry, it's already happening in big ways. http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/05/experian-breach-tied-to-n...
839.
by tunap 12y ago
Thanks for the additional input, EF. The disparity is much larger than I initially thought. In time, as methods & costs are refined, perhaps the ratio will shrink and reverse. I also believe that is the article I was referring to... IIR
840.
by tunap 12y ago
Much less rare since man began producing perfect ones over the last 60 years... I recall reading a decade ago the only flaw with the man-made gems was that they were, indeed, flawless. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synth

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