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12y ago
The signup process reminds me of a ponzi-style scheme. After entering your email, you can "unlock" features or free service by referring people.
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12y ago
Additionally, visit the Genius Bar at the apple store. They'll help you fix the issue.
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12y ago
The meaning of words evolve and are adapted. It clearly refers to "an event involving destruction or damage on an awesome or catastrophic scale"
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12y ago
> most of their revenues coming from non-USD currencies Is this true? Why are all major product releases in the US if most of their revenue is coming from overseas?
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12y ago
What percentage of new car buyers have smartphones? I have a feeling that most people without smartphones will not be in the market for a new car...
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POODLE flaw returns, this time hitting TLS security protocol
(computerworld.com.au)
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MULTI – world’s first rope-free elevator system
(youtube.com)
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12y ago
That was a quick copy/paste. But imagine the loop would be the string we know (i.e. the password). Looping through the 10-character pass should be identical every time, regardless of what the user entered.
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12y ago
> NOTE In general, it's not possible to prevent length leaks. So it's OK to leak the length. I would imagine that you can prevent length leaks by looping through the characters of the known value and then returning that compari
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12y ago
> Well, there's nothing in a Model S that is earth shattering in terms of technology. Of course the car or company is not supernatural. But there's a HUGE difference between saying "anyone could have done it" and ACTU
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12y ago
But how many resources were spent on improving EVs and how many resources were spent on improving ICE-vehicles?
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12y ago
I don't own a high-performance car and have never driven a Model S, but to me this car is truly unique in it's category. You can't compare the Model S with gas-powered engines that had many decades to be refined. Considering
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Stolen Tesla Tracked with Phone App
(youtube.com)
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12y ago
When apple updates their products, they won't upgrade every-single-item-they-sell. They may refresh the item, but a robust upgrade may come next year. The mini has proven to be wildly popular, so they will certainly upgrade it next yea
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12y ago
Once your phone dies, go to the apple store and they will replace your broken phone with a new one (identical model) for $150 or $200. Out-of-warranty cost: iPhone 6 Plus: $329 iPhone 6: $299 iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5: $269 iPhone 4s:
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12y ago
You're looking at a solution that solves the problem for 100% of people. Most products don't do that. The popularity of bikes proves that. You only need to solve the problem for the majority of people ( >50% ) to be considered
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12y ago
Can you see how one of these things is not like the others?
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I find it interesting how he praises and bashes apple in the same sentence: "it is truly unbelievable how a company, formerly known for its remarkable design, dares to put out such a crap ton of shit" Then he / she goes on to
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12y ago
I'm not sure the deflated look is because of the shape. Apple created a lot of hype with their watch.
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12y ago
I don't know if anything changed within the past 2 years, but I had a high-end system 2.5 years ago where the emulator was just as slow as you describe it.
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12y ago
When I had an android device, I thought this feature was over-hyped. I installed as many keyboards as I found and tried every single one for about a day. I hated all of them. They were all different and some added interesting features, but
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Detecting Caller ID Spoofing Attacks (2013) [pdf]
(cse.sc.edu)
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She was having difficulties with functions and the order of operations. We decided to retry it again later.
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So I just gave this link to my non-technical wife for the ultimate test. She is actually making pretty good progress. I'll update this as she progresses.
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12y ago
This returns a 404-not found for me: https://gcdn.org/jquery/1.8.0/jquery.js
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12y ago
At $150 for two devices, it seems like a good deal for something that you would use once or twice a year. If the price goes up (as the website suggests that it is currently being offered at a 50% off promo), then I doubt it will become a ma
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Zigbee: "Outdoors with line-of-sight, range may be up to 1500 m depending on power output and environmental characteristics"
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12y ago
You must be on an older iOS 7 version as the latest updates make appear to be very fast. Seems to be the fastest phone / tablet OS I've had.
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12y ago
Does this article still make sense if you click on this: http://www.amazon.com/The-Everything-Store-Bezos-Amazon/dp/0... And notice that the book IS AVAILABLE?
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12y ago
You can ask for the old password and the new password twice. Solves your concern without storing anything critical.
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