vollmond

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   by vollmond 11y ago

   Phone tech support: every word recorded, probably video in a lot of cases. Retail: video of the whole store is common, unsure about audio. Office work: every worker signs a document saying everything they do on the network can/will be
2. 212.▲
   by vollmond 11y ago

   He/she's just saying that in 20 years, anything using IPv4 will be creaky and obsolete, similar to how we view WinXP now -- creaky and obsolete. Not that WinXP is stuck on IPv4.
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   by vollmond 11y ago

   There's also "Fireplace for your Home" on Netflix
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   by vollmond 11y ago

   This was the deal for me, too. The only time I can listen to a podcast is when I'm driving -- there's no real eye distraction (IE a phone). I listen to stories/conversations (Roderick on the Line, Reconcilable Differences, Ba
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   by vollmond 11y ago

   Oh. Right. Hmm.
6. 216.▲
   by vollmond 11y ago

   Couldn't that be innocent, though? Can't an advertiser run different ads based on time of day? You were up at night, so you saw the nighttime ads (for your geolocation).
7. 217.▲
   by vollmond 11y ago

   I like that analogy. Can you give an example of a specific poison that does that?
8. 218.▲
   by vollmond 11y ago

   Is that still the case? As of 2012, the Chevy Cruze is a 1.4L turbo, and it's not even Chevy's smallest car. It's a pretty standard low-mid-end sedan. I have no data, just my anemic Cruze :-) (seriously, the turbo lag is terr
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   by vollmond 11y ago

   Of course, most people don't buy. At least for me, I probably only buy something at ever 4th or 5th yard sale I go to. It's easy to walk in, scan the tables, realize there's nothing of interest to me, and leave.
10. 220.▲
    by vollmond 11y ago

    Though you'd think it would be worded more like "you may use the Hovalin design files for commercial purposes...."
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    by vollmond 11y ago

    How can he get that irate at being ignored? Isn't that the standard response to cold emails? I ignore a lot more than I respond to.
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    by vollmond 11y ago

    Is muscle wasting a significant issue? Mars does have gravity, the people will no doubt be doing some physical work, so it won't be as bad as in orbit. On top of that, if they have no plans for ever coming back to Earth, then is there
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    by vollmond 11y ago

    Hmmm, there is the HDMI-CEC stuff (where you supposedly can control your CC from the TV remote -- my TV doesn't have it, so I can't try it). Given that, I wonder if you could make a pass-through dongle, HDMI male-to-female, and pu
14. 224.▲
    by vollmond 11y ago

    I like choosing media from a phone/computer, but I love having my Roku's physical remote. Instant access to tactile playback controls is huge. I can pick up the remote in the dark and find the pause button with no effort at all. I
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    by vollmond 11y ago

    Wouldn't that necessarily lead to an increase in ad quality? If I proxy ads through my server, that increases my costs, which increases what I would have to make from the ads, which means the advertisers will have to see a higher retur
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    by vollmond 11y ago

    What's the government's rationale here? How can you have market competition if they ban competition?
17. 227.▲
    by vollmond 11y ago

    Are they doing anything illegal in their "tax-dodging"? If not, why would they ever choose to pay more? I've never understood the point of vilifying companies for using "loopholes" to pay less taxes. If there was a
18. 228.▲
    by vollmond 11y ago

    I haven't had that exact structure yet, but what I have had tracks well. I've had fully open-plan, single cubicles, and 4-6 person super-cubes. The super-cubes definitely seemed like the best option. I had easy collaborative acces
19. 229.▲
    by vollmond 11y ago

    I had no idea there had been any nuclear explosions above the 100km line, let alone above ISS's orbit. How did I not know that?
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    by vollmond 11y ago

    I would guess the majority of Facebook's userbase. Most people don't globally disable JS (I don't -- this would have gotten me).
21. 231.▲
    by vollmond 11y ago

    Check out Clean Code by Robert C. Martin. May be helpful.
22. 232.▲
    by vollmond 11y ago

    Clean Code -- Robert C. Martin
23. 233.▲
    by vollmond 11y ago

    But it seems like you can just give them your Eastern European address for both and get through just fine, no?
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    by vollmond 11y ago

    The other part is the excessive hero worship, also driven by the War on Terror. The "support the troops" conversation stopper has extended to law enforcement and any other public-facing service job, to the point where it's im
25. 235.▲
    by vollmond 11y ago

    "Truth is treason in the empire of lies." - Ron Paul
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    by vollmond 11y ago

    I worked with a guy from 2006-2009 who was retired USNavy. He said he always judged a country's infrastructure by whether all the natives drank bottled water and had cell phones -- it meant they didn't have the ability to build PO
27. 237.▲
    by vollmond 11y ago

    I have trouble comprehending the tiny greenscreen on that as being useful in any way.
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    by vollmond 11y ago

    Only in combination, though. There are dozens of "small size" "limited influence" dictatorships, no? Esp in Africa/Latin America?
29. 239.▲
    by vollmond 11y ago

    This seems unnecessarily harsh.
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    by vollmond 11y ago

    >> We reported the bug to Microsoft and included a short program that easily reproduced the issue. Now we just need a copy of it.