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by widowlark 11y ago
IIRC, they were able to increase the pixel density because of the screen they are using, which uses less power than the SP3, so it would probably be about equal.
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by widowlark 11y ago
So, having just checked my Surface Book BIOS, I can speak to a few things: - There is SecureBoot configuration, and it can be reconfigured and disabled. - There are USB and PXE boot options available, so running Linux from those shouldn&#x2
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by widowlark 11y ago
To me, this seems like a positive. Microsoft is infamous for acquiring and keeping bloat, and its one of the things that has traditionally knocked them out of the spotlight. With this kind of restructuring, it gives Microsoft a chance to ma
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by widowlark 11y ago
This is a really interesting look into the formation of a startup. It was cool reading about everyone's initial worries and their honesty about their inexperience. It goes to show that expertise is only a small part of a startup. The r
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Windows 10 is coming July 29th, 2015(youtube.com)
2 points by widowlark 11y ago|0 comments
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by widowlark 11y ago
"Perhaps the most important question of all concerns the legal matter of government regulation. Will the information utility be a public utility, or will it be privately owned and operated? Will some large companies have their own info
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by widowlark 11y ago
Well at least we can agree that seatbelts should be mandatory for automakers to provide, rather than require people to wear them. I see your point.
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by widowlark 11y ago
But are you taking into account the actual safety reasons for seatbelts? thousands of peoples lives are saved every day by a low-cost belt. Can you think of a better way to do this than the current solution?
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by widowlark 11y ago
To me, it seems that there are two sides to the GMO coin. On one, we have a technology and a science that can clearly benefit everyone, especially helping combat malnutrition and disease in developing countries. On the other, we have 3 or 4
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by widowlark 11y ago
Good to see 4chan slowly filter into hacker news
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by widowlark 12y ago
I have been having this debate with colleagues since I started taking Economics. We have not yet found a way to replace the current labor system without impeding the incentives that effect progress.
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by widowlark 12y ago
Does anyone else feel a comparison between this novel and Snow Crash? Some of the plot points are eerily similar.
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by widowlark 12y ago
homework in junior high and high school was agonizing for me. So much busywork, so little attention to actual students needs. I clearly loved to learn and was extremely engaged in learning, yet so many teachers wrote my curiosity off as a d
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The Lumia 640(youtube.com)
1 points by widowlark 12y ago|0 comments
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by widowlark 12y ago
I'm gonna put my vote in for Bellevue, WA to be the next place to start a tech business. Wait and see.
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by widowlark 12y ago
Calibre ereader management is any easy piece of software that makes those conversions a lot faster
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by widowlark 12y ago
This is more of a jab at Microsoft than anything, since the articles main argument is that Google is the new Microsoft because Microsoft employees work there... Give me a break.
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by widowlark 12y ago
and oddly works fine in IE
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by widowlark 12y ago
Or re-release windows 8... Sales weren't so high on that release
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by widowlark 12y ago
No, with Windows 10 they should have this ability
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by widowlark 12y ago
Agreed. I feel for the first time that Microsoft is bringing something unique and even innovative to the tech industry
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by widowlark 12y ago
Its interesting to me that this is written by Krugman. I am glad to see that he has read The High Frontier, Its one of my personal favorites.
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Elon Musk to use Seattle for satellites(gigaom.com)
2 points by widowlark 12y ago|0 comments
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by widowlark 12y ago
I feel like there is a lot of discussion on whether its okay for Google to have this information or not, but truthfully if you don't want them having this info then don't use their services. Its that simple.
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A Brief History of Hackerdom(catb.org)
1 points by widowlark 12y ago|0 comments
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by widowlark 12y ago
you can honestly probably go into the Microsoft Store and see if there is anything they can do. The i5's are not known for overheating
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by widowlark 12y ago
>The thing gets worryingly hot Do you have an i5 or an i7? Did you buy it at the retail store or with someone else?
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Microsoft's Q1 2015: Surface growing strongly and Lumia sales up(theverge.com)
49 points by widowlark 12y ago|25 comments