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541.
by wmil 10y ago
The problem is that cities have become so opposed to allowing construction of middle class rental units that it takes the concerted effort of a multi-billion dollar corporation to build any.
542.
by wmil 10y ago
"In February 2009, NumbersUSA was called a nativist organization by the Southern Poverty Law Center's report 'The Nativist Lobby', though the SPLC also stated that there is no evidence of racism on behalf of Roy Beck or
543.
by wmil 10y ago
No one can. The government chooses not to track it, and it's difficult to do without major resources. I know that in Toronto there's a lot of casual evidence of empty condos. Multiple buildings are springing up without any need fo
544.
by wmil 10y ago
Normally nurses draw more than necessary so that the lab can do retests, or do additional tests. Once you're sticking a needle in someones vein the marginal aggravation of taking extra blood is pretty small. So they could probably get
545.
by wmil 10y ago
Graphics drivers are a big one. But things like touch screen drivers can be a problem. I haven't looked at the situation since 2011, so I'm not up to date.
546.
by wmil 10y ago
Narrow your window. For some reason it only works on 'medium' width.
547.
by wmil 10y ago
How often is Linux used these days in embedded devices (non-android)? In the past Windows driver support was so much better that Linux generally didn't have much of a payoff.
548.
by wmil 10y ago
The Venezuela government set extremely low prices for essential goods and has devalued the currency to an extreme degree. So anything market priced is extremely expensive (the money isn't worth much) and many local producers went unde
549.
by wmil 10y ago
Dark Castle was pretty impressive in 1986. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjtjVS7VFFY
550.
by wmil 10y ago
Google keeps per user costs low by trying to avoid all tech support. Sending an email like that invites the user to try to start a conversation. Google really should have an option to freeze the account while allowing the user to download t
551.
by wmil 10y ago
Closed platforms come with a risk of censorship. Open platforms come with floods of spam and phishing attacks. Fundamentally life is about trade offs. For most people closed platforms are the better choice.
552.
by wmil 10y ago
One of the nice things about Apple's review / publish system is that it encourages multiple parties to keep release binaries around. Both parties will need them in case there's ever an allegation of malicious or dangerous cod
553.
by wmil 10y ago
No. In 1933: 66% Protestant, 33% Catholic. Jews < 1%. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Nazi_Germany
554.
by wmil 10y ago
Madoff was quite unusual because he was very actively involved in the upperclass Jewish philanthropic community. It's also where most of his victims came from. That's one of the reasons he was able to get away with it for so long.
555.
by wmil 10y ago
Somehow you could list it as a heritage site that needs additional review. The city already has plenty of those.
556.
by wmil 10y ago
The DMCA provides a safe harbour provision for hosts who take down content after a notice. Libel / slander don't require a take down, but also don't provide any protection for the hosting company. If this goes to court then t
557.
by wmil 10y ago
But Digital Ocean could be partly accountable in a libel / slander suit if they don't take action after being notified. Taking down the content is the easiest way not to end up as co-defendants with the Yes Men.
558.
by wmil 10y ago
exFAT was supposed to be the new standard. But Microsoft went a little crazy with patents and license restrictions. As a result it's about as popular as JPEG2000. It's actually a shame. A better file system for removable devices
559.
by wmil 10y ago
They also push impossible energy efficiency standards for home appliances. So the EU bans toasters and kettles that work: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/10/eu-to-launch-kett... Vacuum cleaners t
560.
by wmil 10y ago
Right now small businesses in the UK that don't export at all have to comply with all EU rules. If the UK leaves then they won't. So the effective influence will be greatly reduced.
561.
by wmil 10y ago
They want every symbol used in a document to have a unique encoding, so that you can change fonts without losing meaning. Fonts like wingdings are a horrible hack. The idea is one (complex) encoding that will represent the info until the en
562.
by wmil 10y ago
The market may never sort it out. Apple doesn't need to fix the app market to make money, and they're really the only one who can. So unless they start allowing third party stores, nothing will change.
563.
by wmil 10y ago
I think it's worth reminding people that we do have the ability to wipe out specific mosquito species, and that aedes aegypti is an invasive one that spreads most Zika. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aedes_aegypti
564.
by wmil 10y ago
Has anyone ever figured out what the point of the Summly acquisition was?
565.
by wmil 10y ago
If you allow it to remember your login credentials it will autofill any input that it thinks is a login / password. That leads to some random behaviour.
566.
by wmil 10y ago
Counter argument: Chrome doesn't ask you, and they don't provide any way for you to respect the standard behaviour. If it breaks websites you use then your only option is to completely disable autocomplete.
567.
by wmil 10y ago
Except there's no ability for the user to disable autosave on a page specific basis. So if autocomplete breaks functionality then there's nothing the user can do if the developer assumed autocomplete='off' would continue
568.
by wmil 10y ago
A field named 'email' isn't necessarily for your email. Apple has popularized the save field on edit model, so autofilling fields can potentially destroy data in a crud type app.
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“autocomplete=off is ignored on non-login input elements”(bugs.chromium.org)
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by wmil 10y ago
I really wonder what JLaw's interpretation of Holmes's baritone voice would sound like.

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