wstrange

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   by wstrange 11y ago

   Gold bullion is rather expensive to ship and insure. Bitcoin seems quite promising for foreign currency transactions.
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   by wstrange 11y ago

   Sign up for yoga classes :-)
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   by wstrange 11y ago

   "unnecessarily wasteful energy-wise" This is just for setup right? So the energy cost is insanely trivial, hardly worth mentioning.
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   by wstrange 11y ago

   Buffet is far more than an investor. He takes a large enough position to have considerable influence over how his companies are run. That kind of clout isn't available to most of us.
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   by wstrange 11y ago

   Agreed. There is nothing wrong with the growing richness of the underlying web platform (the gist of the article). GPS, 3D graphics and what not all enhance the user experience. The challenge is that languages, frameworks, and tooling are a
6. 576.▲
   by wstrange 11y ago

   But anyone else can do the same (at least for all of the public repos).
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   by wstrange 11y ago

   You don't need to run into the arms of Apple. Buy a Nexus phone. It's that simple
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   by wstrange 11y ago

   That is an understandable choice, which Google should respect and enable. For many others (self included), the account integration is a killer feature.
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   by wstrange 11y ago

   This seems to be a problem with all social networks. Why is Google being singled out here?
10. 580.▲
    by wstrange 11y ago

    This meme is getting tired. Plenty of other companies EOL products.
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    by wstrange 11y ago

    "Round Algorithms 100" would be a better title. Just sayin.
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    by wstrange 11y ago

    I think Google is more interested in Dart as a cross platform language. See the Sky project https://github.com/domokit/sky_sdk/ which uses Dart as the UI framework. Currently runs on Android- but I believe the in
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    by wstrange 11y ago

    If watching a crime is a criminal offence, you better lock up the viewers of CNN, Fox News, and the BBC. I do think their ought to be laws against the distribution of this kind of material (there probably are?), and there is no question t
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    by wstrange 11y ago

    Competing browsers have a security record which is at least as good as Safari (perhaps better). That seems like a weak excuse on Apple's part
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    by wstrange 11y ago

    Correct me if I am wrong, but how could Google ever create a play store for Apple iOS devices? Doesn't Apple forbid that?
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    by wstrange 11y ago

    Alternative energy also causes massive environmental damage and areas rendered unfit for life. See for example rare earth mining in China: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/aug/07/china-rar...
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    by wstrange 11y ago

    If one measures fatalities per Kw/H generated, the data shows that nuclear is by far the safest form of power generated. See for example: http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/03/deaths-per-twh-by-energy-so... Nuclea
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    by wstrange 11y ago

    My understanding was that Sun (and now Oracle) had "field of use" restrictions on the JDK that prohibited it being used on mobile devices without buying a license. I am not sure how enforceable those restrictions were, but I imagi
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    by wstrange 11y ago

    Time to kill the password. Federated login using OpenID Connect seems like a far better solution. I can't fathom why so many web sites want the awful responsibility of storing your password. Why not leave that to Google, Facebook or Mi
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    by wstrange 11y ago

    Interesting - but you know this isn't going to work for 99.9% of the population.
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    by wstrange 11y ago

    I don't think that was the case. (usual disclaimer, not a lawyer, etc.). CDDL is file based - basically saying "if you modify this file, and distribute the software, you must provide the source code to the modified files". Su
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    by wstrange 11y ago

    To be fair, Google has contributed a ton of code back to the community. They have also made Linux relevant on the "desktop" (if you consider Android / Chromebooks desktop substitutes). Net net, I would say their use of open s
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    by wstrange 11y ago

    Or they can analyse the photo itself. They seem to be getting quite good at picking out faces, scenes, events, and locations in photos.
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    by wstrange 11y ago

    And Dart - which had optional types from the start.
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    by wstrange 11y ago

    Boards often select the management consultants that evaluate CEO pay, and it's a pretty tight and friendly circle in the industry. The consultants want to get the next gig - and what better way than to give the board (and the CEO) a ti
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    by wstrange 11y ago

    So would we call it a heisenpage?
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    by wstrange 11y ago

    Windows is not free software, so there is certainly risk in building out on a proprietary O/S. Increasingly, many tools and environments work best on Linux - which is quite an amazing shift from a decade ago.
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    by wstrange 11y ago

    I think Dart is going to offer much higher performance than Python. See for example http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/05/01/googles-dart-langu...
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    by wstrange 12y ago

    Can you give me some examples for flight search?
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    by wstrange 12y ago

    Instant is indeed the killer feature. Google also suggests alternate airports, and the bar chart shows you alternate dates that may be cheaper.