xenophanes

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by xenophanes 13y ago
http://www.mikeash.com/pyblog/friday-qa-2013-09-27-arm64-and... In short, changing architecture is big and they changed multiple things . The new architecture is 64 bit but it's actually some of the other chang
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by xenophanes 13y ago
But someone else might not know and need the alarm to keep going off.
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by xenophanes 13y ago
that's not correct, 55 inches is diagonal.
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by xenophanes 13y ago
You claim to "demonstrate that it's a lot more complex than just environmental factors". But the correct conclusion from what you said is that you demonstrated that it's a lot more complex than just the environmental fac
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by xenophanes 13y ago
> a few attempts to unlock it with a fake fingerprint, and then they'd have to enter my code. And if they fail to enter my code 10 times, the phone is wiped. Are you saying that random people can pick up your phone when you go to th
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by xenophanes 13y ago
FYI new ios devices come with apple's free office productivity software now (pages, keynote, numbers). they announced that at the iphone event a few weeks ago. but the airlines don't want the pilots using office software, that&#x2
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by xenophanes 13y ago
Yep you called it. See: http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/09/30/delta-pilots-fough... > "We fought hard for iPad," a pilot working for the airline told AppleInsider. He described the Delta
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by xenophanes 13y ago
my blog just does basically this in js: a = "cat" b = "dog" c = a + integer_to_string(234234) + b then you have to submit the c value with the form. i get no spam. (a prior somewhat simpler did get some spam).
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by xenophanes 13y ago
All the sources except piracy, for movies and TV (and books too), are missing features you can use with other software if you have DRM free media. For example, I have amazon video already paid for and never ever use it because of this -- mi
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by xenophanes 13y ago
http://fallibleideas.com/ http://beginningofinfinity.com/
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by xenophanes 13y ago
I didn't say it's a bad thing to fork, I said it requires further explanation how a fork -- with worse UI imo -- is better. Worse UI and similar internals -- where is the way better part? I don't wish to defend windows safari
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by xenophanes 13y ago
The OS is supposed to use memory. That's what it's for: to be used. Using memory is a feature, not a bug. Let the OS manage memory instead of demanding a lot should be left in an used state. You also didn't make much effort t
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by xenophanes 13y ago
> Apple has to put its cash to work Throwing cash at it does not make better software. See the Mythical Man Month. Or don't. But Apple is aware of it. I do not agree Apple's software is "shitty", but there is certainl
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by xenophanes 13y ago
Yahoo just broke Yahoo Groups a few weeks ago. The new UI is god awful and makes some stuff impossible (like posting in plain text with proper quoting). It's also literally rather broken: author search doesn't work at all. Also th
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The iPhone 5S and 5C(daringfireball.net)
118 points by xenophanes 13y ago|96 comments
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by xenophanes 13y ago
Why do you think there will be or should be a golden age, rather then continuous progress forever? http://beginningofinfinity.com
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by xenophanes 13y ago
> Glendale Unified School District is comprised of 31 Schools and over 2,620 employees, serving 27,000 students in grades Kindergarten through 12th grade. You are very naive about budgets. You should change that if you want to freelance
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by xenophanes 13y ago
can't navigate with arrow keys, spacebar, pageup/down. have to roll mouse? or click the little arrows on edge of page. umm, wtf? no thx? bad website.
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by xenophanes 13y ago
Recommend https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/ Never had any problems and can report the bandwidth they give you is good. It's also quite cheap $40/year. Had multiple issues including poor bandwidth with a prior
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by xenophanes 13y ago
While there are level-headed anarchists (e.g. William Godwin), Rothbard is a terrible example. He was an anti-semite and thought children were property. He wrote a letter to Ayn Rand about his serious psychological problems.
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by xenophanes 13y ago
This is so stupid. The experiment can be explained in many different ways and she just picks a trendy one. Another explanation is people who did harder work were more tired and hungry, or felt more like rewarding themselves. I don't pa
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by xenophanes 13y ago
I asked a physicist. The headline and article are both stupid but the science is good. It's like the paint thing except that when light hits paint, the paint affects the light, they interact, the information in the light gets messed up
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by xenophanes 13y ago
Wait so is the story basically along the lines of, "Light hits black paint. Absorbed, stops. Comes out later." ?
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by xenophanes 13y ago
And could also call non-local (faster-than-light) magical thinking.
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by xenophanes 13y ago
In short, I relaxed and stopped being scared of it. FWIW I also took more breaks, got a better chair and posture, stretched regularly, and especially importantly: became a lot more aware of signs of incoming pain and would take breaks befor
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by xenophanes 13y ago
Never read the book, but psychology changes helped my RSI issues tremendously. > if you are unconsciously worried about something (including worried about your wrists hurting while you type), then this can cause your wrists to hurt while
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by xenophanes 13y ago
Off topic political rant. Flagged.
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by xenophanes 13y ago
OMG, some small percentage of the time they send back the wrong form letter. Stop the presses!
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by xenophanes 13y ago
I got a triangle made inside a circle. Can someone tell me why the triangle in origin circle thing doesn't complete? http://www.sciencevsmagic.net/geo/#0A1.1A0.0L2.0L1.1L2.1L6.2...
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by xenophanes 13y ago
And you call people unhealthy when you disagree with their ideas. This kind of delegitimization of disagreement with specious medical-scientific authority is one of the larger problems facing the country.

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