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by yareally 13y ago
Aside from GNOME, one can also look at the Opera Browser community. Many of us were skeptical of the switch to being based on Chromium not because of browser, but because of the fear Opera would throw out many of the powerful features its u
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by yareally 13y ago
Perhaps amending to that a filter to that which gives less upvotes for submissions that are repetitive based on url, page title and article keywords during a certain period of time. Though the only problem with that would be if early submis
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by yareally 13y ago
I guess it depends on how the sample data is skewed as to what you can statistically gain from it. If it was collected fairly random without favoring any one audience, then there's lots of options. If not, then there's more restri
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by yareally 13y ago
Yes, since looking at your other comments in the thread, we're in agreement. I just misinterpreted your original reply to me.
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by yareally 13y ago
I'm just trying to understand your intentions for having the data, but it sounds like you didn't have a set reason for collecting the data other than for the sake of recording it? Not that one has to have a reason, but just presum
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by yareally 13y ago
No explicit barriers yes, but many tend to participate more in discussions where they have an interest/opinion in the subject matter than ones there they do not. Even your previous comment about walking into a bar in Iowa reflects that
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by yareally 13y ago
Yes, I was referring to HN discussions, not people in general. I wouldn't go up to random strangers on the street and ask them if they preferred php, python or ruby unless I wanted to perform some sort of sociological experiment :)
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by yareally 13y ago
What do you want to do with the data? That can alter the tools/software one wishes to use with it.
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by yareally 13y ago
I would say most people are just as opinionated about language, hardware and software choices as they are about politics. Though the participation threshold on most political topics is probably lower as politics tends to have a wider appeal
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by yareally 13y ago
There's a few way to improve content without altering the system (which can take much longer and have positive/negative effects). One way to instantly get more diversity in content is to frequent the "new" page more ofte
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by yareally 13y ago
I relate it to casino gambling without the small potential of being able to get a payout in return.
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by yareally 13y ago
The US Women's Suffrage Movement actually grew out of two things in the 19th century. Unfortuently, neither gets much recognition since historical media, reporting and education is a bit slanted to focusing on the last 60-70 years in A
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by yareally 13y ago
In reference to that, I'm more concerned about what they do that isn't explicitly mentioned. Until not long ago, there was no permission denial for reading the sdcard/external storage area of Android devices (even now it&#x27
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Last Song for Migrating Birds(ngm.nationalgeographic.com)
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by yareally 13y ago
We actually already lost a variety of bananas back in the 50s due to Panama Disease and it never recovered. The kind we eat now are reported to be less flavorful yet were resistant to the disease up until recently. There's plenty of ot
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by yareally 13y ago
Lack of genetic diversity is also the reason the banana is in danger (again). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_disease
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by yareally 13y ago
Perhaps I assume too much, but if nutrition and what one should eat were really as simple as what Soylent is trying to do, wouldn't NASA or the Soviet Space Program devised a solution like this for the Astronauts and Cosmonauts? Each p
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by yareally 13y ago
Only if you opt into it. It's an option under settings. They also tell you what they're sending. If you're truly paranoid, just block Google Analytics in your host file. That's all they're using.
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by yareally 13y ago
I think it's the tar and nicotine that stains walls in the smoke. Not to say that pot couldn't, but may not to the same effect.
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by yareally 13y ago
Silly/ridiculous references can be easier to remember with less repetition of use (to me at least). The more literal meaning might be more straight forward, but the more absurd one imprints on the mind easier at times. One of the silli
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by yareally 13y ago
> "Linux becomes much more enjoyable when you can type `untar <file>` instead of remembering the magical incantation `sudo tar -xzvf <file>`." I love aliases as well, but I remember the particular command for tar ex
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by yareally 13y ago
Anyone wondering, it's performing faster than 4.2 on the gnexus imho. Battery life is the same though. Superuser is problematic unless you undo a change in one of the /davlik files[1]. That makes the system partition mount without
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by yareally 13y ago
I'll be building 4.3 for the gnexus after it syncs, so we'll see how it is.
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by yareally 13y ago
Sometimes I will use it in a conversation when referring to a third party unknown to the person I am talking to and the subject's gender has no bearing (like in my first comment). For example, "Oh, I know a guy that knows X,"
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by yareally 13y ago
Great point. I've had more than one conversation with friends in the Android community where we try to understand exactly why the Android development community is as toxic as it is at times. Part of it definitely has to do with the end
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by yareally 13y ago
True and I agree, but those games aren't considered AAA (since the definition of AAA is based on money spent as the sole criteria). Plenty of games have been AAA, of above average quality, and longer than 10 hours in the past 4-5 years
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by yareally 13y ago
No worries :). I just think of it as another way of saying "dude".
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by yareally 13y ago
Agreed. I didn't even take the time to find out what their gender was since it's not any related issue. "Guy" was just used in a generic sense[1]. [1] http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/gramm
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by yareally 13y ago
Sadly, this is a typical thing that goes on in the Android User development community. Lots of casual attitudes by hobbyists that modify the Linux Kernel and rattle off some sort of excuse for not posting their sources while distributing bi
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by yareally 13y ago
Mostly the price of the typical 10 hour single player AAA game tends to be $60 + additional DLCs or special preorder things making up go up to the $80+ range. That might not seem so troublesome on the surface, but there's generally lit

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