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by zeusk 8y ago
> Maybe when Ballmer is dead and buried. That is totally uncalled for.
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by zeusk 8y ago
> Why is that? Why should people forget how evil MS was and still is? I'm not asking for that, but making wild baseless predictions of how the service will go to shitter or how suddenly all private code will be ripped off and "
753.
by zeusk 8y ago
The scale of products you're talking about are vastly different. Meanwhile, I'd really like for people to stop hating Microsoft just because "Microsoft".
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by zeusk 8y ago
> The most accountable people have singular, public, and risky brands: Oprah, Trump, Kanye, Elon. These are some of the least accountable people I know.
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by zeusk 8y ago
Gatekeeper isn't any better, linux lets the user "protect" themselves. I'd rather have this than have my grandma get scammed/hacked.
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by zeusk 8y ago
Well, the new administration wasn't exactly shy in implementing their own agenda of immigration policy through executive orders so it is a bit rich and hypocrite to turn a blind eye there and revert policies implemented in a similar ma
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by zeusk 8y ago
You're probably thinking of the EB-5 greencard which is completely different from this. [1] EB-5: https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/permanent-worker...
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by zeusk 8y ago
Reminded me of this: Indistinguishable From Magic Manufacturing Modern Computer Chips https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGFhc8R_uO4
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by zeusk 8y ago
> I.e. students who don't default must pay for those who do, plus an additional amount to due to uncertainty in future default rates. The whole concept of interest on lending was to insure against defaulters, that is before bankers
760.
by zeusk 8y ago
Until they no longer need that data because they "harvest" it themselves.
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by zeusk 8y ago
> Actually, that sounds like a perfectly reasonable solution to piggyback on the existing telecom infrastructure in a backwards-compatible way. > I think you just described a stepping-stone for moving from a system where humans burn a
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by zeusk 8y ago
Yes, and people don't like that. This way we'll end up with robots talking to robots using human language, which couldn't be more idiotic.
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by zeusk 8y ago
> Exploring concepts and ideas is how progress happens and it's telling how they see "Duplex", the most impressing tech showcased at these keynotes, as a misstep. Creating agents that can imitate human speech is spectacula
764.
by zeusk 8y ago
Well, jet engines are internally co-axial rotors spinning in the same direction (except for some with contra rotating HP and LP).
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by zeusk 8y ago
> LexisNexis is actually the big one who resells that information, you can request a copy of your report from their site for free to see what they got on you. How? Their site has a physical form and instructions to mail it - which is so
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by zeusk 8y ago
2.) It isn't just Windows, Mac has done it too; Try this in spotlight: 'vsc' will show Visual Studio Code 'vsco' will show a web search of 'vscode extensions' and Visual Studio Code nowhere to be seen &#x2
767.
by zeusk 8y ago
Why do you think OOXML is crap or that Office "cripples" ODF files on save? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16784179
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by zeusk 8y ago
Inductors, actually, are most often to blame (hence - coil whine, also why they're covered in goop in most devices).
769.
by zeusk 8y ago
That's called coil whine, often a result of shoddy power components or construction (and often in either PSU or GPU).
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by zeusk 8y ago
No, users look at where the other person is on the screen; not at the camera. So reprojection can be done to a known point of view. IIRC, hololens does some of the reprojection magic already.
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by zeusk 8y ago
VSCode, Teams, Skype, (Office 365 using browser) are available on all platforms including Linux.
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by zeusk 8y ago
Perhaps they can process the image; We already do it with document scans from off-angle.
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by zeusk 8y ago
Zune, Band and Surface RT are still functional with running back-end infrastructure (except for 1st party music purchases on Zune). Kinect is not dead, it still works on xbox/windows and they released a new enterprise offering just thi
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by zeusk 8y ago
> This, combined with all the tech needed for a Mars colony, would make it trivial to build a permanent settlement in Antarctica. > A domed, self-sufficient, city in Antarctica would also be a cheap way to test most (not all) of the t
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by zeusk 8y ago
How big of a pad will you have to build in Antarctica to deflect heat from any ice that might be structurally supporting the base?
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by zeusk 8y ago
Landing on ice, with a rocket firing down. You sure?
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by zeusk 8y ago
https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/404 https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/500 https://www.bloomberg.com/500 Their error pages are still quite funny (and epic shit).
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by zeusk 8y ago
> As a Mac user – how on earth could MS have a keyboard latency for so long? Seems very unprofessional. A) It doesn't matter you're a "mac user". B) It's a technical fault, not "unprofessional"
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by zeusk 8y ago
> A few people raging on hacker news is not representative of the market, nor even software developers as a whole. On a link about class action lawsuit against Apple for the same exact reason. Oh, the irony.
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by zeusk 8y ago
Github is free for open source

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