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DigitalJack
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Comment #15982174
The downvotes without reply to zeveb here pretty much prove zeveb's point.
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Comment #15982147
>Honestly I think it makes him more "relateable" by making him not "the enemy" for viewers Does this mean you think all viewers are democrats (or even most) and that republicans ar…
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Comment #15981422
I'm not inventing anything. And why would it be outdated if it works, and we (US) aren't using it.
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Comment #15981335
Keep in mind this is relatively new. The press seems to be spinning it as an "ah ha, old phones really are getting slower!" Well, yes, now . I mean as of 10.2.1, so a year ago, but…
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Comment #15976083
That’s what sensor fusion is for. That said, inertial nav can take a plane across the country without correction and get within sight of the target. I think integrating actual spee…
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Comment #15976010
That this is a problem is just ridiculous. It's on freaking rails! There is absolutely no excuse for this. GPS, Inertial Nav, simply integrating speed over time, it should be absol…
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Comment #15974938
The downvotes seem weird to me. Maybe it felt off topic? Dr. Francis S. Collins is in several of the videos, and the third video is all about this particular controversy of dangero…
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Comment #15973814
"Patient protection and affordable care act" "Patriot act" All "right to work" laws
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Comment #15973697
An informative series from pbs narrated by Jeff goldblum on YouTube: search for "dna episode 1 of 5 the secret of life" It's a great high level overview of dna sequencing from the …
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Comment #15956590
I must have missed that. Thanks for pointing it out, I was bothered by the seemingly contradictory advice :) all I noticed was: >"Titles are 80% of the work, but you write it as th…
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Comment #15956289
I'm happy he wrote this, and I'll read it again at home tonight. But what's the deal with "write the title last" and his examples all start with the title?
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Comment #15956176
I agree with the "because it's fun to learn" answers. But I'd also add the reliability factor of keeping a quorum of containers running. It's a tool for dealing with the unreliabil…
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Comment #15955748
There aren't enough altruistic people to make the blockchain trustworthy. Profit motive is the entire driving force behind the trust model of bitcoin, et al.
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Comment #15955080
Yeah, fugitive seems pointless to me. Might as well just use the git cli...which I do, but when I want something quicker to navigate/visualize, magit is my go to.
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Comment #15954930
> Fugitive That's interesting. I switched back from emacs to vim (neovim), and fugitive was recommended. it just looked like :commands for the normal git cli... maybe I missed some…
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Comment #15926324
I wonder if this would be feasible at the neighborhood level via Home owners association. The neighborhood gets a tower and microwave link to a backhaul station, and provides inter…
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Comment #15903617
You should look up the stash command.
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Comment #15901683
Email them and hope they build it. Solves your problem and saves you the effort.
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Comment #15901556
You get exactly what you expect and want from the cup of coffee. Apps, not so much.
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Comment #15898359
> Is there a base number of participants that are required? Well, the money has to come from somewhere. If you have a homogenous group, all with the same income/wealth, then UBI wo…
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Comment #15895018
You have a headphone jack on your phone? My computer still has one, but not for long I assume.
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Comment #15895013
>and AirPlay is unencrypted ALAC. That won't last. And with the removal of the headphone jack, we lose our last analog (and unencrypted) path for capturing audio.
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Comment #15889914
The problem here in Oregon is not presorting the recycling. The centers can’t sort to the level of “purity” required and people don’t realize how truly problematic it is to be lazy…
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Comment #15884474
"If you need to force yourself, or if you need extra special motivation to use Clojure .. most likely you will never use it" Amen. Learning is best a journey of desire, not compuls…