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TheGorramBatman

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    Comment #16982735

    False. If you check Intel ARK, you can see, for example, the i7-2860QM has a max RAM of 32 GB (and this is a processor from 2011). Heck, the i7-8809G supports 64 GB.

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    Comment #15919773

    It's a pretty intro level book, but a great one. I'd say its suitable for maybe junior level undergraduates.

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    Comment #15766046

    This sounds like an ad.

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    Comment #15448951

    Relevant article on pricing: http://www.seriouseats.com/2016/03/menu-pricing-vegan-vegeta...

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    Comment #15322707

    Was this Leesa to replace the Casper? If so, that's a tiny amount of time for it to last.

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    Comment #15322702

    I'm in the market for a new mattress, and Purple has great advertising. But as far as I've seen in reviews, it hasn't lived up to the hype. That being said... https://www.reddit.co…

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    Comment #14632460

    Elsevier is from the Netherlands, not the USA.

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    Comment #14405674

    Have the same on Mac OS 10.12.5 with Chrome 58.0.3029.110 (64-bit)

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    Comment #14203236

    https://danluu.com/why-ecc/ is a decent read.

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    Comment #14203053

    JPEG2000 used Arithmetic coding. But, you'd have to re-write the standard and evaluate it to get JPEG to use Arithmetic coding (e.g. does the way JPEG coefficients are read out sti…

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    Comment #14084454

    This is way older than GPS -- similar systems were out in the 20s and 30s: http://99percentinvisible.org/article/analog-gps-scrolling-w...

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    Comment #13962885

    MathJax integrated asciimath long time ago: http://docs.mathjax.org/en/latest/asciimath.html

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    Comment #13543931

    Who the hell would consider Tukey a fringe statistician?

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    Comment #13090561

    There is some level of trust when you read books like this (or really any technical book); for that reason I'd probably pass on it for something by an authority in the field (or th…

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    Comment #13063708

    Checkoway et al. wrote a paper "Don’t take LaTeX files from strangers" in Usenix ;login: a few years ago; People forget that LaTeX isn't just a text file -- it is basically a progr…

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    Comment #12957968

    Memberberries...

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    Comment #12954211

    Relevant: https://www.usenix.org/node/184422 "iSeeYou: Disabling the MacBook Webcam Indicator LED"

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    Comment #12847047

    I'm not convinced by his "need" to have Thunderbolt 3.

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    Comment #12838882

    Its not linux, but NetBSD still has its macppc port. And Gentoo.

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    Comment #12757244

    Shoulda called it "Deep Dicks" or something.

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    Comment #12495110

    I'm kinda suspicious of this site -- none of the ACLU, HRW , Amnesty International links work at the bottom. And none of those organizations use whoisguard.

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    Comment #12218387

    You don't need chanserv and you don't need nickserv. Efnet isn't dead -- it's just coughing up blood. (yes, it has ChanFix).

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    Comment #11924654

    They have Coca Cola Life. Stevia + Sugar. Not particularly great though.

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    Comment #11816658

    Needs some error checking. John Hine didn't go to Rice, he went to Luther Rice which is a seminary in Georgia.

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    Comment #11417589

    There are several textbook writers who have made significant profits from their books. James Stewart of Stewart's calculus fame, for example: http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2011/0…