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VirtualAirwaves

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    Comment #22857892

    What a great find! I guess back then, they didn't think too much about the "rights" for a fragment of code lifted from a magazine. I don't think movie studios would do this today.

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    Comment #20113996

    Exactly! The MacOS zealots love to bash Windows (Or "Windoze" as they all call it), but in reality their own house stinks.

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    Comment #20113973

    > After accounting for your average American family of four (or just the weight of two men and two women) at 728lbs Sad, but true! Society should really charge people for the exter…

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    Comment #20012693

    Shared memory isn't quite what these side channel attacks are about.

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    Comment #19935391

    What does this have to do with trash?

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    Comment #19763618

    I'm glad I don't use Docker.

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    Comment #19662037

    I think it was more like 7 or 8 years ago.

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    Comment #19568996

    What's wrong with you? Why are you so hateful?

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    Comment #19568992

    It is. But Y Combinator Management supports this type of thinking.

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    Comment #19479688

    I know how to make antifreeze! Hide her nightie.

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    Comment #19462043

    I clicked but I still don't know who's #1 on Hillary's list.

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    Comment #19448422

    Grape/wine vinegar (usually) isn't Kosher either.

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    Comment #19427851

    Well, they have a right to charge for their product.

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    Comment #19417100

    You're comparing Apples and Oranges. Or Apples and THinkpads. Non-Mac machines always had better battery life.

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    Comment #19410974

    Oh, please. I'm 56 years old and was gay before the internet. I didn't kill myself. And if my county library didn't have it, I went to the University library, or had the librarian …

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    Comment #19410944

    And don't eat more food than you need! (Something 2/3rds of the American population--the ones that are overweight or obese--do!)

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    Comment #19346539

    Is it really just another tax/revenue source? Or does it serve a purpose?

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    Comment #17474603

    I'm all for building more housing. Lots more housing! But Prop 13 is not to blame! Inflation hasn't been at 2%/year, yet property taxes rise 2%/year every year. California already …

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    Comment #17450788

    Are the armchair diving experts on YC News _really_ arguing over whether these divers are _brave_ or not?

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    Comment #17427377

    Hey @dang -- why do you tolerate ageism here? Certainly you don't want fodder for an age discrimination lawsuit against YC do you?

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    Comment #17418405

    Many products marketed as "rubbing alcohol" contain additives like castor oil. Just get a bottle of "70 percent by volume of pure isopropyl alcohol" where the dilution is water (an…

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    Comment #17410232

    What should they use?

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    Comment #17349797

    No it's not. Windows 10 will not store caches or trash from an encrypted drive on an unencrypted one. I'm not sure what you gain by using a "but-what-about" defense to explain away…