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callumjones

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    Comment #43071853

    Another theory is this was meant to launch with the Apple announcement on Tuesday.

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    Comment #38644899

    Wow, I always wondered why the Access Reader Pro had such a weird design - it was just a repurposed product from a completely different catagory.

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    Comment #36847533

    gstatic.com - the backbone of the internet.

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    Comment #20142866

    It will be on Game Pass which is for Windows and Xbox. Possibly xCloud too enabling it to potentially run on mobile platforms?

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    Comment #19719833

    At Netflix’s size with a need for payment processing redundancy I imagine they would store and vault it.

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    Comment #19687650

    The question should be: how many C extensions does the average Ruby developer have in their Gemfile. And my guess would ranging from a few to many.

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    Comment #19661123

    I'd disagree with the upgrade from 2.3 to 2.4: > Though ISO/IEC 30170:2012 doesn’t specify details of the Integer class, Ruby had two visible Integer classes: Fixnum and Bignum. Ru…

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    Comment #19654396

    But we haven’t seen the full report, right?

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    Comment #18906722

    It's easier for AWS for accommodate all their customer's needs (MySQL, MongoDB, Postgres) and reduce the cost of switching than it is to convince them to rewrite an application or …

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    Comment #18871771

    Where was the outrage when they implemented the MySQL and Postgres interfaces on Aurora?

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    Comment #18586670

    It’s also them realizing people are willing to switch to Google for managed Kubernetes over using mediocre ECS.

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    Comment #18523482

    Doesn't this just work over Bluetooth for the initial config? The internet isn't useful at this point because it isn't connected to a WLAN.

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    Comment #18523316

    But this is just the process of connecting it to a wireless network, which would be the hacker's network? The risk seems pretty contrived? You could make the same argument for othe…

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    Comment #18412576

    Do they or is it just indirect via a consortium? Looking at this https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEA-ME-WE_3 it doesn’t look to be directly managed by Sprint.

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    Comment #18188256

    This has to be HN at its worst. Reducing a complicated file sharing and collaboration tool to an insecure and highly technical protocol. Dropbox: I can upload a file super easily a…

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    Comment #18167968

    > Like other voice-enabled devices, Portal only sends voice commands to Facebook servers after you say, “Hey Portal.” You can delete Portal's voice history in your Facebook Activit…

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    Comment #18096539

    I'm not sure if you can compare upgrading a VM/platform that is usually designed for backwards compatibility to upgrading a framework.

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    Comment #17897590

    The problem with WS is that is significantly more complex than HTTP when it comes to caching. With WS you can’t leverage a CDN hosted solution and instead would need some complicat…

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    Comment #17886030

    > always a, er, special place Can you expand on this? Or is this an east vs west viewpoint?

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    Comment #17520385

    I’m playing PUBG on a MB Pro Mid-2015 (integrated graphics only) with a Akitio Node TB3 + nVidia 1060. It worked out of the box on Windows 10. Yes I’m losing some bandwidth steppin…

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    Comment #17444827

    Wouldn't you still have to do "fullstack development" to create the clone?

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    Comment #17075234

    Is this a more extensive archive of OS screenshots (especially without all flavors of Linux that use the same DE): https://guidebookgallery.org/screenshots

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    Comment #17048982

    If you're going to do illegal stuff, I don't think carrying around a lot cash if going to weigh too heavily on your mind. You're either going to carry it in a car or have a person …