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dlaw

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About dlaw

MIT undergraduate studying computer science

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    Comment #4884917

    The article says: """ Please note this change has no impact on our existing customers, including those using the free version. """

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    Comment #3873448

    The 9/11 hack was the first test of the same lights used for Tetris.

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    Comment #3873434

    The lights in the windows are custom fabbed PCBs, completely independent of the building lights.

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    Comment #3226996

    I was an intern at Google when this change was first rolled out internally. Google employees had quite similar reactions. The change was not implemented because people liked it, or…

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    Comment #2825694

    I must admit that this strikes me as rather dull: make the equation complicated enough and you can obtain any shape you'd like. I would far be more impressed by a simple one-line e…

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    Comment #2782513

    No, he connected to MIT's wireless network using a guest account. JSTOR grants full access to all MIT IP addresses.

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    Comment #2729717

    He is a great lecturer to be sure, but other aspects of the class were not ideal. The course staff was unable to return any assignments promptly, and students were eventually allow…

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    Comment #2544300

    ...but the pentalobular screws in question are not standard 6-pointed Torx screws.

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    Comment #2495453

    Recently I was looking for a new laptop. The new MacBook Airs arguably have the best-designed hardware of any laptop on the market, but I object to certain hacker-unfriendly steps …

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    Comment #2461111

    I agree that the cost of a college education is increasing, perhaps disproportionately, because demand is so high. However, I would not call higher education a bubble: as an underg…

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