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Comment #49245394
Article could have profited by adopting a neutral tone instead of attempting to be comedic. Surely information on historical sizes has not been lost. As for the candy bar market: t…
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Comment #49196735
I am the complete opposite of that. My attention wanes when someone fails to get to the point, instead dwelling in irrelevant details which are not intrinsically interesting. Have …
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Comment #49016263
There does not seem to be a documented close lineal connection between August Dvorak and composer Antonín Dvořák, although it would be reasonable to suppose some relation exists.
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Comment #48953851
Less interoperability leads to more lock-in in their view. Poor implementations facilitate this. Making the user lose data or be uncertain about losing data is just icing on the ca…
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Comment #48878402
Poorly conceived thesis; if the concepts differ, then they are different concepts.
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Comment #48351435
The new Star Wars movie grossed $81.6 million at its debut last weekend, for comparison.
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Comment #48245668
>Amazon said it had supported the devices for 14 years or more and could not keep doing so indefinitely. "Technology has come a long way in that time," said a spokesperson. Wasn't …
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Comment #47973308
The problem with using a physical terminal for everyday computing in 2026 is that there is no model that provides a happy medium between sufficient bandwidth for a snappy experienc…
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Comment #47859147
That's why I want it; their motives for doing it, should they decide to, would presumably be different.
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Comment #47858697
I hope they will consider releasing DALL-E 2 publicly, now that there has been so much progress since it was unveiled. It had a really nice vibe to it, so worth preserving.
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Comment #47747888
This is neat, but could someone explain the significance or practical (or even theoretical) utility of it?
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Comment #47694459
The concept of "meat" presupposes the existence of carnivores, so it's hard to see how the realization in the story could ever have been surprising.
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Comment #47227858
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Comment #46516981
Have they announced any price from which to adjust? If not, then it would be unnecessary for them to announce the adjustment.
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Comment #46369987
"Disciples", but seemingly without back and forth feedback from the "teacher". Many happy to ride on the coattails of his reputation, though. This particular style might also be at…
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Comment #46309488
Apples to oranges.
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Comment #45808200
Should have just quoted what Hooke said... not sure what we're supposed to take away from this.
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Comment #45699011
>The best way to reclaim our digital experiences, though, might be to stick with the likes of TextEdit, software that is unable to do anything except follow our commands. Man, if h…
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Comment #45686553
This situation persists: for instance, try to write to an external disk formatted with NTFS using the GUI tools alone. Baffling why Apple doesn't simply obtain a license in order t…
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Comment #45273943
Anyone wondering what might have prompted his evident change of attitude after already having engaged in a "correspondence" with Mosley should note that this letter was written dur…
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Comment #44655321
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Comment #44589880
An interesting prospective project for a technically minded musician would be would be to find an automated way to "correct" the surviving corpus of Welte-Mignon[1] recordings. The…
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Comment #44450500
None of the examples shown in the video are passable hoaxes. They are all obvious burlesque-style parodies, albeit made in bad taste. They all also have clear and prominent hallmar…
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Comment #44409178
I assumed the article would be about orchestral musicians (for whom there is a high, and increasing skill threshold) or session musicians (whose work is increasingly being replaced…
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Comment #44220520
>NES No, I meant, if you want to provide video games, just provide whatever is current and popular. Also, they should research whether there is actually a need for this. One suspec…