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pyre

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    Comment #41832282

    The title is written from the perspective of the original problem, not from the solution. It then leads the user through the process of discovering why the bytes were 'disappearing…

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    Comment #41813148

    Sounds like the real issue is "we are replacing X with Y" and there are use-cases for both X and Y to co-exist.

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    Comment #39515381

    There is plenty of information that you wouldn't necessarily want to publish, but wouldn't be the end of the world if it were leaked either.

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    Comment #18696384

    Gen Y == Millennial This is why there is a Generation X/Millennial "transition" group of people that is sometimes referred to a Xennials[1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenni…

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    Comment #18425282

    > Very few people walk around with that amount of cash today. ... because the cops would stop him, insinuate that the money probably had something to do with crime, and then seize …

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    Comment #18158730

    > I'm fine with anything non-ionizing Marie Curie was also fine with working with Radium... until we found out that it wasn't good for you. The thing about stuff like cancers is th…

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    Comment #18158714

    You know that saying controversial things about Apple has basically always been his schtick. It drives pages views when people get all upset and flood into the site to read the art…

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    Comment #18158689

    > not really all that different from many things that Dvorak has written over the years Dvorak's writing has always been about being contrarian and kicking up controversy.

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    Comment #17944059

    > Right, and such a concession to be agreed on by Canada would require an equally beneficial concession made by the U.S. no? The way that Trump likes to negotiate that's not necess…

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    Comment #17896283

    We're sort of focusing on digital here, but some of the IP rights stuff in the agreement would make certain generic drugs available in Canada illegal... so the prices of medication…

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    Comment #17625608

    That's what the article is claiming, but not what Tesla is confirmed though, which is what this thread started with. Tesla's statement says no such thing.

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    Comment #17625564

    > High prices isn't a signal that we have run out, it is a signal that more mines are needed. It is likely the market will heed the signal. It is a signal that there is a high dema…

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    Comment #17592059

    > - Tesla declined to comment on the specific memo, but confirmed that it had asked this of some suppliers. Tesla confirmed that it was seeking "price reductions." Tesla's statemen…

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    Comment #17470705

    IIRC, Colloquy (a macOS IRC client) used to do this. Each IRC channel was basically an XML feed, and the theming was just XSLT applied to the XML feed and the output displayed in a…

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    Comment #17424495

    I'm thinking it has more to do with spread than concentration. Trace amounts distributed over the entire universe, vs trace amounts in a localized area.

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    Comment #17226690

    Not everyone hears about the name change because it doesn't make the same headlines as the original controversy. So people still associate the controversy with the old name, and ha…

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    Comment #17169170

    There is no one to point the finger at (i.e. blame) when something goes wrong.

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    Comment #17162910

    > I would guess that with antibiotics, meat production can be like 20% more efficient, maybe somewhat more. But at great cost. The farmer makes more short-term profit, while offloa…

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    Comment #17162888

    This has been known for quite a while. I'm sure you could come up with quite a few sources if you really wanted to, though I'm not sure how well the phenomena has been studied (see…

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    Comment #17162868

    Most of these devices are insecure not because the attackers are hyper-sophisticated, but because the software is rushed and a second-thought to the hardware. There is no one (in p…

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    Comment #16973469

    One thing that I realized is that in the past whenever I've had to replace my power adapter for an Apple laptop, it's always been the small cord from the adapter to the laptop that…

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    Comment #16970396

    The part you're missing is: ... to third parties. They aren't spoofing the domain, they are just making sure that outside parties to an SSL connection will have a difficult time de…

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    Comment #16970365

    How do you propose that they implement domain-fronting to circumvent censorship from their own servers?

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    Comment #16970265

    > They are under no obligation to give out something for free just because others think they should In the same vein, they are under no obligation to _not_ give it away from free. …

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    Comment #16912616

    "Coming from a rich family" or "part of a Native American tribe" is not a wide enough distribution of people to draw conclusions. Any failures / successes could be down to the envi…