BlueScreenDeath

Re:Russia gives Edward Snowden permanent residency on Thursday October 22, 2020 @01:31PM (#24860627)

What do they get out of protecting political dissidents from unfair persecution in their home country? I don't know, why not ask America from the 1900's?

Re:Cameras and secret trackers reveal where Amazon returns end up on Saturday October 10, 2020 @12:38PM (#24740092)

Exactly, a GPS tracker in the landfill != product in the landfill.

Re:GPSLogger has been removed from the Play Store, and development has... on Saturday October 10, 2020 @12:12AM (#24736637)

Why not charge for the app AND then with the income you have incentive to keep supporting old devices.

Why arrange is spelled arange?

Posted by BlueScreenDeath on Monday September 28, 2020 @01:02PM
from the stackoverflow.com dept.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55102806/why-was-the-name-arange-chosen-for-the-numpy-function

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Re:Total number of Brave Browser Publishers on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @03:36AM (#24564118)

I signed up. Basically just put my url into their form and verified my Email. Did it last year and absolutely nothing came of it. Its an email list is all.

Re:Ex-Theranos CEO Holmes puts mental state at issue on Thursday September 10, 2020 @10:40PM (#24438656)

It is the absolute truth. If you want to deny that a young white woman is treated differently then say, a middle age black man, you are not being honest. If in 2020 we are talking about the legal system the most important question is the race and gender of the defendant.

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2020) on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @02:49PM (#24345362)

Dude, what happened to you in 2016. It looks like you have not worked in software since then?

Re:Stanford cancels plans to bring half of undergrads back to campus on Friday August 14, 2020 @09:21AM (#24157563)

Although frosh refers to a first-year student and has a resemblance to fresh, freshman is not believed to be the source of the word. More likely, frosh is from the dialectic German word for a frog, Frosch. ... Students already had a slang term for freshman, the diminutive freshie.

Re:Vitamin D, part 1: back to basics on Thursday August 13, 2020 @01:09PM (#24145611)

> they would be more cognizant of the effects of the sun and more likely to wear sunscreen and protective clothing.