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Re:Terry Davis has died on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @07:13PM (#17913681)
He was supported by his family. I'm sure you understand that receiving support doesn't make mental illness disappear. And in the US, no one can force him to take meds unless it's proven in court that he is going to harm himself or others.
But if you are part-time, then you don't get employment benefits.
Re:2018 MacBook Pro Review on Sunday July 15, 2018 @06:39PM (#17537500)
I'd happily spend $2300 on a computer- but not a macbook. $2300 will get you far more power and quality.
Re:2018 MacBook Pro Review on Sunday July 15, 2018 @06:38PM (#17537498)
Take a laptop with a good trackpad and install macOS on it?
Re:2018 MacBook Pro Review on Sunday July 15, 2018 @06:38PM (#17537495)
> build quality

Hasn't macbooks been plagued with keyboard issues?

> good support

Limited support from 3rd parties is good?

Re:2018 MacBook Pro Review on Sunday July 15, 2018 @05:18PM (#17537138)
It has never been powerful compared to the price.
Sorry sir- I didn't mean to insult the Great State of YC. Hopefully my social credit won't go down too much. /s
Re:Elon Musk calls Thai cave rescuer a 'pedo guy' on Sunday July 15, 2018 @05:12PM (#17537110)
This is exactly Musk's behavior. He does shit like this on Twitter all the time.
Re:Elon Musk calls Thai cave rescuer a 'pedo guy' on Sunday July 15, 2018 @05:11PM (#17537103)
It would be an easy suit. Especially since musk doubled down in a second tweet, saying he has evidence...
Re:Ask HN: Favorite note-taking software? on Saturday July 14, 2018 @09:55PM (#17533419)
Microsoft Office Lens
Yes- but if you make the part that is legally the gun yourself, it's fine.

Anyone is allowed to manufacture a gun, as long as they don't sell it. If you want to sell it, you'd need a license.

What was wrong with my comment? It's valid criticism of HN readers; it's perfectly substantive.
I doubt it. I'm a young guy with lots of gamer friends, and none of us are remotely interested in VR. It's clunky and unintuitive at the moment.

Business orders are likely driving the growth.

Re:A Fight for Men’s Rights in California Courts on Friday July 13, 2018 @10:12PM (#17528394)
Your logic is "white men have some privileges, therefore white men have absolutely no prejudice against them and absolutely no problems in society". This is sexist, racist, bad logic.
If it contains the word "Rust" I automatically upvote

- every HN reader, apparently

Re:McDonald's Says Goodbye Cashiers, Hello Kiosks on Friday July 13, 2018 @08:22PM (#17527950)
I'm not saying the odds are high. I'm just saying it is in fact possible.
> Weapons in space are very expensive

No, they just took a normal weapon and mounted it.

> dangerous. And they can be easily destroyed

Literally all mounted weapons can be described like this.

> Currently there are no serious weapons that can be useful in space.

Absolutely incorrect. The US has deployed laser-based weapons since the early 2000s. Used for missile defense mostly. As you can imagine, they perform well in the vacuum of space.

Re:Living with a best-selling Indian phone for 10 days on Friday July 13, 2018 @08:19PM (#17527925)
This is absolutely incorrect.
They had a aircraft cannon attached to the Salyut 3 in 1974. No longer active of course.

I'm just pointing out that other countries are not afraid of weaponizing space- we are simply behind and at a disadvantage if we don't. Especially since satellites play an important role in military and civilian infrastructure.

Because it's a typo. China spend $101 Billion on all research in 2015. A small portion of that was more quantum physics.

WSJ issued a correction, as noted in a different comment in the thread.

Russia had weapons in space decades ago. We are behind
Re:McDonald's Says Goodbye Cashiers, Hello Kiosks on Thursday July 12, 2018 @03:51PM (#17518064)
> the author is under the impression that it's still possible to go from working the register to CEO.

Unlikely? Of course, but definitely possible.

Or better yet, just remove the post because it is incredibly low quality.
> Crypto and AI

One of these things is not like the other

Re:Loon and Wing graduate from Google/Alphabet X on Wednesday July 11, 2018 @09:40PM (#17511609)
It's worked plenty of times. Intuit is highlighted in Lean Startup for having it's internal innovation programs playing a pivotal role in the company. The CEO at the time says that it saved the company from stagnating growth problems.
Cross-platform in Python is not a headache?

Yeah, it's a bit slow. It's faster than Javascript, though. The best benefit is flexible number size, so it's good for some types of computation.

What improvements in package management would you want? At least it has some form of management, unlike C/C++...

(a) assumes that competitors took the information knowing that it came from Tesla. And civil lawsuits can be done whether or not charges are being pressed. A lawsuit is not immature at all. He damaged the company.
Not too many issues listed on code.gov
Wikidata + cryptoscams? Yikes.
I'd like to hear why you think Python is as bad

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