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Re:FAA DNS is under attack on Monday April 03, 2023 @10:37PM (#35434260)
It works with www. at the beginning. https://www.faa.gov/
Re:How Can a Star Be Older Than the Universe? on Thursday October 17, 2019 @12:36AM (#21278955)
As observed, it's only 13.8, though, right?
Re:Brains are the last frontier of privacy on Sunday September 22, 2019 @11:58AM (#21041974)
I think they mean the difference between "always listening" and "manual activation" or "no voice recognition" which is pretty significant.
Re:Show HN: Switch from Medium to your own blog on Saturday June 01, 2019 @12:19AM (#20067219)
Some ideas can't be fully represented in a short paragraph. You can get a surprising amount of knowledge out of a few pages of text. I developed the patience to read slightly longer texts recently and it has been refreshing and rewarding.
Re:Playdate – A New Handheld Gaming System on Saturday May 25, 2019 @05:14PM (#20011479)
Games like Rocket League are my favorite payment model. ~$20 to get in, with semi optional small transactions over time. $5 here and there. I've spent over $100 in my hundreds of hours in game. I guess that's close to your "O(log(n))".
Re:Update Regarding Add-Ons in Firefox on Saturday May 04, 2019 @06:19PM (#19829745)
The post is still great despite that weakness.
Just wondering: Is the environmental impact upon decommissioning a consideration? I'm not sure what important variables are involved in that.
I would gladly pay the extra tax to opt out.
Re:Let’s Destroy Robocalls on Saturday March 09, 2019 @01:16PM (#19347533)
> - Cost of phone calls decreasing to basically zero

> - Bad actors (telephone companies) benefitting from this traffic by charging for it

I don't think these are compatible.

One feature I loved when I first joined Spotify was syncing two devices to play in sync. Wouldn't that be a game changer to have back. RIP Sonos.
Re:Airbnb Backyard will sell houses in 2019 on Sunday December 02, 2018 @05:29PM (#18584977)
Website does not display on Firefox mobile.
Re:The World Will Be Our Skinner Box on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @12:07PM (#18504165)
This makes me shudder. Companies with powerful AI and enough data could control the population in ways indiscernible to an individual. By organizing goods in stores and placing the right ads at the right time it could be possible to lead users on a treasure hunt to a political or economic opinion.
Re:How the Ballpoint Pen Killed Cursive on Sunday November 18, 2018 @11:31AM (#18481123)
Has the author tried the Pilot precise v7? I'm sure there are more brands with a similar performance that provide low pressure writing without smudges. There is a HUGE selection of pens these days and I would think nearly every issue has been resolved.
I'd be really interested to know how you got to "$12/person/year".

I would be interested in the values for other platforms. I think it builds a more tangible argument when explaining the hidden costs of using various "free" products.

Re:Mozilla Global Sprint 2018 on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @06:17PM (#17025782)
Open source software is mostly written under well funded projects. Users shouldn't feel like they "owe".