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If language is required for forming memories, surely babies that have learned sign-language would remember something, no?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperthymesia

As a bilingual person, do you dream in both languages, or one particular language?

Re:My Google Internship on Friday December 02, 2016 @07:45AM (#13088114)
The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
Air Conditioning.
Can't one simply mirror a Snowmobile to a second Snowmobile prior to transport?
Re:Chai – An open source neural network library on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @09:53AM (#13063338)
Is this also an assert library name?
Re:Headphones can be hijacked to surreptitiously record audio on Tuesday November 22, 2016 @05:22PM (#13018211)
Did you know you can use a DC motor as a speaker, too?

I have not tried using a motor as a mic.

Awesome work.
Re:SpaceX FCC Application for over 4000 Internet Satellites on Thursday November 17, 2016 @07:25AM (#12976808)
So, would this be consumer-facing internet, or would SpaceX be subletting capacity on their network for various providers to offer "space internet"?

This has been mentioned before in the context of municipalities building/maintaining fiber infrastructure and subletting to ISPs.

Re:How I cloned patio11's Appointment Reminder for $2,000 MRR on Sunday November 13, 2016 @03:11PM (#12945360)
Sort of glosses over the whole systems integration aspect...
Re:Why 30 is the decade friends disappear on Sunday November 13, 2016 @03:05PM (#12945320)
Cycling (road-bike).

Group-led scuba diving.

Re:Bernie Sanders: Where the Democrats Go from Here on Sunday November 13, 2016 @10:24AM (#12943742)
Are we talking Patriot Act re-authorization or original signing?
Re:Bernie Sanders: Where the Democrats Go from Here on Sunday November 13, 2016 @10:22AM (#12943728)
This is spot on.

Both Sanders and Trump attempted to "hijack" the mainstream political parties.

Trump obviously more successful (to become the party nominee).

Sanders is not a "Democrat" and Trump is not a "Republican".

Re:Bernie Sanders: Where the Democrats Go from Here on Sunday November 13, 2016 @10:05AM (#12943611)
Neither political party seems to work like the Borg.
Re:Why 30 is the decade friends disappear on Sunday November 13, 2016 @03:29AM (#12942428)
This was a strange realization for me as I "aged".

How can I have so much in common with a person, yet completely dislike them?

Re:How Does the Electoral College Work and Is It Fair on Sunday November 06, 2016 @09:32AM (#12885221)
I agree with this.

The calculus should not be easy to solve.

Re:How Does the Electoral College Work and Is It Fair on Sunday November 06, 2016 @09:29AM (#12885212)
Disagree. Once you have the nomination, there are less than 15 states that are important in our binary system.
Re:How Does the Electoral College Work and Is It Fair on Sunday November 06, 2016 @09:27AM (#12885203)
I do not agree with this strategy.
Re:How Does the Electoral College Work and Is It Fair on Sunday November 06, 2016 @09:21AM (#12885174)
If the EC in each state was allocated proportionally to the results of the individual candidates votes for that state, I think that would be quite helpful (so candidates could receive mixed-number results, like 13.7, etc).

No winner take all nonsense. That preserves these two-party binary choices.

Re:Tech Jobs, Cheaper Housing: The New Silicon Cities on Saturday November 05, 2016 @07:20PM (#12882456)
...and the horrible traffic, where the city loves to randomly close streets for events (almost every week).

...and the excessive police presence.

...and the re-segregated schools.

Not to mention the state legislature, right?

Re:Tech Jobs, Cheaper Housing: The New Silicon Cities on Saturday November 05, 2016 @07:17PM (#12882443)
Bentonville is nice, but pretty crazy real estate bubble.

Lots of spec homes being built.

Re:The Mega Rich Have Found an Unlikely New Refuge on Friday November 04, 2016 @12:26PM (#12873769)
ISP pricing/caps?
Re:Smoking “causes hundreds of DNA changes” on Friday November 04, 2016 @07:17AM (#12871696)
How old were you when you first smoked?

I have anecdotally heard that if one had not smoked by adulthood, chances of addiction are fairly low.

Re:Smoking “causes hundreds of DNA changes” on Friday November 04, 2016 @07:13AM (#12871682)
Also, you are controlling your own dose (by how big you roll and pack your cigarette), no?

I feel with industrialized cigarettes, most users feel obligated to consume it completely.

My father-in-law would smoke a portion of the cigarette, put it out, and resume later.

Re:Ask HN: How is LDAP not a huge security risk? on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @09:02AM (#12854208)
Could you elaborate on your attack scenarios?

Maybe I am wrong, but can you not have multiple LDAP server in a hierarchical relationship?

So, for a hackathon, a child LDAP server would be used, but if compromised, would be limited to the administrative capacities of the role created for the hackathon LDAP admin/authentication roles?

Re:Ask HN: Who is firing? on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @08:33AM (#12854001)
I worked at a place, where I was not laid off, but my friend was, on his birthday.

For me, this was a real eye-opener.

It would not have been a big deal for HR to wait another day, and then lay him off.

Another employee, also laid off, 2 days after moving out of his aunt's house and had put a deposit down on an apartment and DSL connection.

I think I left a month later right before the company imploded.

Re:Building a CustoMac: Buyer's Guide October 2016 on Sunday October 30, 2016 @02:51PM (#12831524)
What is your hardware setup like? How much physical RAM and what mobo/GPUs?
Re:Building a CustoMac: Buyer's Guide October 2016 on Sunday October 30, 2016 @10:04AM (#12829837)
I saw this from your link:

"Removing or installing memory

You should not manually upgrade or replace the memory in these Mac mini models. Instead, contact an Apple Authorized Service Provider or Apple Retail Store to install memory for you."

Re:Building a CustoMac: Buyer's Guide October 2016 on Sunday October 30, 2016 @09:17AM (#12829617)
Please explain?
Re:Building a CustoMac: Buyer's Guide October 2016 on Sunday October 30, 2016 @09:16AM (#12829611)
Can you describe your current setup(HW/OS)?

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