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Re:CIA veterans who monitored crackdowns see parallels on Thursday June 04, 2020 @08:11AM (#23415565)
If even the CIA is worried you’re going too far, that says a lot.
I actually started to use the free api user and I was able to get access to: 1. real-time, 2. hourly 3. nowcast, 4. daily and replace completely my DarkSky subscription. All four endpoints are available on the free plan
Re:From punch cutters to number crunchers (2017) on Thursday May 28, 2020 @08:58AM (#23336687)
You're right. My bad
Maybe this means it's time for the magnetic pole to flip? Damn, I'd like to see this in my lifetime
Re:From punch cutters to number crunchers (2017) on Thursday May 28, 2020 @06:57AM (#23335859)
>Zapf’s collaborator Donald Knuth, in his talk, expressed the wish that ‘letter designers team up with computer scientists the way they used to collaborate with punchcutters’.

I wish he could see how far we've gone

Re:Pelorus Jack on Monday May 25, 2020 @05:07AM (#23299378)
>In 1904, someone aboard the SS Penguin tried to shoot Pelorus Jack with a rifle. Despite the attempt on his life, Pelorus Jack continued to help ships. According to folklore, however, he no longer helped the Penguin, which shipwrecked in Cook Strait in 1909.

If this is true, it's the most amazing thing. Imagine a dolphin having a grudge with a ship

It makes me wonder. What if the U.S government had information about a terror attack that will happen in few months and thousands coud die from it, how will they act?

Probably in a lot more serious way than how they act towards this virus.

The world will become a safer place if we spend more on science and less on buying weapons

Re:Product Marketing for Engineers on Sunday May 24, 2020 @05:39AM (#23290379)
Great resource!

One of the main problems with project that launch their marketing campaign is their attempt to create an image of something they are not yet to become.

I think that by being transparent along the way with your target audience, telling them about the progress you've made and the difficulties your company face and overcome, that's worth more than any marketing trick. That's when your company becomes a brand, and people can recognize with it

Re:Are Flat Earthers Being Serious? on Monday March 23, 2020 @07:39AM (#22663022)
I'm curious what they think guarded this secret before NASA
Re:Every Google result now looks like an ad on Thursday January 23, 2020 @08:46AM (#22127458)
Google proves more often that it transitioned from being user-centric to being money-centric. It'd do anything to make more money.