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Comment · 9 years ago
I wonder what are the mechanical properties of the case material (aluminium foam filled with plastic). This seems like entirely new class of composites.
Comment · 9 years ago
That was not my point.

My point is that the issue "I don't want to be sexually harassed at work" becomes "I don't want to be sexually harassed at work by unattractive men", but the parties in question are not willing to articulate it fully.

Comment · 9 years ago
Rejecting his advances was fine. What disturbed me is that given different circumstances she would have dated him without second thoughts and suddenly "harassment" becomes a healthy relationship. It means that similar actions would end up in different outcomes. Then where is the line between the harassment and non-harassment?
Comment · 9 years ago
>Honestly, I might have considered dating him had he been

>less arrogant and less married.

Ah, I see. If you are attractive enough, suddenly it is not sexual harassment anymore.

I am not going to have a shred of compassion for any woman in tech who complains about harassment, while mentioning the dating opportunities that happen to come.

Comment · 9 years ago
So relatable. I've struggled all my life with loneliness. I had up and down periods, but overall it is the biggest issue in my life.
Comment · 9 years ago
To be fair, the lady from TV announcement said that one of the reactors is damaged, which is a really bad thing for nuclear power plant.
Comment · 9 years ago
Canada is one of the easiest First World countries to immigrate to.

Apply for college -> graduate and find a job -> get residence.

Comment · 9 years ago
"Maybe you ran your SQL query a few times, fixed the errors you got, eyeballed the results, and called it a day. That’s not good enough for code integrated with a product."

Biggest lie ever. That's pretty much a production-quality code here.

Comment · 9 years ago
Comment · 9 years ago
None of the above is easy, as far I know AVX is one of the most thermally-constrained parts of the CPU. Xeon Phi is the best Intel managed to come with.
Comment · 9 years ago
You are suggesting to silence the opinions you don't like, don't you see the problem with this?
Comment · 9 years ago
An equivalent of blind or double-blind testing for pitches would make an improvement, I think.
Comment · 9 years ago
By aggressively exploiting insecure devices and maximizing damages to the end customer.

Either IoT market will die because of this or the IoT will become IoST - internet of secure things.

Comment · 9 years ago
MacBook Pro 13'' Late 2013

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