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Comment · 6 years ago
Comment · 7 years ago
Any good alternatives for this very useful app?
Comment · 9 years ago
Importing animals of any type into Australia isn't easy since they don't have many of the diseases on other continents, nor would they likely ever approve this for non-native species.

Rabbits are a huge problem in regards to protecting the native marsupials.

Australia's attitude towards rabbits is completely different than areas where they're native because they are such pests.

Comment · 10 years ago
Changing the legal age in this manner would have had serious negative effects on my life. Frankly this idea horrifies me.

Let me explain:

-A job I had in highschool enabled me to buy my own car and pay for insurance at 17 (added as a driver to my parents plan of course).

-I got my first credit card at 18 when I went to college, I have never carried a balance on it month to month (I'm now 26)

-The last time I lived with my parents was the summer after my freshmen year in college

-I graduated with an engineering degree at the age of 21

-I've had a steady fulfilling engineering job for 4.5 years since graduation

-I met my current wife freshmen year of college and we got married a year after graduation

-In 2014 I bought a house based purely of my personal credit history and employment status

-I have voted in every presidential election despite not being actively involved in politics

I'm sure I fall well outside the typical statistics for someone of my age, and I've been very lucky so far. Lots of my coworkers are in a similar situation as me, but there's also lots of people in the opposite situation.

Do you see why this horrifies me? Do you think these ideas would be positive for the young adults that have found success in life?

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Comment · 10 years ago
Interestingly, I've seen \_/ used these days to refer to a dumpster.
Comment · 10 years ago
Comment · 10 years ago
Have you tried disabling the apps instead of uninstalling them?

I've had good luck with this on stock roms when you can't uninstall the carrier's apps. Settings » Apps » All » Application Name » Disable

Technically the app is still there, but it can't be launched and doesn't appear in the list of apps.

Comment · 10 years ago
"When the nanostructures are exposed to light, they receive an energy boost that creates "hot electrons". These "hot electrons" release a burst of energy that enables the nanostructures to degrade organic matter."

Organic matter, like our skin?

Comment · 10 years ago
Click on the "web" link under the header from the HN Comments page (this pulls up a google search for the title).
Comment · 11 years ago
"but for some unknown reasons most brands keep making changes to the layout with every model"

The thinkpad keyboard layout has been consistent as of late. The T460(s) keyboard layout is the same as the T450(s) keyboard, which is the same as the T440(s) layout, which is almost the same as the T430(s) layout with minor differences in the function keys.

These thinkpads are not an example of a brand changing the layout every model.

Comment · 11 years ago
Does the city own its electric company?

This was part of the selection in a lot of the cities, since fiber can be run alongside existing electric supply lines.

Comment · 11 years ago
Comment · 11 years ago
I notice that they're using a 500GB 5400RPM boot drive.

Is there a need for that large of a boot drive? I would have expected that an SSD boot drive would be preferable.

Comment · 11 years ago
This is unlikely considering you only have access to the external power supply. As Dave notes there is a filtering stage on the PCB to help isolate the chip.
Comment · 12 years ago

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