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Comment What it is? (Score 1) 90

I hadn't heard of Windows 10 S before.

Windows 10 S is a specific configuration of Windows 10 Pro that offers a familiar, productive Windows experience that's streamlined for security and performance. By exclusively using apps in the Microsoft Store and ensuring that you browse safely with Microsoft Edge, Windows 10 S keeps you running fast and secure day in and day out.

For more information, please refer to this page.

Looks like there are a few more differences from Pro, like only being able to join a domain hosted in Azure.

Comment Re:Uber driver could be a doctor (Score 1) 334

I once used an ambulance in Canada. I understand there's no cost for people in the Canadian healthcare system? For me it was a flat $550 (ish) fee - they explained that the cost doesn't vary any regardless of distance, services or consumables. It was a transfer between hospitals, took over an hour, and I got a few doses of fentanyl during the trip. Good times.

My MIL went to a US ER for a fainting spell, got transferred from one facility to another in an ambulance, the trip took 20 minutes, no other services rendered, and the bill (which she didn't need to pay fortunately) was $3500.

Comment Re:Built-in error bars (Score 1) 174

Up until then, scientists had believed small differences would get absorbed away in larger trends.

They do, in nature

Source? My understanding is that small differences lead to huge differences in nature. I'd imagine that a Pachinko game is a good illustration of that - two different balls with minutely different starting positions/velocities will follow significantly different paths eventually. It's only when you look at the statistical averages of significantly numerous paths that a pattern/trend emerges. In this way, nature is exactly like computer calculations.

Comment Re:But how cold is the water? (Score 1) 424

Saltwater freezes at 28.4 degrees Fahrenheit [noaa.gov]. How did these sharks get so cold if they were underwater?

From what I could gather from the article, the speculation is the three sharks were swimming along in normal temperature waters (whatever normal is, the article doesn't say) then hit a spot of particularly cold water (again, the article doesn't say anything about the temperature of the water) and became disoriented or disabled, washed up on shore, died, and then froze in the sub-freezing air temps (6 F, according to the article.)

It's also possible, I suppose, that the sharks washed up on shore for reasons entirely unrelated to temperatures, where it's not surprising that they then froze in the sub-freezing air. I found some articles from earlier this year stating that there has been a shark population boom in the area.

Comment Re:Vertical (sic) Integration? (Score 1) 150

Which would you go for?

I would use traditional chemical rockets to leave deep gravity wells with atmosphere barriers (like the Earth), and I would use a ballistic railgun launcher to leave shallow gravity wells with no atmosphere (like the Moon.) Point one railgun towards the Earth to ship home manufactured goods, point another railgun in whatever direction is appropriate to send stuff towards the inner or outer solar system.

Comment Commerce? (Score 1) 151

Is there actual commerce happening with Bitcoin? That is, the exchange of goods and services for Bitcoin? Or is it all about mining a speculation? As in, it's valuable because people want it and people want it because it's valuable?

Comment He contradicts himself. (Score 1) 750

And yet he advocates for establishging a "fun money" fund. What is coffee if not a fun daily ritual?

Many people who commit themselves 100% to eliminating debt and saving money find that a certain joylessness creeps in after a while. The same thing happens to dieters who deprive themselves of all their favorite foods for months, and then cave to late-night binges.

That's not a way to live, and that's not what I advocate. Austerity, yes; deprivation, no.

The key is to include spending on fun things in your budget. Set aside a manageable percentage every week in a fund that will let you splurge with cash. Go out for lunch, get your hair done, or use your fun money to go on a vacationâ"do whatever you want, as long as you pay for it outright. This way you can enjoy your splurges without feeling guilty!

Or is he specifically saying that haircuts = good but coffee = bad for some reason?

Comment Re:Password could be anything.... (Score 2) 85

Can you encrypt the hard disk with a Mac? Physical access to my Ubuntu laptop isn't gonna get you anything if you don't have the passphrase for decrypting my hard disk.

Yes. Apple has what they call FileVault that does whole-disk encryption (minus a boot volume, I think.)

If FileVault is used, Single User Mode as mentioned above requires login credentials.

Comment Meaning of âoenetworkâ (Score 1) 171

Google and Facebook are not âthe Internet.â(TM) Multiple hosting companies arenâ(TM)t either. Theyâ(TM)re nodes on the network, some of millions (billions?) but itâ(TM)s really the connections between the nodes that make a network a network. Google or Facebook piss you off? With a neutral Internet itâ(TM)s trvially easy to avoid them while still accessing the other millions of nodes without restriction. But if itâ(TM)s your local ISP monopoly that pisses you off? You have no recourse. And if itâ(TM)s a backbone provider that places a price premium on all data to and from your favorite nodes? Youâ(TM)re really screwed. Just because a few sites are particularly popular doesnâ(TM)t mean weâ(TM)re already operating without net neutrality.

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