Regulating the Rag and Bone Man (2017) 3 years ago
Where I live, they still exist - with a van and a megaphone, they collect mostly old car batteries.
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Back in 1993, I was taking a number theory class 5 years ago
SM 0 A9F4 G0 I will never forget that :)
I have destroyed three MBP batteries by having the laptop plugged in to the wall 24/7. Luckily Apple always replaced them in warranty for free.
They Thrive on All-Meat Diet (1929) 7 years ago
The popular article where I read about it referenced: [1] [2]. I guess it is a quite recent finding. But I am no biologist to judge.
[1] Okerblom J., Varki A.: Biochemical, Cellular, Physiological, and Pathological Consequences of Human Loss of N-Glycolylneuraminic Acid, ChemBioChem 18, 1155, 2017, DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201700077
[2] Peri S. et al.: Phylogenetic Distribution of CMP-Neu5Ac Hydroxylase (CMAH), the Enzyme Synthetizing the Proinflammatory Human Xenoantigen Neu5Gc, Genome Biology and Evolution, 2018, DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evx251
They Thrive on All-Meat Diet (1929) 7 years ago
That's not necessarily true. For example, humans do not have Neu5Gc[1] unlike most mammals. Having Neu5Gc antibodies is perfectly compatible with human life, yet consumption of lamb, pork or beef can cause inflammation.
Building a Spotify Player for My Mac SE/30 8 years ago
Back in the day I had trouble playing 128 kbit/s MP3s in Winamp on PowerPC 603e 75 MHz (Mac Performa 5200), so no way it can work on 68030
Pirate Party Leader to Be Prague mayor 8 years ago
OK, I was not aware of this political aspect of HN.
Pirate Party Leader to Be Prague mayor 8 years ago
Honestly I don't know why this should even be on HN. Disclaimer: I don't live in Prague.
I was able to unlink FB my account with help from customer support. I had to provide details about my payment. They then basically deleted my account and created a new one and copied the playlists. There were some issues with Discover Weekly and Daily Mix playlists, but they resolved after a couple of weeks. I guess the process could be smoother and more automated, but I am glad now don't use FB login anywhere.
I suppose it should mean something like "full-size luxury AWD limousine", as death rates vary with car size, type, price and driven wheels [1]
This reminds me of Apple's OpenDoc[1]
Why physicists still use Fortran (2015) 9 years ago
Another reasons not mentioned : 1) builtin support for complex numbers 2) Fortran compiler usually generates faster code (due lack of pointers it can do more assumptions). But recently I see more and more physics code written in C++
Skimming through the article, I think it does not include cost of labor. In a developed country, my guess is that the cost to have a human worker collect, clean, setup, connect, etc. all the 84 phones would be actually higher than buying a new server.
In third world countries, this could be a different story. I would be happy to send my old phones to Africa to be used at schools.
Well, I did not make it through the last part of the screening. If I remember correctly, you have 45 mins to solve 3 very hard mathematical/algorithmic challenges. I managed to solve only one, despite being a math/cs major with 10+ years of programming experience. Well, shame on me. I guess this way they obtain only truly genius programmers, but I suppose you don't need a top 1% mind to develop your usual mobile app...
Yes. But please not something like Toptal :)