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New comment by SixSigma in "Ask HN: What're the best-designed things you've ever used?"

SixSigma — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 16:11:56 +0000

I shared an apartment with two 20 year old when I was 45.

They didn't know that knob 2 changed the power (despite it being labelled), they just kept adding more time and eventually giving up.

New comment by SixSigma in "Google and Bing to deprecate piracy websites"

SixSigma — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 16:09:50 +0000

That's a form of censorship

New comment by SixSigma in "Google and Bing to deprecate piracy websites"

SixSigma — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 16:08:10 +0000

The suggestions, not the results

New comment by SixSigma in "Google and Bing to deprecate piracy websites"

SixSigma — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 15:49:08 +0000

Try this one : open google.com, bing.com and duckduckgo.com

type "George Soros is " (with the trailing space)

Compare and contrast

New comment by SixSigma in "Has There Been a Nuclear Incident in the Arctic?"

SixSigma — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 11:25:17 +0000

> - Everything that's "designed to..." is "specifically designed to..."

I think there is a distinction between primary design criteria and secondary e.g. the difference between must and should.

Primary : must be capable of transporting fluid.

Secondary: should be red

New comment by SixSigma in "Zuckerberg removed a line about monitoring private messages from his manifesto"

SixSigma — Fri, 17 Feb 2017 12:37:56 +0000

> Facebook sat idly by

if you think that, you have been reading Fake News

New comment by SixSigma in "Linus Torvalds: Successful projects are 99% perspiration and 1% innovation"

SixSigma — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 16:30:27 +0000

The Edison quote was during a live radio debate between the two of them.

Tesla's response was : if you thought a bit more, you wouldn't have to sweat so much

New comment by SixSigma in "Google’s not-so-secret new OS"

SixSigma — Wed, 15 Feb 2017 13:36:40 +0000

> I remember two issues with Java Applets

I remember issue no.3 :

United States Court of Appeals,Ninth Circuit.

SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC., a Delaware Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MICROSOFT CORPORATION, a Washington corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

No. 99-15046.

Decided: August 23, 1999

http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-9th-circuit/1260682.html

New comment by SixSigma in "India has banned disposable plastic in Delhi"

SixSigma — Tue, 14 Feb 2017 22:46:40 +0000

> along with detergent and toxic toilet cleaners.

don't forget corpses

http://www.planetcustodian.com/2015/10/19/8134/over-50-scary...

New comment by SixSigma in "Steam needs to stop asking its customers to fix its problems"

SixSigma — Tue, 14 Feb 2017 22:43:16 +0000

No login needed to play games once downloaded

All games DRM free

Games are tested before being listed

New comment by SixSigma in "Steam needs to stop asking its customers to fix its problems"

SixSigma — Tue, 14 Feb 2017 17:10:14 +0000

try Gog.com

New comment by SixSigma in "Replacing butter with vegetable oils does not cut heart disease risk (2016)"

SixSigma — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 12:26:17 +0000

It does reduce cow deaths though

New comment by SixSigma in "Lychee identified as cause for mystery deadly childhood illness in India"

SixSigma — Fri, 03 Feb 2017 03:53:19 +0000

perhaps you've never vomitted from the smell of human excrement encountered on the way home from the train station

New comment by SixSigma in "Trump threatens to cut UC Berkeley funds over Milo cancellation"

SixSigma — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 19:34:14 +0000

You mean "put the question in the public domain for discussion" :

"If U.C. Berkeley does not allow free speech and practices violence on innocent people with a different point of view - NO FEDERAL FUNDS?"

New comment by SixSigma in "Lychee identified as cause for mystery deadly childhood illness in India"

SixSigma — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 19:24:09 +0000

I've lived there, amongst the horror and corruption

New comment by SixSigma in "Credit-Card Fraud Keeps Rising, Despite New Security Chips"

SixSigma — Wed, 01 Feb 2017 19:42:34 +0000

Coming to the US I'm shocked at how easy a Debit Card transaction is. In Chipotle (fast food) the card is just swiped. No PIN, no Signature, nothing: give the card to the operative, they swipe it and hand it back, a practice obviously not restricted to Chipotle - but I guess that's similar to contactless paying which I use in the UK - though my friend has deliberately drilled through his card to disconnect the wireless bit.

For buying gas at an automated pump, at some places all I need is my Zip code.

It feels very unreal compared to the Signature to -> Chip & Pin systems I'm used to.

I have "Ask for photo ID" written on my signature strip - though I've never needed it.

New comment by SixSigma in "Reuters' position on covering Trump"

SixSigma — Wed, 01 Feb 2017 18:44:52 +0000

No mention that Thomson Reuters, owner of the Reuters news service, donated between $1m-$5m to Clinton.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2015/05/clinton-foundati...

New comment by SixSigma in "Nation's bacon reserves hit 50-year low as prices rise"

SixSigma — Wed, 01 Feb 2017 17:34:05 +0000

That headline is in the "wet roads cause rain" style.

New comment by SixSigma in "Hollywood as We Know It Is Over"

SixSigma — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 14:47:19 +0000

Until you have 0kcals available. The surfeit of labour is coming.

New comment by SixSigma in "Ask HN: Ever faced difficulties pivoting your job or career later in your life?"

SixSigma — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 14:12:31 +0000

One suggestion is on your resume use the STAR system

Situation, Task, Action, Result

Rather than the usual "my responsibilities".

Then you can demonstrate the value you brought rather than the potential you might have because listing your responsibilities doesn't mean you discharged them.