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whiterabbit commented on North Korea, Denying Sony Attack, Proposes Joint Investigation With U.S.   nytimes.com/2014/12/21/wo... · Posted by u/fivedogit
splike · 11 years ago
I find this whole thing really weird, and I suspect sites like reddit are being manipulated by someone.

Lets the timeline right

1. North Korea makes its disapproval of The Interview public and complains to the UN in the summer of this year

2. Sony is hacked and passwords are leaked. The passwords are the focus of the story

3. A couple of days go by, no mention of North Korea or The Interview

3.5 I've gotta be missing something here

4. Theaters (not Sony directly) decide the pull The Interview because of threats from NK

5. FBI blames NK for sony hack

6. Obama gets involved (?????)

The sequence of events just makes no sense. Then there are sites like reddit that are completely consumed by the story. The number of posts about it is insane, and there is little skepticism about the bizarre sequence of events or the blaming of NK.

whiterabbit · 11 years ago
3.5 The Senate Intelligence Committee releases the CIA torture report.
whiterabbit commented on Navdy: HUD for your car   navdy.com... · Posted by u/adambratt
100k · 11 years ago
HUD navigation could be cool, but anything that takes attention from driving like showing text messages is a terrible idea and should be banned. Distracted driving is incredibly dangerous. Even hands free phone calls are distracting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phones_and_driving_safet...

whiterabbit · 11 years ago
I agree. Navdy should round up all the people in Werner Herzog's texting documentary, ask them to endorse their product, and post that video on their website.
whiterabbit commented on Navdy: HUD for your car   navdy.com... · Posted by u/adambratt
kaoD · 11 years ago
Well, if hand free phone calls are distracting because you're holding a conversation, we should ban talking to your passengers on a car too, right? Even driving with passengers should be banned just in case, and all vehicles be single-seaters or have soundproof glass between the driver and passengers.

Music is pretty distracting to some people. Car stereos should definitely be banned too.

To be fair, both having a conversation and listening to music keep me alert when driving. Yes, it might also produce cognitive overload, but in my case it's definitely better than cognitive underload (boredom).

You know what's by far the most distracting thing to me while driving? Constantly checking my speedometer. In some areas I do it constantly, out of fear of getting a speeding ticket. I don't even want to speed!

whiterabbit · 11 years ago
From The Wikipedia entry on mobile phones and driving: "The NHTSA considers distracted driving to include some of the following as distractions: other occupants in the car, eating, drinking, smoking, adjusting radio, adjusting environmental control, reaching for object in car, and cell phone use."

When I was a kid and my dad was driving and had to make a left turn or perform some other maneuver that required his full attention, he'd ask everyone in the car to be quiet. This was a man that raced automobiles as a hobby and worked in professional racing at the highest levels his entire life.

whiterabbit commented on Ask HN: Buying a cheap laptop without an OS?    · Posted by u/thetabyte
whiterabbit · 14 years ago
The cost of the Windows license is partially offset by the crapware bundle the manufacture infects the machine with, so you won't save much buying a blank PC and your options will be severely limited. However, you may still be able to get a refund on the license post-purchase, if you're dedicated (and lucky):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_refund

Don't forget to reroute some of your winnings:

http://www.linuxfoundation.org/participate/linux-donate

whiterabbit commented on Ask HN: Web designers: do you consider Adobe CS5 necessary?    · Posted by u/katieben
katieben · 14 years ago
Hmm, what do you mean by lock-in?

I've tried GIMP, but the maddening UI you mentioned just isn't worth the frustration to me..

whiterabbit · 14 years ago
It's not possible to read a CS5 PSD with CS3. If you don't follow Adobe's upgrade path you're out of business (which means a great opportunity for GIMP).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vendor_lock-in

whiterabbit commented on Please use insertAdjacentHTML instead of innerHTML    · Posted by u/d0vs
whiterabbit · 14 years ago
You meant to write, "use appendChild()," right?

u/whiterabbit

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