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largote··on The “432 Hz vs. 440 Hz” conspiracy theory
That is good to know.
largote··on The “432 Hz vs. 440 Hz” conspiracy theory
I think that's because 4C is the point where water is the densest, whereas 20C is a comfortable room temperature.
largote··on Apple Introduces What It Calls an Easier to Use Portable Music Player (2001)
To be honest, the Nomad was fairly decent too, though the Creative brand couldn't command the premium price as well as Apple.
largote··on The “432 Hz vs. 440 Hz” conspiracy theory
Couldn't the Kilogram be derived from the Liter, which in turn can be derived from the Meter? From what I recall:

- 1 Liter of pure water at 4 Celsius is 1 Kg.

- 1 Liter is a cube with 10 cm on each side.

largote··on Google Flights will now tell you when fares will increase
Hipmunk's UI is amazing if you know what you're looking at.
largote··on Is Facebook’s Massive Open Office Scaring Away Developers?
Active noise cancelling is far better at drowning out constant background noise than changing sounds like conversations.
largote··on Is Facebook’s Massive Open Office Scaring Away Developers?
Escalate to your manager, he should have a chat with her manager.
largote··on Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app
But you can still be nagged if someone finds your phone number.
largote··on Api.ai is joining Google
The gap in base-pay+bonus is usually like 20-30%, plus there's the fact that you're getting stock you can actually sell on top of that.
largote··on Api.ai is joining Google
Where in 101?
largote··on Api.ai is joining Google
Working at a startup "for the money" is like playing the lottery, you may hit it big, but a lot of startups just crash and burn.

In the meantime you're making a lot less than someone working at a large company. You could take the $50K/yr pay difference and buy lottery tickets with that.

largote··on It’s Tough Being Over 40 in Silicon Valley
The issue is not the capital investment on hardware. You can get an equally powerful modern server to replace your old AS/400 machine for a few thousand dollars. The issue is the risk to move away from that is not worth it.
largote··on iPhone 7
The rest of the phone is "good enough" so that people don't take the risk to jump to a different OS environment on the next iteration.

Plus, Apple always promises the new iPhone will fix everything you didn't like about the previous one and people eat that up.

largote··on It’s Tough Being Over 40 in Silicon Valley
Tell that to all the COBOL programmers making serious money.
largote··on iPhone 7
The DAC is, but the amplifier that's after it certainly isn't.

And there's no line-out, so you're effectively dual-amping any signal if you use an amplifier on the built-in 3.5mm jack.

In any case, I think they should have kept the onboard jack, and people who really care would continue to use external DAC/Amp stacks.

largote··on iPhone 7
The millimeter matters when people are buying the phone, the battery life and other complaints only matter once the person has already paid for the phone, so Apple doesn't care.

People say they want lots of battery life, but slimmer devices consistently outsell thicker ones.

largote··on Tesla envy grips Germany’s giants
Except a Tesla S is more comparable to an A6/5 series/E class in regards to size and interior quality.
largote··on Even the Rich Are Being Priced Out of Central London
A lot of these cities have renting laws that basically give the renter more rights over the property than the owner.

This causes it to make more sense to not rent it out.

largote··on Google+ Redesigned
More importantly, you can Follow him and explicitly unfollow his "Music" Collection.
largote··on The SEC has temporarily halted trading of Neuromama Ltd.
Who honestly believes this company is worth anywhere near $35B?
largote··on Google and LinkedIn announce massive land swap
Except that Google has tried several times to replace those old building with denser development only to be blocked by the city.
largote··on Pokémon Go shows that Nintendo's franchises are way bigger than its hardware
Microsoft should buy out Nintendo, make its games and franchises available for Xbox & PC, and sell the specialty Nintendo hardware like the WiiMote or that TabletController as accessories. It could also roll Kinect under the Nintendo add-on brand.
largote··on Tech workers think Silicon Valley and startups are losing their luster
Yeah, the clubbing in SF has nothing on other places.
largote··on Tech workers think Silicon Valley and startups are losing their luster
It's generally considered to be where San Mateo county ends and Santa Clara county begins, in other words, between Palo Alto and Mountain View.
largote··on 107 Nobel laureates sign letter blasting Greenpeace over GMOs
But if you label it, why wouldn't you start labeling all other sorts of ridiculous things?

GMO vs not-GMO is irrelevant information for the consumer outside of marketing and ignorance-based paranoia.

largote··on 107 Nobel laureates sign letter blasting Greenpeace over GMOs
But if you label it, why wouldn't you start labeling all other sorts of things?

GMO vs not-GMO is irrelevant information for the consumer outside of marketing and ignorance-based paranoia.

largote··on How landlords get kickbacks to lock tenants into big Internet providers
That sounds illegal as fuck.
largote··on Brexit wins. An illusion dies
Setting such a precedent would be terrible for the EU though. Before too long every country will threaten to "leave".
largote··on Buffer Layoffs
For very long flights, it usually is.
largote··on OS X is now macOS and gets support for Siri, auto unlock
These days, WWDC keynotes have the general public and media as their target audience.
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