Aardwolf

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2581.
by Aardwolf 14y ago
1) The article has a title making it seem like it's unix shell tips straight from the unix master, then instead is advising to use certain Mac programs. 2) A trackpad can NEVER replace a regular mouse with scrollwheel and many buttons. Mayb
2582.
by Aardwolf 14y ago
Why is this article so Mac oriented? So here's tip 9: Use a nice Linux or similar machine with a pleasant to use clicky keyboard and a mouse which allows text highlight and middle click paste.
2583.
by Aardwolf 14y ago
I agree. Nobody is ever going to attempt to write the theta in ASCII or bother typing it given that it's not on most keyboards. Math and practical programming are different worlds, each with their own notations. Programmers are quite used t
2584.
by Aardwolf 14y ago
Yes, in my country we use spaces to separate thousands and "," is used for what the decimal point does in the US. In my handwriting I use that notation. However, from a computer, I (and I'm certain I'm not the only one) actually expect it t
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by Aardwolf 14y ago
From the website: "Of course, I’m ending up reimplementing a lot of TCP, with packet resending and ordering for most things, so I’m not totally sure all this work is actually worth it, heh." Then, maybe, don't, and just use it... :)
2586.
by Aardwolf 14y ago
I really don't understand why block size is 512 by default. It should really be 1 by default. Except for someone with an ancient hard disk who thinks in blocks instead of (mega, giga, etc...)bytes, who ever needs or wants that?
2587.
by Aardwolf 14y ago
Man, such fragile stuff. Why not code a function yourself that turns a number into a string representing it decimally with the commas every three digits. I normally like and use good library functions and standards, but if they're that frag
2588.
by Aardwolf 14y ago
If the universe would be a simulation, then what about the universe in which ours is being simulated? Can we measure that too? What if the creator of the simulation thought of this and programmed his simulation such that this measurement wi
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by Aardwolf 14y ago
If I right click on a link, I see options "Open link in new tab" and "Open link in new window". What's missing there is "Open link in this tab", to circumvent these pesky websites that configure every single link to open in a new tab/window
2590.
by Aardwolf 14y ago
Still not the feature I'd like in there: A way to open link here instead of in new tab or window
2591.
by Aardwolf 14y ago
So if I understand this correctly, 4G, despite having higher bandwidth, results in either bad voice quality, or a 2-4 second delay? Voice quality over the phone has been good for a 100 years, and now they can't match it with a higher bandwi
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by Aardwolf 14y ago
It looks nice until you look at the source of the Success page. All-caps HTML tags. Not good style!
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by Aardwolf 14y ago
I only recently started visiting hacker news more often than slashdot. I love slashdot because of the interesting discussions. I think the comments on slashdot are still the best. But the problem that started to annoy me more and more is th
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by Aardwolf 14y ago
If I get up at 10am and go to sleep at 2am, should I just move the schedule they show forward 2 hours and it'll apply to me?
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by Aardwolf 14y ago
No, but I do with my android phone.
2596.
by Aardwolf 14y ago
I've ridden bike thousands of times. And I've never worn, owned, or even touched a helmet. Like nobody else my age ever does in my country. It started to become a trend to let children wear a helmet here since the last 5 years or so though,
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by Aardwolf 14y ago
Why do you need "support" for a screen resolution? PC's have had different screen resolutions forever, why were there never news articles about "Firefox Gets Support For 1280x1024" or "Firefox Gets Support For 1920x1200"?
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by Aardwolf 14y ago
Cool idea, but I think my life will be way longer than the lifetime of this app. I think I could do something similar in an open format that will still be accessible in 50 years: an image of the world map, with an alpha channel that has pix
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by Aardwolf 14y ago
Really cool concept, but I don't like how when you get really big, bubbles the size of half the field appear, making the game unfinishable.
2600.
by Aardwolf 14y ago
But they usually build all the prefab materials beforehand, taking longer than 15 days. So saying it's built in 15 days is a bit cheating. Still an interesting feat though.
2601.
by Aardwolf 14y ago
But good sir, it's empty!
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by Aardwolf 14y ago
In the hello world example, no matter what text you put there, the assembly is the same. Where does the string content go?
2603.
by Aardwolf 14y ago
No, I do not. However, today's specific implementation is. Are you really convinced that you'll be able to run an iPhone app from today in 10 years? It's just that, I'd love to have a fancy lighting system, but please with its own specific
2604.
by Aardwolf 14y ago
Why would anyone want to use something like a smartphone to control their lighting? Smartphones are todays temporary fad, and will change every few years. The lighting of your house, however, is supposed to last a few decades, unless you li