Adaptive

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   by Adaptive 15y ago

   I don't think that these HN posts can be dismissed as cyclic griping and finger pointing / laughing. 1. Any company that produces bad UI should be called on it, particularly when that UI is going to impact such a large number of people. 2
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   by Adaptive 15y ago

   ouch, the downvotes! for posterity let me note here that, in fact, I really did have to clean vt220 keyboards with alchohol wipes every week when working in the comp. lab. I have very fond memories of the vt220 despite this ignoble responsi
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   by Adaptive 15y ago

   Based in HK for a long time, spent lots of time working in SG as well and have family there now. We've talked about going back there too. I like what they've done to push cultural development (something HK never did effectively or serious
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   by Adaptive 15y ago

   Let's be clear about this: a terminal is what you have to disinfect Friday nights in the computer lab after a week of disgusting freshmen. Wikipedia is sorely lacking in this critical detail.
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   by Adaptive 15y ago

   Funny, my wife, friends and I were making a short-list of some reasonable US alternatives last night (we've both lived much of our lives outside the US though are in it now) and all our top picks were cold, northern, and civilized. Norway w
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   by Adaptive 15y ago

   Worth noting that several dual-citizenship friends have, over the last couple years, renounced US citizenship for tax reasons in each case. Very little appealing about being a US citizen for the very rich. What this article fails to note is
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   by Adaptive 15y ago

   googlecl is one of the main ways I use the big g's services. nice to see it supporting the discovery APIs now.
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   Command-line Google url shortener, tasks, discovery services now available(code.google.com)

   2 points by Adaptive 15y ago|1 comments
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   by Adaptive 15y ago

   You can add a variety of two factor authentication options to lastpass (phys OTP, yubikey). You can also allow/disallow "offline" access to your lastpass account when using these two factor options (force second factor at all times or allow
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    Google also passes on European data to US authorities(h-online.com)

    2 points by Adaptive 15y ago|0 comments
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    by Adaptive 15y ago

    I've been waiting for this kind of thing to show up on the smartphone mapping front, nicely done!
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    by Adaptive 15y ago

    If I was going to bootstrap a lock company, I'd start by presenting my designs at hacker conferences and offering bounties for exploits, just like an opensource project. Manufacturers really should embrace this kind of testing.
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    by Adaptive 15y ago

    Yes, plus Linus is relevant and important for both linux and git. Git has been hugely, positively disruptive in a way no Dvcs was prior. And anyone (cnn evidently) that thinks Linux developers are fungible misses the point of having a fie
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    by Adaptive 15y ago

    I hadn't thought to call them privateers, but it's an excellent comparison. You've hit the nail on the head. The next wars will be waged by private contractors and privateers, hovered over by swarms of drones. Replace "will" with "is" whene
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    by Adaptive 15y ago

    The difference now is that we are entering a period where it's not just houses. 3d printing is suddenly a real thing. That's the play here.
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    by Adaptive 15y ago

    CAD today is like video editing 10 years ago: lots of legacy high-end pro level tools, faced with increasing consumer-friendly competition. I used to cut on Avid, for instance. They made a push into consumer tools too-little, too-late. I'm
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    by Adaptive 15y ago

    I use the Android interface most of the time and only occasionally use embedded player via reader. I do subscribe and manage my subscriptions a lot via the reader interface, however. I am not surprised if you've had trouble with the Liste
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    by Adaptive 15y ago

    Reader is also great for managing podcasts via "Listen" (Google's Android Podcast app). Nice because they show up with the rest of my RSS feeds.
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    by Adaptive 15y ago

    For those interested in a lighter weight personal or small scale static site with Haskell, I recommend Hakyll: http://jaspervdj.be/hakyll/
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    by Adaptive 15y ago

    I've read the FT for years in print. Still one of the only publications I would subscribe to (cf the economist, nyt). They were also a client of mine about 10 years ago and at that point I remember complaining specifically and at length in
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    by Adaptive 15y ago

    I use Hakyll & Pandoc to maintain a single README in github which is also the webpage for Solarized. A little sed magic in Hakyll converts the github links. Makes life much easier.
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    by Adaptive 15y ago

    For those interested in something lighter weight, there's also Hakyll, which I use and love: http://jaspervdj.be/hakyll/
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    by Adaptive 15y ago

    Same here. Only print subscription I retain at this point. FT would be a close second if not for the fact that their website is beyond terrible.
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    by Adaptive 15y ago

    I've had some questions about the matte screen and will post this here for reference. I've compared it to my matte cinema display and my glossy cinema display. It's not as matte as the 'actual' matte display, but the x220 with multitouch la
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    by Adaptive 15y ago

    I have the x220 tablet (arch linux on it) with the multitouch option and it's definitely matte. I can't compare it to the build quality of the x201, but I'm pleased with the performance and display. 10W power consumption with wifi on after
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    by Adaptive 15y ago

    Upvoting. I realize this is a single vendor link, but I recently spent a long time redesigning my home network and settled on the same unifi system. It's really worth looking at commercial grade access points if you are looking for a more r
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    by Adaptive 15y ago

    I truly prefer to use git-subtree with pathogen. 1. add a repo: $ git remote add remote-vim-surround https://github.com/tpope/vim-surround.git 2. git-subtree: $ git subtree add --prefix=vim/bundle/vim-surround remote-vim-surr
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    by Adaptive 15y ago

    I believe your problem statement is accurate but incomplete. There is a central vim coordinating authority (vim.org) that is (poorly) integrated with a (rather clunky) knowledge base (vim.wikia.com). I think you should consider discussing t
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    by Adaptive 16y ago

    Man, I love those sets. Hadn't used that site before but it's awesome. Very nice to see the stark ocean and ink in water in the last set. Not too far off from the deep ocean feel I was targeting during design. Thanks. Great links.
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    by Adaptive 16y ago

    I'll be expanding the webpage to detail that, but essentially: base03 = background base02 = background highlight base01 = background data (comments, etc.) base0 = normal text The scheme was designed to allow for: base1 = optional bold/emp