AncientPC

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by AncientPC 14y ago
Let's be honest here. Kindle family of devices is aimed at average consumers. It's sold at retail stores, and everything is setup for you out of box. In fact, it's a bit of a pain to break out of Kindle Fire portal and revert back to native
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by AncientPC 14y ago
The PC hardware industry profits are already razor thin, while the laptop industry is marginally better. This doesn't mean an ecosystem can't exist. Amazon retail / grocery stores are another example of an industry that survives off volume
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by AncientPC 14y ago
- Kindle Fire: Android Tablet - Kindle Everything Else: E-reader > But while Kindle sales may be falling, demand for the Kindle Fire is climbing, with requests for components up nearly 60%. The article is about how Kindle Fire
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by AncientPC 14y ago
There are a few relevant blog posts: 1. Race and gender data: http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/your-race-affects-whether-... 2. Attractiveness data: http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/your-looks-and-online-dati...
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by AncientPC 14y ago
I love the low tech video and hope this project takes off. However the biggest issue I see is that git is terrible at handling binary data. When checking out a repo, git pulls down the entire history . That means binary files added and the
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by AncientPC 14y ago
Correct, I skimmed the Wikipedia article too quickly. It is a neutral outcome.
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by AncientPC 14y ago
Actually, the Martingale system does pay off if you have unlimited resources. However casinos artificially create limited resources by setting table limits.
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by AncientPC 14y ago
It's a bit of a hack, you only see photos if you enable text to email and read it as such.
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by AncientPC 14y ago
Here's my data point to counter your data point. I've been running Tomato and Tomato USB with QoS enabled for 4+ years. Routers were usually WRT54G or compatible Asus models installed into multiple homes or SOHO businesses. Tomato has been
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by AncientPC 14y ago
git diff --color Or modify ~.gitconfig: [color] diff = auto [color "diff"] meta = yellow bold frag = magenta bold old = red bold new = green bold
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by AncientPC 14y ago
I worked in the laptop battery pack industry for a few years, your description is fairly accurate. 6 cell packs cost ~$22 to manufacturer. 9 cell packs cost ~$30 to manufacturer (outdated numbers). Yet, 9 cell packs MSRP for easily 50+% mor
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by AncientPC 14y ago
Tor has its own issues (difficult set up, high latency), as well as VPNs (single point failure / tracking, US-based companies must obey warrants). Perhaps there's an opportunity for a company based in Switzerland to run a private TOR networ
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by AncientPC 14y ago
What happens when you use an off-shore VPN that doesn't keep logs? TorrentFreak listed a bunch of them with their respective privacy policies: https://torrentfreak.com/which-vpn-providers-really-take-ano...
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by AncientPC 14y ago
Not just a carrot, but a carrot and a stick. If you don't comply, your family and friends can and will be harmed. It's a large reason why Mexico military forces stays anonymous by wearing balaclavas on duty and getting rid of the short hair
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by AncientPC 14y ago
The author's style is not idiomatic for C or Go. He uses shortcuts for compactness at the cost of readability. Normally this alone is not an issue, but using non-idiomatic code is a weak argument when trying to describe language readability
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by AncientPC 14y ago
I've gone ahead and reformatted his code using `indent -kr` and `gofmt`: https://gist.github.com/2932444
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by AncientPC 14y ago
This link gets posted on HN a lot but I've found it useful: http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/
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by AncientPC 14y ago
Pics: http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/15/3021177/lenovo-thinkpad-x1... There's a few things of interest: - chiclet, backlit, 6-row keyboard (same as X1) - new, thinner connector breaking backwards compatibility - 1600x900 IPS - n
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by AncientPC 14y ago
OEMs get paid for pre-installing bloatware onto machines which can add up to $40+ per machine. Offering Linux costs them money (in addition to R&D, support, training, marketing, etc).
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by AncientPC 14y ago
> Tiled windows are a waste of screen space; I have far more open windows than can ever fit tiled. That's what multiple workspaces are for. Tiling WMs are especially great when working with large and/or multiple monitors. You're not for
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by AncientPC 14y ago
No. There are monetary and performance gains for using Linux on servers and embedded products. As a result, OEMs have a financial incentive for making sure those products run Linux well. No such incentive exists for desktops. Apple incorpor
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by AncientPC 14y ago
It's improving the base model look and size for the majority at the cost of adapters for the outliers. Apple has always been consistently designing for mass market appeal for the past decade. If you are an outlier, Macs are not for you.
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by AncientPC 14y ago
I have a Dell Inspiron 6000 from 2005. It has a WUXGA display (1920x1200) on a 15" screen. Sadly, screen resolutions have been decreasing and moving towards 16:9 ratio. It's nice to see Apple emphasize the screen again and push competition.
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by AncientPC 14y ago
What about package managers? Windows management (e.g. Xmonad)? You don't like the KDE/Gnome defaults and don't want to spend time customizing. Fonts? Install from package manager. Themes? Install from package manager. Or download from gnome
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by AncientPC 14y ago
What advantages are there of using Google-specific authentication over using OpenID with Google?
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In Praise of Idleness(altdevblogaday.com)
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by AncientPC 14y ago
Self-salting with the domain name serves another purpose: prevents you from using the same password across multiple sites. If your password is "password_linkedin", it's fairly obvious what the salt is. However, most released passwords are n
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by AncientPC 14y ago
> Does this really matter? Sometimes. If your app is network/memory/disk bound, no. If it is CPU bound, yes. That's why web apps are in Python/Ruby, and games are in C++/C#. Also, Ruby/Python/interpreted language performances are within
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by AncientPC 14y ago
There's no "better / worse" framework. Django and Flask are two tools that try to accomplish the same thing in different ways. Django:Ubuntu::Flask:ArchLinux Django gets you 90% of the way from the start, it's in the tagline: for perfection
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by AncientPC 14y ago
That's what Linux package maintainers do, no one seems to have a problem with it. Public code is public. As long as the licenses are followed and/or credit is given who cares?

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