ColdAsIce

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by ColdAsIce 15y ago
"Why do we need textbooks that costs more than 80 dollars, even in the digital version. And worse, Why do we need a new edition every couple years?" Because writing good books takes time, a lot of time. Just like writing good software. Do y
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by ColdAsIce 15y ago
More freedom software projects should be have a foundation behind them, like GNU or Linux Foundation.
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by ColdAsIce 15y ago
" Internet is tightly controlled (which it cannot be.)" Oh, it can be controlled alright. SOPA, PIPA today, tomorrow FIPA, DIPA and FuckInternetPA. One of them will pass, then more and more. And then you're sitting on cable tv. Clicked that
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by ColdAsIce 15y ago
"On the other hand, it allows quicker and easier communication than ever before, and contributed to the Arab Spring to the point where the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt are known as "the Facebook revolutions"" From an interview by an 17
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by ColdAsIce 15y ago
Awesome. I just cant describe how awesome Moglen is. A "journalist" wants a story, a complete article, so she doesnt have to think - get this she says " I was hoping you might be ableto help me think about this particular" - she wants h
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by ColdAsIce 15y ago
What did you just say!?
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by ColdAsIce 15y ago
The insight is, offering something for free isn't worth it. And why? Because free users cost more money than paying users when considering the headaches and work they cause.
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by ColdAsIce 15y ago
Fuckify this ify trend to emulate or ride the spotify (anti)fame. Is it just me or does anyone else also just back away whenever there is a project which turns nouns into verbs with ify? Spotify is a sockpuppet of
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by ColdAsIce 15y ago
Not much new on the distributed side of things since 2003, perhaps except for bitcoin then. Anyone know how it went with that ant-based file sharing network, mute or something?
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by ColdAsIce 15y ago
What is the deal with these new cloud/Saa services? Convenience over installing your own server and managing your own data? Outsource it to parse.com? How can you be certain your data wont be compromised, read or misused by parse.com or who
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by ColdAsIce 15y ago
Why would a hardware vendor care about APIs or monopolistic behaviour? Why would a hardware vendor make a deal which said vendor can only use this software on the hardware they make but not other?
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by ColdAsIce 15y ago
He could have improved esd or jack. But no.
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by ColdAsIce 15y ago
" or playing audio on a remote computer over the internet". I thought thats the point of pulseaudio and really wanted to try it. How can I say... it FAILS at even that! I got it working with ssh and mpd faster than... oh dont make remember.
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by ColdAsIce 15y ago
"Microsoft effectively shut down the alternative market by making Windows-hardware coupling mandatory for large hardware vendors." How did they do that, how?! That is exactly why GNU/Linux on the desktop isnt used by more people.
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by ColdAsIce 15y ago
Linux user since 1999, redhat 6.2 days I think, kernel 2.2. Messed with getting audio to work on an old ISA card, setting some ports in some config files, recompiling the kernel. I got it working, no big deal, even from several sources at t
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by ColdAsIce 15y ago
And how can you disrupt the passivity?
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by ColdAsIce 15y ago
Wow this is great. Finally I understand what the whoile point of Backbone.js and client-side mvc frameworks is! Thanks!
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by ColdAsIce 15y ago
To be fair, slave masters where required to feed and put a roof over their slaves. Modern slave masters don't even do that.
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by ColdAsIce 15y ago
Child comes with the parent and sits or sleeps in his small chair in the parents office. When the child wakes up or wants something, the parent gives it to him like any other person that comes into the office and wants something. Usually th
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by ColdAsIce 15y ago
Would you explain whats wrong with that UI? Could you with your skills fit more information and ability to change it that fast in that amount of space? I doubt it.
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by ColdAsIce 15y ago
Does that mean that our internet has been taken over by sock puppets? When we no longer can trust that the other guy is indeed a guy/girl just like us, but now is an algorithm, carefully crafted for a specific purpose. Communication suffers
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by ColdAsIce 15y ago
Who says you cant bring your child to work? False dichtomy "careerist" "or" "family". Modern family can evolve to just as other relationships. It is very frightening for a child to be left at a day-care center, it would be much better if th
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by ColdAsIce 15y ago
Democracy is a nice idea, cast your vote people. Who counts the votes? That is where the power is. -- Stalin.
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by ColdAsIce 15y ago
Where is AdBlockPlus2? The fork?
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by ColdAsIce 15y ago
Whats the problem with having babies? Its not impossible to continue working and taking care of babies, after the first year or so. During that year your husband can take the work or someone you hire. Big deal. This argument what woman want
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by ColdAsIce 15y ago
Scala is a pile of shit, its worse than C++. It allows too much and has a too complicated syntax. Scala is what C++ was for C with a bit of Perl mixed in.
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by ColdAsIce 15y ago
s/in the bank/under your bed/g.
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by ColdAsIce 15y ago
The internet hasnt changed much since the 1970s, IPv4 and TCP/UDP are still the same standard. Only some physical layers have seen innovation.
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by ColdAsIce 15y ago
So, you have something in your car to hide? Is that why you switch now. Pot-smoker? Tell us where the pot is bill!
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by ColdAsIce 15y ago
Because there is really no need for the widgets dojo provides. In every project where a widget kind of thing was required - the requirement also included it to be developed in house, exactly suited to our needs. If we would have chosen dojo

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