Gracana

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811.
by Gracana 10y ago
What's that, core duo? Core 2 duo? I'm quite pleased with how well those devices are holding on.
812.
by Gracana 10y ago
> The demand that "I want my browser to be exactly the same speed as it used to be, but also support all these new features" Wait wait wait, hold up. I don't want my browsers to support those features. I just want to not
813.
by Gracana 10y ago
You're wrong, I'm not lamenting progress.* The fact that our computers are so much faster now is pretty cool. But the fact that I NEED today's computer just to read an article or buy something online is absolutely ridiculou
814.
by Gracana 10y ago
> Ten years there were no videos on facebook, no realtime chat, no realtime video streaming. There was no Dropbox, and most webmails used to allow up to 100MB of storage. Youtube was around in 2005, realtime chat hasn't changed, clo
815.
by Gracana 10y ago
It frustrates me that computers become obsolete this way. We've generated an awful lot of waste and not a whole lot of progress. Everything I do now I could do ten years ago, it's just "prettier" now. I'd go back to
816.
by Gracana 10y ago
Yep, I really like this about Mac OS X. The fact that I can c-w to kill a word anywhere or c-u to kill a line is pretty nice. And OS-level copy/paste has the same shortcut everywhere, like you say. I think it was a mistake for Windows
817.
by Gracana 10y ago
Maybe your employer can purchase the appropriate cable for you, so you aren't burdened with another dongle. http://www.apple.com/shop/product/MK0X2AM/A/usb-c-to-lightni...
818.
by Gracana 10y ago
Oracle is pretty terrible, but... What's wrong with virtual box?
819.
by Gracana 10y ago
Good. But there are a lot of developers whose work could be done on a remote machine, and I wonder if those people still prefer to work locally, and if so... why? It's entirely possible that the complaints/calls for beast-machines
820.
by Gracana 10y ago
Actually, the hardware guys already have it solved. We already know how to do bus arbitration, and cars are like little buses. CANbus could work, and it's already used in the automotive world. It's nice because the higher-priority
821.
by Gracana 10y ago
> Chromebook and SSH into a REAL computer ;) These threads have surprised me, because I figured most developers (or at least the web-focused ones that seem to be common on HN) would only need a browser and a shell. Instead, there is talk
822.
by Gracana 10y ago
I actually tried googling for a source for what I was saying and didn't find anything. It's what I've always heard, and it makes sense.. but everything I found was talking about other issues with noise (and talking about audi
823.
by Gracana 10y ago
Exposing the sensor at the last moment (when the mirror moves into position and the shutter opens) results in decreased noise compared to live preview. I think this has to do with residual charge and heat on the CCD. Also, in some situation
824.
by Gracana 10y ago
gog is pretty awesome and it'll be a drm-free game download anyway. I've always felt pretty good about paying them for games.
825.
by Gracana 10y ago
> 8 words per minute Most people who type "incorrectly" but have lots of practice can do 50-100wpm. That's my observation/experience, anyway. I don't touch type but I'm plenty quick enough. Is there a useful
826.
by Gracana 10y ago
I get what the parent is saying, though. It's just binary digits on a weird looking vertical number line. Each part of the "digit" may as well be a zero or a 1, because that's all it represents. Position tells us what th
827.
by Gracana 10y ago
It wasn't bricked, it was just so slow that it couldn't get past the lock screen. Lots of people complained about it on the support forums, and you could get it to work better for a few hours if you got into the settings and clear
828.
by Gracana 10y ago
I don't think I've ever seen a one-word comment make it on HN...
829.
by Gracana 10y ago
I'd be hesitant to buy anything from Google again.. I had a nexus 7 tablet and they killed it in an update. At least with an iPhone, it'll be supported for a few years.
830.
by Gracana 10y ago
From < https://www.openbsd.org/policy.html> : GNU General Public License, GPL, LGPL, copyleft, etc. The GNU Public License and licenses modeled on it impose the restriction that source code must be distributed or made a
831.
by Gracana 10y ago
Even for updating domain controllers? This has not been the case for me. At the basic level pretty much any option will "just work", but for complex setups... I have found Windows to be difficult to use and difficult to learn abou
832.
by Gracana 10y ago
If you think it takes the power of the state to cause trouble, you're not imaginative enough. If you need convincing, just download your information from all the sites you visit (I know FB and google provide an easy way to do this), se
833.
by Gracana 10y ago
The vast majority of software engineering work does not have the same rigor that other fields of engineering do. Standards, safety, inspection, accountability, documentation, testing, certification, etc... many other fields focus on these t
834.
by Gracana 10y ago
I was there in those days too. Maybe it didn't change, I just got sick of it.
835.
by Gracana 10y ago
I think hackaday is a good example of a community with similar (techie) people to HN that has gone further down the same path of negativity, cynicism, and salt. HN is great and the moderators here do a good job (I'm always impressed by
836.
by Gracana 10y ago
If I give someone money, it is their money and they can do what they want with it, it does not matter to me. If I give someone information about myself, it's still connected to me, but now it's under their control. They can use it
837.
by Gracana 10y ago
I was thinking about that when I wrote my comment, but decided to only include my own experiences. I think you're right / what you say makes sense, though. Particularly for popular and fast moving projects (like everything web r
838.
by Gracana 10y ago
I have the same feeling. The official docs, experts' websites, code from relevant projects, and books are always better than getting a quick answer from SO. Sometimes when I've exhausted my available resources (often the case is t
839.
by Gracana 10y ago
The c2.com wiki is a nice alternative in this space. It's not quite what you're describing, but I think it's worth checking out of your after a general-software-stuff wiki.
840.
by Gracana 10y ago
Ouch, that's an unfair comment. The parent post is nothing like anything in that ridiculous flame fest.

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