JTxt

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by JTxt 12y ago
" Argument: Don't use black because nothing in nature is actually black. False Conclusion: Don't use black on a web page because nothing in nature is actually black. False Assumption: The black on a web page is actually pure
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by JTxt 12y ago
But we don't interact with much of it, it could be a cached copy of another sim. Edit: Perhaps it's adaptive and only simulates what will be observed. And if some cost saving optimization artifacts are discovered within the sim,
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by JTxt 12y ago
Beautiful! It's like a remake of the "skyrocket" Linux screensaver for a nice gpu. http://www.reallyslick.com/pictures/skyrocket.jpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA3_pOMdbWU (I did fi
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by JTxt 12y ago
Yes me too. See also: http://reversespeech.com/reversal/popular-reverse-speech-exa... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_speech http://www.tcprs.com/evps.html (disembodied voice
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by JTxt 12y ago
I agree with all of that except going into debt... When I can help it. (I can see having a car helping a social life though.) When I have a buffer of cash and food I feel more free and feel better about myself. When I'm happy with m
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by JTxt 12y ago
Yes, even better. Can you recommend a password manager that works on all browsers/devices that you trust? I have not found that yet, so I use passphrases customized to the site. Edit: Also fundamentally it means that to access a single
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by JTxt 12y ago
I agree! I've been using passphrases for about 12 years, but in this form: Ia! Ibupfa1y,bitf: (It's the first letter of every word in that sentence.) A sentance relevant to me that also refers to the site is easier for me to reme
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by JTxt 12y ago
The collaboration video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXWkhLyQm4s especially, reminded me of The Mother of All Demos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJDv-zdhzMY&feature=youtu.be... We're still tr
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by JTxt 12y ago
The 'cloud' idea bothered me from the start. But not as much about bandwidth and latency, but a loss of control of private data and that the company and network become single points of failure. It's about control of my data;
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by JTxt 12y ago
Oh, then it's much more of a management problem. There's plenty of technical solutions already, you may just want a little glue with good ux design, fast internet, and good support staff, especially for the elderly. In this exampl
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by JTxt 12y ago
Good point, added bigbluebutton.org
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by JTxt 12y ago
(EDIT: original title asked if there was something like this as open source.) Nice. It's basicly a well managed chatroulette clone. (EDIT: not quite, it also needs to record.) Or try "web video conference server open source"
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by JTxt 12y ago
Well, look for 'open source chatroulette clones' like https://code.google.com/p/camrumble/
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by JTxt 12y ago
With a set of photos of the same static scene, it's possible to figure out the camera position, angle, and focal length of every camera, sometimes to millimeter accuracy. You just have to correlate the same features in each frame, then
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by JTxt 12y ago
I literally used a slippery slope in that argument. :| I'll try again: No-one but ourselves should be able to brick our devices. We don't actually 'own' our property if we can't 100% control what and if it runs.
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by JTxt 12y ago
Thanks for adding the link! Here's the latest version: http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?... A part I'm concerned about: "(d) Any request by a government agency to interrupt com
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by JTxt 12y ago
Where is this killswitch proposal? I'm curious who and how it could be activated and how you verify the owner.
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by JTxt 12y ago
The idea of a kill switch is great if it can only be controlled by the owner of the device. (The person that purchased it to use.) But we have not solved that problem yet. We are still using short passwords instead of strong private keys;
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by JTxt 12y ago
Probably not, but who would have access to this kill switch/phone bricker? The customer with a private key? (...with no way it could be activated by the phone manufacture/service provider/legally forced by governments.) Proba
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by JTxt 12y ago
That's correct. So, let's get further away from this cliff of not actually owning/controlling our property, not closer. Edit: Down voting because you disagree? It's a problem that needs solving; I hope we can discuss i
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by JTxt 13y ago
Reminds me: The days before 9/11 I played with some webcams that let you pan and zoom a cam and take turns if others were using it. There was one on the Empire State because I used it that day... There may have been one on a wtc tower
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by JTxt 13y ago
I'm about 98% certain: Killwhite is identical to Gimp's "Color to Alpha" if you use white as source color. In their example, it leaves a grey color background with a little alpha. They started with a brighter blue, and
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by JTxt 13y ago
If you download the pixel blender version of the kill white plugin, you can read the source. It looks pretty simple to implement; does just a little work while in the HSV color space.
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by JTxt 13y ago
Neato. This would work on iOS if it registered taps/clicks.
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by JTxt 13y ago
I have flux on my desktop, but I'll be looking for a filter for my iphone. (Edit: I like the orange glasses idea better.) Here's what I do: an alarm goes off at 10:30pm and I take melatonin. If I actually shun devices, I can even
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by JTxt 13y ago
Yes, search for interval timer, repeat timer... The closest free app I found for ios so far is "wake me up." It repeats forever but doesn't run in the background.
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by JTxt 13y ago
Interesting thought. Reminds me of when people around me had an hourly chime on their watch... Usually inadvertently. I'm downloading a interval timer app to test it out. My guess is that it will drive me nuts soon. Edit: I didn'
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by JTxt 13y ago
Ha! I find that I can tap my fingers on a surface easier than pulling fingers down in many of those combinations. Perhaps it would be less distracting if they saw you just lowering the middle finger onto a table?
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by JTxt 13y ago
We can flag articles that we believe don't belong on the site.
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by JTxt 13y ago
Yes, it was just for fun, and to show my nieces and nephews that sound can be canceled.

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