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by KwanEsq 12y ago
Most likely from here: >It will simplify matters for the reader if I explain first my own beliefs in the matter. Consider first the more accurate form of the question. I believe that in about fifty years' time it will be possible, t
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by KwanEsq 12y ago
>In fact, while the Kickstarter promises to deliver more books to low-income kids, there are already some hints that it’s not totally up to speed with those same kids’ digital realities. It’s well-documented fact, for instance, that low-
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Drop the distinction between mutable and immutable local variables in Rust(smallcultfollowing.com)
82 points by KwanEsq 12y ago|49 comments
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by KwanEsq 12y ago
I'd say so, it's easy to set-up, and adds another layer of protection. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2458544
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by KwanEsq 13y ago
It's sad that Mozilla is losing someone of Eich's technical ability, but having him as CEO simply wasn't tenable. His appointment was a misjudgement.
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Update on Metro(blog.mozilla.org)
238 points by KwanEsq 13y ago|80 comments
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by KwanEsq 13y ago
Hmm, Lucida Console on Windows does not seem to work well with combining glyphs.
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by KwanEsq 13y ago
There is something similar in the UK for type 45 destroyers[1]. Street view: https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=50.855755,-1.090069&spn=0.00... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_45_destroyer
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by KwanEsq 13y ago
I'm confused how this is valid, since he seems to be using the OpenSSL code without the patch[1] that actually makes Dual EC work and his patch doesn't (to my C-ignorant eyes) include the fix either. Does it fix it in another way?
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by KwanEsq 13y ago
Experimental support ala prefixes is still happening, they just stick it behind prefs now, so devs can turn them on to experiment with, but they can't be used in production sites. This was done in response to webkit becoming the new I
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by KwanEsq 13y ago
>Do the people who sit on these standards boards ever actually plug anything in? The people on the standards board know about the fact that having the USB logo on the top of the cable's plug is a requirement of the spec, and thus th
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by KwanEsq 13y ago
They separated out the video streams and audio streams, so now the only 1080p link you can get is video only (and it uses a different ID to the old 1080p videos, so support needs to be explicitly added for calculating the link).
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by KwanEsq 13y ago
Awesome, that site confirms that the PS4 has Opus support [1] I was hoping it would since its low-latency makes it ideal for gaming. [1] http://www.scei.co.jp/ps4-license/opus.html
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Experiments with audio, part XI: RIP Audio Data API (2009 to 2013)(vocamus.net)
1 points by KwanEsq 13y ago|0 comments
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by KwanEsq 13y ago
>Interestingly, no mention of VP9. He alludes to it (obliquely), I think, with the "competitive" here: >Like Opus, Daala is a novel approach to codec design. It aims not to be competitive, but to win outright.
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by KwanEsq 13y ago
But you don't get to jump out? Disappointing.
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by KwanEsq 13y ago
Yeah, while the Post seems to be talking about the user agent string, I don't think that's what they used, the Post just misinterpreted the document's use of the phrase User Agent to refer to the browser.
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by KwanEsq 13y ago
Good job their extension system allows you to easily restore the blink tag to your browsing, should you wish ;) https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/restore-blink... Disclaimer: I created the above
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Before you try to “fix” or “improve” forms on the web…(christianheilmann.com)
2 points by KwanEsq 13y ago|0 comments
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Data Parallelism in Rust(smallcultfollowing.com)
101 points by KwanEsq 13y ago|7 comments
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by KwanEsq 13y ago
It looks weird that the battleship is moving backwards.
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by KwanEsq 13y ago
I've never understood why media players in particular feel they have carte blanche to completely ignore any attempt at integrating with the system look and feel. I never really got along with WinAMP due in no small part to that.
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by KwanEsq 13y ago
>Microsoft-backed lobby group Initiative for a Competitive [Online] Marketplace I hadn't heard of that before. It is… amusing, to say the least.
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Accessible App competition | Transport for London(tfl.gov.uk)
1 points by KwanEsq 14y ago|0 comments
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by KwanEsq 14y ago
>If the code was old, as it’s been when products like Symantec’s were leaked, this might not be so bad - but it’s not. > http://adamcaudill.com/files/Screenshot_4_4_13_10_04_PM.png >References in the files indicate that the cod
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by KwanEsq 14y ago
If you check its page one of the other sellers is listing it for £999,999.
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by KwanEsq 14y ago
Permalink: https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=3212013a
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by KwanEsq 14y ago
As bpierre said @-moz-document rule, which I just discovered has actually been unprefixed since Fx6. Here's the MDN page detailing it and the various functions: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/CSS/@document
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by KwanEsq 14y ago
This was submitted via the source I got it from (Mozilla Future Releases blog), and directly to the demo page, a couple of days ago by AndrewDucker, but unfortunately got little attention https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5251980 http
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3D Real-time Unigine Crypt demo (WebGL)(crypt-webgl.unigine.com)
79 points by KwanEsq 14y ago|37 comments

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