Nosferax

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by Nosferax 17y ago
Joining should be moderated by how long you have been on Hacker News, not karma :)
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by Nosferax 17y ago
Well, one use is you can access the contacts of your contacts, so it helps you get information about (and get in contact with) a lot of people... But I agree it seems weird to add 50 'strangers' to your list... We don't know anything about
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by Nosferax 17y ago
He did have a point about the drunk dial app though :D
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by Nosferax 17y ago
Whatever you do, don't work too much on side jobs while writing your mémoire/thesis. I have seen many people get a part-time or full-time job when they were done with their project, alas not with their writing. It takes them years to finish
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by Nosferax 17y ago
I hope so ! I'm still pondering whether to do a Ph.D. or not myself. Almost done with M.Sc...
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by Nosferax 17y ago
Finnish and Hungarian definitely have their place amongst the hardest languages to learn. If I'm not mistaken, Hungarian has 22 cases of declension.
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by Nosferax 17y ago
HackerNews->SlashDot->Pwnage->Real gnome dev message
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by Nosferax 17y ago
A much more interesting user interface used in a movie was developed by Oblong (see John Underkoffler). I am talking about Minority Report ;) They are making it into a real UI. Check it out : www.oblong.com
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by Nosferax 17y ago
All in all this affair is fishy. However, it's not the first time we hear from google cancelling adsense accounts and cut all communication. I know it's the user's responsibility to make sure his stuff is clean, but most the time the user h
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by Nosferax 17y ago
Found the original article by Paul Graham : http://www.paulgraham.com/avg.html
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by Nosferax 17y ago
What is the blub problem?
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by Nosferax 17y ago
Isn't there something better than flash out there? Flash sucks for linux.
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by Nosferax 17y ago
I use three languages commonly : French, English and Russian. I can set the language for non-Unicode programs only once, which means I can't display all programs written with a different encoding properly. Please just use Unicode.
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by Nosferax 17y ago
The concept or way to upgrade it is ok... it's just that it almost always causes a lot more trouble than a clean install. My experiences so far : 6->7 : System failure, unable to boot 8.04 -> 8.10 : Alright overall, a few bugs to f
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by Nosferax 17y ago
The command line really is hard to make up for, without a lot of hassle, that is. When I'm running windows it's the thing I miss the most. Other than that, it sucks that Firefox is not nearly as polished under Linux as it is under Windows.
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by Nosferax 17y ago
I don't understand how a language designed for document programming can be a good choice for controlling a rover.. Is it a joke, is he really serious about this?
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by Nosferax 17y ago
That is one fugly slow website.
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by Nosferax 17y ago
Minibosses - my favorite video game music band so far. http://www.minibosses.com/ One full album available for free on their website, check it out!
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by Nosferax 17y ago
Here in Quebec, Canada, Pepsi has the biggest market share :P EDIT : 59.5% Pepsi for 25% Coke.
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by Nosferax 17y ago
1000 wired lists to read while bored
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by Nosferax 17y ago
I couldn't bear it anymore past point 15.
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by Nosferax 17y ago
By not reading mentalfloss.