Paul_S

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The cost of ditching Windows XP? More than $12,000 per person(techrepublic.com)
1 points by Paul_S 11y ago|0 comments
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Hot Potato exploit mashes old vulns into Windows System 'sploit(theregister.co.uk)
1 points by Paul_S 11y ago|0 comments
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by Paul_S 11y ago
Which is why fake books are a real thing you can buy.
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by Paul_S 11y ago
This usually works like this: company doesn't pay tax, HMRC has to spend lots of money to prosecute them, company settles to pay a fraction of the tax. Doesn't seem fair to me but HMRC already spent lots of money and to get them t
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by Paul_S 11y ago
My post keeps fluctuating too, it's a very controversial subject. Although I wish the downvoters would also leave a reply - it's the Internet, have your say.
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by Paul_S 11y ago
How I fought bad ads in 2016 (in order of impact on usability/performance): http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/ (transparent and no overhead, works on Android too!) https://www.eff.org/privacybadge
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by Paul_S 11y ago
I hope to read a feel-good story on your blog about this in a few years' time.
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by Paul_S 11y ago
Ghana does have a stock exchange so if you really believe and not just hope that Ghana is on the rise buy some stock - put your advice to the test.
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by Paul_S 11y ago
AI researchers are trying to make AI smarter. Game AI can already be easily written to win 100% of games but that's not the point. Gamedevs are trying to make AI more human-like. I'm not sure the two overlap.
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by Paul_S 11y ago
Something modern on Amiga: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsJnMWX1qa0 There is a Bad Apple on an oscilloscope and a TI calculator so obviously there would be an Amiga version. Not as impressive as the Commodore C64 version
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by Paul_S 11y ago
Ah, but would they make more money if they didn't have to spend money on DRM? It costs to implement or license. It creates extra work even if you license it. If your DRM causes damage you might get sued. If you're found out that y
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by Paul_S 11y ago
Great read and hopefully a lesson: you can spend time and money and annoy your customers to no end to provide entertainment and a challenge to young programmers or you could save yourself all the hassle and make lots of money by being smart
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by Paul_S 11y ago
It's even worse than job-hunting and equally time-consuming.
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by Paul_S 11y ago
That line about prices not changing for 20 years sounds totally bogus to me. A quick trip to wayback machine shows over a 20% price increase over 8 years for my local curry house.
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by Paul_S 11y ago
Funny you should mention bagels. New York bagels taste nothing like real bagels (which you can still buy in Cracow if you fancy a weekend visit[1]). They are what sliced toast bread is to a farmhouse loaf. [1] be aware that the popular bage
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by Paul_S 11y ago
“This is an art and you need to be Indian to understand it properly". Yes, and you need to be white and speak German to make a schnitzel. What a load of bollocks.
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by Paul_S 11y ago
Reminds me of the video of a woman beating up a guy on a street to the amusement of the onlookers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3PgH86OyEM
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by Paul_S 11y ago
What was in the (now deleted) post you were replying to?
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by Paul_S 11y ago
As plausible as Minority Report. Even if possible it would not be implemented because of how the majority of people think of human free will.
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Materials Scientists Make Martian Concrete(technologyreview.com)
3 points by Paul_S 11y ago|0 comments
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Indiegogo wants huge companies to crowdfund their next big products(theverge.com)
10 points by Paul_S 11y ago|0 comments
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by Paul_S 11y ago
Oh, yeah? Click on this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_1...
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by Paul_S 11y ago
Most surprising bit is that the Russian bash.org is so alive whilst the original has been dead for years.
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Hacker Scripts – Based on a true story(github.com)
3 points by Paul_S 11y ago|1 comments
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by Paul_S 11y ago
I used to contribute a lot when I was younger and had more free time but I might have kept that up if not for the change that happened in the late 00s when the higher ups decided that wikipedia has too much content and started streamlining
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by Paul_S 11y ago
Not to excuse the owner but a friendly tip - use adblocking (Android uses a hosts file too!). Also helps with the rest of the Internet.
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by Paul_S 11y ago
Quite a few of the points only cause problems to closed source development whilst having a positive effect on open source development. I don't think it's objectively a bad thing.
568.
by Paul_S 11y ago
At least in Europe there is and has been for years a chronic shortage of tradesman (alleviated by migration). You will not earn as much as a doctor but the jobs are there for those who want them. I think the complaints stem from the fact th
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by Paul_S 11y ago
Get some plugins for your browser and hide social widgets. We have the technology.
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by Paul_S 11y ago
These should be appended to the top of regular man pages.

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