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by abscondment 15y ago
I wonder if it's feasible (legally and technically) to encrypt the stream between their servers and the plugin, but have the plugin send a local, unencrypted version to the built-in HTML5 plumbing.
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Mirah on Android: Implementing a Lazy-load Image Gallery(threebrothers.org)
19 points by abscondment 16y ago|1 comments
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by abscondment 16y ago
I bet that in cases of copyright infringement a logical delete isn't legally sufficient. Sure, you can leave the database pointers in place... but you're going to need to actually remove the infringing content. In that case, at least, a tr
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by abscondment 16y ago
The compile-time version will hang a Clojure REPL, too: user=> (def d 2.2250738585072012e-308)
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by abscondment 16y ago
In "The unbound Prometheus" David Landes writes about the historical causes for the industrial revolution in Europe, specifically analyzing the manufacture of cotton in England. After noting that many inventors "spent more time enforcing th
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by abscondment 16y ago
What happens if you renice the process so everything else takes priority?
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Stirling's approximation in Clojure(threebrothers.org)
2 points by abscondment 16y ago|0 comments
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by abscondment 16y ago
Clojure code is Clojure data. So, these SQL statements are really just nested lists. Instead of writing an ad-hoc SQL parser and doing string manipulation, you can write relatively simple Clojure functions to manipulate these lists and ge
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by abscondment 16y ago
The ultimate sidejacking opportunity, other unencrypted data notwithstanding. Sites with a proper SSL implementation seem more attractive each day.
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China hijacks 15 percent of world's Internet traffic(telegraph.co.uk)
2 points by abscondment 16y ago|2 comments
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Statistical hubris: your data are wrong, and you asked the wrong questions.(thejuliagroup.com)
3 points by abscondment 16y ago|0 comments
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Fixing Facebook Connect for IE(threebrothers.org)
1 points by abscondment 16y ago|0 comments
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You should reinvent the wheel.(threebrothers.org)
2 points by abscondment 16y ago|0 comments
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Caching strategies for Clojure's memoize(kotka.de)
1 points by abscondment 17y ago|0 comments
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by abscondment 17y ago
Via coffee. Scratch that; via well-planned caffeine consumption: http://arvindn.livejournal.com/57651.html
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The typical Windows user patches every 5 days(computerworld.com)
2 points by abscondment 17y ago|0 comments
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Consistent Hashing with Haskell(fatvat.co.uk)
7 points by abscondment 17y ago|0 comments
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by abscondment 17y ago
Yes, it's your job to know these things. But when you make a simple mistake like this one, duck typing can hide it and make its effects much more serious.
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Death by Duck-Typing(threebrothers.org)
3 points by abscondment 17y ago|5 comments
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by abscondment 17y ago
I think there are two key components: * Build something that someone will want to buy. Something awesome that solves a real problem elegantly, that's proven itself by garnering users, and that would fit well in an acquirer's business. * C
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by abscondment 17y ago
These instructions are a bit outdated - the project skeleton can now be created using the "lein new" command.
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Common Math Symbols in HTML, XML, TeX, and Unicode(johndcook.com)
3 points by abscondment 17y ago|0 comments
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by abscondment 17y ago
You'd be issued stock options giving you the ability to buy the company's stock at a very low price. These typically vest over time so that you can't just take the equity and quit. The paperwork is a bunch of legal forms. Have a startup law
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Student Loans: The new indentured servitude?(dissentmagazine.org)
19 points by abscondment 17y ago|28 comments
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by abscondment 17y ago
Well, "self-install" only updates the lein jar. 1.1.0 added an "upgrade" task that also updates the lein script. To upgrade to it, you need to download the new script and "self-install": http://github.com/technomancy/leiningen/raw/stable/b
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Leiningen 1.1.0 Released(github.com)
30 points by abscondment 17y ago|4 comments
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by abscondment 17y ago
He's got a line in there arguing in support of bankers. As I read it, he's complaining that the government views VCs as bankers. I think it's legitimate to consider the differences between the traditional loans/bonds/etc of banking and
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by abscondment 17y ago
Most papers aren't graded with some pass/fail grammar and punctuation rubric. I had many CS assignments for which no credit would be given if the automated submission site couldn't compile the work.
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10 Past Microsoft Acquisitions And What They Mean Now(crn.com)
1 points by abscondment 17y ago|0 comments
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by abscondment 17y ago
I know you're probably joking, but that's a really ignorant and unsubstantiated suggestion. I'm strongly introverted, yet I blog and (gasp) argue with people online. Introversion is not the same as being shy, awkward, diffident, or mute

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