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by acabal 16y ago
Well that's kind of the point--there isn't a better way in Linux, but that doesn't mean there isn't a better way to do it in general. Apt was designed I think mainly as a workaround for Linux dependency hell, with the side effect of it bei
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by acabal 16y ago
Too bad. PPAs are still too esoteric for normal use and waiting 6 months for the latest versions which often include important usability and bug fixes is way too long a time. I know some people think apt-get is the holy grail of Linux sof
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by acabal 16y ago
A nice quote, but we've already given the TSA a lot. Now it's a fight to get it back. Hopefully it's not too late.
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by acabal 16y ago
Or at a different airport... or if the supervisor was already having a bad day.
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by acabal 16y ago
I think that Customs may detain you at a border--they have more leeway in the Constitution for border searches iirc. That's what I'm confused about now, because with each new insane agency that gets created and each new law that alters a
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by acabal 16y ago
Oh wow, I had no idea they scan you after re-entering the country. I'm flying to Chicago O'Hare from London Gatwick on Dec 2, and now I'm concerned about this. Does anyone know precisely what my rights are as a US citizen upon re-entering
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by acabal 16y ago
This reminds me of when one of my good friends came back from China with a knockoff iPhone. I bought his extra one off him for $50 out of sheer curiosity. Everything this article said about the knockoff tablet vs. the real thing was true
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by acabal 16y ago
That looks incredibly cool, and must have been so much fun to work on. I could imagine someone making a homebrew version with maybe a few year's tinkering in a garage and with a compiler.
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by acabal 16y ago
I'm curious about this too. I've been toying with starting an ad network in my niche as well, but I'm still not sure if I want to head in that direction because I don't know enough about the process.
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by acabal 16y ago
scribophile.com is paying my salary right now. Not as much as working as a developer at a big company, but enough to live, and I'm much happier :) Completely bootstrapped. The only cash I put down was $100 for some small graphic design wo
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by acabal 16y ago
This is why I hired an accountant to do this for me. I just don't have the time to research all the gotcha's for incorporating, and I didn't want to risk making a mistake if my research isn't 100%. It costs a little more but it's worth it
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by acabal 16y ago
The most interesting thing in this article is the reference to "Ultimate physical limits to computation." It's something I never thought about before and honestly it kind of blew my mind a little bit...
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by acabal 16y ago
What do you mean? And what browser are you using? :)
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by acabal 16y ago
Scribophile is my full-time job. Members sign up for a limited free account. They can upgrade to a monthly paid premium subscription that includes many features that the free plan doesn't. It's not making me a millionare, but I've spent
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by acabal 16y ago
This is more or less what I did with my site, Scribophile. The site is based on writers critiquing the writing of others, with a point system to make sure everyone gets critiques. When I just started, it was kind of a chicken-and-egg prob
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by acabal 16y ago
I was thinking this exact thing earlier today. Someone sent me a link to a Youtube video that wanted me to sign in to see risky content. I signed in with my Google account, which apparently wasn't enough, because I had to also have a Yout
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by acabal 16y ago
At the risk of sounding cynical or aloof, I think the times when rational debate shaped the political climate and real-world policies of this country have long gone. It might be time for intelligent people to take a cue from Fox News and (
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by acabal 16y ago
It's all pretty easy. Every country seems to have their Craigslist equivalent where you can find apartments to stay in for a short term (a month or two). I've spent a lot of time in hostels in the past, which are a fun and cheap way to li
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by acabal 16y ago
I travel the world. Three months ago I was in Brussels, for the last two months I've been in Munich, now I'm in London, then I go to Chicago for Christmas with the family. Munich is one of my favorite cities and the atmosphere there sound
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by acabal 16y ago
Nothing. That's why I left. Some folks like the SF nightlife scene but I wasn't a big fan of that either. Too many hipsters. Plus it's impossible at nights because of the lack of transport back to the south bay.
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by acabal 16y ago
I wish I had the means to do what he's doing. But the problem for me, and for many other people I'd imagine, is that when I'm at an airport, chances are I've paid a very large amount of money to be at a certain place at a certain time for
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by acabal 16y ago
I don't know... how often will one be taking exams as an official PhD holder? Exams are sometimes better at measuring how one takes exams than what one knows. Take job interviews for example. I hold a CS degree from a major university and
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by acabal 16y ago
I remember some time ago seeing a Youtube video of a leaked testing version of the Slate. The reviewer flipped it over and pointed out the hardware ctrl+alt+del button on the side. Everybody thought the video and device were fakes or a pr
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by acabal 16y ago
I actually laughed out loud when the doctor zoomed in on the x-ray and there was visible lag and tearing as the screen refreshed. That's the best shot they could come up with to show off zoom!?
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by acabal 16y ago
I travel a lot and the space and weight saved by not having an optical drive would be great for me. In fact I'm shopping for a new laptop now (though not a Mac) and finding a reasonably-priced 14-incher without an optical drive is tough.
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by acabal 16y ago
> Are you saying we should just let 9/11s happen, and then fix the holes? Isn't that how TSA already operates? Someone sneaks a bomb into their shoe and TSA makes me take my flip-flops off through the metal detector. Someone tries t
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by acabal 16y ago
Re. blocked in Vietnam: only the DNS request is blocked, so if you switch to OpenDNS you should get access back.
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by acabal 16y ago
I think it's one thing to see it happening, and a totally different thing to actually know how to fix it. I run an online community and what this article describes has happened to me a few times already, even with a karma/reputation system
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by acabal 16y ago
Hasn't this been a bug for years? I think it has something to do with the core theming system making it difficult/impossible to do, so while it appears to be a minor bug it's actually a very deep problem.
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by acabal 16y ago
This can work in some places, like South America, but not in others, like Europe. In Europe you get a 90-day tourist visa within a 6-month period, so if you stay for 90 days you must leave for and stay out of Europe for another 90 days bef

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