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by adbge 15y ago
Two fairly simple improvements (to mathematics) I can think of: 1) Abandon the absolutely batty practice of representing everything with a single symbol. It's crazy. We still can't reliably represent mathematical symbols over the internet i
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by adbge 15y ago
> The problem I have with the system, the problem I see making the masses balk once they've been convinced to give it a try, is that, simply, things don't work out of the box with linux. Indeed, I think this is the number one issue of
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by adbge 15y ago
Did you even read the first sentence of the article? It links to the recent discussion about Apple moving to ARM hardware: http://semiaccurate.com/2011/05/05/apple-dumps-intel-from-la...
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Google takes top spot in reputation rankings; Apple, Intel, Amazon close behind(zdnet.com)
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by adbge 15y ago
> I've been writing flash file systems since 1991. They're fun as hell to work with. Could you recommend any good resources for someone new to file system technology that is interested in their inner-workings? Thanks!
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C is a Wasteland(rs.io)
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Sierpinski Triangle as Cellular Automata (ANSI C)(rs.io)
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The Hardware Upgrade Challenge(rs.io)
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Finding an Itch(rs.io)
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Merge Sort in ANSI C(rs.io)
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by adbge 16y ago
Funny coincidence! I started doing something similar a couple weeks back -- trying to recreate the SICP LaTeX files so that I could generate my own beautiful PDFs, instead of using the slightly wonky HTML edition. I even sent an email to Ha
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by adbge 16y ago
> Furthermore, today's computing environments are arguably less conducive to autodidactism. You might be interested in this if you haven't seen it before: http://viewsourcecode.org/why/hacking/theLittleCodersPredica...
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by adbge 16y ago
You can take the Chrome Flash and PDF plugins and use them with Chromium.
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Omnigraffle, Graphviz, and KISS(rs.io)
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by adbge 16y ago
Not being familiar with OpenBSD, what are some of the pain points you have when using Debian that you don't experience with OpenBSD?
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by adbge 16y ago
Are you suggesting that average bandwidth usage isn't going to increase?
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by adbge 16y ago
> can you also tell me why the 98% of people who pay for U-Verse should have to pay for that level of service, which they will never come close to using They are now effectively paying the exact same amount for a reduced level of (poten
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by adbge 16y ago
> I'm to worried about eating into my monthly limit to do so. Depending on the area, the limit may not even be enforced. I've pretty drastically gone over the cap every month since it was implemented and have yet to receive a warning, a
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by adbge 16y ago
If a meltdown does occur, damage will depend on whether or not the reactor's containment structure holds. In the case that it does hold, the plant itself is FUBAR'd but, otherwise, there isn't significant cause for concern. This would be an
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by adbge 16y ago
> The way FF adds subtle indicators when the content on a pinned page updates is especially nice. I'm on Chrome 10.0.648.127 and it does a periodic glow when pinned content has been updated. It's a little too subtle for my tastes, reall
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by adbge 16y ago
I think people are forgetting that it's $5 AND the additional hassle of entering your credit card information and so on. The cost could be a dime and Apple would still be raising a non-trivial barrier to entry. Further, it seems like a pret
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by adbge 16y ago
> There are tons of research papers and projects, which just cannot be implemented on GNU/Linux in non-kludgy way. Do you recall any of these offhand? Thanks.
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by adbge 16y ago
> we have a /slightly/ better ratio than 1 test per 100 SLOC, etc. Has TDD really resulted in this becoming a status symbol? :P
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by adbge 16y ago
The borders around a program, including the title bar. Some examples of a desktop without window decorations: http://awesome.naquadah.org/images/screen.png http://www.linuxlinks.com/portal/content/reviews/WindowManag...
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by adbge 16y ago
Browsing through the rest of the linked SVN, Google seems to have an Emacs mode to help encourage adherence to the style guide: http://google-styleguide.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/google-c-s...
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by adbge 16y ago
This is self-reported, yes? Culturally speaking, I imagine women would tend to report much higher numbers than men -- even in a scenario where it was a 1:1 split. I'd take that poll with a grain of salt, and I sincerely doubt that 'femanons
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by adbge 16y ago
There's nothing to stop you. I imagine Google's algorithm(s) will determine the probable original source as the one with the most citations (along with timestamps and other secret google-fu) and penalize sites that fake citations by giving
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by adbge 16y ago
> I've never heard of allowances for alternate types of examination being made for this before... Most (maybe all?) US universities will make similar allowances for students with mental illness. The student and teacher usually work out
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by adbge 16y ago
Lightpeak was designed with this in mind, so that should be a viable alternative whenever it hits production phase. Right now the only viable interfaces to PCIe (that I know of) are Infiniband and Fibre Channel, though I imagine such syst
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by adbge 16y ago
> There is no distinction between you and an "actual" attacker. You seem to have labored within a nimbus of self-righteous nerd egotism that someone more criminally minded might not have... That sounds exactly like a distinction to me

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