ajasmin

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   by ajasmin 15y ago

   Does anyone know if something like this would be legal in Canada? That seems like a really cool startup idea.
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   by ajasmin 15y ago

   Yes. libjpeg can generate scaled previews faster than decoding the whole image. Maybe that's why Apple didn't bother to implement this for png images.
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   by ajasmin 15y ago

   Can I only use Ubuntu when the phone is connected to a large monitor? Even having access to some command line packages on the phone would be a big improvement over the minimal busybox stuff that comes with Android.
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   HNRetweet: An userscript that adds retweet links to HN(github.com)

   6 points by ajasmin 15y ago|0 comments
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   by ajasmin 15y ago

   SQLite support would be great. It's everywhere and really easy to setup.
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   by ajasmin 15y ago

   Finding code with the regular Google Search is nearly impossible though.
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   by ajasmin 15y ago

   They could offer an easy "censor my site" option for sites hosted on Wordpress.com
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   by ajasmin 15y ago

   What would happen if a sovereign key for facebook.com was granted to a malicious party before Facebook gets the chance to request one? Can such an error ever be corrected?
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   by ajasmin 15y ago

   no one bothered to set proper file permissions That's why shared hosting accounts are so bad. The Unix security model isn't designed for hosting a bunch of unrelated websites on the same box. Why should I even be allowed to make a file wo
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    by ajasmin 15y ago

    How does that compare to bitcoin? The distributed append-only data structure sounds like it is similar to the bitcoin block chain. But the article says this structure is "semi-centralized". Is there a good reason why the sovereign key syste
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    by ajasmin 15y ago

    this terrifies me Now think about all the libraries and application that end up calling close() and fclose(). Add a few abstraction layers and good luck figuring out if closing a file is safe in a multithreaded Java app.
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    by ajasmin 15y ago

    Could the fact that Google already has a presentation app be used as an excuse to close it down?
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    by ajasmin 15y ago

    Yeah. Never seen or heard "cademy" as shorthand for "academy"
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    by ajasmin 15y ago

    I think their goal was to support any language. Do they still even support VBScript now?
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    by ajasmin 15y ago

    I was really into BASIC in school but I wonder if teaching specific technologies such as iPad development or HTML5 really has the same value than sport or music. These things change so fast.
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    by ajasmin 15y ago

    Yep. A lot of big ISPs already block port 25 connections from residential lines. That breaks a few things like the sendmail command on a default *Nix setup. But you can often set it up to relay mail to the ISP server instead. It's a bit sad
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    by ajasmin 15y ago

    Those low res glyphs look like they come from the Space Invaders game.
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    by ajasmin 15y ago

    The computer on that thing probably has the longest uptime in the solar system.
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    by ajasmin 15y ago

    Shouldn't they make Lisp books cheaper in honor of John McCarthy as well?
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    by ajasmin 15y ago

    Google Code Hosting is another source of geek cred. They don't monetize it. No ads and no paid hosting. I hope the lack of monetization is not their only reason for killing Code Search.
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    by ajasmin 16y ago

    I'm curious about the Apple remark the end.