akie

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by akie 11y ago
You can only brute force it.
602.
by akie 12y ago
Well, neither ww1 nor ww2 was as damaging for the US as it was for Europe... but then again, we started them ;-)
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by akie 12y ago
I'd be more than happy if the BuzzFeed Generation (is that a thing?) is interested in quantum physics and computational complexity, though.
604.
by akie 12y ago
That Linus' approach to disagreement over technical matters is counterproductive.
605.
by akie 12y ago
Ok, so would you be comfortable if this http://imgur.com/coB85tW was the standard test image then?
606.
by akie 12y ago
Ignore the haters - I read your comment and upvoted it. It is everyday sexism and role-confirming behavior, and it is off-putting to women and making them feel unwelcome. But I think people are not aware of it and mean no harm, which is
607.
by akie 12y ago
Self-hosting with gogs.io. Awesome interface, easy to install (it's just a binary), uses minimal system resources and loads very very quick.
608.
by akie 12y ago
Lock-in, that's what the catch is. It's supposed to act as a gateway to more expensive plans.
609.
by akie 12y ago
They are still making a significant profit, but not as much as they would without this legislation.
610.
by akie 12y ago
You're conveniently ignoring motives here. If the lunatic adult is wielding a knife because (he claims that) you took his house and land and started living in it and don't want to leave, then do you still think it's acceptab
611.
by akie 12y ago
Well, adding a monetary component into the mix would achieve two things: 1. HackerNews would have more resources to do maintenance and development on the site. Both of which are relatively necessary: There's a lot of low-hanging fruit.
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Cross-browser support for SVG (with image fallback) using CSS(pauginer.tumblr.com)
1 points by akie 12y ago|0 comments
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by akie 12y ago
If we're talking business ideas, then I think it should be "Reddit Gold" but for Hacker News. Because: Why not? I'm not paying for Reddit, but I most certainly would for Hacker News. It's a crucial news source f
614.
by akie 12y ago
I understand that they don't have any incentives to do this differently, and (given that this forum is offered to us for free) that we should have no reason to complain, but I'd rather have them staffed properly so we can prevent
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by akie 12y ago
I really think it's a disgrace that HN is down for hours just to do some (probably important) back-end work. Here we are, talking about scalability, high-availability, what have you - and the medium we're using to host those discu
616.
by akie 12y ago
Not to be snarky, but this is only inexpensive when you already have the $600 phone.
617.
by akie 13y ago
Well, that depends on your interpretation of "functionally equivalent". Is Youtube functionally equivalent with Netflix?
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by akie 13y ago
A dummy explanation for non-physicists like me (from http://www.swinburne.edu.au/engineering/caous/news_and_event... ): "Einstein's reservations about quantum mechanics were encapsulated in the 1935 Einst
619.
by akie 13y ago
That's really awesome, and I hope it succeeds.
620.
by akie 13y ago
Some people really have a problem with mathematics; other people have the creative skills of a lemming. Not everyone can be a grandmaster in chess or win the Olympic marathon, not even if they tried every waking hour. People are NOT created
621.
by akie 13y ago
I'm sorry to be the buzz-kill, but that's simply not true.
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Dead Man's Snitch - Dead Simple Periodic Process Monitoring(deadmanssnitch.com)
2 points by akie 13y ago|0 comments
623.
by akie 13y ago
You can use 'hir' - http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hir
624.
by akie 13y ago
The site is down? Oh irony.
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by akie 13y ago
You make two good points, but only the first one is structural. How do you keep information secure if it's meant to be semi-public? That's a rather fundamental question, and I don't have an answer to it. There must be a bette
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by akie 13y ago
I agree that a political solution is strongly preferable, but I'm not sure if that's ever going to happen. The only reason that the NSA can listen in on your Facebook, Google, Skype (etc) activity is because: 1. These communicatio
627.
by akie 13y ago
I really like this one - http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/
628.
by akie 13y ago
This adds (almost) nothing but new syntax.
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by akie 13y ago
First of all: genes? Do you seriously believe that? I'd like to see some citations for that, if you don't mind. I think you're farcically misrepresenting the nature vs nurture debate here. In general, people with well-off, well-educated par
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by akie 13y ago
I strongly disagree with you. How is encouragement to rape ever acceptable?

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