alter8

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Adding AAC.js to our codecs arsenal(labs.official.fm)
3 points by alter8 14y ago|0 comments
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Internet is worsening people's life experience(translate.google.com)
1 points by alter8 14y ago|0 comments
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by alter8 14y ago
In other sports both teams are expected to score tens, even hundreds of times. In soccer one goal often is enough. Collecting stats for analysis seems entertaining for the observers, but how is that useful for the teams, in a sport that is
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Leap second: Linux can freeze(h-online.com)
1 points by alter8 14y ago|0 comments
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The Antikythera mechanism in motion(richannel.org)
1 points by alter8 14y ago|0 comments
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by alter8 14y ago
I thought that would be about the new audio search by Microsoft.
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Factoring RSA Moduli(windowsontheory.org)
1 points by alter8 14y ago|0 comments
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by alter8 14y ago
I can't understand why http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/ is always trying to redirect me to /nojs and say it needs javascript. With blocked redirects I can navigate that site just fine. It clearly works without JS, expect it lacks Googl
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by alter8 14y ago
> I wonder if someone missed a server when decommissioning the cluster? I submitted because I wanted to hear a possible explanation. I see that some sites have some nested content, but nothing found when you go to their root. Is it beca
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GeoCities is not completely dead(google.com)
126 points by alter8 14y ago|54 comments
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by alter8 14y ago
> No mention of Mikrotik? FTA: (...) a combination of commodity hardware and open-source firmware. It's OK that you suggest RouterOS, I'm just saying OP is not supposed to mention it.
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Students assigned to cheat on exam(boingboing.net)
3 points by alter8 14y ago|0 comments
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by alter8 14y ago
I used Opera from version 8 to 10 because it let me quickly enable/disable Flash and javascript on a global basis. Then I found NoScript, with its fine-tuning options, and moved definitely to Firefox. It's not as annoying as some people thi
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RPN calculator implementations(math.bas.bg)
1 points by alter8 14y ago|0 comments
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Analysis of the MD5 collision attack used by the Flame malware(speakerdeck.com)
23 points by alter8 14y ago|2 comments
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by alter8 14y ago
I have a Google Cache bookmarklet ready for this. Why do Gawker pages look right in Google Cache? Are they cheating?
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by alter8 14y ago
> (...) I can't build things in C++ that target XP using 2012. Maybe not for long, there is a work in progress: http://tedwvc.wordpress.com/2012/03/11/how-to-get-visual-c-2...
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FlightGear - interview with original founder(h-online.com)
1 points by alter8 14y ago|0 comments
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The history of password security(throwingfire.com)
5 points by alter8 14y ago|0 comments
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by alter8 14y ago
I'm surprised that http://ycombinator.com/newsnews.html has not been updated on this important topic. How much would it help, though? There should be an RSS of it.
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by alter8 14y ago
The hashbang is the problem, just removing it also does the trick: http://mobile.twitter.com/collusionapp/status/20836684578122...
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by alter8 14y ago
> I’d come out with new versions that I thought dramatically improved the product, only to find my forums filled with complaints from power users who wanted the return of some obscure option, or were upset that I wasn't adding the geeky
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by alter8 14y ago
I submitted that 1 month ago - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3903705 - and my nick ranit8 has been killed. I found a possible reason yesterday, it was a duplicate of http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3699293 Damn, you are dead s
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by alter8 14y ago
But it worked wonderfully on me. I kept using my account[1] for a whole month before noticing 2 days ago, and finding the cause[2] yesterday. My second account, altran, got killed on the 1st submission. This is my 3rd account. [1] http:
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by alter8 14y ago
A submission of the tiny, cheap and dangerous fake iPhone charger killed my account 1 month ago, even though it got 140 points (duplicate or linkbait, anyone care to explain?) http://www.arcfn.com/2012/03/inside-cheap-phone-charger-and-