an_ko

18 ms·

151.
by an_ko 8y ago
> almost no [one] wants to spend money [to] ship a single box of candy from Japan They have hundreds of subscribers, and had many more in the past. https://www.candyjapan.com/behind-the-scenes/2017-year-in-re... A
152.
by an_ko 8y ago
> At the margin [piracy] lowers the price everyone is willing to pay for the item. Does it though? Someone jumping the turnstile in the subway doesn't make me think "man, my ticket is too expensive really". Instead, it mak
153.
Fearing legal action, emulation hub EmuParadise is removing all of its ROMs(pcgamer.com)
13 points by an_ko 8y ago|5 comments
154.
by an_ko 8y ago
To live your life, you gave up the opportunity to live someone else's. So clearly your life is worth at least as much as anyone else's. Other people seem to act as though their lives have value, though unfortunately none of them c
155.
by an_ko 9y ago
Is it just me, or does the font-size of the main body of the article enlarge automatically, quickly, and slightly terrifyingly, until the screen is some very long story on a black background seemingly completely unrelated to football? I may
156.
by an_ko 9y ago
Why not? They're both entry points (hence 'index'), both JavaScript (hence '.js') but in different directories. Do you have difficulty distinguishing between /home/me/.vimrc and /home/somebo
157.
Norton I, Emperor of the United States(en.wikipedia.org)
32 points by an_ko 9y ago|1 comments
158.
A Git Horror Story: Repository Integrity with Signed Commits (2012)(mikegerwitz.com)
1 points by an_ko 9y ago|0 comments
159.
by an_ko 9y ago
What is it about porn that makes you feel depressed? I've heard that opinion before, but I just can't relate, despite being one of those people raised on abundant internet porn. It has been a very clear net positive for me. I&#
160.
by an_ko 9y ago
Is there no value in criticism? Sometimes the correct answer is that you're asking the wrong question.
161.
by an_ko 9y ago
Where can I see this subreddit?
162.
C++ programming pioneer hacks off-grid, DIY, smart home(youtube.com)
3 points by an_ko 9y ago|0 comments
163.
Washoe (chimpanzee)(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by an_ko 9y ago|0 comments
164.
by an_ko 9y ago
For me in the UK, https://www.google.co.uk/ loads fine. However, https://docs.google.com was inaccessible for a bit, which is why I'm here checking if I'm sane. :)
165.
by an_ko 10y ago
Surely you still have freedom to distribute it as you wish. He just wants it to make sure you attribute the source, which ethically you should anyway. If the post were GNU Public Licensed, which additionally forces you to release any text t
166.
by an_ko 10y ago
In a similar vein, I start projects by writing a README. It forces me to see with the user's eyes, which makes the difference obvious between what I think is a good interface and what is actually a good interface. It has worked wel
167.
by an_ko 10y ago
For anyone wondering what Avaaz does or how they make money (neither parent nor recruiterbox say), see https://www.avaaz.org/en/about.php and https://www.avaaz.org/en/why_donate_to_avaaz/?abou
168.
by an_ko 10y ago
> Don't let your services listen on (AKA bind to) 0.0.0.0 or 127.0.0.1. How do I do that? Iptables? (Sorry if this is a dumb question.)
169.
by an_ko 10y ago
I have found rm -f to work great for that! /s Wouldn't such a tool have to be based on easily outdated or broken blacklists of parts of the file? Complex file formats like DOC can leak data in an immense number of ways.
170.
by an_ko 10y ago
It comes down to definitions. What is "positive impact" to you? To me, it means "increasing the total amount of human understanding", not "making everybod happy and Amish". Edit: By the way, this is the essen
171.
by an_ko 10y ago
The person who bought the painting is not losing millions of dollars, only failing to gain them. Unless of course the original price they paid for the painting was millions of dollars. I doubt that, given they bought it off of a 17-year-old
172.
by an_ko 10y ago
I don't know of a way using their site. The fastest way I've found otherwise is to run mpv https://mpv.io/ with the URL as an argument, and use the ']' shortcut to increase playback speed.
173.
by an_ko 10y ago
True for simple use-cases, but animation, updates, object constancy, and axes are really tricky to get right without D3.
174.
by an_ko 10y ago
"Duration of membership" seems a much less relevant metric here than "quality of post".
175.
by an_ko 10y ago
Yep, GIF sucks, but it's unfortunately the only thing even remotely close to video that's embeddable on most StackExchange sites and a whole lot of chat platforms. Ffcast also integrates selection of the capture area, which is a r
176.
by an_ko 10y ago
For Linux, this is pretty easy to do from the command-line with ffmpeg/ffcast (using the x11grab option). Here's a fuller explanation, plus GIF conversion with ImageMagick: http://unix.stackexchange.com/q/113
177.
by an_ko 10y ago
I had something like this as a kid. One episode I remember vividly was where I woke up, looked around, and the room was filled with metallic flying saucers each about the size of a large potato, whizzing past my head, clanging as they bumpe
178.
Microsoft vs. MikeRoweSoft(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by an_ko 10y ago|0 comments
179.
by an_ko 10y ago
The primary source (of Tumblr confirming the leak) wasn't linked from the article (Tumblr Staff Blog, May 12th 2016): https://staff.tumblr.com/post/144263069415
180.
by an_ko 10y ago
Summary: eval without input sanitation is still a bad idea.

More ›