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by andor 12y ago
Recent (CM11?) versions of the Cyanogenmod browser are actually based on Chromium.
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by andor 12y ago
Is the Android chrome (in the UI sense) now open source as well? If that is the case, we could finally get the option to disable third-party-cookies...
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Considering that they can't even get the battery life up without that requirement, it might be a while unless we make significant scientific breakthroughs in battery or wireless technology. "Both the Samsung Gear S and the Gear
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by andor 12y ago
The Samsung Gear S will have a 3G radio of its own. http://www.samsungmobilepress.com/2014/08/28/Samsung-Gear-S-... Edit: replaced link
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by andor 12y ago
The code is self-describing because it's written in a formal language with precisely defined semantics. By reading it, you should be able to understand what it does. Here's an "obfuscated" version of the code in from the
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by andor 12y ago
"In this paper we discussed the large shortcomings in today’s programming practices to support the growing need of harnessing data and software components found on the Internet. The tasks of discovery and ensuring compatibility betwee
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by andor 12y ago
Press releases by Arianespace and ESA: http://www.arianespace.com/news-press-release/2014/8-22-2014... http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Navigation/The_future_-_Ga...
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by andor 12y ago
notch is rapidly developing a game in Eclipse He's modifying the Swing object tree from the main thread! Don't do that, Swing isn't thread safe ;-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhN35bGvM8c#t=1454 http:&
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by andor 12y ago
Fix Daemonization This is fixed by process supervision software such as systemd -- no need to implement it yourself. Just leave your application running in the foreground. http://0pointer.de/public/systemd-man/da
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by andor 12y ago
"Carbohydrates" are not the problem, highly processed industrial food, especially refined sugar, is. Eat some "carbohydrates" (rice, pasta, bread that was not made in a factory), but skip on the sugar.
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by andor 12y ago
Fix the terrible rendering on Android. Seriously, Firefox has literally the worst rendering out of all mobile browsers. And by worst, I mean slowest. Firefox feels fast on the Nexus 5. I use it over Chrome, because I want to disable third
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by andor 12y ago
Only the web application is Java, guacd is written in C: http://guac-dev.org/doc/gug/guacamole-architecture.html
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by andor 12y ago
I saw it in the app store. Apparently it just imports certificates into Android's cert store -- something that you can easily do with a browser, email or file sharing app. But it's a sign that support for self-signed certs is comi
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by andor 12y ago
The 1080p IPS screen of the T440s is supposed to be really good, I guess the complaints are about the 1600x900 TN version? Here's a review of the screen: http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Update-Lenovo-ThinkPad-T...
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by andor 12y ago
Same here. I bought the app last year, but I can't use it without support for self-signed certs.
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by andor 12y ago
I don't think this is very useful for cycling in cities anyways. It's perfect for road cyclists, though. * In cities, I always expect cars to be behind me, and cars expect cyclists * There is more protection from wind in cities, s
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by andor 12y ago
The second and third video show more details. http://vimeo.com/99653723 http://vimeo.com/99038775
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It's almost like planned obolescence. Not if users can reinstall the updates themselves, then it's simply inconvenient. Just like the Palm Pilot, which lost all data when the battery went flat, or when you had to reset it after
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by andor 12y ago
when you want to watch a video tagged as 18+ only (because for that you need to log in). You don't need to log in if the video is embedded on a page, or if you open the player directly like this (/v/<id> in URL): htt
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by andor 12y ago
Their development roadmap has some details, not all of which seem viable. They want to make 2-3 apps: 1. Detect hidden SMS and (SIM card?) app installations through public APIs. I don't think this will work. 2. Send AT commands to the
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by andor 12y ago
Software like this is about making mass surveillance more expensive. If you have a backdoor or a remote exploit for a phone, you might still be able to wiretap somebody, but at least all data on the network is encrypted.
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by andor 12y ago
Threema also has group chat functionality
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by andor 12y ago
It's also important to understand that e-books are highly price-elastic. This means that when the price goes up, customers buy much less. But what is the alternative for those customers: do they maybe buy the paperback version instea
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Zombies, Run(zombiesrungame.com)
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by andor 12y ago
* The SSD is replaceable, but based on PCIe, not SATA. Replacements are available from Transcend ("Jetdrive") and others. "Normal drives" don't fit. * RAM is soldered to the board
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by andor 12y ago
DDD was new to me, and I was wondering how sorting all previously visited states could be faster than checking a hash table. The answer appears to be: 1. Duplicate detection is done delayed and in bulk, not after expanding each node 2. Th
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by andor 12y ago
I found this comment very insightful. It may not fit everybody's worldview, but that's no reason to downvote, right?
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by andor 12y ago
When you struggle with a problem, that's when you understand it...if someone was really the person that solved it, they'll be able to answer multiple levels, they'll be able to go down to brass tax. I probably have struggle
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by andor 12y ago
You can Skype me if you want, username is (deleted). If it already works locally, it shouldn't be that difficult.
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by andor 12y ago
You can always ask on IRC... Does you app run locally already? If not, learn how to do that. Afterwards start an AWS VM with your favorite distro, and deploy like you did locally.

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