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If you go to any social function where alcohol is involved, it's your own responsibility to limit your alcohol intake Some things are systematic. You are expected to drink, and you comply to fit in. I can relate to what she writes ab
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Maybe it's not what you intended, but to me you seem to be proud of your ignorance about a piece of software that's part of computer science history. Instead of writing that comment, you could have learned something by reading ab
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Not sure if you're trolling, but luatex.org explains it right in the first paragraph: LuaTeX is an extended version of pdfTeX using Lua as an embedded scripting language. The LuaTeX projects main objective is to provide an open and co
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Apple's Calendar and Contacts Server, which is part of the $20 OS X Server package, is open source: http://trac.calendarserver.org/
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With Mavericks, you can't sync via USB anymore. But you can still sync with your own server through CalDAV, ActiveSync, etc. You're not forced to use iCloud.
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OsmAnd looks positively terrible from a UI/UX perspective, and seems borderline unreadable Yes, the renderer needs some work both in terms of prettiness and speed. It's not as polished as Google Maps, but it's definitely us
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It's possible to measure the heart rate optically at the wrist. A few consumer products already exist: For 24/7 monitoring: http://www.mybasis.com/ For sports: http://www.mioglobal.com/ and http:
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The watermarks in their PDF files are quite ugly: they put "This book has been licensed to XYZ" on the left side of each page. Since those lines are seperate text objects, they are also trivial to remove. For $1 ugly watermarks ar
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They can probably file it under hiring costs. It's a very effective branding measure targeted towards all the academics they need. While researchers have to search for publications all the time, I don't see many use cases for a co
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Smartphones and tablets are the new TVs. Of course, hardware is much faster than 10 years ago, but what is it used for? What is the impact of smartphones on humanity? They have changed communication and entertainment patterns quite a lot, a
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I use a 6 year old Thinkpad. Core 2 Duo, 4GB RAM, 128GB SSD. It's built like a tank, and will probably never stop working. I'm planning to get something smaller soon, though.
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<rant> The computer was a great invention. The Internet also is a big enabler. But the latest computers and phones are hardly innovative: Compared to what you got 5 years ago, they might be smaller and have better power efficiency. Bu
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It's pretty hard to get rid of tracking completely: * You probably want to use a mobile network (like GSM) for phone calls and data. As long as you're booked into the network, the carrier knows (approximately) where you are. * If
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The Iris Pro 5200 has 128MB DRAM ("Crystalwell") embedded in the CPU/GPU package. This one is in the 15 inch model. The Non-"Pro" Iris 5100 in the 13 inch Macbook is the same GPU, same clock speed, but without the e
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There's always a tradeoff. With the Macbook for example, you get a glossy screen and Thunderbolt doesn't work in Linux. * The Asus Zenbook 301 is a pretty good mixture of size and performance. It's as small as a Macbook Air,
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Fukushima is very troubling, but at least it was only an accident. The overfishing mentioned in the article is systemic.
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I wonder what they're doing that needs that much processing power? Java EE?
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I'm deeply moved by this oh so socially responsible attempt to force German internet traffic through specific networks. I'm sure it has nothing to do with Telekom operating one of the largest backbones in the country, and the heft
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Ultra light fonts are made for headlines, not for body copy. They lead to very even gray levels, which is great if you don't want to read the text. If you want to, though, it's a real strain on the eyes. Edit: See font designer Er
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This is a movie about freedom of speech, self-censorship in media, and which people are really put at risk by publishing cables (hint: corruption and organized crime). Short summary, including spoilers: A group of Wikileaks-affiliated journ
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You can also just buy the movie from anywhere in the world, DRM-free, from vimeo. https://vimeo.com/ondemand/mediastan
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Those revenge porn sites that were just banned in California had the same business model.
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It's much more likely artifacts are tampered with at the remote repository rather than during the transport phase. MITMing the public wifi at some coffee store is much easier than breaking into the official Maven repositories. At lea
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Classy move, Gartner. Did you just move from the bullshit quadrant to the racket quadrant?
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Your comment isn't only disrespectful, but also misses the point. It doesn't matter if the M7 is a custom design or bought off the shelf. As long as it needs less power than the application processor to sample the sensors at some
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Great, another phone messenger that I can't use on my computer. Convergence is definitely the future!
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I think it's hilarious. At the same time, they make fun of stereotypical phone applications and people staring at tits. Also, I don't believe it actually exists. They only show a screenshot and the presentation is way too funny.
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1) The halting problem only states that you cannot create a program that can decide whether any given program will finish. It is possible for special cases, though. 2) They didn't automatically verify the kernel. Coq is a proof as
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lsusb reports: 13fd:1240 Initio Corporation
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I recently discovered that my Sharkoon USB to SATA dock (old version, USB2) corrupts data. It happens under both Linux and Windows and seems to only depend on the disk used. All the newer HDDs I tried are affected. For all test files larger

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