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by awda 13y ago
Fabrice Bellard, what a tease. Lots of awesome engineering work, no source code =(.
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by awda 13y ago
Interesting that they could also block memory formation in addiction centers. I wonder if there is a preventative treatment possible in that direction, by blocking addiction before it happens? It's a nice dream, anyway.
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by awda 13y ago
Ah, very true. Why they make it harder than necessary, I don't know.
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by awda 13y ago
If you're talking about the Java windows updater, IME it gives up really easily and then doesn't remember to update until the next patch goes out. Also, aborts if any other installer is running. OTOH, the Linux openjdk package sta
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by awda 13y ago
To get the best of both worlds (in Firefox, but I know Chrome has something similar): * Go to: about:config * Search "plugins.click_to_play" * Enable.
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by awda 13y ago
I hunt and peck at 80 WPM :-). Yours, A Happy Pecker
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by awda 13y ago
Keys left seems to just be standing in as a surrogate for time. Sure, try to use your time valuably. And maybe blogging is a good way to save time by avoiding repeating yourself. But I'd start with silly consuming-not-creating timesuck
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by awda 13y ago
I don't think TSA workers qualify as middle class. It's not a skilled job, and it doesn't pay particularly well.
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by awda 13y ago
Neat and unexpected result (for me): It seems like v8's re engine is very good (fastest) for "practically long" strings, (anything up to 256 B - 64 kB, depending on expression). Possibly measurement error, though, considering
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by awda 13y ago
Let's draw a line between businesses and human beings. Your business SHOULD be thrown out for not paying rent. Your business SHOULD be fined, dissolved, or bankrupted if it doesn't pay taxes. A business going bankrupt because they
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by awda 13y ago
Yep, my girlfriend's mother still has one. It's... slower than you'd want, unless you're used to a pentium 4.
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by awda 13y ago
Please, tell me more.
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by awda 13y ago
This includes things that have become commonplace, such as downloading random tarballs off the internet and running "./configure ; make". Nothing is safe.
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by awda 13y ago
Here you go: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&c...
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by awda 13y ago
The MPAA approaches usenet providers about this quietly in the last year or so. Usenet providers have since voluntarily implemented automatic takedown systems, and the MPAA or other rightsholders have implemented automated takedown submissi
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by awda 13y ago
Alas, some of us are lactose intolerant or just don't drink milk. So we supplement with vitamin D pills.
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by awda 13y ago
Find me 10,000 different vaccines, I'm happy to guinea pig it.
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by awda 13y ago
There's some intent here -- this is clearly intentionally abusive of users' computers, and for his personal profit. Seems pretty clearly malicious.
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by awda 14y ago
As someone who has scanned e.g. all of 24.0/8 from a work machine, you do get angry emails to abuse@<your-reverse-dns-name> . I don't think there are legal issues here -- these are all public services on the internet. But installin
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by awda 14y ago
Still totally relevant -- x86 misaligned memory accesses hurt.
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by awda 14y ago
On my phone, this link just bounces to a "an app for your phone is coming soon" page, zero content. Not the best way to do mobile...
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by awda 15y ago
lololololol
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by awda 15y ago
And ~10 years later, we still only get 9-10mbit speeds in the city. Hurray, progress!
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by awda 15y ago
This is a bad idea. As the article points out, the point of insurance is to cover this kind of thing. What insurers should do is steeply jack up rates for first-time crashes when the driver is doing something irresponsible, and make these
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by awda 15y ago
This library comes as a .msi (Microsoft installer) and a license in .rtf format ("rich text" -- who uses this anymore?). In short, it's what you'd expect from Microsoft: not open source, not open at all, and the license probably limits you
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by awda 15y ago
Yes.
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by awda 15y ago
As far as economic disparity between rich and poor, social liberties, and corruption: China is far, far worse than the US. Maybe some people can find jobs in China teaching English, but you throw away a lot of other things. This article is
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by awda 15y ago
Because part of their company image is that computer internals are an abstract concept, unsuitable for fiddling by mere mortals.
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by awda 15y ago
Precisely.
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by awda 15y ago
Shocker.

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