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by balakk 9y ago
More precisely, a donation is voluntary, whereas in the direct business model payment is mandatory. Before or after, is just a contractual thing :)
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15 Years of Chess Engine Development(reddit.com)
37 points by balakk 9y ago|0 comments
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by balakk 9y ago
MSR is attempting something similar as part of Project Brainwave: https://h2rc.cse.sc.edu/slides/chiou_h2rc.pdf
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by balakk 9y ago
I just bought an iPhone SE. It's not as small as the Jelly, but way more usable. It runs latest ios 11 pretty well, has a decent camera, and > 1 day battery life for my usage. I am figuring it will last at least 2 years, considering
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ConfigMgr at 25(blogs.technet.microsoft.com)
2 points by balakk 9y ago|0 comments
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by balakk 9y ago
If you go through here, it bypasses the paywall: https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2017/08/14/why_a_universal...
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by balakk 9y ago
Conemu is pretty nice, and works with WSL: https://conemu.github.io
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Tesla wins giant battery contract in Australia, has 100-day deadline(reuters.com)
3 points by balakk 9y ago|0 comments
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by balakk 10y ago
All of Azure ? :) DC/OS is a moderately popular workload on Azure, yes. Disclaimer: I work for MS
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Make Windows green again(suse.com)
3 points by balakk 10y ago|1 comments
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by balakk 10y ago
Agreed, I was wrong. I have a 2015 X1 Carbon, which has a touch-screen. I'm surprised they removed this, it's quite decent. But it is unlikely that I'll miss it.
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by balakk 10y ago
The Carbon is touchscreen, just not a convertible.
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by balakk 10y ago
I am learning french as well, via Duolingo. Spoken french fries my brain, I just cant keep up. So many words seem to be pronounced the same way. And they speak so fast! For example, did they say: jeune Jaune john je une Je un Joan Je ont Je
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by balakk 10y ago
At that age, it becomes way more satisfying to educate somebody, rather than try to force your way in.
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Azure Service Fabric now on Linux(blogs.msdn.microsoft.com)
29 points by balakk 10y ago|1 comments
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by balakk 10y ago
Joe Beda. https://www.eightypercent.net/post/old/00273.html
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by balakk 10y ago
It's launched already, deemed successful. http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/india-successfully-...
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The maverick who shuns investors(thehindu.com)
2 points by balakk 10y ago|1 comments
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by balakk 10y ago
Probably just weathering another DDOS attack.
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Can the world run without oil?(credit-suisse.com)
3 points by balakk 10y ago|1 comments
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by balakk 11y ago
Latest Opera is excellent. I keep trying all other browsers periodically, since Opera Software - the company is in a bad shape. But I always keep coming back to Opera. Despite their company doing badly technically they are still doing a gre
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by balakk 11y ago
And it probably makes Fabian Pascal go postal :)
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by balakk 11y ago
Sorry, but Vivaldi feels like Chrome. Opera still feels like Opera. Dont believe me? just open both browsers. Spam the Ctrl-T (new tab) key for a while. See the difference? Only one browser remains responsive.This is not some weird&#x2F
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by balakk 11y ago
My first ascension, 12 years ago. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!search/suraj$20nethack/rec... What a beautiful game.
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by balakk 11y ago
> if I drop into the sidewalk and it shatters.. It most likely won't :) it's (was) a Nokia.
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by balakk 11y ago
http://www.zdnet.com/article/ubuntu-linux-continues-to-rule-...
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by balakk 11y ago
It's not that straightforward; there are a ton of drivers that Lenovos come with; fingerprint scanners, synaptics touchpad, Sound cards and so on. These are usually bundled in a Lenovo System Update - when it gets installed, it install
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by balakk 11y ago
Try this link for what MS is doing : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RffHFIhg5Sc
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by balakk 11y ago
This is where apprenticeship helps a lot. Books,videos, code, everything is good - but learning it from somebody who has been there and done that, is most enlightening.
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by balakk 11y ago
There's a crew return vehicle docked to ISS - in case they have to evacuate.

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