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Fiber cables made of air move data at 99.7 percent the speed of light(arstechnica.com)
65 points by bcl 14y ago|34 comments
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by bcl 14y ago
Depends on the state you live in. In Montana it qualifies for special license plates when a vehicle is 30 years old. https://doj.mt.gov/driving/license-plates/#antiqueplates Although by driving it to work he probably violates the 'general
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by bcl 14y ago
The software is the central authority. As far as I have been able to tell there is no decent specification, like an RFC, that you could use to build other client implementations from so you are all at the mercy of the bugs in a single pie
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by bcl 14y ago
Don't forget: netstat -ntap | less ps aux | less Also check to see what's enabled to run at boot time via whatever your flavor uses. Check for unusual daemons, ssh running on other ports (yes, the provider pre-loaded systems with a
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by bcl 14y ago
I don't do this for the glamor. I do this for myself and the users. Everything else is gravy.
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by bcl 14y ago
Go one step further. Try to stop using hjkl I am not even close to being able to do this yet, but I keep reminding myself to use other movement commands and search instead. Eventually it will be faster.
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by bcl 14y ago
Matthew posted a good response yesterday: http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/23400.html https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5295272
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Supporting third-party keys in a Secure Boot world(mjg59.dreamwidth.org)
3 points by bcl 14y ago|0 comments
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Avoid trivial merges with github pull requests(adammonsen.com)
1 points by bcl 14y ago|0 comments
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by bcl 14y ago
Geez, could we stop posting these 'site X is down!' threads? Its gotten so bad that they're being posted preemptively. ;)
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by bcl 14y ago
This is a dupe. And the numbers are wrong. EDIT: Found it https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5191094
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Netflix Aims to be Scalable, Functional, and Portable(blog.phymata.com)
1 points by bcl 14y ago|0 comments
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by bcl 14y ago
I would suggest you stop caring so much about your score.
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Metrix Create:Space Panoramic Tour(bohonus.com)
1 points by bcl 14y ago|0 comments
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by bcl 14y ago
Misleading title http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usc000f5t0#...
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Linux Foundation Secure Boot support released - what does it mean?(mjg59.dreamwidth.org)
23 points by bcl 14y ago|1 comments
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Pulp-O-Mizer(thrilling-tales.webomator.com)
4 points by bcl 14y ago|0 comments
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Hypothesis: Reason vs. Anger(contrapositivediary.com)
2 points by bcl 14y ago|0 comments
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Fixing the National Weather Service's Computer Gap(cliffmass.blogspot.com)
1 points by bcl 14y ago|0 comments
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by bcl 14y ago
Yes, you can dd the Fedora iso images directly onto USB. They will boot on BIOS, UEFI and even Macs (newer ones work better than old). I use: dd if=Fedora-18-x86_64-DVD.iso of=/dev/sdd iflag=direct oflag=direct bs=4M The bs=4M is importan
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by bcl 14y ago
In my experience Mega Bloks fit, but don't hold together as well as LEGO.
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Wiki.python.org compromised(article.gmane.org)
4 points by bcl 14y ago|0 comments
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by bcl 14y ago
Depending on user supplied data for password changes? Not a good idea...
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Fake mission to Mars leaves astronauts spaced out(guardian.co.uk)
4 points by bcl 14y ago|2 comments
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Why I Program in Go(tech.t9i.in)
204 points by bcl 14y ago|168 comments
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by bcl 14y ago
In addition to this, when I tried out CloudFlare their caching feature never worked for me. I also strongly disliked having to setup all my DNS in their system. I've switched to S3+CloudFront and have been very happy.
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Jason Scott DEFCON Documentary Preview(vimeo.com)
4 points by bcl 14y ago|0 comments
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by bcl 14y ago
Skip this and use Pelican - http://docs.getpelican.com/en/3.1.1/ which supports reStructuredText, Markdown, and AsciiDoc.
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by bcl 14y ago
And for an alternate viewpoint - https://secure.huffingtonpost.com/david-katz-md/sugar-health... "So while fructose as an ingredient excessively engineered into processed foods is, indeed, a problem- I find it far-fetched at best to sugge
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Crime Is Up and Bloomberg Blames iPhone Thieves(cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com)
2 points by bcl 14y ago|0 comments

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