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by belgianguy 13y ago
Modern-day Luddites, the lot of them. Holding up or attacking buses with employees on their way to work is an easy target. Not to mention the protestors mental acrobatics to somehow blame the passengers of the bus for the rising housing pr
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by belgianguy 13y ago
While I do speculate that Microsoft has more vague patents that it's using to sap Android OEMs, I do think this was one of the more prominent patents, as Microsoft itself went on the offense with it (IIRC it tried to get Motorola phone
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by belgianguy 13y ago
I miss it dearly, as I do miss PJ's apt but still readable analysis of complex lawsuits. It was especially powerful against paid shills or any other articles that valued money over facts. I always hoped it'd resume someday, or ris
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by belgianguy 13y ago
In the late 1970s, Relational Software, Inc. (now Oracle Corporation) saw the potential of the concepts described by Codd, Chamberlin, and Boyce and developed their own SQL-based RDBMS with aspirations of selling it to the U.S. Navy, Centra
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by belgianguy 13y ago
What's with all the FUD? I just ran 'yum update' on my VPS (6.4 -> 6.5) yesterday without any hassle at all. It doesn't just start downloading things out of the blue you know, it'll check first what packages are
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by belgianguy 13y ago
An interesting read indeed, I was looking for something like this for quite a while! Thanks for the link!
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by belgianguy 13y ago
For me this feels like it's the famed "Thermonuclear option" Steve Jobs alluded to: two of the biggest tech giants and their ilk conspiring to KO a competitor in one of the most cowardly ways possible. As one shouldn't m
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by belgianguy 13y ago
Hmm, no mention of SELinux? It's a pain to get into though. Many just turn it off to make its errors go away, while they should actually configure their machine. But it is very convoluted and hard to get really into. IRC helped a lot h
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by belgianguy 13y ago
It uploads and analyses your browser history, and attempts to generate a feed based on the recurring themes therein. I installed it, but I didn't like it to just upload my whole browsing history. But it's well designed, looks pret
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by belgianguy 13y ago
As a long-time user, I must say they've come very far already. I'm one of those who always appreciated Unity and never got the whole hate thing. I really like the experience on my HP Elitebook 8740w. But I recently thought about i
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by belgianguy 13y ago
I hadn't seen WebGL look so pretty and fluid, if they can create a whole game like this, it might be a pretty viable platform. The link in the upper right corner gives a Drupal PDOException error, though.
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by belgianguy 14y ago
I'm really happy to see this project resurface, I had already added it to my "must check out" projects. Glad Nick pulled it off. I don't care about the how and why it's back, I'm just happy that it is.
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by belgianguy 14y ago
If your BIOS supports booting from USB, you can try Ubuntu without the hassle of having to install it and all the partition troubles that come with installing any OS. All you need is an USB stick of 2GB. Instructions can be found here: htt
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by belgianguy 14y ago
Try going to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com with a non-IE browser and be amazed.
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by belgianguy 14y ago
While this "smARtDUINO" (lame!) copycat behaviour is indeed appalling, the alternative can be a real hassle, too. Trademarks and copyrights deserve protection, but as YouTube has shown, DCMA abuse can halt projects just as well. Perhaps the
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by belgianguy 14y ago
Relevant experiment done by the BBC: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18819338 (paraphrased) "Virtual Bagels": A company that does nothing gathers 4000 likes in 4 days. When set to Worldwide, it soared from hits in Egypt, Indonesia and