benkant

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by benkant 16y ago
> RISK RISC?
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by benkant 16y ago
Computers don't make mistakes, people do.
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by benkant 16y ago
That was my first thought. It looks very interesting though. If it's for windows only I won't hesitate to use a VM.
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by benkant 16y ago
Yep, probably. Moving in Melbourne in January though.
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by benkant 16y ago
The comments in response to that article are a microcosm of the problems we've seen with this debate. When this issue entered the public consciousness it was as if everyone had made their minds up before there was any evidence for or agains
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by benkant 16y ago
$needle, $haystack or $haystack, $needle
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by benkant 16y ago
Agreed. In some ways the browser actually lowered people's expectations of what "computers" can do. Perhaps the focus shifted. When I first saw Wolf3D as a kid I was amazed that the computer could do that. Same when I first used a GIS. Thes
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by benkant 16y ago
Now all it needs is a text editor and it's done.
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by benkant 16y ago
Common sense for anyone who's had a few ideas. Which is everyone.
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by benkant 16y ago
RISC or CISC? Perhaps they'll borrow from each other enough that the distinction won't exist.
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by benkant 16y ago
IBM isn't going anywhere. For a start their consulting arms (Global Business|Technology Services) make up the bulk of their revenue. And that business is booming. IBM has always been at the forefront of research. IIRC they have more patents
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by benkant 16y ago
I prefer brunettes and Plan9.
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by benkant 16y ago
How is this even remotely 'hacker news'? Perhaps you're looking for /r/politics.
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by benkant 16y ago
I haven't had a Facebook account for years. My leaving had nothing to do with privacy.
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by benkant 16y ago
No offence to the OF project intended, but if nothing else the Cinder code appears to be a lot cleaner. I don't like the way OF wraps GL functions for a start. At a first gander it looks like Cinder lets doesn't baby you as much, and really
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by benkant 16y ago
The cloud is not an awful lot different in principle to when we used to lease managed IBM mainframes. I find it hilarious how quickly the IT industry forgets the past. The thick/thin client rotation has been going on since before Unix epoch
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by benkant 16y ago
I wouldn't doubt it. Microsoft has fought the hackers in a seriously lengthy and costly campaign. Apple on the other hand hasn't been nearly as big a target. It stands to reason that Microsoft would have developed better processes to deal w
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by benkant 16y ago
Vaguely. It was around in about '99 or 2000? If I remember correctly it was the IE COM (Webview was it?) object embedded in an app? Also I remember it being pretty useless outside of looking nice. In retrospect it probably didn't even look
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by benkant 17y ago
As if I need another reason to like McDonald's. That stuff has so many amazing properties.
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by benkant 17y ago
I'm sick of this "oh my" thing. Commence down votes. Nice article though.
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by benkant 17y ago
Perth repping.
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by benkant 17y ago
Skeptic != Denier. Using the word denier with its obvious connotations with Holocaust denial... classic fundamentalist lefty tactic.
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by benkant 17y ago
Surprised you didn't know.
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by benkant 17y ago
>> perhaps because they have their own pre-conceived notions of what success is There is no absolute definition of success.
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by benkant 17y ago
Boring, navel gazing semantics.
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by benkant 17y ago
I find agnostics to be more intelligent, on average.
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by benkant 17y ago
They have a point, but it's more Mozilla (and Microsoft's) fault than anyone else's.
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by benkant 17y ago
Drones are fine for taking pictures from the sky and sending missiles into specific locations, but to get those locations you often need troops on the group to provide that intel- the enemy knows the drones are out there, so they don't stan
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by benkant 17y ago
I would have thought this was obvious.
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by benkant 17y ago
I'm going to have to go ahead and disagree with you there. Aside from not really being news, it's hardly unbiased. Perhaps the real issue is that there is no such thing as unbiased. Personally I read The Economist and subscribe to a bunch o

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