biot

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by biot 10y ago
Why isn't eligibility automatic? Whether state of federal, doesn't the government already know whether or not you qualify to vote?
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by biot 10y ago
[2014] for those getting déjà vu.
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by biot 10y ago
The problem is when a startup treats a conference as a branding exercise ("we got our name out there... success!"), rather than as a means to acquire highly qualified leads so they can close deals and profit from the experience (&
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by biot 10y ago
I know you asked for VR, but are there any options via a wire and harness? Something that prevents falling but lets him really try out skateboarding in a safe way? They have this for learning gymnastics, for movie stunts, so why not for sen
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by biot 10y ago
I don't know why that would be anyone's preference given that if you used telnet to connect to a remote shell, ^] is the default escape character. So using ^[ to exit input mode is dangerously close to popping you out of your teln
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by biot 10y ago
Are you talking about the same editor? From a 1996 vi man page [0]: There are commands that switch you into input mode. There is only one key that takes you out of input mode, and that is the <escape> key. (Key names are writt
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by biot 10y ago
Schneier's Law: "Anyone, from the most clueless amateur to the best cryptographer, can create an algorithm that he himself can't break."
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by biot 10y ago
Unless you tie it into their feedback ratings. Presumably your system drops or deprioritizes artists with fewer than 2.5 out of 5 stars, for example. So you could set something like: 3+ stars as the default 1.0 multiplier, 4+ stars gets a 1
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by biot 10y ago
In previous stories[0] it turned out that LinkedIn was siphoning information via their mobile app. For example, if you're on Android and install LinkedIn you're granting the complete set of permissions the app requires plus automa
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DNA reveals a hybrid Ice Age bison species depicted in ancient cave art(cbc.ca)
50 points by biot 10y ago|13 comments
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by biot 10y ago
Any time I see a website with a bar that has an "X" on it (think of all those "this site uses cookies..." bars) I expect clicking "X" to dismiss the bar, allowing me to see just the content minus the bar. If it
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by biot 10y ago
Sounds like a really cool project. Can you share what your tech stack look like? (Assuming you've gotten beyond conceptual planning.)
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by biot 10y ago
One could take the Dwarf Fortress mechanism of generating a complete history and take it to the extreme: simulate the formation of entire solar systems based on seed values that effect randomly generated planetary masses (and resulting grav
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by biot 10y ago
I'm sure there are some wonderful technical solutions involving statistical analysis, measuring velocity (user connects from country A, then 10 minutes later connects from country B; flag the IP address), and so on. But there's a
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by biot 10y ago
It's no different than listing a Java job vs listing a Scala job. There are many great developers who would jump at the chance to be hired to write Scala (Elm), so you might just end up with better developers who self-select to work on
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by biot 10y ago
Check out http://fuckernetes.io/
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by biot 10y ago
Not harsh; it's little different than having a stack of books you bought with great intentions but never got around to reading them.
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by biot 10y ago
I'm picturing ronilan sitting there, despaired, wondering what to do with their startup that delivers food and also cleans your place... having just realized that cleaning and food startups are a dime a dozen.
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by biot 10y ago
Since you've provided no details at all for your requirements (does your startup need a flotilla of beefy servers to do real-time facial recognition across thousands of live 4K video feeds?) I'm assuming you have a static HTML sit
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A lighter-than-air aircraft that floats like a jellyfish(theglobeandmail.com)
4 points by biot 10y ago|0 comments
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by biot 10y ago
This was discussed a few times earlier this year in an article that contains pictures of the monks: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10892556 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10650278 Actual article
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by biot 10y ago
Have there been any updates to their lawsuit? http://www.x-plane.com/x-world/lawsuit/details/
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by biot 10y ago
On Bell Labs and open offices, Richard Hamming (retired Bell Labs scientist) said: "Another trait, it took me a while to notice. I noticed the following facts about people who work with the door open or the door closed. I notice that i
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by biot 10y ago
This brings back memories of writing Tcl for AOLServer after listening to Phil Greenspun rave about it.
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by biot 10y ago
"Operating a content neutral service in today's internet is a tough job. Some people dislike some websites, and they want to stop them from being available on the internet. The easiest way to do so is to launch a DDoS attack.&quot
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by biot 10y ago
Sounds like Go is the Lisp of board games? "Lisp is worth learning for the profound enlightenment experience you will have when you finally get it; that experience will make you a better programmer for the rest of your days, even if yo
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by biot 10y ago
Despite their claims of being designed for user privacy, I'm wary of anything Google puts out. What information does it report back to the mothership?
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by biot 10y ago
Correct. Message delivery strategy is separate from message processing once delivered. If you choose at-least-once delivery, you'll need to handle possible duplicates regardless of whether or not you can process a duplicate message in
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by biot 10y ago
Combine this with the actor model (using Akka or similar) gives you guaranteed "one message at a time" processing and you don't have to deal with locks.
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by biot 10y ago
The argument "oh, hey... it's free" doesn't permit you to use GPL software in a manner unapproved by the license. Same goes with songs.

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