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by bipson 9y ago
I might add: I honestly do think we thinkers, developers, programmers, researchers, etc. do not talk enough and communication and exchange is important. That being said, the open office plan is not the solution to that, it will kill every p
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by bipson 9y ago
Everybody arguing for open office plans and stating that they or "some people" thrive in such environments should finally come around to read Peopleware [1]. Although they might base some statements on assumptions I do not fully a
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by bipson 9y ago
oh great, but shouldn't it then also behave exactly like ls does, i.e. deliver the same output whenever a script of yours or somebody else calls ls and expects a certain output? oh wait, I know what behaves exactly the same way: ls
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by bipson 9y ago
Yeah, that's the thing: built in gnu tools might be used by other tools/scripts/etc. - if you're ls isn't there or delivers unexpected output, they will fail miserably or cause havoc
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by bipson 9y ago
You might want something like this: http://road.cc/content/buyers-guide/214320-best-cycling-over... A former buddy of mine would use those for his MTB-Training in Winter. There are options intended for to -20° C I
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by bipson 9y ago
Oh yes, black ice is nasty. But I used to slow down during very cold mornings anyway and only slipped once in a remarkable fashion with rather slim tires. If you're slightly used to biking, you will have a foot down almost immediately
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by bipson 9y ago
I never got specific tires, I was riding a MTB with something similar to these back then http://www.continental-tires.com/bicycle/tyres/city-trekking... and it was almost always good enough. Although to be honest,
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by bipson 9y ago
Plainly put: cycling in snow and rain and -10° C is not a big deal, once you are used to it. The trick is to start in summer, do it every day and just never stop for any weather, e.g. for your work or uni commute. Obviously you need somethi
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by bipson 9y ago
I tried to stick with it, but to me it was too obvious that he is trying to make an argument with mixing hindsight and intention. It might make for a good analysis true, but trying to mask it as "Let me tell you about everyone's i
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by bipson 9y ago
Do you have a source for that claim?
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by bipson 9y ago
I clearly presented my argument badly. I was not aiming for the general purpose computer part, but the suggested notion that the now clearly visible impact of the iPhone was intended just that way, as its main purpose, its this-is-all-or-
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by bipson 9y ago
I had to exit at this quote: Apple’s goal was not to build a phone but to build an even more personal computer; their strategy was not to add on functionality to a phone but to reduce the phone to an app; and their tactics were not to dupl
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The electric car has dropped out of favor in Denmark(bloomberg.com)
143 points by bipson 9y ago|339 comments
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by bipson 9y ago
You just answered yourself how the myth of "trickle down" works in reality in your last sentence.
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by bipson 10y ago
> there is just the pod, which is aluminium and recyclable - in fact, you get credit for returning them. Which doesn't change much: recycling aluminium requires a lot of energy. The pods are filled with grounds, so you need to wash
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by bipson 10y ago
Oh no, I strongly doubt any coffee enthusiast would say such a thing. Nespresso is simply not good coffee. It is just terribly convenient, well marketed as being great, and OK if you don't know any better. Once you had better coffee (e
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by bipson 10y ago
Maybe this is more helpful: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1439740
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by bipson 10y ago
It seems [1] recent kernels are not affected by this. So if you are running older (hopefully lts kernels), you might need to verify them, otherwise you should be fine (check back with your distro obviously). [1] https://git.kerne
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by bipson 10y ago
Huh, I think I never heard of the Therac-25. We instead talked about flight Lufthansa 2904 [1] (Airbus A320-211 Warsaw accident), also as a case of overconfident engineers (although Wikipedia mostly blames the weather report). [1] https:&#
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by bipson 10y ago
Not all pancreatic cancer is alike. IIRC he had a variant that would have had a ~80% chance of a favorable outcome, given he would have chosen the generally advised treatment
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by bipson 10y ago
Huh, well, I will just construct an aid with wheels, let's call it bike and "run" circles around every marathon runner. Until somebody attaches a motor to that thing, then I have to borrow a race car... You have to somehow
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by bipson 10y ago
This (arguably nice) post covers a small number of the points made in the book The Art of Readable Code: Simple and Practical Techniques for Writing Better Code [1] I can recommend this to every programmer, even experienced ones, because e
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by bipson 10y ago
Well, technically you might be right, but I would like to point out that two groups joining their efforts, while picking the best of both (organizational) worlds (processes, infrastructure, etc.) is always a good thing in the open-source wo
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by bipson 10y ago
Yes, and I am not aware of a system that does not include road signs and further an (abstract) model of the surrounding world into that data. I think considering to rely on a external model (e.g. from an online database) _only_ is close to
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by bipson 10y ago
I think we are talking about different things. What I meant: Truck drivers are driving down a 3 km long street, where it is clearly stated that they are not allowed to go and at then end of that street is very old, wooden bridge with a roof
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by bipson 10y ago
I think we need to ensure people pay attention, instead of adding even more information to these systems. Sure, we could add warnings for potentially dangerous railroad crossings (e.g. those that do not have a signal installation), and othe
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KNOXout – Bypassing Samsung KNOX [pdf](media.wix.com)
1 points by bipson 10y ago|0 comments
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by bipson 10y ago
Nice site! I was wondering, it seem ski-slopes and -lifts are shown on the map (given a sufficient zoom-factor). Is this on purpose? :) If I had to guess, I would say it is because you public transport is included?
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by bipson 10y ago
That does not in any remote way answer his question though.
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by bipson 10y ago
Which sounds perfect. But then you have pharma companies paying for research and these studies - but only if they yield favorable results. At least in Europe it is close to impossible doing a study or any other research without having a &qu

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