bitlax

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by bitlax 7y ago
1. simple server for backup and git repos 2. xbmc for videos on main tv 3. retropie (I had fun with this for about a week but haven't used it lately) 4. pihole for blocking ads and time-wasting sites 5. various small projects: security
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by bitlax 7y ago
Vox with the misleading headline.
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by bitlax 7y ago
So what's the takeaway here?
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by bitlax 7y ago
Thanks. Looking forward to it.
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by bitlax 7y ago
Any chance you'll expose an API?
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by bitlax 7y ago
Well then I wouldn't go to those people for a loan.
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by bitlax 7y ago
So private individuals lending money to each other on a case by case basis? Nobody views that as welfare.
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by bitlax 7y ago
At about the seven second mark in that video you'll briefly see the full shot that the camera is taking.
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by bitlax 7y ago
I assume you mean grants. It's generally bad policy to load money to people who are unlikely to pay it back. Unless you mean the government should suppress the interest rate. And those would sort of be a form of welfare. It's ok t
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by bitlax 7y ago
Just as long as we agree.
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by bitlax 7y ago
If it's important to you, and your family can't help out, and you don't have the cash on hand but will in the future, why not take out the loan? I don't see how this is different from financing a luxury car.
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by bitlax 7y ago
Ok, that makes sense.
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by bitlax 7y ago
Isn't the SSD making up the bulk of the difference here?
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by bitlax 7y ago
I thought Windows was generally free for OEM buys, but I haven't looked in a while.
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by bitlax 7y ago
What benefit am I getting here over doing a fresh install?
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by bitlax 7y ago
I think the whole thing is asinine. Just wondering what the rules are this week.
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by bitlax 7y ago
So how does this work? If Joe Rogan is a "gateway to the alt-right" are you allowed to watch episodes where his guests are liberals or does that normalize his other stuff?
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by bitlax 7y ago
Needs more Hibernate.
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by bitlax 7y ago
Sure. Just as long as you agree that the loans should be dischargable in bankruptcy. The lenders here should also bear the consequences of making a poorly thought out contract.
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by bitlax 7y ago
The biggest problem with Slack is that you're sharing your company's internal communications with a third party.
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by bitlax 7y ago
"All enterprise software competes with Excel. All productivity software competes with emailing things to yourself." https://twitter.com/pavelasamsonov/status/110653418815977881...
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by bitlax 7y ago
Sounds like they'd be leaving a lot of money on the table. More likely these people would be able to shop at retailers that took that into account and took appropriate precautions. People refuse to do business with people for reasons t
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by bitlax 7y ago
Actually you're the one breaking the Hacker News guidelines by making this kind of unsubstantive comment.
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by bitlax 8y ago
Already discussed: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19400691
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by bitlax 8y ago
Does the Homebrew Computer Club not count?
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by bitlax 8y ago
Sanders was the frontrunner last time and they kneecapped him.
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by bitlax 8y ago
Lots of room for optimization here.
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by bitlax 8y ago
I'm seeing a lot of people pick up orgmode.
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by bitlax 8y ago
> I must have... In the past month there have been 51 articles with the term "surveillance" in the title, though that's not a metric I would use.
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by bitlax 8y ago
You missed the many, many articles on surveillance in the US and how that discussion isn't a prerequisite for discussions about China. Also, you point out that the poster has an interest in stories about China, but not how that's

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