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by bonzoesc 16y ago
That's a crazy thing to say. The UI, the APIs, etc. will all be based on Windows 7, and any all-CLR apps should run without change. On Windows 8 running on x86, current apps (and Windows 3.1 apps, and maybe DOS apps?) will undoubtedly still
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by bonzoesc 16y ago
Most existing companies don't run P2P voice chat networks, either. Using EC2 or some other elastic cloud for emergency supernodes makes a lot of sense, since they can outsource the risk of those machines sitting idle to Amazon.
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by bonzoesc 16y ago
People are switching to Mac OS X on MacBook Pro.
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by bonzoesc 16y ago
If Epic's building it, you can expect it. They're one of the biggest middleware providers for games. IIRC, many games use a procedural foliage generator for trees and shrubberies.
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by bonzoesc 16y ago
My favorite part of the video is how it takes them twenty-five minutes to start racing.
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by bonzoesc 16y ago
All that account ever does is upload the same presentation about doing better presentations and using slideshare over and over again.
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by bonzoesc 16y ago
I have access to a machine with TeX installed, but I also have a machine that weighs less than two pounds, gets eight hours of use on battery, and supports websites a whole lot more than it does TeX. If I wrote more papers, this would be qu
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by bonzoesc 16y ago
It is; however: * sometimes ssh is blocked * HTTPS can be used to pull from public projects anonymously, or without configuration; the same URL can then be used later to push. * HTTPS also works just fine without any configuration or passwo
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Migrating Github Projects to HTTPS(blog.brycekerley.net)
18 points by bonzoesc 16y ago|8 comments
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by bonzoesc 16y ago
Wasn't the Gnutella protocol/network designed to be impossible to kill for this reason? Limewire's increasing centralization (in an attempt to "monetize" people stealing stuff) was what made them vulnerable.
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by bonzoesc 16y ago
My previous building in Miami had it connected, but possibly to allow more capacity per elevator. Four elevators is not enough for 21 floors of ten units each.
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by bonzoesc 16y ago
The reason is that it's incredibly, fantastically expensive, and in a lot of places there's water down there.
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by bonzoesc 16y ago
Since it's only for that particular item, it doesn't offer any reason to leak it and not just the item content.
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by bonzoesc 16y ago
Why shorten a link if you're putting the real one there anyways?
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by bonzoesc 16y ago
So you get an update pushed from Google with in-browser indicators that it's ready instead of having to know to go to Adobe's site, download, and install a new version of a plugin?
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by bonzoesc 16y ago
You can reduce this workload by using an asymmetric algorithm like RSA to store an intermediate key. Post = P Symmetric encryption of X with key Y = E(X, Y) Posts are stored as E(P, K_master) Authorizations to posts are stored as E(K_master
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by bonzoesc 16y ago
You'd need HTTPS to safely bootstrap the RSA code and the server's public key to the client anyways.
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by bonzoesc 16y ago
The OEM DC adapters for Apple laptops prevent battery charging, because some in-seat DC outlets don't provide that much power. I've had trouble connecting a laptop that wants to charge to inverters before, so this isn't without reason.
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by bonzoesc 16y ago
The APU doesn't run during normal flight, since the engine generators more than handle the electrical load.
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by bonzoesc 16y ago
The APU doesn't run in-flight (unless shit gets real and the engines are disabled or need to be re-started). Everything electric pretty much runs off the generators powered by the main engine (in-flight), or ground power (at the gate).
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by bonzoesc 16y ago
The optimus isn't minimalist by any stretch; the keys are individually addressable screens. And modern Apple keyboards work on anything with USB or Bluetooth.
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by bonzoesc 16y ago
At least with games, I've seen a lot of buzz about Steam (the games-only predecessor to Apple's App Store) fighting piracy just by virtue of being easier (especially for agoraphobic/shut-in gamers) than going to the store, working better th
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by bonzoesc 16y ago
> The rest of your scenario doesn't worry me so much. What does worry me is if they build hooks into the OS so that signed apps distributed through the app-store have greater privileges (e.g. with respect to playing DVDs) than other app
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by bonzoesc 16y ago
Counter-counter point: We will make buying legit software so easy only broke college kids will bother pirating.
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by bonzoesc 16y ago
You make a car with intricate, soft-touch interior engineering and you'll get a bigger profit margin from rich first-world people.
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by bonzoesc 16y ago
Skype is easier to set up than SIP, doesn't require firewall configuration, or server addresses. You install it, create an account, add people to your list, and insert money when you want to call a POTS line.
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by bonzoesc 16y ago
It's $100, plug-and-play, and you can quickly and easily pay for things to watch. It's a product, not a lifestyle.
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by bonzoesc 16y ago
If you're on Hacker News, you probably are.
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by bonzoesc 16y ago
Arrington and other people involved in venture donations for possibly successful non-businesses are all drama queens. As always, you're better off if you run a business and don't pursue funding from anybody except profits.
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by bonzoesc 16y ago
That first link is great! I kind of hate the look of Computer Modern, but like LaTeX, so I've been using Hoefler Text (and before that, Baskerville) in my resume for the last five years.

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