bornhuetter

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   by bornhuetter 14y ago

   Because like it or not, a lot of the money is simply gone. Sure we need better regulated financial markets and less corruption in politics and the media, but in the mean time something needs to be done to get economies back on track. Incre
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   by bornhuetter 14y ago

   I honestly don't know how anyone can, with a straight face, ignore this.
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   by bornhuetter 14y ago

   This is the first time I've heard of it. I was expecting something along the lines of cherry pie at the "Double R Diner". On topic though, it boggles the mind that staff would go to strip clubs as a work social activity, but it does happen
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   by bornhuetter 14y ago

   I think you can buy a cheap blu-ray player with internet access for not much more than that. No keyboard, but you can still watch YouTube, Netflix etc with basically no set up required.
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   by bornhuetter 14y ago

   > Facebook is turning out to be an unethical company. Turning out to be? They've never not been unethical.
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   by bornhuetter 14y ago

   So maybe Bloomberg should learn C?
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   by bornhuetter 14y ago

   I used to play around with 3D graphics in real-time on the 486. I needed to know exactly what was going on to even get 30 fps. I managed to get one of Michael Abrash's (ID software)loops to run 0.5 clock cycles faster, which I was pretty p
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   by bornhuetter 14y ago

   There is something wonderful about low level programming langauges. I enjoy writing code and knowing exactly what the ASM is going to look like. Python is fun, but I've got no idea how it is doing what it does.
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   Silicon Valley Bank targets UK technology sector (bbc.co.uk)

   3 points by bornhuetter 14y ago|0 comments
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    by bornhuetter 14y ago

    I thought salting passwords had been crypto 101 since at least the 90s. Does anyone here know how often are big companies are still using unsalted passwords?
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    by bornhuetter 14y ago

    Wow, great analysis. Thanks.
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    by bornhuetter 14y ago

    > This is why iPads are doing so well at replacing computers in homes. Are they? Do you have any stats on this? I don't know anyone who has a tablet and no computer. I know a guy who briefly considered buying at tablet with no comput
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    by bornhuetter 14y ago

    Nice try, Morrissey.
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    by bornhuetter 14y ago

    Thanks for the clarification. I agree that converting a BMP to a properly formatted eBook is next to impossible without at least some manual intervention (or using an expert system based on manually constructed book templates). I do wonder
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    by bornhuetter 14y ago

    > To anyone who is going to suggest Calibre, please don't, lest you make yourself look like you know nothing about the issues I'm talking about. Can you please elaborate on this. I've never tried, but I thought Calibre could strip the
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    by bornhuetter 14y ago

    Supporting it natively has been suggested before, but it's not something the admins are likely to implement in the near future. Try using the Reddit Enhancement Suite plug-in to easily switch between accounts (unless you are force into IE
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    by bornhuetter 14y ago

    I have an account set up on reddit that only subscribes to r/python, r/redditdev, r/django, r/startups etc. The quality on the front page of that account is pretty good, and there are very few gratuitous memes tolerated in these subreddits
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    by bornhuetter 14y ago

    "Bad is relative, obviously, since you have to be in the top 5-10% to be making money (once you start playing rake)"