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by bouvin 7y ago
Another variant is Ponysay: https://github.com/erkin/ponysay/
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by bouvin 7y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/front gives me precisely what I see on 'Front'. Browsing from Denmark, CET.
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by bouvin 7y ago
I'm seeing the same thing: 'News' and 'Classic' gives me an up to date (i.e., matching what I see on the Web site) view, whereas 'Front' is from yesterday.
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by bouvin 7y ago
Once in a while it is nice to be reminded that we do indeed live in the future.
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by bouvin 7y ago
I can recommend Bookpedia: https://www.bruji.com/bookpedia/
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by bouvin 8y ago
I travelled in a such a cabin in 2012 from Denmark to, I believe, Munich. Very relaxing, and with a complimentary bottle of sekt from the conductor. Sleeper cars are great—I have fond memories of travelling up the coast of Norway in 1990,
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by bouvin 8y ago
At least UTC would be better than Swatch .beat time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatch_Internet_Time
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by bouvin 8y ago
Seeing his face carved is one of the highlights of visiting Neues Museum in Berlin (as well as his wife, obviously). He is indeed an intriguing person, who is also the subject for a rather wonderful eponymous opera by Philip Glass.
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by bouvin 8y ago
An our challenge going forward is the long term sequestration of carbon, this will not help, as it will not capture the excess CO₂ released by humanity. If a significant part of this greening is farmland, there is of course also the CO₂ rel
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by bouvin 8y ago
The Aztecs were a fascinating people. If you are looking for a short, but good book on the topic, I can recommend The Aztecs: A Very Short Introduction ( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12164067-the-aztecs )
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by bouvin 8y ago
Extra Credit in their series on the history of science fiction did a rather good episode on his influence, for good and for bad: https://youtu.be/Ctpvd2VvukQ
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by bouvin 8y ago
Looks promising. I've ordered one to replace my ancient cheese grater Mac Pro, and it should be quite an update. I've always been fond of the old Mac Pros (still one of most beautiful machines from Apple), but the extensibility th
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by bouvin 8y ago
Techmoan was not overly impressed: https://youtu.be/is-rSK5y6EQ
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by bouvin 8y ago
Seeing the headline, I thought of the same article, which I enjoyed greatly when it was originally published. Good fun.
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Harlan Ellison has died(twitter.com)
16 points by bouvin 8y ago|0 comments
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Intel CEO resigns over relationship with employee(engadget.com)
2 points by bouvin 8y ago|0 comments
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by bouvin 8y ago
My macOS Telegram updated, from the AppStore, 2018-05-31.
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by bouvin 8y ago
I was fortunate enough to meet Doug Engelbart at a Hypertext conference years ago, where he was a keynote speaker. Very friendly and soft spoken man. From the his keynote, I got the distinct impression that he was disappointed and a little
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by bouvin 8y ago
As Ambrose Bierce wrote in The Devil's Dictionary: "In Dr. Johnson’s famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last resort of a scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer I beg to submit that
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by bouvin 8y ago
Depends on the cause of death. While a bit tricky to get into, it is possible to replace the harddrive.
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by bouvin 8y ago
DuckDuckGo, because it gives me the answers I seek (if I'm not satisfied, I'll throw in a !g, but the efficacy of that has declined over the past years, as DDG has improved). The one exception is Google Scholar, which is still unm
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by bouvin 9y ago
In 2000, I spent five months in Boulder, Colorado, as part of my graduate work. I saw no reason to buy a TV, but I did buy an AM/FM radio, and Coast to Coast with Art Bell was all I had hoped for in strange American late night talk rad
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by bouvin 9y ago
I'm not interested in their product, but if I were, I think the thought of the amount of intimate data that Tinder collects from its users would keep me well away.
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by bouvin 9y ago
Listening the HT Guys podcast earlier today highlighted that apparently your transactions are not private by default—one of the hosts could inspect his contacts’ dealings with impunity. In Denmark, we have MobilePay and it is everywhere—I v
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by bouvin 9y ago
I attended a Hypertext conference ~14 years ago, where he was a keynote speaker. Very friendly and soft spoken man. From the his keynote, I got the distinct impression that he was disappointed and a little saddened that we had not progresse
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by bouvin 9y ago
I've always found it odd that English, which otherwise is fairly rich vocabulary-wise, does not have a specific word for this. In Danish, we have 'dag' (day), 'nat' (night), and 'døgn' (a day and a night).
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by bouvin 9y ago
No mention of the foot per nanosecond is complete without this seminal scene between the great, late Grace Hopper and David Letterman: https://youtu.be/1-vcErOPofQ?t=4m43s
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by bouvin 9y ago
> "In Communism, the future is certain; it is only the past that might not be" A fine essay, the above quote gave me a chuckle.
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by bouvin 9y ago
I think not—I'm registered, and I can't find it either.
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by bouvin 9y ago
This struck me as remarkable: ငါးမူးသား(nga mutha): Literally "five mutha", but in fact it is only four.

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