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by carlesfe 12y ago
Well, it's a good drama which happens to have a technological background. And it so happens, too, that this technological background is realistic, precise, and even historically accurate. It's a good advance to make tech dramas ap
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Thank you both. I'll definitely have a look at it, I'm fascinated by computer history.
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Are they complementary? As in, is it worth to read the book after reading the blogposts, or do they tell the same story?
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by carlesfe 12y ago
I just realized that the Amiga story is exactly what would have happened to Apple in an alternative timeline where the company had filed for bankruptcy without Jobs. Or the other way around, if they had succeeded we all may be wearing Amiga
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by carlesfe 12y ago
That was my first thought. But then again, all my private servers have been hacked or under intense attacks by bots, so maybe it is my own brain which is now compromised. Anyway, I think this is a super cool and creative service, kudos to t
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Apple II Watch(instructables.com)
4 points by carlesfe 12y ago|0 comments
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FAQ with Answers about the 500-mile email(ibiblio.org)
2 points by carlesfe 12y ago|0 comments
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by carlesfe 12y ago
Well, same as Linux, but since the later had a big community, it was more vocal and that lead to a larger userbase in the end. Yes, pre-installed Windows (and the lack of drivers) used to suck back in the day, but BeOS was in an awkward mid
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by carlesfe 12y ago
I remember installing BeOS a long time ago, when I was fiddling with old linux distros which were almost impossible to install (what is the model of your RAMDAC? which is your interrupt controller? manually configure your modem!) I was abso
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by carlesfe 12y ago
That was great out-of-the-box thinking, and I wonder if that could be used as one of these job interview questions: Q: "Your email server for some reason is only working for addresses within 500 miles of the server. What may go wrong?&
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by carlesfe 12y ago
Yes, I thought the same. I enjoy pg's essays and, while not comparing both styles, it's refreshing to see a bullet-point blogpost with well thought content, unlike the usual "You won't believe these 10 tricks all success
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by carlesfe 12y ago
This BBC documentary is a complete insight into the production of microchips and the labor revolution they started. I watched it yesterday and I appreciated the perspective of what now is "the computing revolution" from a very pru
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Now the chips are down (BBC, 1978)(youtube.com)
2 points by carlesfe 12y ago|1 comments
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by carlesfe 12y ago
Slightly off topic, but does anybody know why the OpenBSD community has started using Comic Sans in all their material? Is it some kind of inside joke? I don't find it neither good nor wrong, but there must be some reason behind it.
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by carlesfe 12y ago
Not to Spain, at least: "Sorry, this item can't be shipped to your selected address."
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by carlesfe 12y ago
On a similar note, I recently found sdf.org, which provide a free UNIX system much in the 90s fashion. Includes text-based games, email, web, gopher, and real people. More or less, everything we used to have in college when the internet had
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by carlesfe 12y ago
Interesting take. Maybe somebody will write a kernel extension to easily disable the USB subsystem/hub on demand?
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by carlesfe 12y ago
I agree so much with this article. I have the feeling (which may be wrong, of course) that all the cool stuff nowadays is just repackaging the same shit we've always done, but on a different platform--web, android, iOS, whatever The tr
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by carlesfe 12y ago
Not important, but could you please add some Terms of Service? I'd like to know who has ownership of the uploaded information, whether your servers are in the US (DMCA), etc. As a suggestion: make a bookmarklet to quickly share highlig
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I see it as a rich alternative to sharing a text on Pastebin. Congrats on shipping, and nice execution. Let's see if it sticks on.
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by carlesfe 12y ago
Some perspective from a Spaniard: The Spanish taxi guild/lobby is very, very strong. Spain has a strong public transit system, but taxis are widely used nevertheless. Taxi drivers went on strike this year during specific dates and all
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by carlesfe 12y ago
Exactly. And you can even move to a contry where they don't have legal agreements with the EU so that you can't get sued for doing something which is legal in your (new) country
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I wrote a bit about this in July, when the law was passed, if you want an opinion from a Spaniard: http://cfenollosa.com/blog/spanish-media-just-shot-themselve... Let's summarize what is happening here: Big
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Spain is like phone companies: a welcome mat for outsiders, a nightmare for insiders. Spanish companies can't have anybody working (i.e. 'dormant' state), they always need an "administrador" who pays a monthly 300€
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by carlesfe 12y ago
Sorry for the slight off topic, but am I the only one not seeing any comments here? Is something wrong? It's weird since the link has 350+ votes.
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by carlesfe 12y ago
That looks very cool, but I'd appreciate a bit of context. Maybe it's a work in progress? Edit: Maybe it's a WIP, it's not linked from the author's project page http://jordaneldredge.com/projects&#x2
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Hobby kernel and userspace, built mostly from scratch(github.com)
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by carlesfe 12y ago
Well, maybe the recent approaches to duckduckgo and their reaffirmation on user privacy are hints at the future of Apple and DDG... just a thought
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Ask HN: The unstoppable rise of the botnets
5 points by carlesfe 12y ago|2 comments
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by carlesfe 12y ago
If you let me, just choose what your heart says. I know it's a cliché, but for a side project you can't go wrong with doing what intrigues you. Paid work is different, you know, but in your free time you should just choose one thi

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