carlesfe

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   by carlesfe 10y ago

   Thanks for both your replies, yours and Ian's I've also known Telefonica engineers and they are some of the best. Maybe my bitterness against the behemoth clouded my words and I apologize for that. The problem, as Lance said, is t
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   by carlesfe 10y ago

   I'm a Spaniard and can offer a bit of perspective: Firefox OS was doomed the day they partnered with Telefónica. It's a massive juggernaut which phagocytes every startup they touch, assimilate their talent, then destroy the rest.
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   by carlesfe 10y ago

   It's impossible not to reference Snow Crash by Stephenson. I wonder how much "physical" damage can you deliver with an electronic message or image.
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   by carlesfe 10y ago

   What an amount of negativity! This was clearly done as a DIY project, I love it! It's definitely not worth the time/money, but isn't that the definition of a hobby? I'm very happy for OP, I always enjoy checking out proj
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   On 2016 Apple: What do “Pro” users want?(cfenollosa.com)

   39 points by carlesfe 10y ago|75 comments
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   Ask HN: What is the oldest (retro) machine that you still use in production?

   2 points by carlesfe 10y ago|0 comments
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   by carlesfe 10y ago

   Forgive me if I'm wrong, but isn't that what iOS does, where every app is sandboxed and can't access anything from others? Of course, there may be exploits derived from kernel/"supervisor" bugs, but all apps ar
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   by carlesfe 10y ago

   Seconding this. It's been my experience exactly.
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   by carlesfe 10y ago

   Great replies, I got it now, it makes sense. Thanks to both of you!
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    by carlesfe 10y ago

    If I understood it correctly, you're saying that RSA requires the two numbers to be big AND random, otherwise the algorithm isn't strong? Therefore Ed25519 is better because it's strong regardless of the key? What I don'
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    by carlesfe 10y ago

    Nobody seemed to answer this question, and neither did the original blog post (besides "trust me and do it"), so maybe you can shed more light on the main point: Why are ED25519 keys better than RSA, how compatible are they with d
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    by carlesfe 10y ago

    Wow, this is so old (1999) it's terrible. It recommends generating DSA keys. Interesting as a historic artefact, but please don't follow this guide, search for something more recent.
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    by carlesfe 10y ago

    Last paragraph of the article: "Hopefully this has illustrated some points about using and abusing tools like Hadoop for data processing tasks that can better be accomplished on a single machine with simple shell commands and tools&quo
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    by carlesfe 10y ago

    Upvotes mean nothing, displays of gratitude mean a lot. Not my quote, but I'm glad you liked it!
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    by carlesfe 10y ago

    Somebody said that before starting a startup you should evaluate what your competition is, and that includes Excel. Many, many startups are competing against a moderately-complex Excel sheet, and they don't even know that.
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    You Suck at Excel with Joel Spolsky (2015) [video](youtube.com)

    957 points by carlesfe 10y ago|420 comments
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    by carlesfe 10y ago

    Thanks for the recommendation, added to my list!
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    by carlesfe 10y ago

    I just finished Snow Crash and found it too pretentious and convoluted, like the turn that Diamond Age does towards the ending. Besides that, it introduces a few interesting concepts, but I feel that similar ideas are developed much better
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    by carlesfe 10y ago

    I'm also interested in that, but I'm having difficulties in finding the bootstrap code since I'm not proficient in Lisp. Did anybody manage to find it?
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    by carlesfe 10y ago

    Let me plug in my own tutorial :) https://github.com/cfenollosa/os-tutorial
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    Lagrange Points(datagenetics.com)

    4 points by carlesfe 10y ago|0 comments
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    by carlesfe 10y ago

    On the topic of console email clients, why does Mutt receive so much love and Alpine doesn't? I used Pine for many years in college and I really liked its menu interface and its ability to read news. I used Mutt some years ago and foun
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    by carlesfe 10y ago

    You don't update core/packages when there are security issues? How do you deal with this? I'd like to know alternative approaches to applying patches and recompiling. Thanks!
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    Ask HN: How can my mom share her phone pics and videos with her friends?

    4 points by carlesfe 10y ago|2 comments
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    by carlesfe 10y ago

    I guess he means "functional workouts". These workouts exercise your natural movements: standing up, sitting, laying down and getting up quickly, push, pull, etc. All done with your own body, no extra weights. I've done them
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    by carlesfe 10y ago

    Exercise, though others have said that. Personally, I'd say that the thing that changed my life for the best has been Not Giving Tech Support. When I was a teenager I was kinda miserable because some people abused me for tech support.
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    by carlesfe 10y ago

    Funny, just a few days ago I wrote on the topic. Please allow me a self plug: http://cfenollosa.com/blog/living-in-a-disrupted-economy.htm... In summary, Luddism sells, though it's irrational and history usually p
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    by carlesfe 10y ago

    Nethack. It was one of my first games on Linux (circa 1999) and I've been replaying it since then. Infinite replayability, lots of fun, still haven't found the Amulet.
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    Ask HN: How is “Deep learning” different than traditional AI?

    8 points by carlesfe 10y ago|3 comments
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    Dihydrogen monoxide hoax(en.wikipedia.org)

    2 points by carlesfe 10y ago|0 comments