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901.
by chippy 10y ago
Many people since 2004 have "embraced" the whole Apple ecosystem of tools, hardware and software. They actually cannot look back now. It's literally almost impossible for Stephenson and many other of our contemporaries to loo
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Thousands of South African websites suspended by registry(mybroadband.co.za)
5 points by chippy 10y ago|0 comments
903.
by chippy 10y ago
> You say "some speakers" and "a number of speakers". I read the article by Mx Kas Perch. Is there anyone else? "Some speakers" was from http://nodevember.org/statement.html and I used &quot
904.
by chippy 10y ago
It seems like most comments here (and in previous times this has been discussed) are avoiding the actual reason why Crockford was disinvited - it is because a number of speakers said they would be uncomfortable with him speaking and would n
905.
by chippy 10y ago
Give it a try, see if you like it. I'd suggest a variety streamer first. The main thing for me, is that it's entertainment, not really the game itself. Visualise this: Imagine your favourite comedian cracking jokes, now imagine hi
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A Money Burning Ritual(medium.com)
2 points by chippy 10y ago|0 comments
907.
New Cloud Atlas – Mapping Physical Infrastructure of the Internet(newcloudatlas.org)
2 points by chippy 10y ago|0 comments
908.
Introducing OpenStreetView(openstreetmap.org)
5 points by chippy 10y ago|0 comments
909.
by chippy 10y ago
> could represent a significant revenue stream If it does not, we should, like other Google offerings, expect it to be cut. Google has a strict internal business case (new from around 2010 or so) - what they do now has to make money, i
910.
by chippy 10y ago
note that this is currently a very simple radius search for points. So it cannot do point in polygon, intersections, allow shapes for data points etc
911.
Twitter’s Verification Process Is a Game Rigged Against Marginalized Users(modelviewculture.com)
2 points by chippy 10y ago|1 comments
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An Illustrated Guide to Guy Debord’s ‘The Society of the Spectacle’(hyperallergic.com)
87 points by chippy 10y ago|20 comments
913.
by chippy 10y ago
It is not even true as a metaphor. He died in his own bed (albeit under house arrest) due to "fever and heart palpitations"
914.
by chippy 10y ago
The same can be said of HackerNews comments. I'd imagine that it's a given that Reddit is gamed via comments and submissions, but is it a given that HN comments have similar value?
915.
The New Cloud Atlas – Mapping the Physical Infrastructure of the Internet(thinkwhere.wordpress.com)
1 points by chippy 10y ago|0 comments
916.
by chippy 10y ago
I'm sure they would appreciate an issue https://github.com/arguman/arguman.org/issues
917.
by chippy 10y ago
"rendition"
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Unmapped Places of OpenStreetMap – 2016(neis-one.org)
1 points by chippy 10y ago|0 comments
919.
by chippy 10y ago
The way to start thinking about Free Software is to focus on the first word of the Stallman quote: "Users" Users are the people which Free Software is aimed at being around. We often consider our right when we work or publish or d
920.
by chippy 10y ago
Why was it taken down?
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Surveillance Under Surveillance – CCTV Maps(kamba4.crux.uberspace.de)
11 points by chippy 10y ago|3 comments
922.
by chippy 10y ago
If you like making fiction maps by hand (but not fantasy maps) - have a look at this great mapping project: Open Geo Fiction: http://www.opengeofiction.net From the about page: "This world is set in modern times, so it does
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New York Public Library Emojii bot(twitter.com)
2 points by chippy 10y ago|0 comments
924.
by chippy 10y ago
Also of note, Mahwah is the small town where Wall Street effectively moved to.
925.
by chippy 10y ago
Why?
926.
by chippy 10y ago
Thanks, have edited it.
927.
by chippy 10y ago
I suspect that they may be using their GPS trace database. It would be hard to prove. Traditionally, as some may know, mapping companies added "trap streets" - intentional mistakes. With OpenStreetMap they should have to look at u
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Uber Mostly Likely Using OpenStreetMap Data(mishari.net)
3 points by chippy 10y ago|3 comments
929.
by chippy 10y ago
That works for me, but only the graphs indicate that there is a recent problem: http://i.imgur.com/dZDdwda.png
930.
by chippy 10y ago
This is a partly satirical site, generally, aimed broadly at VC backed What3Words (previous discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11894368 ) Actually though, it is a way to divide up the world into triangles and n

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