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by consto 8y ago
If this is accepted and implemented, could someone explain how Ethereum is a decentralised cryptocurrency?
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by consto 9y ago
I like Discord and use it to talk to friends while playing games, but I would be hesitant to use to use it for any big project. Unlike Slack which has a viable business model, I have to wonder what will happen when discord consumes their ru
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by consto 9y ago
If you want to see what this OTCA Metapixel can be used for, besides simulating Conway's Game of Life inside Conway's Game of Life, I highly recommending reading: https://codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions&#x2F
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by consto 9y ago
If you are currently using your keyboard for push-to-talk and your mouse allows it, I highly recommend binding the/a side mouse button to push to talk.
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by consto 9y ago
For something named Tiny Player, it wastes a surprising amount of screen real estate.
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by consto 9y ago
> Since you pretty much have to have a car to just exist in society Perhaps in America, but you can certainly "exist" in virtually any European city without a car. Anecdotally, I have managed to "exist" for the past f
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by consto 9y ago
The software industry is still relearning update best-practises, just look at Android fragmentation and how a mere 1.1% of users are running the latest version [1], or the entire Internet of Things [2]. If Google cannot manage to keep Andro
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The Unofficial Stack Exchange Puzzle Book(matt.consto.uk)
1 points by consto 9y ago|0 comments
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by consto 9y ago
Performance is the reason I switched from Atom to Sublime Text in the first place. I was annoyed that it took seconds to start, and even then it felt sluggish. At some point I might give it another go but for now Sublime Text suites my need
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by consto 9y ago
In my limited experience, it's hard, but in most cases that isn't a problem. JavaFX is powerful, separating layout and styling from code via FXML and their CSS like language. If you want to style the application like a webapp it&#
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by consto 9y ago
From my rather limited understanding, it's basically how crunchyroll also got started.
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by consto 9y ago
> You can't legislate [...] the value of pi Amusingly someone (inadvertently) tried: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Pi_Bill
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by consto 9y ago
Needs a loading indicator, I thought it was broken until the assets started popping in.
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by consto 9y ago
If nothing else by buying a phone manufactured by google and running stock android, you need to trust one less party.
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by consto 9y ago
Language is a means of thinking and of communication. If the old meaning is still well understood by the audience and helps communicate ideas it would be wise to use it. However if it hurts, not helps, it isn't worth sticking to the o
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by consto 9y ago
Good job facebook
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by consto 9y ago
There are two sites, and two sites only that I like autoplay on: YouTube and Twitch.
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by consto 9y ago
Honestly, the only downside I can see vs. TouchID is that you can in theory point the phone at the person and unlock it. However this is balanced out by not working while unconcious. PINs as discused are not directly comparable.
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by consto 9y ago
As someone who finds Bitcoin interesting I hope it succeeds.
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by consto 9y ago
While I see what you mean, there is compass which is essentially the safari logo, and there is a globe which can be used as a generic browser.
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by consto 9y ago
Bitcoin can never and will never be a fraction of the efficiency of the modern world banking system, and it can never and will never be able to handle the number of transactions. While you could argue that updates and changes over the years
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by consto 9y ago
Legal questions aside, this should have been an online form that creates a zip file containing the generated privacy policies in various markup languages and a configuration file. I don't know about you, but the barrier to entry here i
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by consto 9y ago
Maybe decades ago, but I find it hard to imagine any recording studio still having an analogue recording process. Sure the different mediums may call for different mastering, but the loudness war wasn't a result of limitations of tapes
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by consto 10y ago
And if you're doing it right, it's not even 32kb because chances are your visitor already has it cached in their browser even before visiting your site.
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by consto 10y ago
While the NSA's mass-surveillance and the CIA's targeted hacking cannot be overlooked, these organisations are for all intents and purposes separate entities to the FCC. The FCC's view and ability to enforce net neutrality wi
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by consto 10y ago
When you consider that planes have crashed killing all on board due to overloading, it's actually a pretty big deal. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/18/us/crash-that-killed-21-ap... http:/&#x2F
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by consto 10y ago
I love Musk's plans as much as the next Hacker, but he's proposing to significantly more than double the number of satellites in orbit. I hope he succeeds.
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by consto 10y ago
>to bug >conceal a miniature microphone in (a room or telephone) in order to eavesdrop on or record someone's conversations secretly. >"the telephones in the presidential palace were bugged" Arguably it is a bug that
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by consto 10y ago
So basically I should uninstall it, correct? Does anyone know of anything to replace it?
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by consto 10y ago
Sure they could, it's called disconnecting your internet connection, unless you are arguing for every ISP to implement some sort of proxy, which itself would be mid-point infrastructure.

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