curlypaul924

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   by curlypaul924 10y ago

   What about calling mmap to map /etc/localtime into memory? The file would still have to be parsed for every call to localtime(), but the system call is avoided. (Better yet, if it were possible to memory-map the directory entry f
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   by curlypaul924 11y ago

   http://without-systemd.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page#GNU.2FLi...
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   by curlypaul924 11y ago

   > The way OpenBSD handles WiFi configuration is a good example of this. Want to connect to a wifi network? ifconfig <interface> <ESSID> <passphrase>. If you need some other fancy flags for those 0.1% of hotspots in the
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   by curlypaul924 14y ago

   Yes I do, on pulseaudio 1.1. Definitely better than it used to be, though.
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   by curlypaul924 14y ago

   I don't see how high latency in pulseaudio is a feature. Pulseaudio has both high latency and high cpu usage. I've seen cpu usage by the pulseaudio daemon as high as 20% when playing audio.
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   by curlypaul924 14y ago

   Pulseaudio plus blueman does solve the bluetooth problem quite nicely. It's the main reason why I use pulseaudio. In exchange for that I put up with confusing audio dialog boxes, high audio latency, high cpu usage when playing audio, skips
7. 127.▲
   by curlypaul924 14y ago

   I don't want systemd because I don't trust Lennart Poettering to be able to write reliable code.
8. 128.▲
   by curlypaul924 14y ago

   Who picked these choices? Seriously, do that many people really hate facebook and JC Penny?
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   by curlypaul924 14y ago

   Not all features that are standardized are implemented properly on all browsers. This is what uses developer time. It's not terribly different from the situation that exists in the C++ compiler world. Different compiler vendors implement
10. 130.▲
    by curlypaul924 14y ago

    Have you tried a recent version of firefox? Nicholas Nethercoat and friends have done quite a bit in the last year to reduce memory usage in firefox.
11. 131.▲
    by curlypaul924 14y ago

    Nothing but FUD (regarding Gecko). Would prefer to read something more objective.
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    by curlypaul924 14y ago

    This is just a library. There's nothing "standard" about it.
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    by curlypaul924 14y ago

    Is it "a linux user's perspective" or "many linux users' perspectives"? I can't tell due to the ambiguity.
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    by curlypaul924 14y ago

    This isn't what the article says at all. It's two years to fix all the known security holes, not two years to fix the 0day. "HD Moore, chief security officer with Rapid7, a company that helps businesses identify critical security vulnerabi
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    by curlypaul924 14y ago

    I agree. Punchfork is a really cool site. Pinterest has too much of a stigma associated with it.
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    by curlypaul924 14y ago

    This website never seems to load for me in Firefox.
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    by curlypaul924 14y ago

    Amazed at the laziness these on HN these days.
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    by curlypaul924 14y ago

    Wow that's crappy grammar.
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    by curlypaul924 14y ago

    It greatly overestimates driving times for Charleston, SC
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    by curlypaul924 16y ago

    Are these slides from Luis Giglio?
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    by curlypaul924 17y ago

    If you're worried about disqus going away, then export your comments periodically so you have a backup of them somewhere.