danielh

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by danielh 16y ago
The test subjects were 91 software engineers [...]. [...] no fewer than 20.9 per cent [...] and a further 35.2 per cent [...] Sorry, but I can't take a study serious that has less than 100 participants and presents results with a place af
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by danielh 16y ago
There is a new feature called selective sync, which is available in the pre-release (>0.8) version of Dropbox [1]. https://www.dropbox.com/help/175
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by danielh 16y ago
You are right, this explanation of public key encryption is wrong. Maybe this stems from misunderstanding by the author, or is just the result of oversimplification. However, that threat of Chinese authorities sniffing on SSL traffic is rea
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by danielh 16y ago
IMHO it is more important that you can reason why you chose a language as your Happiness/Hacking/Bread-n-Butter languange, than which language you chose. I think it's perfectly valid to have a language in more than one category.
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by danielh 16y ago
It's a whole different story if the input gets longer and the quadratic complexity kicks in. Just change the testdata like this: testdata = range(256)*100 Result: f1 5.539 f2 40.747 f3 5.072 f4 5.311 f5 0.068 f6 3.304
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by danielh 16y ago
http://analytics4i.appspot.com Access your Google Analytics account from the iPhone. More prototype than half baked
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by danielh 16y ago
You are right. Although your healtcare is paid by the employment agency (Bundesagentur für Arbeit), if you are unemployed.
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by danielh 16y ago
Actually, it's only 24 days if you have six work days in a week. For a 5-day-week, it's 20 days per year minimum.
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by danielh 16y ago
Even if you don't want to pursue the idea any further, I would not let the app die, unless it costs you a significant amount of money to run the site. Why not keep it as showcase for WebStartupper? Two comments on the page itself: $10 seems
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Vim Color Scheme Test(code.google.com)
2 points by danielh 16y ago|0 comments
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by danielh 16y ago
Even if you use distilled water, make sure to also remove the on-board battery. (I'm not sure if the current MB still have one).
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by danielh 16y ago
RAM doesn't hold memory very long after it's been powered down, but be aware that it doesn't forget everything immediately. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_boot_attack
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What theoretical computer science papers should everyone read?(cstheory.stackexchange.com)
2 points by danielh 16y ago|0 comments
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by danielh 16y ago
In a more recent article from 2007, the problem still exists. http://www.ccc.de/en/updates/2007/umsonst-im-supermarkt
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by danielh 16y ago
A fingerprint is actually worse than a password. You can't change your fingerprints and you leave them everywhere. You don't go around sticking post-its with your unchangeable password everywhere.
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by danielh 16y ago
* NERD_tree : Tree navigation * gnupg : Plugin for transparent editing of gpg encrypted files. Not a plugin, but related: my .vim directory/.vimrc is a symlink to a directory/file in my Dropbox folder, to keep my plugins and settings in syn
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by danielh 16y ago
You can install a bookmarklet to view source http://fettig.net/weblog/2007/07/02/view-source-for-safari-o...
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by danielh 16y ago
The existence of a front-facing camera may fairly be considered a “catch up” feature on iPhone 4. But the ability to use the front-facing camera to actually make video calls is first on the iPhone. I once saw a guy standing in the subway,
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by danielh 16y ago
I think all they wanted to imply is that they 'free' you from worrying about paying the bills and allowing you focus on your startup idea by matching your current salary. But I agree that the wording is unlucky and can be easily be misinter
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by danielh 16y ago
I assume your project is the site you talked about in an earlier submission. If that is the case, here are a couple of observations: The site looks very clean and I think another one or two ads would be ok, as long as they are relevant and
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by danielh 16y ago
My ticket gets checked less then monthly and I commute to work daily. The monthly ticket costs at least 50€, the penalty is 40€. From a mathematical point of view, it makes no sense to buy a ticket. There are a couple of caveats. When I don
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by danielh 16y ago
Even if you have no clue who Ryuichi Sakamoto is, the lessons learned listed at the end are really universal: - being in the middle of things increases your chances for opportunities - everything great that happens in your career sta
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by danielh 16y ago
I'm a runner too, but I found out that it is not the best activity to stop thinking about a topic. My mind keeps wandering around, unless I run so fast that I'm totally exhausted for the rest of the day. As I recently discovered that activi
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by danielh 16y ago
I'm afraid quite the opposite is the case: We know from painful experience that letting a third party layer of software come between the platform and the developer ultimately results in sub-standard apps and hinders the enhancement and pro
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by danielh 16y ago
The source the article cites [1] contains this sentence: These videos were blocked by YouTube’s Content ID system, not taken down via DMCA notices This probably means that neither YouTube nor Constantin Films took any active steps to take
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by danielh 16y ago
To be precise, the formerly closed source commercial PyDev extensions have been merged into PyDev, which was always open source and still is. That is great news and I almost missed that point. Thanks for pointing it out!
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by danielh 17y ago
I think if your whole business is based on one iPhone app, you are at high risk. Even if you get approved today, there is no guarantee that Apple doesn't change their mind tomorrow.
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Apple deals some blows: thoughts on iPhone OS 4(daniel.hepper.net)
1 points by danielh 17y ago|0 comments
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by danielh 17y ago
1) Trying to solve any hard problem bears the risk of failure. But as you already mentioned, if you succeed, you might have a competitive advantage, because it can't be easily duplicated. I think the risk of Google entering your market affe
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by danielh 17y ago
I can't comment on the pricing, but IMHO both the description and the support website have room for improvement. Half of the short description I see in iTunes describes what the app can't do (no multiplayer over Internet). Only when I click

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