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by dfranke 18y ago
You might think differently if you worked for the bank... I got robbed a few weeks ago. I was using an ATM (standalone, not affiliated with any bank) which had a retractable cover over the money dispenser. Somebody had drilled a hex bolt,
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by dfranke 18y ago
Judging by my referer logs when something on my site gets posted here, people do actually use this.
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by dfranke 18y ago
If you want a real introduction to electronics, try this: Run 9V backwards across base and emitter on an NPN transistor while pinching it. I still have the scar on my thumb.
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by dfranke 18y ago
I thought it was going to be about the nonsense rumor from a while back that Google could save the country $HUGE_AMOUNT of electricity by changing their background to black.
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by dfranke 18y ago
That's ridiculous. You'd never come close to finding enough entrepreneurs to give the money to.
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by dfranke 18y ago
The present one can.
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by dfranke 18y ago
It makes it impossible to legally play Fairplay-encrypted files on non-Apple devices.
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by dfranke 18y ago
No kidding. In the past ~1 year, between Microsoft and Apple, Microsoft has been on significantly better behavior.
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by dfranke 18y ago
Agreed, but I don't envy the politician who tries to point that out while fighting for re-election.
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by dfranke 18y ago
The situation isn't too dire yet . As you can see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_public_debt , as a percentage of GDP, US public debt is still comparable to or below many other first-world countries. But you're absolutely ri
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by dfranke 18y ago
Now I think you're trolling, but I'll bite one more time. Virtualmin.
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by dfranke 18y ago
Well, to choose the one that most obviously addresses Tim's challenge, CO2Stats.
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by dfranke 18y ago
I think Tim is behind the curve on this one and startups have already stepped up to this challenge. Startups that create social networks or other semi-frivolous toys have already had a stigma attached to them for at least a year now.
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by dfranke 18y ago
Guys, at -5 I think we can stop piling on now. It wasn't that stupid a comment.
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by dfranke 18y ago
Citation, please? I think you're thinking of his opposition to the national bank, on constitutional grounds. I don't think Jefferson or his contemporaries ever dreamed of the existence of something like Lehman or AIG. Banking in his day
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by dfranke 18y ago
For that matter, Ruby and C both have continuation support.
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by dfranke 18y ago
This is nothing new; it happens all the time, though usually with smaller companies. It's quite illegal, of course.
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by dfranke 18y ago
Hard to believe this could be effective. My gait varies wildly depending on how tired I am, whether it's a hot day, and how much of a hurry I'm in. Aside from that, it just doesn't seem like a gait could contain enough data to distinguish
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by dfranke 18y ago
The news.yc code should have a third-level domain exception for *.name.
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People whose ancestors were conquered by Ancient Rome are more vulnerable to AIDS(telegraph.co.uk)
2 points by dfranke 18y ago|0 comments
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by dfranke 18y ago
Hey, another mathcamper on news.yc. '02/'03 alum here.
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by dfranke 18y ago
"epic lulz!!!1" successfully triggered it.
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by dfranke 18y ago
Doesn't seem to work very well. I just hand-selected some pretty egregious stupidity from Reddit and it didn't flag any of it.
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by dfranke 18y ago
I still remember having to figure this out for a takehome exam in number theory.
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by dfranke 18y ago
Obligatory: http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/real.programmers.html
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by dfranke 18y ago
It also allows for a lot of silly pirate humor that would not otherwise be possible.
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by dfranke 18y ago
In constructing his analogy the author seems to take it as given that sneaking into a movie theater is theft. I don't consider that theft. I consider it piracy plus trespassing.
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by dfranke 18y ago
1996? Don't you remember DOS copy protection?
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by dfranke 18y ago
This is the most depressing comment I've ever read on this site. Where do I even begin? 1. Anybody can sue anybody over damn near anything. This has always been so. It is not a recent development. 2. Getting sued does not mean the apocal
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by dfranke 18y ago
Get a house with a decent-sized yard. Make your own playground. Get your kid and the neighbors' kids involved in helping build it. A seesaw is a one-by-eight, a triangular block, and a pair of hinges. A swing is a tire and a rope or a p

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