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by djeikyb 14y ago
This is awesome. Do you have it written up in a blog post by chance? I'd love to link it to this answer: http://askubuntu.com/questions/27501/whats-the-difference-be...
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by djeikyb 14y ago
I was mostly unemployed for a year or so. Admin assistant posts were attractive because it sounds like a simple office job. Also, 10-13/hr in an office is incredibly better than minimum wage labour. But as you say, over half are scams. For
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by djeikyb 14y ago
Interestingly, the string of numbers is a real user id. I presume it defaults to your own profile because facebook.com/profile.php goes to your own profile, and fb simply ignores the malformed parameters.
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by djeikyb 14y ago
I'm impressed. The chromium pid settled around 15% on my Eeepc 900 (running Arch Linux, alsa, no pulseaudio)
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by djeikyb 14y ago
I'm intrigued. What bank does that?
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by djeikyb 14y ago
What's wrong with using Kickstarter for songs? How would a specific service be better? It's worth noting that bands are already using Kickstarter.
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by djeikyb 14y ago
Where I've lived, there are ash trays everywhere, not despite; because of laws prohibiting smoking in these areas. The idea is to provide a safe and convenient place to dispose of your cigarette now that you've entered a non-smoking area.
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by djeikyb 14y ago
I don't like Unity for my own daily computing. I prefer a tiling wm, often with all windows full screened. I tend to prefer minimal gui. My preference is especially strong because my laptop screen has a ten inch diagonal. But on other machi
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by djeikyb 14y ago
Direct link to video: http://youtu.be/fu3pT_9nb8o
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by djeikyb 14y ago
It's not a fair test; haven't tried a recent Ubuntu, but: suspend to ram and suspend to disk were broken on Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10 with my Eeepc 900. Arch + TuxOnIce has worked great for suspend to disk for about a year now.
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by djeikyb 14y ago
I prefer to go straight to a site, rather than detour through a search engine. That said, I use chromium, and use the address bar like a search engine. Sometimes the auto-complete half-way through typing is the search rather than the site.
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by djeikyb 14y ago
Couple reasons I've encountered.. 1. User doesn't understand the WWW. They believe Google is THE gateway to everything internet. 2. User doesn't know (or has trouble typing) the exact address. Google tends to have the authoritative result f
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by djeikyb 15y ago
How does it only affect linux firefox users? I think you're right about Adobe's motives, but it certainly affects any linux browser that could use libflashplayer, no? Ie Chrom*, Opera..
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by djeikyb 15y ago
I think it's rather natural to think that something called "open" can be used, not merely looked at. I think it's also natural to emulate what is observed. If I can't use what I learn by observing something, what's the point? I understand t
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by djeikyb 15y ago
For email, it's the same reason I object to ordinary mail containing tracking devices beyond those needed to deliver the mail. For websites, it's the same risk I take when leaving my house to visit any public place.
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by djeikyb 15y ago
You need to put your link example with new lines above and below, indented by two spaces. This will put it in a scrollable code box instead of stretching the page. http://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc
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by djeikyb 15y ago
Off the top of my head, Facebook uses <wbr> to format link text. Eg <a href="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lupq8leShl1qgxeuqo1_500.gif"> <span>http://28.media.tumblr.com/</span> <wbr />
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by djeikyb 15y ago
Fox's website sucks. Here's a relevant clip from their video: http://youtu.be/4LH3aao799Y
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by djeikyb 15y ago
Oh. That makes sense. My bullshit filter kicked in before I finished interpreting the post as a whole.
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by djeikyb 15y ago
Fantastic!
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by djeikyb 15y ago
Not to mention treatment description apparently impacts efficacy. Here are two articles talking about this problem: http://www.radiolab.org/2007/may/17/ http://www.wired.com/medtech/drugs/magazine/17-09/ff_placebo...
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by djeikyb 15y ago
Two clicks. Google is easy: click your name, click sign out. Facebook is slightly harder: click the menu triangle in the upper right hand corner, click sign out.
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by djeikyb 15y ago
I don't mind connecting with Twitter. What I find absurd is requiring the right to tweet on my account at any time without my explicit permission.
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by djeikyb 15y ago
I'm scornful because their "recanting" still explicitly names dns filtering as A Good Useful Thing that they are proud of helping refine. They explicitly say they are proud of and would love to support this legislation. They don't get it. "
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by djeikyb 15y ago
With my credit union in California, wire transfers are $20 + 2-3 business days. This is cost prohibitive. Western Union is similarly pricey. Dwolla is an interesting competitor ($3/mo for unlimited instant transfers), but it needs wider ado
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by djeikyb 15y ago
Nitpick: AAC (right now) has no patent fee for streaming or distribution. What's to stop them from levying such a fee in the future?
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by djeikyb 15y ago
An INSTALL file would be nice, but the docs are there, if buried. For my Ubuntu 11.04 install, it was smooth sailing after I purged my stock version of Tornado and upgraded to 2.1.1. sudo apt-get purge tornado sudo pip install tor
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by djeikyb 15y ago
The bicycle makes a difference. A mountain bike, especially stuck in top gear, takes a lot more effort than a road bike, or even a hybrid.
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Jobs is more immediate than Steinman. Steinman does invaluable research out of the public eye. Jobs thrusts himself into public consciousness and directly impacts US society with his widely used and advertised products.
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by djeikyb 15y ago
Steve Jobs' entire work life relates directly to the industry HN addresses. Ralph Steinman is tangentially interesting.

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