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by edj 13y ago
Duck duck is barely usable ... but they don't spy on you. The !g and !b commands make it my first choice. I keep leaving DDG for the not-always-super-relevant results, and I keep coming back for the privacy, clean interface, and !ban
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by edj 13y ago
On top of all that, most companies start out violating all sorts of laws and get away with it here in the US. Example: a friend of mine makes artisanal chocolates. When he started out he didn't have a licensed kitchen, any kind of food
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by edj 13y ago
This was published as late as 2004: ""Deep linking" is a special kind of hyperlink: it defeats the remote website's intended method of navigation, taking one to a page deeper than the home page [4] A deep link leads the
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by edj 13y ago
This is fantastic! Version control is a killer feature for writers, particularly those working collaboratively. There are actually already a few projects out there that offer version control for writers. Draft and Penflip come to mind. Draf
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Global temperature 2013(realclimate.org)
1 points by edj 13y ago|0 comments
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by edj 13y ago
Until recently, Upworthy was without a doubt the most significant source of noise in my Facebook feed. Glad to know there will be somewhat less of that going forward.
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Games with hidden developer messages(tcrf.net)
4 points by edj 13y ago|0 comments
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Moon(typesetinthefuture.com)
689 points by edj 13y ago|90 comments
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Poll: Do you encrypt your files?
6 points by edj 13y ago|9 comments
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by edj 13y ago
I encrypt ALL of my files (full disk encryption, encrypted external drives, encrypted backups, etc).
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by edj 13y ago
I encrypt SOME of my files (e.g. the occasional TrueCrypt volume).
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by edj 13y ago
I DO NOT encrypt any files at all.
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by edj 13y ago
That is like saying TCP/I has a leftwing bias. I agree that would certainly be nonsense. But any technology project most definitely can implement the ideological beliefs of its creators, if it's designed to do so and succeeds
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by edj 13y ago
The iOS app is an example of how much better a native app can be from the web app Huh? My perception of the Facebook iOS (iPad) app is that it is badly, badly broken. It opens links within the app and there is no way to override this beha
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by edj 13y ago
Installing old-school, shrinkwrapped box software onto computers that lack disk drives is a real pain point for a lot of people. I made a little video[1] explaining how to install MS Office Mac 2011 onto a MacBook Air -- for my own use, in
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by edj 13y ago
Uh, in no way shape or form are those results the same as the screenshots for the Windows App store. I don't see a single result where an official name is used to fake being the real thing. I agree that the Windows App Store examples
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by edj 13y ago
Navigating the (admittedly confusing) CC licenses and figuring out how to place attribution that's both obvious and subtle seem like reasonable prices to pay for using an awesome image for free.
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by edj 13y ago
Simple: cooking is extremely relatable. Everybody has prepared food at some point. And it's easy for people to tell - crucially, in a half-hour TV show - that a star chef is doing amazing things with food. Programming is just the oppos
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by edj 13y ago
I've used Moleskine daily 12-month planners on and off over the years. Effective & stylish. And then easily archived at the end of the year.
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by edj 13y ago
Really good copy on the WireOver homepage. Kudos! I counted a mere 99 words (not including navigation) and every one of them tells. Concise and casual is a powerful combination. I especially like the slogan/pitch: Send Big Files Rea
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by edj 13y ago
it's been shown many listeners appreciate the flat categorization Huh, that's interesting. Did you discover that with internal analytics or a survey, or an outside source? If it's something internal, you could blog about yo
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by edj 13y ago
It seems like tags might be a better solution to classifying music than over-broad categories like "rock". Making genres more specific and granular just makes categorization more confusing and contentious. But use of multiple tags
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by edj 13y ago
Incidentally the Mars Trilogy is some of the best hard sci-fi out there. Absolutely not to be missed. I reread it a year or two back, and it's standing the test of time very well, in spite of the fact that Red Mars was first published
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by edj 13y ago
I believe the paper they're responding to is this one: http://www.greenenergyhelps.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/W...
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by edj 13y ago
This is how I have gmvault set up. Runs in the background. Very much effortless after initial setup.
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by edj 13y ago
Electric cars are so new Hate to be pedantic, but electric cars have been around for over 100 years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_car#1890s_to_1910s:_E...
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by edj 13y ago
The internet makes it far far more efficient, but it didn't invent the collection of such records. This reminds me of a quote attributed to Joseph Stalin, "Quantity has a quality all its own." The collection of data is not
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by edj 14y ago
You could wear these glasses, perhaps in addition to CV Dazzle[1], and be instantly recognizable in real life, and yet unrecognizable to computers. It's an interesting trade off. [1]: http://cvdazzle.com/
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by edj 14y ago
As an aside, the best treatment of taboo I've ever read is law professor Christopher Fairman's paper, "Fuck". It explores that word through the lens of jurisprudence, which I think is a fascinating and unusual approach to taboo. It's except
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Can Silicon Valley Adapt to Climate Change?(scientificamerican.com)
1 points by edj 14y ago|0 comments

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