eksith

120 ms·

661.
How BlackBerry Fell(newyorker.com)
5 points by eksith 13y ago|0 comments
662.
by eksith 13y ago
Yes, and we don't link them to our phones either. ;)
663.
by eksith 13y ago
I'm not sure if the idea of "peripherals" matching such a device appeals to me. Let's think about this... A keyboard is basically a device for entering text via mechanical (or touch) switches which appear on your conso
664.
by eksith 13y ago
I can't wait either! I've seen a few DIY projects here and there involving GSM, but his name is what really caught my eye in the first place. You may also find these interesting: http://www.open-electronics.org/gsm
665.
by eksith 13y ago
Previous discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6186730
666.
DIY Cellphone(web.media.mit.edu)
139 points by eksith 13y ago|35 comments
667.
by eksith 13y ago
I like that. An "in your own words" monolog can go a long way to help recruiters understand the type of person they will be dealing with. That also means the recruiter(s) need to understand the questions they're asking. Techn
668.
by eksith 13y ago
"...Lack of coder personality" That's more that just a mere gripe. Many a job has been won or lost based on the character of a prospect. In fact, I've lost count of how many times I've seen otherwise very technicall
669.
by eksith 13y ago
That's terrible! I'd have thought that Austin would have had far more options than that considering how many tech companies and startups there are. I guess we're all sorely lacking real competition and it seems Google isn&#
670.
by eksith 13y ago
Just to be clear, most of these ISPs have a "business" or "pro" version for an extra (exorbitant) fee with marginally higher up/down bandwidth that let you run a server. I've yet to come across a decent provide
671.
Brains Of Dying Rats Yield Clues About Near-Death Experiences(npr.org)
4 points by eksith 13y ago|0 comments
672.
by eksith 13y ago
I think we're mostly there already. Firefox OS is, by default, hosting applications written in HTML/JS/CSS. https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Mozilla/Firefox_OS
673.
by eksith 13y ago
"I strongly disagree with the desire on the part of some to change this aspect of the community." The community wasn't the way it is right now even a year or two ago. Nothing wrong with trying to change it back to civilized d
674.
by eksith 13y ago
"My comment is intended as some sort of public service announcement: don't bother reading the article." Isn't this by and large antithetical to the pursuit of knowledge? It's not quackery, it's not soph
675.
by eksith 13y ago
Henry V, with a camera pointed at him... also in a cab.
676.
by eksith 13y ago
Yes, it was in the news and I saw it on TV a few times. That was the work of Dr. Leland Clark : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leland_Clark The reason we haven't heard much about it since is, unfortunately, he pass
677.
by eksith 13y ago
This is true. It's a very unnatural experience, however it is possible to breath a liquid that can function as a transfer fluid for oxygen instead. Whether that's entirely safe is another matter. http://chemistrydaily.c
678.
by eksith 13y ago
I'm wondering why this meme persists too because clearly the first Dot Com Bubble wasn't all due to actions of "young" entrepreneurs. Plenty of "older" people decided to take risks (probably due to that despera
679.
Cuba's first English language bookstore(bigstory.ap.org)
1 points by eksith 13y ago|0 comments
680.
by eksith 13y ago
Not terribly comforting to know this. But I can attest that quitting coffee was one of the more painful things I've attempted. And failed at : http://eksith.wordpress.com/2012/04/19/quitting-coffee-cold-.
681.
by eksith 13y ago
Haha! That's possible. I was wearing an AC/DC cannon t-shirt (loved that thing) so this was before my Marilyn Manson phase. I'm South Asian by descent.
682.
by eksith 13y ago
That's true, I'm definitely not a lawyer. But this wasn't an interrogation by a long stretch. We also have to keep in mind, this is during the meeting itself which was rather sudden. People have to learn the difference betwee
683.
by eksith 13y ago
Talk to them if that's all they want to do. Be polite, truthful (without over-sharing) and record the meeting. Often times, I forget to turn off my digital voice recorder after lectures. I find recording and typing notes later to be ea
684.
by eksith 13y ago
In my home country, SMS spamming is beyond insane. I mean 5 to 10 daily promotional SMS This was bad in Sri Lanka too. I've used Dialog and Mobitel and they both used to spam me, but luckily there's an opt out for these. I
685.
by eksith 13y ago
Yes, this is a concern. I believe the latest version with the patch is 5.3.21 which is included with OpenBSD. But some of the features in Suhosin were merged into mainline PHP. It would be interesting to see a side-by-side of 5.4 and Suhosh
686.
by eksith 13y ago
Wow! That's just... nuts! I had no idea that PHP had such a completely insecure inclusion vulnerability. I'm not sure if Suhosin protects against these, but the feature list does mention limits on request variables : http:/
687.
by eksith 13y ago
I think this is what you're talking about : https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/apache2/dmM19cYS0oA
688.
by eksith 13y ago
Yet another reason eval is evil and should be in disable_functions : http://php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.disable-functions Better yet, if you're on a nix box, you should be using http://www
689.
by eksith 13y ago
Then it's still the same as a trojan surreptitiously stealing bank account info and siphoning off the funds. I think we have to face the fact that digital currency (fiat terms) and Bitcoin are essentially the same except for the means
690.
by eksith 13y ago
How does one "hack" Bitcoin? Not snark; I'm genuinely curious because I've seen this mentioned quite a number of times. Do you mean your computer could be compromised? If so, then is that any different than a house going

More ›