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by eksith 12y ago
"Use only spaces, and indent 2 spaces at a time." Of course you realize, this means war. Much like all other style guides I've come across, there are a lot of hints that I'll find helpful and encourage at our next meetup
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by eksith 12y ago
My response to that is "Hmm. Interesting". Overt surprise, feigned or otherwise, is rarely a useful expression of emotion in my experience. This has the added benefit of making you more approachable to those who have legitimate qu
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by eksith 13y ago
Well, if I have to use a regular key, then there's no benefit to having a an electronic lock. And yes, I suggested a "keyless" code lock in case you lose the key ;) In an emergency condition, the simplest action (the one with
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by eksith 13y ago
What if you lose your phone? Or what if, like these folks, you suddenly decide you don't want a smartphone anymore? http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-01-16/news/ct-flip-p... If having a physical key ima
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by eksith 13y ago
Pfft. Amateurs. DHTML is where it's at, baby! https://web.archive.org/web/20030927154612/http://www.ghostn... Yeah, tell me that's not totally sexy ;) I created this as a sort of web front expe
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by eksith 13y ago
It's funny you mention this. On the actual OpenBSD installation, if a non-privileged user tries to login and fails (bad password etc..), the error message is "Are you on drugs?" No, seriously, that's the actual error mes
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by eksith 13y ago
I don't know if this is universal, but Yandex was quite bad in the past at stumbling around generated links (E.G. calendars that go to infinity) and it wasn't at all unusual to see 400+ links crawled in a day or so. Baidu was the
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by eksith 13y ago
The post was on a blog, not a news article and nonsensical titles are commonplace. And the submitter followed the HN guidelines of using the same title of the post.
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by eksith 13y ago
I was curious why they did that. Just looked at the source and came across this : This file is an amalgamation of many separate C source files from PH7 version 2.1. By combining all the individual C code files into this single large f
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Researchers ID genetic switch that controls muscle repair system(arstechnica.com)
1 points by eksith 13y ago|0 comments
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by eksith 13y ago
I'm in the process of designing a home automation system for my own cabin and news like this is giving me gas. Granted, mine probably won't be nearly as sophisticated (heat, lights, coffee machine etc...), but surely, it can'
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by eksith 13y ago
I'm curious whether anyone has done any recent, and hopefully unbiased and comprehensive, Mongo comparisons with other DBMS with a large dataset. It's been a while since I've seen any new information.
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by eksith 13y ago
Don't we already use these as a sort of GPS for interstellar travel? I think the Voyager plaques contained coordinates to Earth based on pulsar frequency.
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by eksith 13y ago
Pure speculation, but it may be that MS is still regrouping after a less than stellar start to 2012. While it may be good for them to buy Tesla long term, its short term future (and therefore profits, which in turn will dictate other purcha
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by eksith 13y ago
I think there was more to it than "I believe whatever I want". That's just her pride talking. Heated arguments aren't very helpful IMO. I have a good friend who still believes the Earth is 5000 years old, but the last th
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by eksith 13y ago
If a scientific theory is just a guess, then the human eye is a just lens. I'm sure you're aware, there's a bit more to it than that.
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by eksith 13y ago
Depressing, but not unexpected. The problem isn't necessarily anti-science; it's anti-authority. Anti telling me what I can or can't believe. Anti you think your "science" can tell me what I know in my heart/wh
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Sniper Attack On Calif. Power Station Raises Terrorism Fears(npr.org)
2 points by eksith 13y ago|1 comments
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by eksith 13y ago
They totally did. I used to be on Comcast and they did it all the time. There's a setting to turn it off, apparently, but I was never able to. I switched to FiOS fairly recently and it was the same. Any time I browse to an invalid URL,
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by eksith 13y ago
Google disallowed servers initially as a non-insignificant number of people thought of the service as an easy entry into mass virtual hosting as soon as they got it. That started to affect throughput[1]. As mentioned numerous times elsewher
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by eksith 13y ago
"That means a lot of services are going to be impacted by this." Should be easy enough for someone else to verify shortly. No need for pitchforks, but corroboration would certainly be welcome.
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by eksith 13y ago
Oh dear. Looks like the work left for Google Fiber isn't done yet. Hoping they'll make a run in New York (or at least upstate where I intend to move), but that's a long shot. I wonder how much independent ISPs could make if t
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by eksith 13y ago
In science class, we teach science. Creationism is religion and belongs in religious studies. If the students themselves or the parents "want" creationism to be taught, they may elect to take a religious studies program. Also of n
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by eksith 13y ago
Right now, the Twitter app is no better: - NEW: Receive text messages (SMS) - NEW: Read phone status and identity Another reason I haven't updated yet.
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by eksith 13y ago
Define speech ;) As it is, people have been circumventing fundamental rights by calling them other names. E.G. "Disclosure" or "Leak" or "Disturbance". I understand the need to prevent certain pieces of infor
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3D printing, now in living color(computerworld.com)
1 points by eksith 13y ago|0 comments
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by eksith 13y ago
People seem to be missing the crucial point here. It isn't that they keep ignoring the "DO NOT CONTACT", it's why Google wants his services so badly in the first place. What does Tarsnap do? Think about it. Google want
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by eksith 13y ago
Priorities, apparently. Of course, Ukraine being on fire right now doesn't make all other news disappear, but perhaps we should be paying more attention to the actual revolt.
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by eksith 13y ago
Someone who can't spell "phoenix" is rather ill prepared for college, don't you think? Also, it's more likely that they'll put the term into a search engine first, which will get the correct page for the school
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Did life start with a replicating molecule or a metabolism?(arstechnica.com)
3 points by eksith 13y ago|1 comments

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