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epsylon
13y ago
The "all-in-one gestures" Firefox add-on is the #1 reason why I use it as my main browser. Chrome doesn't have any decent gesture add-on (they even removed things like scrolling through tabs with the mouse wheel...). I'
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13y ago
Same here. Super happy, though I'm still a free user.
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13y ago
What does it do that a mouse can't?
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13y ago
Unfortunately, your comment isn't at the top. There are very simple guidelines that can help prevent melanoma, especially for people at risk: - Avoid exposing your skin to the sun, especially when it's high. Use high SPF (30+) su
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13y ago
> But, most users in the world do not know how to install apps That's a ridiculous claim. > if they did they shouldn't because of security concerns. Equally ridiculous. All the new shiny HTML5 tech is also bringing its load
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13y ago
There are numerous security issues with WebGL, so I wouldn't really call it "secure".
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13y ago
It's not guaranteed to be always winnable.
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13y ago
iDevices only. Bleh.
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13y ago
> And only one of them needs to be compromised for you to lose funds (given that you didn't use multisig) Bank vaults are very rarely compromised. And as you said you can still use multisig. > Or if your computer was compromised
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13y ago
> Sure, returns "true" or "false" which are not things in C #include <stdbool.h> Available since C99.
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They can certainly induce a sense of the profound but I'm not sure they actually produce profundity. What's the difference?
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13y ago
On yourself? No need to. Print 3 copies of paper wallet. Store in 3 different bank vaults.
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13y ago
Worse than the idea, the page removes the scroll bar, and activates some custom-made, super-slow smooth-scroll. (Which is the first thing I deactivate on a fresh Firefox install. I've never understood the appeal of smooth scroll on a d
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13y ago
Worse, on my desktop, it pushes the system load to 50% CPU (that is, 100% of a core) while scrolling with the mouse wheel. That's unacceptable.
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13y ago
See also his previous eye shader: http://www.vill.ee/eye/
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Escher Eye ReAnimation (WebGL)
(vill.ee)
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Depixelizing Pixel Art
(research.microsoft.com)
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13y ago
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13y ago
I'm surprised and delighted as well. But he deserves it. Paco was the extraordinary combination of talent and hard work. He was an extreme outlier in both those things, a technical virtuoso with a musical soul. He was true to his flame
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13y ago
They might be protected, but this protection isn't always in the interest of the average citizen.
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> I hate to break it to you, but this is not going to keep you safe from a state-level adversary. The creators acknowledged that fact [1]: "There is no such device that is NSA-proof," said Mike Janke, co-founder and CEO of Sil
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Apple SSL bug: goto fail
(twitter.com)
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Radiation-hardened quine
(github.com)
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Studying TCP in the wild
(richardclegg.org)
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Phew, in my time we used to program directly the magnetic memory cores in machine code. Now get out of my yard.
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And basically his whole blog: http://grugq.github.io/
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Would love an invite as well if it's not too late.
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If you read French (or want to improve yours :-)), there's also the French site TricTrac: http://www.trictrac.net/
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> The problem is that it still has too much luck (dealt hands) to appeal to the German-style crowd Well it depends, when there are dealt hands, we usually do some kind of drafting with my group (even when it's specifically written i
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I certainly wouldn't deny it. I'd much rather play Catan than most games, anyway.
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To be honest, Monopoly is really a terrible game. It's mostly a game of luck (getting the good dice rolls). Catan is nice, but it does suffer from the same problem, the dice rolls influence way too much of the game. My personal fav
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