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by evv 9y ago
This technique could pair nicely with another problem we have- storing solar power. In theory, you could build a system which uses solar power to mine bitcoin during the day, and store that heat somewhere (like an underground tank of water)
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by evv 9y ago
What does this change in practice? Are contributors expected to do anything? Does the license or source code need to reference the DCO? The contribution guidelines have not been updated. They still mention the CLA: https://gitlab
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by evv 9y ago
Most people would happily plug a random USB stick off the street into their computer. Personally, I would avoid plugging in random dongles- unless my curiosity got the better of me. This unemployed London man clearly knows his shit- he plug
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by evv 9y ago
I’m so excited to see a new open source graphql solution. (This is GraphuckingAwesome!) Out of curiosity, why did you decide to build your own graph database, rather than use Postgres or some other mature solution? Edit: Oops, I didn't
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by evv 9y ago
> The coincidence that this picture emerges at the same time as current fads in tech is too great to ignore Neural networks weren't nearly as much of a fad back in 2004 when Hawkins published On Intelligence . They did a fantastic
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by evv 9y ago
IANAL, but it seems that yes Google could be in trouble there, assuming that the Excel EULA prohibits reverse engineering, and also assuming that Google did actually use Excel to compare the behavior of opening different files. It also depe
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by evv 9y ago
No kidding! My favorite moment is at the beginning when he introduces the talk, then pushes the slide up to reveal the date :-D
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by evv 9y ago
I reluctantly agree. Apple has a bunch of dirty practices that makes me thing twice about buying their products, but their market position does incentivize them to protect my privacy. In contrast, Google is incentivized to provide a thick p
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by evv 9y ago
I can't switch to Mastodon right now because most of my network is on Twitter. Why hasn't somebody built an instance that lets me interact with both networks at once?
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by evv 9y ago
I'm confused.. why is this cute? Of course "$" is used as the symbol for several currencies, but its not clear if you have a better symbol in mind for the generic concept of money. https://en.wikipedia.org/wik
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by evv 9y ago
The helium-powered ones aren't nearly as impressive to me as their mechanical bird: https://www.festo.com/group/en/cms/10238.htm
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by evv 9y ago
It is super exciting to see projects like this! Is there anything similar that uses Postgres, or any other database that has a better reputation for data integrity than Mongo? I'm confused to see this marketed as serverless- it seems v
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by evv 9y ago
That subreddit is super lively.. they've named the plant Jeff! https://www.reddit.com/r/takecareofmyplant/
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by evv 9y ago
Tell that to the half-dozen microphones you probably have within earshot.
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by evv 9y ago
I see the author, jskinner, is hanging out on this thread! Have you ever considered open-sourcing SLT? This is your only route to immortalize this amazing piece of software. I'm sure you'd receive immense community contributions a
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by evv 9y ago
What a small world. Until tonight I had never been to Kreuzberg, let alone Berlin. My friend recommended this as one of the more hipster neighborhoods. After realizing that this building is only a 25 minute walk away, I decided to go around
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by evv 9y ago
Latest news seems to indicate that Softbank is considering investing at a ~$40B valuation.. considerably lower than the $69B number floating around. And although it is probably just a negotiation tactic, they claim to be considering an inve
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by evv 9y ago
So Benchmark is suing Uber and Kalanick because they are worried about getting their money out- 13% of Uber is almost $9B. Now Uber claims to have other investors ready, willing to buy back over $6B of that stock. If that were the case, the
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by evv 9y ago
I think its pretty short-sighted to say that ICO craze will not result in economic growth. As one early example, take a look at the Ethereum DAO, which allows arbitrary investors to participate in opportunities that may not otherwise exist.
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by evv 9y ago
I haven't used this, but minio.io seems to be a nice open source S3 interface and implementation.
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by evv 9y ago
Sorry, but I believe this effort is doomed to fail if you don’t provide compatibility with the open web. It is the only online app distribution environment that has really thrived, other than Apple’s and Google’s. Of course you could do thi
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by evv 9y ago
Really, your organization isn't prepared to handle an emergency leap second? Tsk, tsk.. /s
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by evv 9y ago
You're implying that the source photo was taken by a professional photographer, but these are all clearly sourced from Google Maps. There was no pre-existing framing because it is a 360 photo, and the exposure is probably automatically
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by evv 9y ago
As I understand, EME is the only w3c recommendation that forces web browsers to run proprietary black-box code. I am a proponent of the open web, so I view this standard as a big step in the wrong direction.
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by evv 9y ago
Well this doesn't actually change much in practice. Web browsers have allowed black-box extensions for DRM'd content since the dawn of flash. Personally I am disgusted that this standard is being promoted by the W3C and Tim Berner
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by evv 9y ago
Speaking of hidden features.. you can just use Cmd-e to eject a disk in finder.
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by evv 9y ago
Why do you consider electron to be an "obfuscated" web environment? I would argue that electron provides you with much better control than you'd get in a traditional web environment/browser. > Native will undoubtedly
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by evv 9y ago
Previously I had used a module called "denodeify" that achieves the same thing as promisify . I can see why the node maintainers used a different name :-D
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by evv 9y ago
Good question. I think there are two big reasons this is more feasible now than it has been in the past. 1) Proliferation of compatible devices. Firefox OS attempted to launch with zero compatible phones. (The dev device I bought would cras
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by evv 9y ago
Nice touch with the built-in support for LetsEncrypt!

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