fl0wenol

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by fl0wenol 12y ago
Y'all must have some really whacky device settings or poor eyesight because I can't _not_ see blue and black no matter what device/browser I look at it with or under what conditions.
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by fl0wenol 12y ago
Meta-comment: I am so over titles of the form "* considered harmful" when it has something to do with someone's opinion and IT/computing. Please just stop.
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by fl0wenol 12y ago
Absestos was a particularly unfortunate case. The negative effects of it would not been seen for decades after it was put into good use. Then again, coal dust and cigarette smoke were also not particularly known to be a problem until about
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by fl0wenol 12y ago
Except I take issue with this statement from the article, especially as it applies to Superbowl Ads: A successful video will have more views, higher engagement, and resulting lower cost per minute. The only thing that matters when put
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by fl0wenol 12y ago
The trick here is to have as _few_ places as possible where that data is operating in the clear as possible, and try to provide as much isolation across them where feasible or where concerns are naturally separated. The problem is that few
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by fl0wenol 12y ago
Folders and tags shouldn't be mutually exclusive. Folders allow for a simple hierarchical navigation option and allow you to preserve "structure" when round-tripping resources the rely on nested folders in and out of a cloud
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by fl0wenol 12y ago
Is that based on a comb filter with truncated notches at 250 and 5000 Hz (a 2ms phase separation where applied)?
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by fl0wenol 12y ago
Until we get mobile devices that behave at least like full-fledged laptops when we need them (expandable/projectable screens, multiple input modalities, meaningful operation in low-connectivity state), this idea that you can do 95% of
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by fl0wenol 12y ago
Programmers would implicitly use a box filter when sampling from an underlying process (like 3d rendering, image scaling, scanning) into screen coordinates. It's one thing when writing a compositing window manager or blitting sprites t
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by fl0wenol 12y ago
Are you trying to be dense? The issue is an always-on-esque digital camera permits you to make a permanent record with limitless distribution anything you saw with your eyes in a way that isn't potentially falliable like an anecdote i
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by fl0wenol 12y ago
Why are you having such trouble getting libpng to work? Is it the target environment or using the API?
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by fl0wenol 12y ago
Blue is hotter than white by the kelvin scale. The hue attributed to black body radiation at a certain temperature represents the average color of the whole gamut of emitted frequency/intensities, which follows a curve with a peak that
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by fl0wenol 12y ago
We find it pleasing to depict shadows as slightly cooler because the shadows we are most familiar with behave this way; those cast on a sunny day outside. Daylight from the sun is a strong source of yellow (warm color) while the remaining s
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by fl0wenol 12y ago
Author, I'll tell you what the #1 barrier for me to sign up for anything is going to be... I'm probably going to get spammed if I do. Because I have to implicitly provide email or social network details, and then I'm inviting
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by fl0wenol 12y ago
The issue with adjustment layers is that GIMP does not yet have a mechanism for continuous filter/plugin evaluation and it may not yet be fully thought out: so what does the layer mask do in this case, just a wet/dry mix, some oth
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by fl0wenol 12y ago
Maybe what it was (quoting from memory) is that the timeout for re-ordering/assembly started at 30 seconds (not 120 per the RFC) and only increased up to a limit of 180 when the kernel thought it wasn't something bursty like DNS;
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by fl0wenol 12y ago
Linux has always supported UDP reassembly. Quoting a manpage: "By default, Linux UDP does path MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) discovery. This means the kernel will keep track of the MTU to a specific target IP address and return EMSG
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by fl0wenol 12y ago
Well, presumably a job well done is the primary motivation, or perhaps the recognition of your peers. It is only when you have previously achieved importance and are now in a position to have face to lose; here is where shame can come into
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by fl0wenol 12y ago
Can you elaborate on why this is a concern for you now as opposed to 10 years ago? As far as I'm aware, nothing significant about licensing, best practice, or case law has changed. (Linux didn't adopt GPLv3, so...) Developers in t
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by fl0wenol 12y ago
There's a piece you're missing in observing this phenomenon. It is difficult to motivate a group of individuals to "hate on" an individual, technology, or movement without a personal stake. As 4chan would say: "Not
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by fl0wenol 12y ago
I think you should be retroactively aborted due to your unrelenting pedantry which serves no one and isn't even amusing. Just kidding, I hope you die in a couch fire.
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by fl0wenol 12y ago
Contrary to this, I find myself envious of a person who can dress down another in a flagrant and creative way. If I got dissed in such a hyperbolic way from a boss that was paying me, I would leave. In a situation where I've toiled in
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by fl0wenol 12y ago
Off-topic: you should start an AMA to give more background to your industry and how it relates to startups / people who move in HN circles.
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by fl0wenol 12y ago
Doesn't it? Whether or not a product is open source, if no one thinks there's a problem in a code base, no one is going to find the bug. It's when you either: a) Are prompted to do an evaluation of the component for pay, educ
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by fl0wenol 12y ago
Infrasound is about a specific frequency range of sound which isn't audible but still carries energy (which is why it can be dangerous). This article was about a wideband sound that was so loud that it defies comparison. Loudness is re
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by fl0wenol 12y ago
FastCGI accepts name/value pairs from the server and most default language bindings against it will turn them into environment variables for the benefit of code that expects to be able to reference them. This can get tricky if you do a
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by fl0wenol 12y ago
I think the default in bash should be to never execute the contents of environment variables (like the restricted shell mode allows). Does anyone know why it allows you to pass in shell functions this way? Does anything use it?
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by fl0wenol 12y ago
First, maybe someone should remove the dependencies on EGA and modify the graphics engine a bit to make it more generic and multi-platform. Then you can worry about switching languages. Which is really pointless, but whatever floats your bo
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by fl0wenol 12y ago
What would be time better spent is a interactive tutorial on how to best use the CLI tool to do tasks. If you're going to design a wrapper around tools, then make the wrapper purpose-driven (like Handbrake is to FFMPEG and a related su
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by fl0wenol 12y ago
I've been looking and hoping someone takes up this mantle. A "vodka" in a plastic or metla motor oil-like bottle, dressed up to look like a fuel additive and labeled NGS or something vaguely technical. Made straight from ADM

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