geenew

27 ms·

241.
The Conscience of a Hacker (1986)(phrack.org)
2 points by geenew 5y ago|0 comments
242.
by geenew 5y ago
That was the ideal, and in my experience, the norm at the time. The Hacker Manifesto said it nicely: "This is our world now... the world of the electron and the switch, the beauty of the baud. We make use of a service already existing
243.
by geenew 5y ago
Can't forget Decay, the independent zombie movie shot by CERN employees at the LHC in their free time :) https://www.decayfilm.com/
244.
by geenew 5y ago
Just throwing this out there, maybe on massive platforms like this the better approach would be - let users flag posts - more than X flags = autohide - original authors can object to the autohide - objections are reviewed by staff That woul
245.
by geenew 5y ago
One of the few times you can use the unit ‘terametres’. 22Tm. Or, 22 terametres from Terra.
246.
by geenew 5y ago
It's certainly not what it's not, and it was what it was. Going forward, it will be what it will be. Despite the claims from some quarters, it wasn't what it wasn't; despite the hopes from other quarters, it won't b
247.
by geenew 6y ago
It's hard to argue with the claim - if you have an iOS phone or tablet, for example, it is a monopoly, since it's the only place you can buy a program for your computer. The walled garden has real benefits in security and privacy,
248.
by geenew 6y ago
Neat to see the historical data in the VIIRS maps. The area around Uttar Pradesh / Bihar really seems to have developed a lot in the past 8 years, for example. I’d love to see an animation of this.
249.
Fairchild Briefing on Integrated Circuits (1967)(youtube.com)
2 points by geenew 6y ago|0 comments
250.
by geenew 6y ago
Thanks. It’s unnerving that such a dangerously misleading statement can persist.
251.
by geenew 6y ago
Source?
252.
by geenew 6y ago
That line in the movie has always stuck with me. It was almost too good, since it was so correct and insightful that there was no real comedy and it took me out out the movie.
253.
by geenew 6y ago
Just adding to the praise. I still use FTP regularly and greatly appreciate it. It's one of those things that stands up to its name: it's a file transfer protocol, and is still, practically, the best.
254.
by geenew 6y ago
They ran dragon on contemporary computers, and that was very good at least 10 years ago, probably more. So they have voice recognition working well on what would now be considered very constrained hardware.
255.
by geenew 6y ago
To repeat a quote that probably appears in every Von Neumann post, "Teller also said "von Neumann would carry on a conversation with my 3-year-old son, and the two of them would talk as equals, and I sometimes wondered if he used
256.
by geenew 6y ago
I don't quite get how the loss could have such an effect. The article says "She hid her theft by creating dummy bills for suppliers and paying the money directly into her account." If I'm reading this correctly, fake bil
257.
Symphony #2 for Dot Matrix Printers (.^.^%^%^%)(youtube.com)
2 points by geenew 6y ago|0 comments
258.
by geenew 6y ago
Ambient freezing is certainly a benchmark in Canada. If nothing else it's important as a warning of possible black ice.
259.
by geenew 6y ago
True, but it must be emphasized that that tax is tax being paid _by individuals_. It is simply withheld by the corporation as a convenience. The monies are earned by the individual and paid by the individual. Corporations have no moral righ
260.
by geenew 6y ago
The video is flicker-y, but the audio is perfect.
261.
by geenew 6y ago
Interest rates can be negative.
262.
by geenew 6y ago
GNSS and clock comparisons measure different things, one is a based on radio wave travel time between a receiver and the satellites in the constellation, the other is a physical measurement. That's what I was referring to wrt independe
263.
by geenew 6y ago
The potential land surveying application of high-accuracy clocks is quite interesting. It would provide a measure of elevation that is (in the vertical scale, at least) completely independent of GNSS, at an accuracy comparable to what can b
264.
by geenew 6y ago
Like all other tell-alls that have emerged, there is nothing of substance in that article that would condemn Stallman. The only actual offense is interrupting people on stage. Hitting on someone by talking about emacs would be funny if it w
265.
by geenew 6y ago
If a link to Phrack is posted, then a link to POC||GTFO should be attached. A spiritual successor. https://www.alchemistowl.org/pocorgtfo/
266.
Global semiconductor shortage spurs run on vintage chipmaking tools(reuters.com)
1 points by geenew 6y ago|0 comments
267.
by geenew 6y ago
Werner Herzog ate his shoe: "In 1979, Les Blank took a detour to film German filmmaker Werner Herzog honoring a vow he made to Errol Morris that he (Herzog) would eat his shoe if Morris ever actually made one of his films he was foreve
268.
by geenew 6y ago
The Tron soundtrack on the same order as Discovery and Alive 2007. Felt much more like Daft Punk than RAM, IMHO.