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by hathawsh 8y ago
Grandma can't compile and install OpenWRT packages. The idea is to let developers create apps (server apps) that anyone, especially Grandma, can install on their router. The experience should be similar to installing apps on iOS or And
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by hathawsh 8y ago
Whoa, at the end of the article there's an announcement about "WebThings Gateway for Wireless Routers". Is this the beginning of apps for routers? I've talked about the idea before: https://news.ycombinator.co
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by hathawsh 8y ago
Thanks, I had no idea. I don't know how to update the AppImages I use except by downloading new AppImages manually.
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by hathawsh 8y ago
When I ran Gentoo Linux, a rolling release, I came to appreciate exactly what's going on in the Linux desktop ecosystem. I enjoyed the new features that came with new releases of libraries and apps, but it was shocking to see how often
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by hathawsh 8y ago
Canonical's Snap system is intended to solve this. Snaps are packages that bundle their dependencies, so they are bigger, but they run successfully on most modern versions of Linux. https://snapcraft.io/ AppImage solve
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by hathawsh 8y ago
451 "exbipositions" should calm some of those people down (and further antagonize others). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix#exbi BTW don't bother Googling for exaposition or exbiposition. :-)
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by hathawsh 8y ago
I understand why Ubuntu doesn't switch the default to KDE; there's too much history and people would recoil at such a big change. That said, I always run Kubuntu rather than the default Ubuntu desktop and I'm really happy wit
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by hathawsh 8y ago
You're in for a treat! Here's a curated collection of bicycle drawings, complete with full renderings of some of the most interesting designs. http://www.gianlucagimini.it/prototypes/velocipedia.html
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by hathawsh 8y ago
I think there are two separate skills: the ability to remember the visual symbols and the ability to draw them. Even if you can remember the symbols in great detail, you still might not be able to draw them if you haven't acquired draw
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That would be a fascinating idea for sci-fi! The inhabitants of two distant worlds would be able to see each other's future but not their own.
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by hathawsh 8y ago
Today, it's SFTP over IPSec and the book is now 600 pages long. :-)
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Thank you for chiming in. In my SQLAlchemy+Postgres app I've chosen to store datetimes as timestamp without timezone columns where the time zone is always UTC. I'm quite happy with that choice. The last thing I want is for Postgre
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by hathawsh 8y ago
That's right, the button instantly adds the caller ID to a blacklist. In my experience, spammers don't rotate their numbers very often, so the button works well enough. YMMV of course.
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by hathawsh 8y ago
Here are some tips for anyone plagued by robocalls. My cordless phones have a simple "call block" button. It's quite helpful. The set is similar to this set: https://smile.amazon.com/Panasonic-KXTGF344B-4-Hand
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by hathawsh 8y ago
Solomon Hykes, co-founder of Docker, believes WASM+WASI could take the place of Docker. https://twitter.com/solomonstre/status/1111004913222324225
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by hathawsh 8y ago
If I were to start a conversation with him, I would initially focus on two things: I would recognize his value and dedication and I would get to know him better. I don't know his name, but I'll call him Ben. I would probably start
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by hathawsh 8y ago
I also primed myself before listening to it the first time and I heard it clearly. I've never had any psychedelic experiences.
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The word "simple" depends on the context. What's simple for a human may be very complex for a machine and vice-versa. What's simple may be very different for different people and machines. Most of the time, the word &quo
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by hathawsh 8y ago
I'm really enjoying your 6502 emulation code. It feels clean and easy to read. https://github.com/koute/pinky/blob/master/mos6502/src/virtu... (I imagine the rest is good too, but 6502 is
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That's my question also. If I were to create a programming language today, it would be influenced by everything I've ever worked on, not just a few specific languages. I wouldn't be able to say it was derived from any particu
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by hathawsh 8y ago
The Wikipedia article on formulaic language (pointed out by another commenter, thank you!) is helpful here. "There is strong empirical evidence that speakers use formulaic language in similar ways across languages and that formulaic la
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by hathawsh 8y ago
OK, thanks for the clarification.
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I just switched my Pixel 1 to airplane mode and tried voice input. Sure enough, it worked offline and it was fast! Very impressive work. (I've tried that before, but in the past it could only understand a few special phrases.) I suppos
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I agree, and that's why I qualified with "most" people. It takes exceptional communication skills to reliably command other people's attention without much effort in casual conversation, unless you use some kind of trick
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1) As someone who is committed to improving schools, what is your reaction to the current praise for schools in Finland? This video in particular makes Finland look almost incredible: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHHFGo16
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This advice is certainly correct for public speaking, but for conversation, I've observed that saying "uh" and "um" is actually a good habit for most people. They convey clearly that you intend to speak soon. Withou
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It may not be a runaway hit, but if you have kids and an Echo device, you should ask Alexa to "Open the Magic Door". It's essentially a text adventure with fun sound effects and good storytelling. I can imagine a future where
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The visitor pattern isn't appropriate everywhere, but it's quite good for traversing and manipulating ASTs (abstract syntax trees). An AST typically has many kinds of nodes, but programs that traverse the AST usually only care abo
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by hathawsh 8y ago
I find it fascinating that, from a security standpoint, it's best for the static representation of a program (the executable and the package) to be perfectly predictable, while the dynamic representation of a program (once it's lo
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by hathawsh 8y ago
As I compare Rust and Go, the one thing that keeps me indecisive is that the Rust compiler is slower. Was that ever an issue for you?

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