hippiehippo

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by hippiehippo 12y ago
About that map, a feature I would like is to fade spots which were scanned long time ago because WiFi access points might not last as long as cell towers. This way, as a contributor, I know in which areas to scan and, as a regular user, I k
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by hippiehippo 12y ago
The problem is that anything is "abuse" nowadays. When you have a cohort of people brought up with a daily dose of "you're perfect", "you're a winner", "all of you are the smartest kids in the wo
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by hippiehippo 12y ago
That annoying scroll-to-top happens to me too and I use the latest Firefox version on Ubuntu. I first noticed it several months ago. Also, some time ago, when you clicked a message to view it's context, Twitter would expand the message
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by hippiehippo 12y ago
TL;DR: BitTorrent being the reason doesn't sound so interesting for a Vice article. As a person who helped build a "district ISP network" back in the early 2000s, I can tell you that that reason is just some Vice.com style l
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by hippiehippo 12y ago
On the other hand, do you think that python should use "df" instead of "def"?
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by hippiehippo 12y ago
Bikeshed or not, he's not the only one who doesn't like "fn" choice. The shortnaming choices aren't really consistent. IMHO, "fun" would be better. as box break continue crate else enum extern false fn
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by hippiehippo 12y ago
Python is a dynamic language and a compiler can't do much in helping you move from 2 to 3. You really need good test coverage.
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by hippiehippo 12y ago
Is it me, or does it seem that there's an inflation of "death to the gamer" articles in the last couple of weeks? "Gamers are over" - Gamasutra "The death of the 'gamers'" - Ars Technica "De
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by hippiehippo 12y ago
Tell that to people of Eastern Europe, where 10 years ago it was a free-for-all build-your-network without any regulation or state intervention. At one time I had half a dozen ISPs at my door to choose from, from companies with 100 subscrib
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by hippiehippo 12y ago
Is a Mac needed in order to compile?
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by hippiehippo 13y ago
"the consequences of his actions." So I guess that he is fine with a company fireing, let's say, an employee who donated to Obama's compaign because... consequences of his actions, right? To be honest, his reasoning soun
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by hippiehippo 13y ago
So all people who don't confirm to your social norms are fucking assholes? Btw, did you ever travel to countries like Germany or Czech Republic? People there do stare. A lot. Nations of assholes, I guess. I wonder what do you think abo
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by hippiehippo 13y ago
Instead of becoming an ISP, wouldn't it make more sense for the town to wire up each house with fiber optics and then let ANY company provide services over those cables? The ISPs will have to pay the town a flat fee per subscriber for
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by hippiehippo 13y ago
Yes, in Eastern Europe the "wealth gap" was very small during the communism. We all had money. Actually we all had plenty of money... too bad that it was only useful to wipe our ass with it. On the other hand, some people had POWE
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by hippiehippo 13y ago
Like, you know, actual scientists?
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by hippiehippo 13y ago
How about the "glass floor"?
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by hippiehippo 13y ago
Eastern Europe, especially Bulgaria and Romania, would beg to differ about the "free market fails if left alone". Between 2000 and 2010 it was basically a free-for-all for ISPs and each city had almost dozens of them running wires