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Do MMORPGs *have* to be boring?(robinhoksbergen.com)
4 points by hobin 15y ago|1 comments
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Client-side encryption on the WWW(robinhoksbergen.com)
1 points by hobin 15y ago|0 comments
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by hobin 15y ago
In the case of the OP, I agree. I was speaking in more general terms what the general intent of 'lawyers threatening you' tends to be.
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by hobin 15y ago
I don't know whether such extreme talk is legal, no, but it's quite common for lawyers to talk in this way. Remember those letters you got when you forgot to pay for something on time? You know, the ones with a nice little addition saying "
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by hobin 15y ago
I don't think Wikipedia is going down the toilet, nor do I think it was a failure. Personally, I don't think the graphs are surprising: first Wikipedia becomes a big hit, and loads of people sign up. Then, as time passes, some people become
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by hobin 15y ago
There's not much here to say except: this is the awesomest thing I've ever seen game developers do.
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by hobin 15y ago
Being a scientist (physicist), I think I can answer that question. I am deeply interested in helping people, and yes, this means if it were up to me, I'd try to replace all sorts of legislation, and I think there are many things that could
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Music fans not welcome in RIAA-backed .music(theregister.co.uk)
2 points by hobin 15y ago|0 comments
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by hobin 15y ago
You pretty much described how I type. My hands may fly all over the keyboard, but 1.) I don't need to look at the keys, and 2.) I'm pretty fast. Ergo, I don't think there's a problem. (Not counting when I have to use a keyboard with those b
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by hobin 15y ago
"I'm with you on the communication issue. After all, no one is 100% introverted. That term has also become misunderstood and misused." Yet you still seem to think that introversion and communication skills have something to do with each oth
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by hobin 15y ago
Truthfully, I don't think 'proper' touchtyping is necessary, per se. I type without looking at the keys, but I only use - I think - three or four fingers of each hand, tops. No doubt proper touchtyping would be more natural for me had I lea
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by hobin 15y ago
^That. A simple rule of thumb is: don't run any commands you don't understand before looking up a few descriptions of what it means (or use man pages). Number 2, for example, is just a bunch of shellcode, and unless you do penetration testi
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Pirates of the CarrotBean, A Story about Piracy. And Beans.(robinhoksbergen.com)
2 points by hobin 15y ago|0 comments
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by hobin 15y ago
The difference with Russian roulette is, of course, that your skills/wits make no to very little difference. When trying to avoid the authorities, it does (or at least I'd like to think so). But, like I said, I would not encourage those peo
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by hobin 15y ago
In fact, this shouldn't be too difficult to build. I don't know much about Freenet, but I do know that if we can use bittorrent to share files using P2P, the same can presumably be done with websites. The most immediate problem that comes
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by hobin 15y ago
"they will be caught" That's debatable. Not that I'd want them to run, but getting caught is in no way a certain thing.
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by hobin 15y ago
I'm a strong supporter of academic Open Access whenever possible, so it should be no surprise to anyone that I rather like this. To be completely honest, I had expected this to go like many protests and boycotts do and to have minimal impac
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by hobin 15y ago
Google Search, Wikipedia, Dropbox, HN, Dilbert, Facebook.
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by hobin 15y ago
I dislike these quotes. I would expect a good designer to be a professional, and to understand how all the people working on a product are important. In 'Confessions of a Designer', I sense mostly elitism and the idea that if you're not a d
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by hobin 15y ago
The TPB blockage is not about the government, but about the record companies protecting their interests (read: screwing pretty much everyone else over). Arguably, net neutrality is about the government 'taking control' over the internet, bu
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by hobin 15y ago
I'm not saying you're wrong here, but do you have a source for that? Though I had heard of the investigation, I didn't know any proof had been found.
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by hobin 15y ago
I, too, have to disagree with you. As skrebbel (I like that nick, by the way) said, practically everyone knows you mean that tiny country somewhere in Western Europe called 'the Netherlands', when you say 'Holland'. And I'm from Zuid-Hollan
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by hobin 15y ago
Unless 'proper dental hygiene' includes putting stones in your mouth and trying to make it bigger.
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by hobin 15y ago
Truth be told, in most cases, it will 'just go away'. (Read: said tooth will fall out, and it will HURT.) Though it's better not to take these kind of chances.
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by hobin 15y ago
That's not too hard. Having a minor or even a somewhat annoying toothache for a day won't kill you. As can be seen in the article, such infections don't develop overnight. Just wait a few days, and if you still need to use ibuprofen or what
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by hobin 15y ago
"Neither Dutch politicians nor the Dutch media really give a shit about digital civil rights." O.o Where do you get your information about Dutch politicans and the media? When a judge ruled that XS4ALL and Ziggo should block TPB, it caused
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by hobin 15y ago
<.< >.> People actually use those buttons?
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by hobin 15y ago
Except that we don't know this. For all we know, said employee really was , to put it in my own terms, a wool-brained idiot. Then, because he just happened to be an old chap, 'old fuddy duddy' obviously was the right derogatory term to use
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by hobin 15y ago
ArchLinux, in its current state, is vulnerable. I suspect it will be patched soon enough. /me sends a note to the package maintainers anyway.
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by hobin 15y ago
I stand corrected. Unfortunately, this makes it only sadder.

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