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   by jdc 13y ago

   Nice design and slick UI. Now here's come criticism =). - I don't think / is a good name for the default channel. - Why can't I see the user list in the Code and Draw views? - Sync Missed is a confusing label for
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   The Athens Affair [2007](spectrum.ieee.org)

   2 points by jdc 13y ago|0 comments
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   by jdc 13y ago

   It was kinda link-baity and vague...
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   by jdc 13y ago

   NAT
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   by jdc 13y ago

   There's also Synergy ( http://synergy-foss.org ).
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   by jdc 14y ago

   Thanks linking IUS. Having a repo of recent application packages for CentOS will probably make it my go-to server distro.
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   by jdc 14y ago

   IMO, the phrase "repressive nation" is redundant in most cases anyway.
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   by jdc 14y ago

   You more or less just described Kernel Lisp - http://www.lambdassociates.org/blog/nextlisp(3).htm .
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   by jdc 14y ago

   Think of it this way: The GPL grants you the right of access to source code for software distributed to you by denying the author his right to keep it from you. So the GPL, like the state, doesn't grant rights per se, so much as it restrict
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    by jdc 14y ago

    Right, I'm pretty sold on meditation having benefits, but this "practice resisting" mechanism seems like a flippant guess. Then there's the "willpower is a finite resource" studies argue that the opposite effect is more likely for people me
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    by jdc 14y ago

    What a tease.
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    by jdc 14y ago

    Ordinary magnetic platter HDs slow down with age too, though I'm not sure why.
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    by jdc 14y ago

    See also: 1964js - http://code.google.com/p/1964js/
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    by jdc 14y ago

    Better just to do a smaller editor like Vim.
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    by jdc 14y ago

    > Also, if you discover something and want to find out more, emailing the person who worked on it is a great start. +1 to this. I've emailed people from other institutions for the source code behind their research and gotten it. Never h
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    by jdc 14y ago

    Georeminder does that: http://www.skumancer.com/georeminder
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    by jdc 14y ago

    http://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries
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    by jdc 15y ago

    Have you tried Pyjamas?
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    by jdc 15y ago

    > Despite the advances in tech, kids today who want to learn to program have it much harder. Why is that?
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    by jdc 15y ago

    The field of problem solving that Fedex applies to routing packages is called operations research. As you may have noticed, this discipline can be used by companies with simple business models that want to improve efficiency or reduce risk.
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    by jdc 15y ago

    I won't deny that there's more opportunity in the US, but I'm not sure we can fault the government for that. The British Columbia Innovation Council (a Crown agency) seems to care enough to do something[1]. What would you suggest they do d
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    by jdc 15y ago

    If the opinion in question is a technical quibble that does nothing to further the discussion at hand, then we're in agreement.
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    Goodwill is The Hacker Way: Addressing Snark on Hacker News (tvac.tumblr.com)

    2 points by jdc 15y ago|1 comments
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    by jdc 15y ago

    You probably didn't mean any harm, but these "well, actually" comments are doing serious damage to HN usefulness and atmosphere.
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    by jdc 15y ago

    Facebook uses their social graph to figure out what sort of needs you have. Maybe Google could try the reverse process; that is figuring out your social graph using their knowledge of what web content you need. Kinda evil though.
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    by jdc 15y ago

    This is my understanding of the schedule I drugs: they're listed as schedule I because they're not medically usable, and they're not medically usable because they're listed as schedule I.
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    by jdc 15y ago

    Fluff piece with a catchy title. The author conveyed as much by saying "we have a 'winner takes all economy' which might not be a good thing if employees realize this and lose their interest in working hard."
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    by jdc 15y ago

    But it did not come from within Inri; it seems rather clear that the author would have flunked out without R.'s coaching.
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    by jdc 15y ago

    For perspective -- IE6 was released more than 10 years ago; its successor shipped 6 years ago.
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    by jdc 15y ago

    Making the box appear in a static location might make it less irritating.