joonoro

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by joonoro 11y ago
This looks very interesting, but I'd like to know from people that have already read it how relevant it still is since it was published.
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by joonoro 11y ago
> Please help me understand this obsession about building a secure software. You probably already know this, but it's so your things don't get stolen and your computer doesn't get exploited and possibly used against other
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by joonoro 11y ago
Depends on the use case, but ext4 is a pretty good default. I like using IBM's JFS on my laptops to prolong battery life since it minimizes CPU usage [0][1][2]. [0] http://fsbench.netnation.com/ [1] https://
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by joonoro 11y ago
Why would the country that currently holds the world record on computing speed need "tech credibility?"
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by joonoro 11y ago
Ah this has reminded me how awesome gdipp is [0]. For those who don't know, it's an alternative renderer for Windows that makes the fonts look a lot better. The only downsides are that it hasn't been updated in years and that
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by joonoro 11y ago
> What term should we use for people that can write software? I don't think there's a need for a word, just as there is no word for a person who can swim (swimmer implies they do it regularly) or a person who can assemble IKEA
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by joonoro 11y ago
I guess you missed this part: > Having grown up in a totalitarian state, that's the default way I think about this stuff and no amount of promises (except the source code which I can personally compile) can make me trust any 3rd par
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by joonoro 11y ago
>Today, the government's military is so advanced that they'd quickly squash any kind of uprising even if you somehow managed to obtain every legally purchased firearm in the country. You'd be surprised at how effective gue
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by joonoro 11y ago
I haven't read it, but I always liked the piece of advice from GTD about 5 minute tasks. If a task takes less than 5 minutes, do it now . During the day I usually accumulate small tasks and realizing that they take almost no time at a
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by joonoro 11y ago
>When reading other people's code you now effectively have to learn what "language" they use too. Paul Graham addressed this in On Lisp (page 59) [0]: >So yes, reading a bottom-up program requires one to understand al