joss82

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   by joss82 17y ago

   I remember my first internship. That was in 2001 and we were already talking about how great thin clients were. Don't forget that in most cases they are still more expensive than regular PC (eeebox at 250 bucks comes to mind). Because you
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   by joss82 17y ago

   "[...] many are happy to take you along for the ride." If you are a woman, sure.
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   by joss82 17y ago

   You're right, that's pretty lame. EDIT: typo and mistake.
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   by joss82 17y ago

   I was so disappointed to learn that a blue moon is not actually blue.
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   by joss82 17y ago

   "sometimes the worst projects are the best teachers." That's so true. At least for me.
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   by joss82 17y ago

   Thanks for the picture. I think I saw one in Poland as well. So that's what those are for ! Also, an obvious hack to monitor this "close-circuit" system: just attach a satellite transmitter to the output of a receiver. Even cheaper: make a
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   by joss82 17y ago

   What if people disagree and just keep using the old currency among them ? Yeah, I guess they'll get shot. Also, the mention of "closed-circuit system that feeds into speakers in homes and on streets but can't be monitored outside the countr
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   by joss82 17y ago

   All items on this list can be summed up to : We always act out of self-preservation.
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   by joss82 17y ago

   Maybe the source of altruism is selfishness, but altruism exists anyway.
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    by joss82 17y ago

    Even in a capitalist society, you need some socialist parts. The best example would be the roads. Who paid for it ? Tax payers. End everyone is happier for it.
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    by joss82 17y ago

    This is very true. If you try to start a company on your own, you will see behind the curtain. That $1m is probably not all yours, and probably not 10% yours. I really recommend you start some business on your own, even be a freelancer. Tha
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    by joss82 17y ago

    This article is not informative (or technical) enough, IMHO. It lacks : - The instruction set used is a MIPS-derived VLIW instruction set according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TILE64 - It needs to say that 99% of developers don't real
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    by joss82 17y ago

    From the article's "criticism and response" page : Q:What you're suggesting is parasitism. A:Industrial civilization is parasitic, because it takes more from its environment than it gives back, and if we remove ourselves from roles that fee
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    by joss82 17y ago

    I can't agree more with you on that point ! Just reading it made me cringe for the author. Infant mortality is inversely correlated with usage of scientific medicine and hygiene. Look at history. Even now, we can inversely correlate any cou
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    by joss82 17y ago

    The first Linus comment on that page is the best comment post I have ever read. It make so much sense ! I can see clearly now !
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    by joss82 17y ago

    Designed for the stupid and poor. It's a huge, expanding market.
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    by joss82 17y ago

    But great hackers don't come cheap, if you manage to hire them at all (they want equity, plenty of it). If you can't secure the best hackers, you will loose to competition (it's them !)
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    by joss82 17y ago

    Are you hackers ?
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    by joss82 17y ago

    What about creative fun ? For example with the piano-stairs, it's up to the "player" to change the melody as they want. In that situation, the novelty would wear off but people may find new ways to entertain themselves. A bit like emergent
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    by joss82 17y ago

    Reminds me of this great (and fun!) book : A theory of fun. http://www.theoryoffun.com/ It's oriented toward game design but has some interesting thoughts about fun in general.
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    by joss82 17y ago

    Thanks for the docs, what a quick and effective feedback ! Let's have a look at the "hello world" : "Hello world!" println() It is simple and short but makes no sense to me because the print function takes no argument and doesn't seem linke
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    by joss82 17y ago

    For me it looks like a compilable python (with more complex syntax, of course) but with all the libraries of C. The garbage collector without gc_free() means less control and memory leaks in complex programs (my biggest issue with python).
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    by joss82 17y ago

    I'm interested in any meeting down here in Paris. Gotta find a suitable place though. joss82 at gmail dot com
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    by joss82 17y ago

    My eyes are crying because of this green background. Why did the author choose such a background ? If he wants to be different , he should focus on content rather than unergonomical design.
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    by joss82 17y ago

    Their games does not appeal to hardcore gamers. But these are a tiny fraction of all players anyway.
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    Successful officeless game studio tells its secrets(gamedev.net)

    63 points by joss82 17y ago|10 comments
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    by joss82 17y ago

    Is computing a hash over 4x4bytes (+1 protocol bit) really faster than looking up an address (that is only 4bytes long, btw) in an optimized routing table ? That seems counterintuitive to me.
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    by joss82 17y ago

    Am I the only one to think that such a tax would, on the opposite, increase population density around attractive centers ? As acquiring expensive, more attractive, inner city land would be a recurring burden for land owners, they would try
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    by joss82 17y ago

    Are you somewhat happy to know that you are in the "elite", the top 21% of people who actually understand the world a bit ? Or are you sad at the rest ? They have no clue. Or they are plain wrong and don't even know it. I wonder if that met
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    by joss82 18y ago

    This is, by far, the best music site I've been to. Mostly because of the perfect UI, autoplay and no DRM. deezer.com, musicme.com pale in comparison No flaw detected so far, have you found any ?