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by jvandonsel 15y ago
FWIW, the default Emacs sentence delimiter is a period and two spaces.
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by jvandonsel 15y ago
I like O'Reilly as much as the next guy, but promoting this sale doesn't strike me as something that should make HN.
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by jvandonsel 15y ago
What is this? Reddit?
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by jvandonsel 15y ago
Stupid question on Convergence: If I could intercept ALL the traffic from your local network, couldn't I still perform a MITM attack by simulating both the destination host and the notary?
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by jvandonsel 15y ago
I don't think Taleb has ever written a book or article that didn't use the phrase "Black Swan".
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by jvandonsel 15y ago
Sometime in the future ebooks will inevitably abandon the codex paradigm completely. For example, most e-readers today still present text in the form of pages that require turning. This is a familiar model for book readers, but is a bit aw
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by jvandonsel 15y ago
"Lunch is for wimps." - Gordon Gekko
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by jvandonsel 15y ago
The quote by John Perry Barlow: "Royalties are not how most writers or musicians make their living. Musicians by and large make a living with a relationship with an audience that is economically harnessed through performance and ticket sa
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by jvandonsel 15y ago
I'm not quite clear on how this worked. Since the disk wasn't wiped, either the thief would have had to have logged into an existing account or the MacBook didn't have a login requirement. So tracking software is useful only if you don't re
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by jvandonsel 16y ago
It's a bit disappointing, actually. I was hoping for another revolution in Newton's laws.
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by jvandonsel 16y ago
Love the name and logo.
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by jvandonsel 16y ago
Oh great. Hundreds of issues touting airships as the Next Big Thing.
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by jvandonsel 16y ago
I was really expecting to see some links to sample sites on the front page, rather than just thumbnails. I refused to sign up just to see what they looked like.