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by jvdh 13y ago
The fact that it works does not mean that it can't be improved. And a context that scares people off is not one that I would say "works".
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by jvdh 13y ago
Note that cargo bikes are not a very new concept. These things have existed in the Netherlands for years. It is true they are becoming more popular lately though. And there are many different brands in the Netherlands selling them, even wit
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by jvdh 13y ago
I was being a bit too sarcastic perhaps. My point was that I hope that everyone who regularly visits this site knows that keeping any kind of webservice up and running takes time. No matter how automated it is. But I completely agree that t
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by jvdh 13y ago
Yes, keeping a webservice running takes time. Especially one that's being hit millions of times a day.
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by jvdh 13y ago
This is not the traditional text of Lorem Ipsum, save for the first sentence. The actual translation is far less exciting. The only thing I noticed it that it translates something with "train" while I don't think a word for t
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by jvdh 13y ago
Checkout rss2imap[0], it grabs RSS data and feeds it directly into IMAP folders so that you can use any mail client to read. Syncing and many different clients are available automagically. It supports OPML import, although not for folders.
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by jvdh 13y ago
There's also a very interesting novel where the Voynich manuscript plays a central role: PopCo by Scarlett Thomas [0] Another central theme that will probably appeal to this audience is underground resistance against global commerciali
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by jvdh 13y ago
Thank you very much for your suggestions! I've bundled them together in a Grooveshark playlist: http://grooveshark.com/#!/playlist/Work+Ambient/87531575
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by jvdh 13y ago
The CIOT system can not legally be queried "at will", they have to have permission. Although the bar for this permission is incredibly low, I believe there have been some cases where it was denied.
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by jvdh 13y ago
Last week I heard a perfect answer from a speaker from ISOC at a conference: If you are claiming you have nothing to hide, you are not a social creature. Normal people sometimes feel embarrassment or shame after some error, and then we woul
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by jvdh 13y ago
This just seems like spammers trying any publicly available outlet for spamming. It doesn't seem like a very successful one at that.
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by jvdh 13y ago
Looking at the page full of short words, the whole text just looks very weird, strange and sometimes just distracting. I never knew that I looked over the page so much as I was reading.
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by jvdh 13y ago
In the Netherlands they're already outfitting ATMs and other credit machines with addons on the outside. Most ATMs also display a picture on the screen of what it's supposed to look like. So no, it's not that over engineered I think. On the
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by jvdh 13y ago
This reminds me a lot of the 5BX (5 Basic Exercises) plan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5BX That has 5 exercises which you should be able to do in 5 minutes. It has a complete scheme of exercises building up in intensity as you get bette
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by jvdh 14y ago
I agree, but the negative review does hurt their business, as much as it would hurt the reputation of the user in the other scenario. Of course, the user would not sue the company, but just use the Web to do some "swift justice" by spreadin
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by jvdh 14y ago
This seems like a very unfair situation for the company. Think about what would happen if this were the other way around. For example, buyer returns an article, sends it through the post, and for some reason it ends up at Med Express door w
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by jvdh 14y ago
Funny, these things are often seen hanging in pairs in Dutch household windows. I never thought there was anything peculiar about these things. Mind you, these kind of drops are more stylized straight versions, so I'm not sure if they do ha
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by jvdh 14y ago
I've used something similar before, but I've always found that after a while it makes me wary to save a file. Saving means a rebuild, meaning potential errors, leading to a let-down or sense of failure. While computers have become a lot mor
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by jvdh 14y ago
It's not only the glossiness, it's also about the original size. Barcodes work because they are at a fixed size, and a picture on screen can seldom reproduce the exact same size. This is also why QR Codes have reference points (those three
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by jvdh 14y ago
The useful thing about a physical insurance card is that everybody can read it when you're unresponsive and in need of help. A smartphone app is not going to be able to replicate that. Only thing you could do is change your lock screen to i
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by jvdh 14y ago
Still the performance of the database is going to be negligible if you take the network (probably wifi/cellular) and mostly background syncing into account.
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by jvdh 14y ago
"Click “Advanced” and select your database options. A MySQL DB will be way faster than a SQLite DB." Do you really think you can really notice the microsecond that MySQL will be faster than SQLite? We are talking about a database that is go
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by jvdh 14y ago
OwnCloud by default uses sqlite which is really good enough for the small amount of data that you're storing in there.
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by jvdh 14y ago
Because they can. Curiosity is a very strong and very valid reason to do things. It can very often lead to new insights. And of course it is also necessary from a security point of view to test these kinds of things to see if they lead to s
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by jvdh 14y ago
It would be insanely cool if this would be LaTeX compatible. I'm using git currently to manage drafts of articles I'm writing, but the diff tool is not always up to par, and it's hard for non-coders to adapt to this system.
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by jvdh 14y ago
A second : may be used to define a step value. In this case it's not used, so it's superfluous.
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by jvdh 14y ago
It also is great to have your shell back up as soon as you have a connection. It switches almost seamlessly as you switch connections too. If it were not for the odd reboot, it is a "set and forget" kind of thing.
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The Least Stressful Job for 2013? A Real Look at Being a Professor in the US(factsandotherfairytales.com)
48 points by jvdh 14y ago|53 comments
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by jvdh 14y ago
If you want to be even more picky, try submitting the same content to http://afterthedeadline.com
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by jvdh 14y ago
The article is poorly written, it does not show that the author did any attempt at a problem analysis, much less searching the internet or a Ubuntu community forum. How is that relevant for the larger Hacker News community? It does not even

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