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by kasbah 12y ago
I find the wording in this article really odd. He was not an math enigma he was a mathematician; he solved enigmas. >A vexing character himself, Mr. Grothendieck (pronounced GROAT-en-deek) turned away from mathematics at the height of hi
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by kasbah 12y ago
Sure, it wasn't meant as a dig at HN moderation, just a helpful suggestion.
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by kasbah 12y ago
I guess people could try doing it in /r/startups where (I think) the mods are more laissez-faire.
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A3 Mitigation of Shellshock Vulnerability(dist-systems.bbn.com)
1 points by kasbah 12y ago|0 comments
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by kasbah 12y ago
Totally interested!
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by kasbah 12y ago
There are no @ tags on HN.
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by kasbah 12y ago
I was hoping this would be a more modern Tamper Data [1] but it sounds like you can't edit requests before they are sent? [1]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tamper-data/
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by kasbah 12y ago
I could actually really use a nice display of CSV and TSV files (with editing).
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ARM’s Rebuttal to RISC-V: “The Case for Licensed Instruction Sets”(linleygroup.com)
63 points by kasbah 12y ago|45 comments
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by kasbah 12y ago
How would you unit test device drivers?
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by kasbah 12y ago
Dave Jones said on the AmpHour podcast that it will be a Windows program but files have to be stored online. Sounds like a deal breaker really.
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by kasbah 12y ago
Tangentially related: a humorous response to a similar question on Quora. http://www.quora.com/What-do-grad-students-in-math-do-all-da...
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by kasbah 12y ago
I guess so. I got a bit fed up with parsing text too and got side-tracked to more graphical things. Initially to Elm [1]. It's not exactly Haskell but Elm is a fun way to get into Functional and Functional Reactive programming while dr
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by kasbah 12y ago
Its not databases or network services but Write Yourself a Scheme in 48Hrs [1] is a more practical intro. Aside from that I would recommend the cis194 Lectures [2] if you do feel ready to take a slightly more thorough top down approach. The
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Blind Reverse Engineering a Wireless Protocol [pdf](github.com)
37 points by kasbah 12y ago|3 comments
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by kasbah 12y ago
It is fun to play with and I managed to pick it up very quickly (after having already spent a significant amount of time learning Haskell). I am a bit concerned about the lack of typeclasses and what that could mean if I try and build somet
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by kasbah 12y ago
Because Bill Gates doesn't speak Polish or German.
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by kasbah 12y ago
Most of the successful open-soure projects that I have encountered have the main dev providing support through email lists and/or IRC. There is normally a community too but the main dev will know the most about the project.
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by kasbah 12y ago
This point, that making copies of software, comes at no direct cost to the creator is often glossed over in articles that express amazement at the free software and open-source movements. "Why would someone spend so much time working o
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by kasbah 12y ago
Well, I was wondering how you make a living if you don't get contracts/contributions like this. Not to pry too much but I guess the services you set up are actually profitable or do you have to support yourself by contracting? I h
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by kasbah 12y ago
What does he normally do full-time?
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by kasbah 12y ago
Thanks for reminding me of this one. I had a brief skim of this years ago when I was short on money and time. Now with a bit more of both I have ordered a paperback copy.
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by kasbah 12y ago
The Architecture of Open Source Applications series is a great read. It is mostly written by project creators and contributers and freely available on-line: http://aosabook.org/
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by kasbah 12y ago
No Linux, which can be an advantage or a disadvantage depending on whom you talk to.
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by kasbah 12y ago
I have no idea why this took off. I just thought I'd try and re-post it as I really like goread.io and the blogpost. I don't think the submitter matters. Maybe a little if people see that it's self promotion. But there is ple
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Go Read: One Year with Money and App Engine(mattjibson.com)
189 points by kasbah 12y ago|74 comments
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by kasbah 12y ago
>There's a really interesting video of a HAM guy who has built a system such that he yells into a microphone which then uses the audio energy to generate an RF pulse that travels out the antenna. Fascinating, would love to see that
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by kasbah 12y ago
Doesn't work at all for me in either Chromium or Firefox (all extensions disabled) on Ubuntu 12.04. I just press play and it tries to load and goes back to a play button.
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by kasbah 13y ago
It will tell you if it has not accepted your email and why.
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The deal With Dirt Cheap Dirty Boards PCBs(dangerousprototypes.com)
47 points by kasbah 13y ago|8 comments

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