lamby

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   by lamby 10y ago

   letterbug.co.uk is somewhat of the UK equivalent.
2. 272.▲
   by lamby 10y ago

   Or: their current (somewhat negative) properties are actually what drive people to get them..
3. 273.▲
   by lamby 10y ago

   SEEKING WORK - Remote Highly skilled at: * Django and full-stack web development (8+ years) * System administration (Debian Developer, etc.) * Almost any open source work (see https://chris-lamb.co.uk/posts/free-softwar
4. 274.▲
   by lamby 11y ago

   It's probably not a bad idea - I mean, why not piggy-back and/or trust Starbucks research and experience in where to locate stores!
5. 275.▲
   by lamby 11y ago

   I remember when we used to call gentrification "progress".
6. 276.▲
   by lamby 11y ago

   I actually really dislike the Moleskine pens.. really poor quality, alas. (Amazon reviews seem to agree!)
7. 277.▲
   by lamby 11y ago

   Not as useful as in professional cycling but its still an endurance sport and, of course, the recovery benefits etc. etc.
8. 278.▲
   by lamby 11y ago

   > Debian Jessie is apparently never going to support HTTP/2? I suppose it depends on what you mean. The, say, nginx package in jessie itself won't get new features (by design) but the backports repositories -- which are now off
9. 279.▲
   by lamby 11y ago

   Note that it also does not limit the key to simple nginx packages - if I take control of that repo I could trick you into installing my version of, say, base-files or bash, etc.. :(
10. 280.▲
    by lamby 11y ago

    It was a comment in jest (as I mentioned).
11. 281.▲
    by lamby 11y ago

    Btw, it should also be "are trademarked" :)
12. 282.▲
    by lamby 11y ago

    I built something very similar once. My tip would be to shove some HTTP interface on the front of it for some cache guarantees (ie. no arbitrary writes so you can trivially flush, etc. etc.)
13. 283.▲
    by lamby 11y ago

    > I still find it hard to believe it's free PostgreSQL is only free if your time has no value.. (Paraphrased. In jest..)
14. 284.▲
    by lamby 11y ago

    How did you discover you had sleep apnea?
15. 285.▲
    by lamby 11y ago

    Would love this introduced into http://diffoscope.org/.. .
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    by lamby 11y ago

    Any recommendations for fellow HN readers..?
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    by lamby 11y ago

    > Since it is volunteer based, would it be obnoxious to start using some sort of rating system for the readers? If it was done in the spirit of future improvement, perhaps by ranking them in various dimensions or being prompted with ques
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    by lamby 11y ago

    > I'd class it as a success if it paid for its own hosting and made me more than say $100 a month. If you can "niche", absolutely. A market leader cannot be serving everyone's needs precisely.
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    by lamby 11y ago

    One "practical" reason is that its relatively easy to make a Debian-based derivative distribution due to the large amount of prior art, tools and manpower. Now, if we could integrate Qubes-style isolation with Debian then most of
20. 290.▲
    by lamby 11y ago

    .. And what about those who have contributed to the project?
21. 291.▲
    by lamby 11y ago

    In Ironman and related circles it is conceded that performance is decreased, but the reduced calorie requirements in races often mean better results due to less, err, gut complications.
22. 292.▲
    by lamby 11y ago

    I like how not carrying a Newton is considered conservative.
23. 293.▲
    by lamby 11y ago

    Has there been any attempt to incorporate these changes upstream? Always seems a bit of a tragedy when its not even attempted, and perhaps comes across as a little lazy. From an engineering PoV, maintaining a fork is great at first but eith
24. 294.▲
    by lamby 11y ago

    A case for Qubes OS?
25. 295.▲
    by lamby 11y ago

    Apologies for that. The machine ran out of disk space as I wasn't garbage-collecting containers properly.
26. 296.▲
    by lamby 11y ago

    > apparently it's apocryphal This shouldn't affect its value as a story, though.
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    by lamby 11y ago

    As someone who has done no Android development, could you elaborate?
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    by lamby 11y ago

    Here's an interesting interview with Julian Treasure from a week or so ago about sound design: https://youtu.be/_MORUgvdWTs?t=504
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    by lamby 11y ago

    > most anti-virus scanners were so badly written, he could exploit their scanning engines with basic malformed PDFs and JPEGs Isn't there still a point in running anti-virus because a "regular" virus is far more likely th
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    by lamby 11y ago

    And, well, laws can be changed anyway.