lorenzfx

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   by lorenzfx 14y ago

   I might be a nitpicker, but I really hate it when people say (or in this case write) "calorie" but mean "kilo calorie". There is a difference.
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   by lorenzfx 14y ago

   why is Stack Overflow still IPv4 only? Are they hosting on Amazon?
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   by lorenzfx 14y ago

   If one is willing to spend a little memory and disk space one can just keep different versions of every library around. I believe PC BSD is doing this (but have not tried it yet myself).
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   by lorenzfx 14y ago

   I'm using a AMD E450 based machine running FreeBSD and 5x2TB disks in a zfs zraid for network storage. While SSH access could be faster, it's certainly enough for streaming 1080p video.
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   by lorenzfx 14y ago

   I'm wondering where is AMD's counterpart to Intel's Xeon E3-12XX? ECC RAM, AES NI and a low price point and hopefully not too high idle power usage should make an attractive CPU. On a side note: does anyone know what happened to the "Zurich
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   EBay Intellectual Property Enforcement(stevecoast.com)

   1 points by lorenzfx 14y ago|0 comments
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   by lorenzfx 14y ago

   what I really miss from markdown (and even more from reStructuredText because I actually use it a lot) is strikethrough (which github does support)
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   by lorenzfx 14y ago

   I never understood this idiom; to me, 'rocket science' seems to be a fairly well understood issue compared to i.e. the (human) brain.
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   by lorenzfx 14y ago

   python fanboy here: "[python is] not as tuned to numerics as MATLAB": if you build numpy with ATLAS there is, in my experience, hardly ever any noticeable speed difference between numpy and MATLAB
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    by lorenzfx 14y ago

    if you want to use your CardDAV address book with mutt, you might want to try out pycarddav http://lostpackets.de/pycarddav/ . If you want features like write support, try the write_support branch from github https://github.com/geier/pyc
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    by lorenzfx 14y ago

    What is so great about the OS X Desktop? (Honest question; As a long term Mac OS (X) user who switched to Linux about a year ago I am really wondering...) Also, has a heavy computer user I mainly switched to Linux/FreeBSD because of the muc
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    FreedomBox v0.1 released(freedomboxfoundation.org)

    2 points by lorenzfx 14y ago|0 comments
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    by lorenzfx 14y ago

    Is there anything new to the site? Or why is it up here?
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    Raspberry Pi adds MPEG-2 and VC-1 decode support(raspberrypi.org)

    2 points by lorenzfx 14y ago|0 comments
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    by lorenzfx 14y ago

    I too have the feeling that more new features are developed at DragonFly than at any of the other BSDs, but I still prefer FreeBSD because it seems to soak up most of the features of all the other BSDs (including OpenSolaris). And of course
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    by lorenzfx 14y ago

    I haven't yet seen any charging for figures, only charging for colour figures (which probably really significantly increase cost). But since I don't know anybody who reads papers on paper it doesn't really mater anymore. And you might make
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    by lorenzfx 14y ago

    it would be awesome, if I could somehow use the same keys to switch between vim splits and my (tiling) window manager's windows. First move focus in vim, if I'm already in the utmost split then move the focus to the next window. Oh, and mak
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    by lorenzfx 14y ago

    I always thought there should be a crowdfunding platform for oss feature requests. Only paypal is a downside, but I hope they will start to accept other payment options in the future
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    by lorenzfx 14y ago

    I just experimented a bit with Blessings and I love it! I have used some urwid for terminal projects, but for the next one I'll consider Blessings as well. Also I can't believe how few lines of code it is...
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    by lorenzfx 14y ago

    I believe/hope that this rise is not really a bubble, but driven by the rising difficulty, which is due to the availability of cheap(er) fpgas. Also the rise is much slower than last summer and supported by much larger trading volume.
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    by lorenzfx 14y ago

    I interpret the article in a way that these stocks CAN be sold from today on but don't have to.
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    by lorenzfx 14y ago

    while this is awesome, I can't imagine anyone in my research group trusting a not submitted paper to a site like this. For on-site usage I hacked together a similar site in minutes when etherpad-lite came out ( you can try it out at http:/