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by madars 8y ago
No. Unfortunately, I can't say good things about differing-display support in Linux. For example, even if DPI is matched but one of the monitors is rotated (my old setup), freetype anti-aliasing settings are still global and can't
482.
by madars 8y ago
I have zero issues with HiDPI on Ubuntu + xmonad set-ups. In particular, setting xrdb's Xft.dpi to a good value (e.g. 144, an "even" multiple of 96 for X1 Carbon) seems to work well. However, I mostly use my laptop for Chrome
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Getting Caught Up in the Daily News Cycle(cseweb.ucsd.edu)
1 points by madars 9y ago|0 comments
484.
by madars 9y ago
You should install CityMapper: it is a very smart app that supports public transit in major cities, integrates with Uber/Lyft, bike sharing programs, etc, and even knows how to combine rides (e.g. plan most efficient ride that is part
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by madars 9y ago
In related news, certain subreddits have been promoting the use of https://adnauseam.io/ , a fork of uBlock origin that automatically clicks all the ads encountered. The same redditors also encourage searching for high-CPC t
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by madars 9y ago
I admire the knack Musk has for extracting government subsidies. However, with all that money one could do better than pay $5/hour to your subcontracted workers in California [1] or have one third higher number of injuries than industr
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Internal Reactions to Googler's Manifesto Show Anti-Diversity Views Have Support(motherboard.vice.com)
36 points by madars 9y ago|12 comments
488.
by madars 9y ago
This is assuming that forks retain the difficulty target, which they don't have to. In fact, the Bitcoin Cash fork doesn't.
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Next Generation MITnet [pdf](web.mit.edu)
1 points by madars 10y ago|0 comments
490.
by madars 10y ago
The OP's point is that in some realms the user is forbidden (not by technical means, of course, but by law) from entering into such contracts or, at least, executing them. I completely agree that the current state of affairs is gravely
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by madars 10y ago
Reminds me of John Urschel: PhD candidate in mathematics (MIT) and offensive lineman for Ravens. Wrote six papers while playing in NFL. https://math.mit.edu/~urschel/
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Dark corners of Unicode (2015)(eev.ee)
150 points by madars 10y ago|52 comments
493.
Neutralize ME Firmware on SandyBridge and IvyBridge Platforms(hardenedlinux.org)
337 points by madars 10y ago|75 comments
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How to Freak Out a Security Geek(medium.com)
3 points by madars 10y ago|0 comments
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Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) released(lists.ubuntu.com)
2 points by madars 10y ago|1 comments
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The Mammoth Pirates(rferl.org)
24 points by madars 10y ago|0 comments
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First-Link Chains in Wikis(wywing.wordpress.com)
1 points by madars 10y ago|0 comments
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Hacking the brain: Silicon Valley entrepreneurs turn to fasting and smart drugs(mercurynews.com)
5 points by madars 10y ago|0 comments
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by madars 10y ago
> how many software products OpenBSD has contributed back to the overall free software world; things like OpenSSH, OpenSSL, a more secure ntpd and inetd One of them is not like the others -- OpenSSL is not an OpenBSD project and the code
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An Ex-Apple CEO on MIT, Marketing and Why We Can't Stop Talking About Steve Jobs(bostinno.streetwise.co)
2 points by madars 11y ago|1 comments
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ECDH Key-Extraction via Low-Bandwidth Electromagnetic Attacks on PCs(cs.tau.ac.il)
3 points by madars 11y ago|0 comments
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by madars 11y ago
Very nice asymmetric backdoor! If you happen to know the factorization and the factors are not too large (e.g. two 500-bit factors + some chaff), then you can just use Pohlig-Hellman algorithm to solve the DLP modulo each individual factor,
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Breaking Spotify DRM with PANDA(moyix.blogspot.com)
3 points by madars 11y ago|0 comments
504.
by madars 11y ago
> a trusted initial accumulator that can ruin the anonymity for everyone forever This is false: even if somebody compromises the initial setup (which, if implemented using the proposed MPC protocol, would require compromising every singl
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Ubuntu 15.10 (Wily Werewolf) released(lists.ubuntu.com)
7 points by madars 11y ago|0 comments
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Bitcoin Scalability: An Outside Perspective(medium.com)
5 points by madars 11y ago|0 comments
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Cache side channel attacks(dreamsofastone.blogspot.com)
2 points by madars 11y ago|0 comments
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Nothing but blue sky and it pays off(sciblogs.co.nz)
1 points by madars 11y ago|0 comments
509.
by madars 11y ago
It does use <video> tag for me. Maybe you have an outdated browser?
510.
by madars 11y ago
Changing search engine for existing users was a very unfortunate bug, which got fixed ( https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1041571#answer-6... ). Of course, changing the default for new users is nothing to

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