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by maltalex 8y ago
Looks like what3words [0], only less memorable. The Louvre in Plus codes :"V86P+C8, Paris" [1] The Louvre in what3words : "seasons.sharper.scan" [2] I'm much more likely to remember "seasons.sharper.scan&qu
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by maltalex 8y ago
That’s just a symptom. The actual problem is that it’s hard(er) to make money off bit torrent, and possibly even p2p in general. If there was a financial incentive every browser would have been capable of downloading files off BT as seamle
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by maltalex 8y ago
That’s an extremely narrow definition of a programmer’s job. I think that in terms of lines if code, my contribution to many projects was net negative.
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by maltalex 8y ago
Most companies you rent stuff from enjoy the benefit of scale. Car rental companies operate cars at a lower cost than the average car owner. Still, “owning X” and “getting a working X for a while at a time and place most convenient to you”
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by maltalex 8y ago
I don't see what's surprising here. This is the ski rental problem [0]. Would it surprise anyone to learn that renting a car is more expensive in the long run compared to buying one? This is the same thing, only the time scales ar
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by maltalex 8y ago
> I see writing software to be similar to writing music. Music has rules and structure, but leaves room for creativity and allows two or more highly skilled musicians to be able to play music together and improvise. Bad music carries onl
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by maltalex 8y ago
Does everyone who mentions iPhones work for Apple? I'm not affiliated with Zoho in any way except being a customer. Yes, the topic of email hosting comes up from time to time and I mention the host I use.
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by maltalex 8y ago
Zoho is great for two more reasons: 1. Their free offering comes with support for custom domains, which is pretty unique. 2. There's Zoho.com and Zoho.eu. You can open your account on Zoho.eu if you prefer having your email hosted in t
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Xiaomi Offers a Phone, Laptop, Mi Band 3, BT Headset for the Price of an iPhone(xda-developers.com)
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by maltalex 8y ago
How about Zoho? Their free offering comes with support for custom domains and something like 20 accounts. As a bonus, you can choose between Zoho.com and Zoho.eu. Both offer the same services, but Zoho.eu is hosted in Europe ender the prote
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by maltalex 8y ago
Never heard of Qwant before. How does it compare to duckduckgo and startpage?
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by maltalex 8y ago
The problem with energy efficiency is that it paradoxically tends to increase consumption. There’s a basic economic aspect we mustn’t forget - supply and demand. When energy prices drop, consumers often buy more if it. I’m on mobile so I do
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by maltalex 8y ago
Bootcamps tend to be at the other end of the spectrum. In my experience they often produce developers that have a solid understanding of specific technologies, but have a harder time solving more general problems and/or moving up and d
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by maltalex 8y ago
This is one if those pesky differences between “computer science” as it’s taught in college, and actual software engineering. I believe that bigger parts of our education should revolve around reading and analyzing professionally written co
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by maltalex 8y ago
How do you know that the takedown was due to the content being anti-something? I’m genuinely asking. There is an endless supply of deeply offensive content on fb that’s not taken down. Including anti-Israel/Pro-Palestine. If you believ
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by maltalex 8y ago
What makes VSCode more “real” in your opinion?
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by maltalex 8y ago
If a homework assignment takes 40 hours then it’s likely that either you’re under-qualified or the company has some unrealistic expectations regrading the position. Either way, you should reconsider your application.
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by maltalex 8y ago
It's an interesting analysis, but I strongly suspect that a lot of changes aren't really rewrites of new content. Instead, they're moves of content withing a file or between files that get counted as a deletion+insertion.
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by maltalex 8y ago
can confirm.
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by maltalex 8y ago
> Realistically how much statistical threat is there from birds? From wikipedia: "The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) reported 65,139 bird strikes for 2011–14, and the Federal Aviation Authority counted 177,269 wild
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by maltalex 8y ago
Birds are already programmed for that. It's called self preservation. Airplanes are huge chunks of metal that make a deafening roar. Grown men are rightly afraid of coming near one.
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by maltalex 8y ago
What’s worse - sucking in a bird into a jet engine or a bird-scaring drone?
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by maltalex 8y ago
It’s not jus the icons. It’s the names too since a lot of them are completely unrelated to the product itself. I actually find myself referring to “Amazon Web Services in Plain English” [0] every once in a while. [0]: https://www
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by maltalex 8y ago
Haven't seen Mu before. What's the benefit over giving a beginner a copy of VS Code?
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by maltalex 8y ago
... much like in the real world
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New Spectre attack enables secrets to be leaked over a network(arstechnica.com)
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Apple's iPhones Trail Samsung, Google Devices in Internet Speeds(bloomberg.com)
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Academics Announce New Protections Against Spectre and Rowhammer Attacks(bleepingcomputer.com)
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Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Twitter partner for ambitious new data project(theverge.com)
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by maltalex 8y ago
Moreover, it's only control-plane hijack detection which is the easier problem. If a hijack is performed at the data-plane, good luck even detecting it.

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