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by maltalex 9y ago
Any platform that treats emojis as a single character would be a good fit.
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by maltalex 9y ago
Base64 encodes groups of 6 bits into one of 64 8-bit characters. OP is doing the same, but with each character encoding 10bits. The only problem is that these emojis probably require two bytes each (more?), so we’re encoding 10 bits into 16
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by maltalex 9y ago
Right. There’s also tex yoda 2. Both of these cost about as much as the kinesis, but they don’t seem as well designed. The ideal for me would be a two-in-one. An ergonomic, well designed keyboard like the kinesis, with the addition of a tra
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by maltalex 9y ago
Are there trackpoint kits? Or do people disassemble old keyboards?
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by maltalex 9y ago
I was talking about reducing strain and fatigue. Moving your whole hand over the mouse over and over again introduces quite a lot of fatigue. This is why the keyboard and mouse aren’t separate problems. A keyboard that doesn’t have an integ
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by maltalex 9y ago
This was always my question too. What’s the point of a 300$ keyboard that minimizes movement when you have to move your entire hand every time you you need a mouse? Completely avoiding the mouse isn’t an option for some workflows. I wish th
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by maltalex 9y ago
> Is this the Azure equivalent of AWS Lambda? Yes. > What factors other than some specific affinity to Microsoft makes a company choose Azure over AWS? Azure has a decent offering even if you don't have any "specific affinit
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by maltalex 9y ago
(2015)
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by maltalex 9y ago
> In Java, the java.math.BigDecimal is not a primitive data type. It also has an awkward api due to lack of operator overloading (thanks to BigDecimal not being a primitive data type it seems). If you're on the JVM, Groovy is nicer
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by maltalex 9y ago
Interesting. I wonder whether the Flynn effect (increase in IQ in the general population over time [0]) can therefore explain at least some of the increase in longevity in the 20th century. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
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by maltalex 9y ago
Points 1 and 3 depend heavily on your biological clock. Not everyone is a morning person.
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by maltalex 9y ago
It’s true not just in software , but in many aspects of modern society. We value innovation (even when it is bot innovative) a lot more than maintenance. Just look at physical infrastructure as an example.
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by maltalex 9y ago
Project Euler [0] comes to mind, although it's more of a collection of math problems to be solved by programming. Definitely not a guide or tutorial. [0]: https://projecteuler.net/
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by maltalex 9y ago
I want to add one more into the mix - Couchbase has something called "N1QL" ('nickel'), which is actual SQL adapted for JSON: https://www.couchbase.com/products/n1ql It's not standalone though,
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by maltalex 9y ago
[Citation needed]
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by maltalex 9y ago
> So far, the attackers have generated 0.0171757089 XMR, which at current prices is worth about $3.
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Forget $9,000… Bitcoin falls below $7,000(arstechnica.com)
59 points by maltalex 9y ago|64 comments
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by maltalex 9y ago
> I'm pretty sure humanity is already past the point where this question is timely. We have many cameras watching us all day long and ten years from now there will be even more. Really? Do you have cameras looking at you all day at
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by maltalex 9y ago
Would you love that camera if it was pointed at you? The trade-off between the convenience of having an always-on camera and living in a society in which everyone has an always-on cameras seems like a no-brainer to me. There's even a B
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by maltalex 9y ago
Good for Intel. This might just be the start of a new, big, market at a time when they desperately need to diversify their sources of revenue. Seeing them achieve that through in-house innovation as opposed to copying (or buying) competing
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by maltalex 9y ago
There's nothing paradoxical about that. Google products come with visible and invisible strings; this, at least for now, doesn't.
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A simple idea: strip CO2 from the air and use it to produce fuel(theguardian.com)
7 points by maltalex 9y ago|1 comments
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by maltalex 9y ago
Revenue from PCs: 9B$ (52.5% of Total Revenue) Revenue from servers: 5.6B$ (32.7% of Total Revenue) That's ~85% of revenue from products affected by Meltdown and Spectre.
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by maltalex 9y ago
There need to be a very compelling reason to rewrite 7 million lines of code in a different language. The fact that there were enough of those to rewrite Firefox doesn't mean that it makes sense for other projects.
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How to fight mass surveillance even though Congress just reauthorized it(washingtonpost.com)
1 points by maltalex 9y ago|0 comments
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Tests Show Tiny PC Performance Hit from Meltdown, Spectre Fix(pcmag.com)
2 points by maltalex 9y ago|0 comments
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Red Hat reverts microcode update to mitigate Spectre, refers to hardware vendors(ma.ttias.be)
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Stealing the Internet – A Routed, Wide-Area, Man in the Middle Attack (2008)(youtube.com)
1 points by maltalex 9y ago|0 comments
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by maltalex 9y ago
The relevance of "you cannot solve people problems with technology" point is debatable. Sure, some problems you can't solve, but a properly designed system can definitely reduce the risk of human error - we've seen this
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by maltalex 9y ago
I agree. It's a matter of balance between the two. Especially when you don't know which "end" of the judicial system you might face, if any. You might be accused of a crime and then you'll be rooting for the rights

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