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by mattdotc 12y ago
Thanks for chiming in with that info. I wasn't able to get a date from Dell, but they did send me to the same blog that yohui pointed out. I'm definitely waiting for the developer edition, precisely for the reason you mentioned,
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by mattdotc 12y ago
I had no idea they were still doing that. The last time I purchased a laptop for personal use was the ~2007 Inspiron 1420n Ubuntu Edition. I generally prefer to work on desktops, but having the option for portability is nice. I still actu
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by mattdotc 12y ago
I'd argue the real freedom fighters are the ones trying to make policy changes rather than exploiting the current system for a quick buck.
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by mattdotc 12y ago
Has an amazing ending, also.
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by mattdotc 12y ago
Wow, this is great. I really have no excuses now to not be playing with this on my downtime.
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by mattdotc 12y ago
>the AT&T case where someone accessed records on public URLs For those not in the know, that someone was weev [1]. 1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weev#AT.26T_data_breach
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by mattdotc 12y ago
I agree with him, to be honest...especially in a lunch room. They get grimy unless the staff is meticulous about keeping them clean and they have to be constantly monitored so that they don't get over-filled. Also, changing the bags
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by mattdotc 12y ago
The author [necessarily] glazed over the more interesting features of the building: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Building#Sus...
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by mattdotc 12y ago
The sad part is that even after seeing experiments like this, I still occasionally get cravings to eat a McDonald's cheeseburger.
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by mattdotc 12y ago
To those of you who got into cooking later in life, consider your experience if you [ever] have kids. You will enrich the rest of their lives if you involve them in the kitchen and teach them some of what you know. I learned how to cook by
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by mattdotc 12y ago
Astute observation. Much care is taken when writing headlines and in the case of news organizations with print editions in addition to their web presence, the web headline isn't necessarily the same as what runs in print because of di
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by mattdotc 12y ago
If you enjoyed that README, you might also like Jason Scott's talks. See this one about the history of early pirates in the BBS days: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5AceLYWE1Q
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by mattdotc 12y ago
When are these ads being forced on you? When you willingly and knowingly visit content providers who make no secret of being supported by advertisements?
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by mattdotc 12y ago
The article answers your question. >the women won’t switch to iron cooking pots because they find them heavy and costly.
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by mattdotc 12y ago
Perhaps a home of the future might have the ability to roll the sheet up or down like window blinds inside the wall depending on the outside environment to self regulate.
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by mattdotc 12y ago
This is great. Reminds me of a certain kind of chain email that I would commonly receive from friends in the late 90s, although I imagine that they likely existed before that time as well. You would get these emails that were thousands of
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by mattdotc 12y ago
>5.1 -> headphone HRTF implementations The technology I tried is intended to be used for real-time games. Individual game objects' audio samples and their positions are run through their filter, accounting for position and the m
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by mattdotc 12y ago
>Scientific theory doesn't mean shit if the resulting product doesn't work. That's the thing, I'm claiming that the implementation I tried DID work. Now, questionable YouTube videos, however, haven't worked for
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by mattdotc 12y ago
>surround sound for headphones (defined as: HRTF implementations) don't work I'm not trying to be an ass, but do you have any hard evidence or citations for that claim? I have been a skeptic of the technology as well, but just
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by mattdotc 12y ago
> Even the New York Times, which is as good of a newspaper as you'll find these days has 'native advertising' which is virtually indistinguishable from regular articles. I'd argue that the distinguishing feature would
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by mattdotc 12y ago
Thanks for the links! Just watched the third and thoroughly enjoyed it.
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by mattdotc 12y ago
There are actually already a few startups exploring this space. One of them [1] sent some employees to speak in November at the New York VR Meetup [2] [1] http://www.floored.com/ [2] http://www.meetup.com/V
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by mattdotc 12y ago
D'oh. Where do I turn in my geek card? Thanks.
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by mattdotc 12y ago
This is really neat idea. The spinning globe is technically a Cool Thing, but I would really like to see a cylindrical projection as an option. I'm not really interested in to-scale landmasses.
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by mattdotc 12y ago
That's awesome! Thanks for pointing it out.
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by mattdotc 12y ago
In addition to 'wall' you can write to another user's tty if you're logged into the same machine with 'write' https://blogs.oracle.com/pranav/entry/how_to_send_message_to...
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by mattdotc 12y ago
Agreed. It's not a simple situation, and I tried not to pass any judgements in my original comment. I do appreciate you clearing up some of the finer points. I'm happy that he can do what he wants now without having to worry abo
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by mattdotc 12y ago
I'm thinking this is an almost-certainty at this point. I doubt they can really do anything about existing builds of Minecraft on non-Microsoft properties, but a Minecraft 2 XB exclusive is the obvious way to get a healthy ROI on the
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by mattdotc 12y ago
Very peculiar seeing this news after Notch was so critical of the OculusVR sale to Facebook. Seeing as I bought my premium Minecraft account on 8/1/2010, I must be due some sort of equity for supporting him at such an early stage.
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by mattdotc 12y ago
>you can train yourself to dedicate that bit of time you have free to working on your own stuff. It won't happen overnight, and you have to be understanding with yourself when you're tired, but a 40 hour a week job doesn't

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