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by maximilian 15y ago
You can also just pop in the OS X cd and change the password at boot.
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by maximilian 15y ago
In the article, it mentions that the password are hashed using SHA-512. As has been mentioned before, using such a fast hashing scheme for passwords is a terrible idea. Any idea as to why they do it this way? (instead of using bcrypt)
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by maximilian 15y ago
According to Anandtech[1], TRIM only works on Apple purchased SSDs. However, it is recommendable to get one anyway with or without TRIM support. [1]: http://www.anandtech.com/show/4205/the-macbook-pro-review-13...
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by maximilian 15y ago
and Switzerland. At least we have Simfy, but it'd be nice to see the difference.
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by maximilian 15y ago
> Smart sysadmins "salt" the passwords, which requires cracking. As has been mentioned previously on HN, smart sysadmins use bcrypt making the entire password cracking exercise nearly impossible.
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by maximilian 15y ago
I have to admit I was quite surprised by this part of the article. Can someone give a slightly more detailed example of how this works and more specifically how most people manage it? Basically you get stock from your options (which you exe
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by maximilian 15y ago
According to Anandtech, at least the new 13",15",17" when ordered with an SSD builtin have TRIM support. 3rd party drives are not supported. I don't know about the Airs though -- He alludes to it in another article, but I can't find defin
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by maximilian 16y ago
Have you done any benchmarks regarding inter-GPU memory bandwidth (i.e. GPU1->GPU2) vs. GPU1->host->GPU2? I am working on multi-gpu problems, which are often throttled by bandwidth limitations. Does the new SDK have examples o
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by maximilian 16y ago
Although I am a normally shy person, I find that at academic gatherings such as conferences and workshops, I can very easily talk to people. "What do you work on? / What is your topic area?" is such an easy question and they are guaranteed
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Compilers status: Visual Studio, GCC and LLVM(g-truc.net)
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by maximilian 16y ago
I remember reading something about an anesthesiologist who got into hacking the scheduler targeting desktop use cases. He generally said that the scheduler gets a lot more attention from people who care more about server work loads and suc
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by maximilian 16y ago
They have compute nodes with GPUs. From their website: 22 GB of memory 33.5 EC2 Compute Units (2 x Intel Xeon X5570, quad-core “Nehalem” architecture) 2 x NVIDIA Tesla “Fermi” M2050 GPUs 1690 GB of instance storage 64-bit p
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by maximilian 16y ago
I also thought something along the lines, "wasn't this an April fools joke...". I'm glad someone found it so I could see it again.
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by maximilian 16y ago
From things I've read on Steve Jobs, he seems equally interested in the industrial of building the products he designs[1]. I've also heard their lead designer Jonathon Ives talk a lot about materials and how to use them, which I think under
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by maximilian 16y ago
Is this a result of the refactoring of gcc for >4.5 such that it supports a more plugin style/modular architecture? It would seem that targeting gcc's intermediate representation and using its optimizers and backend would be a powerful
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by maximilian 16y ago
Some people in academia I know use it, and it really suits them. It types like a real macbook, but weighs 2/3 of a normal macbook. For traveling around and such, it seems very practical.
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by maximilian 16y ago
How do you get flash to proxy properly? I've had trouble previously with flash not respecting the OS and browser proxy settings.
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by maximilian 16y ago
Also, sparkfun has much more compelling hardware offerings that have much smaller and useful form-factors that are pin-compatable with the arduino hardware (just not form-compatable).
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by maximilian 16y ago
FTA: To make this product work on a mass scale, you need the government guarantee--and the government's ability to shield those loans from bankruptcy. The default rate on student loans is 7%, not all that much lower than the current 8.8%
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by maximilian 16y ago
It just hangs ruby (like in an endless loop)
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by maximilian 16y ago
I'm getting some stuttering, which is pretty annoying.. When it doesn't stutter it looks great though!
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by maximilian 16y ago
I hate it when I do that! Obviously 25 cents. http://verizonmath.blogspot.com/2006/12/verizon-doesnt-know-...
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by maximilian 16y ago
I like it pretty well so far, as it nicely recognizes authors and gives you all their latest work. Bookmarked for use later.. hopefully it does a nice job at getting me the articles I need by title, which sometimes google scholar doesn't do
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by maximilian 16y ago
Are the game cards not following IEEE floating point spec? I really should ask this on the nvidia cuda forums to get a really good answer. Edit: Wikipedia says that the Tesla cards have 4X higher double precision performance than the game c
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by maximilian 16y ago
What I keep seeing is that the Fermi video game cards (GTX480) is faster than the scientific computing minded (Tesla C20 ) cards. According to those graphs, the difference isn't trivial either, which is kinda surprising.
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by maximilian 16y ago
I now know about convertible notes, so there you go.
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by maximilian 16y ago
Google has a new launcher that I think is developed by the dude who made quicksilver (who now works at google afaik) http://code.google.com/p/qsb-mac/
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by maximilian 16y ago
Higher rate my foot. Cell phones in Switzerland and Germany are crazy expensive. It costs people like 0.20 cents to call someone with a phone, and I pay like 0.25 cents or something. When I used to have a phone in Germany, I used to spend u
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by maximilian 16y ago
You have this problem: http://xkcd.com/477/ I know I have it sometimes. I think sometimes we just get in this bad habit of letting our mind escape to easier things. I'd say just redirect that traffic, turn off the internet or something an
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by maximilian 16y ago
Whats the deal with the rabbit that keeps popping up? Is it the physics simulation's Lena?

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