mfukar

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by mfukar 16y ago
Maybe, but we all use stereotypes. We imagine/form/accept patterns and they make our lives easier.
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by mfukar 16y ago
If you're referring to rational people who have something to hide, those tend to lose their rationality once the shit hits the fan (like when Arrington posted "So A Blogger Walks into a Bar.."). McClure got pissed off because of an article
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by mfukar 16y ago
Rob Pike should read about D-Bus in the kernel[1], next. Maybe he'll have some comments. No, I mispoke, I think he'll definitely have some comments. [1] http://git.collabora.co.uk/?p=user/alban/linux-2.6.35.y/.git...
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by mfukar 16y ago
That's only because package management "on some distros" (I won't name them, we all know which they are and I'm sure we're talking about the same one) is fubar. I'm not talking about the package manager alone, but also the over-the-top pack
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by mfukar 16y ago
You are a brave soul, sir, putting "harmless" next to "javascript injection".
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by mfukar 16y ago
I was mentioning it as a side-effect, the main reason was to give time to alternative Python implementations to reach Python 3.1.
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by mfukar 16y ago
Python, as per Guido Van Rossum's wishes, is pushing for suspension of all language syntax and built-in changes and work towards preserving semantics, precisely for giving time to alternative implementations time to catch up with CPython, a
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by mfukar 16y ago
Could be precompiled headers, inline functions, etc.
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by mfukar 16y ago
Oh, you're talking about regression testing. While you have a point, I'd like to point out a recent vulnerability [1] that would likely fail many a test for two reasons: - The bug is not concrete. It's not entirely in the kernel, and it's n
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by mfukar 16y ago
You try to make interesting points, but let me give you some indicative examples: - C has a very strong community, and people who don't like C go out there and create their own dialects or substitutes (like Go) without constantly harassing
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by mfukar 16y ago
Indeed, there is no Lisp community. The fragmentation was enough for me to lose interest in the language and several of its dialects (heavily influenced my switch from emacs to vim, too :(), as well as functional programming in general. I w
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by mfukar 16y ago
Kind of old, but the work on Argos is impressive, with several talented individuals behind it. It's been integrated within the NoAH project [1], which is now concluded. [1] http://www.fp6-noah.org/
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by mfukar 16y ago
How would you go about testing system calls?
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by mfukar 16y ago
First impressions are important. Just as I was excited to hear about a decentralized, privacy-aware social network back in May, I am now worried when it's made available for us to watch its course. The fact is, the implementation is obvious
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by mfukar 16y ago
Actually, BD+ and AACS have been circumvented time and again by various people and tools. But regardless, breaking HDCP means we can access the digital uncompressed/unencrypted signal and manipulate it at will, as opposed to relying on the
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by mfukar 16y ago
Fast-flux networks exploit the way DNS works to create overlay networks. But substituting the Internet? I'm not sure how viable it would be.
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by mfukar 16y ago
It's not my assessment, I just happen to agree with it. You disagreed with it yet came to the same conclusion (Microsoft's dominance over desktop). I simply miss the logical step in that process. PS. Also, there are plenty of "digital eco
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by mfukar 16y ago
It seemed to me that Diaspora is trying to hold the code and project together, and the open source community isn't exactly the best for holding code together. We have forks all over the place. I've got a fork, you've got a fork; we all hav
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by mfukar 16y ago
I don't really see how one could speak about wide adoption of the personal computer and not count Microsoft in the equation. The "diverse", as other fellow HNers have kindly put it, computing environment of Atari, Apple, IBM et al was a c
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by mfukar 16y ago
An example would be most helpful (to me, at least).
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by mfukar 16y ago
Really? What's the most popular OS, again?
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by mfukar 16y ago
A point with which I strongly disagree is that some public businesses are profitable so we should leave them alone. A point which I didn't make. Improvements can always take place. But no matter; not all businesses I was talking about are
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by mfukar 16y ago
That is not the case in all countries. In fact, I'm not even sure it applies in the majority. Assumptions of uniformity are usually (uniformly) wrong.
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by mfukar 16y ago
+1 from me. It appears that not many among the HN crowd are willing to accept this, and I'm curious why this matter needs to be overanalyzed, in true geek fashion.
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by mfukar 16y ago
jasonwatkinspdx and hackermom have explained why your statement is highly inaccurate.
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by mfukar 16y ago
If you're not comfortable with interpreted languages, substitute for Java, C++ or other compiled languages. My question still stands for itself.
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by mfukar 16y ago
...allegedly.
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by mfukar 16y ago
It's not too much of a stretch to look at just ' FIXME' as a very sophisticated macro assembler. s/FIXME/Ruby, or Python, or Perl, or any other language. Where does one draw the line that distinguishes a language from a sophisticated enou
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by mfukar 16y ago
It coincides with Pedant's Day.
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by mfukar 16y ago
Who says it hasn't?

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