mmphosis

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by mmphosis 12y ago
workflow: porting code between everything, running bash scripts, building software. Reduce vulnerability. No system is invulnerable, but sadly we run Windows in a sandbox or not at all. And portability , I don't care if you fake it a
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The Trouble with EM ’n EN (and Other Shady Characters) (2001)(alistapart.com)
4 points by mmphosis 12y ago|1 comments
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by mmphosis 12y ago
√ no fans. √ retina display.
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by mmphosis 12y ago
But, don't you need an email address to sign up to these sites in the first place?
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Thieves fry Kenya's power grid for fast food(aljazeera.com)
6 points by mmphosis 12y ago|1 comments
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by mmphosis 12y ago
What works is consistency between UIs. The QWERTY keyboard has won, for example. Having used the Mac for so long, I am trained to use my thumb for cut, copy, paste -- command X C V. Using my pinky finger in place of my thumb is a painful
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by mmphosis 12y ago
Timing is everything. The Apple II was special because it was released in 1977 with bit-mapped color graphics and sound. The Apple Disk II disk drive was released in 1978. Being a few years early with an all-in-one computer with a fast di
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by mmphosis 12y ago
What about all the people working in oil & gas? There are actually fewer people with jobs in oil & gas compared to other industries. http://credbc.ca/role-energy-sector-bcs-economy/
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by mmphosis 12y ago
I don't usually use mobile and my monitors are not stacked tall enough yet to avoid scrolling. I often struggle with pages that have a fixed heading and scrolling body that doesn't usually seem to scroll the correct amount and th
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Largest deal in Dragon’s Den history [video](cbc.ca)
1 points by mmphosis 12y ago|0 comments
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by mmphosis 12y ago
It means that caching is often more trouble than it’s worth.
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Unlike Other Tech Giants, Amazon Doubles Down on Coal(cleantechnica.com)
4 points by mmphosis 12y ago|1 comments
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by mmphosis 12y ago
http://vision.ucsd.edu/~kbranson/stopchocolateslavery/main.h...
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by mmphosis 12y ago
Now we just need Apple's Objective C / Swift to move to github. :) Sorry, not going to happen. :(
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by mmphosis 12y ago
Uses SwitchResX to get the iMac to actually display in 5K?
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by mmphosis 12y ago
Yes, take it back to the store for a refund. We took back a Win8 HP and got the money back. Now we have a Win8 Dell. And every-time I hear about a problem, I've repeatedly said "Take it back, and get the money back." Too l
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by mmphosis 12y ago
All that complexity (and space) to handle the cache, why not simply add more cache, lots more cache, and don't use RAM at all?
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How Jumbo Glacier Resort Became a Municipality with No Residents(desmog.ca)
1 points by mmphosis 12y ago|0 comments
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by mmphosis 12y ago
In a truly non-competitive system, we might be more conscious and more connected. Our internet connections might be routed using free high-speed publicly available internet and people would complain. Instead we have an absurd situation wher
890.
by mmphosis 12y ago
I think that selling water only brings more scarcity. Money is cheap. Maybe we need a monetary system backed by clean drinking water. Money as water. WaterCoin could be created by producing clean drinking water. The algorithm would encou
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by mmphosis 12y ago
Python for readability. C for speed.
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by mmphosis 12y ago
VC wants to make money. VC wants to make money off of your work/startup/company. VC makes money using the given terms. When it comes right down to it. The money they "give" is not given. It is a loan with terms and con
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Fuel of future produced at Russia's high-tech underground plant(rt.com)
2 points by mmphosis 12y ago|0 comments
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by mmphosis 12y ago
"Real" journalism is difficult to find. Maybe look locally, internationally, and places that you've not been before. http://thetyee.ca/ http://www.democracynow.org/ http://rt.com&
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by mmphosis 12y ago
I think there is a huge opportunity for VCs and everyone else here. Invest directly in solar and wind installations. Small enterprises (startups) do home installations and the customer pays the company with interest like a micro-utility.
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by mmphosis 12y ago
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-china-investment-trea... http://www.ctvnews.ca/business/canada-ratifies-investment-de... http://www.leadnow.ca/stop-fipa/
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by mmphosis 12y ago
Most likely you are right that you can install without already needing Common Lisp for your particular platform, but that is not always the case. http://www.sbcl.org/porting.html
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Nomad: The Go Everywhere Espresso Machine(kickstarter.com)
1 points by mmphosis 12y ago|0 comments
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The Meme Hustler (2013)(thebaffler.com)
2 points by mmphosis 12y ago|0 comments
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by mmphosis 12y ago
I might give a fake address in the same zip code.

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