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by naner 15y ago
Here's an anecdote from a HN'er trying to start a business in Germany: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3224374
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by naner 15y ago
You can't invent around policy problems.
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by naner 15y ago
Maybe I'm just getting old but I find any fixed elements on a scrolling page distracting. My brain expects the whole page to move when scrolling yet my eyes are drawn to this bit that is stuck in place. Also these fixed elements tend to be
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by naner 15y ago
I think most peoples' distaste with the self-help genre is that the books often feel more like a distraction or a tease than a source of change and improvement. People read the books and start to feel productive and like the solution to the
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by naner 15y ago
Ignoring the moral aspects here, this is a smart strategic move. Who better to bring a case against bittorrent users than one who knows all their defensive moves? From the other side, lawyers defending bittorrent users against Meier can use
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by naner 15y ago
I have a question, why did git grow so popular? 1. Celebrity nerd Torvalds creates a vcs. It is not terrible. 2. Linux development moves to git. 3. Rails development moves to git. 4. Github.
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by naner 15y ago
2. You get constant updates to the book (errata and such) New editions? On a related note: I know this is ridiculous but I wish I could purchase book diffs upon the release of a new edition. I already read the second edition of CLRS and p
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by naner 15y ago
Debian (unstable) - 4.12-1 http://packages.debian.org/sid/nodejs Ubuntu (11.10) - 0.4.9-1ubuntu3 http://packages.ubuntu.com/oneiric/nodejs Mint - none Fedora - none Arch - 0.6.2-1 http://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/node
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by naner 15y ago
Hit the nail on the head. There are a ton of very enthusiastic people there who collectively have very little technical knowledge.
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by naner 15y ago
Who is "we"?
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by naner 15y ago
I am in a tiny minority here, but I just don't care to travel. You have a friend in Emerson: http://www.ryanholiday.net/emerson-on-travel/
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by naner 15y ago
Well pretty much everything if you ask the plan9 guys. ;) Over the years a lot of the Linux system infrastructure has been reworked: /dev --> udev SysV init --> systemd/upstart su/sudo --> policykit (for desktop stuff) sockets/s
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by naner 15y ago
I disagree. A lot of these old *nix tools are showing their age and could use a refresh based on known deficiencies. Creating new tools won't harm the old ones so I don't see a problem.
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by naner 15y ago
From the horse's mouth: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/09/the_cult_of_sc...
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by naner 15y ago
The only issue is: I need a much larger rez image to put up on the big projector. There doesn't appear to be any size checking at all. I got a doozy: http://senator.jpg.to/
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by naner 15y ago
So do long time emacs users just remember the keystrokes or have some kind of logic like that for them? A bit of both. There is muscle memory of course, but they attempted to lay out the default key bindings logically: Ctrl-k is "kill" an
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by naner 15y ago
Has anyone here built anything on top of Could Foundry yet?
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by naner 15y ago
I think it's more likely Microsoft knew and didn't care. These "obvious" patents have been profitable for quite some time and once you are awarded the patent the burden of proof (and legal costs) falls to the alleged infringer. Also, take t
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by naner 15y ago
If the Prey Project owns the copyright for their code they can have the code released as GPL on github and an "All Rights Reserved" compiled binary in the iOS app store. I doubt this is what they do and accepting outside contributions would
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by naner 15y ago
Right and this also explains other behavior. Take patents, for example. Microsoft took advantage of the laws pertaining to software patents and now that they have a massive patent portfolio, they use them to generate revenue and hurt compet
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by naner 15y ago
Notice that the supporters are software companies and the opposed are Internet companies. Here is a theory I proposed yesterday[1]: Microsoft makes the vast majority of their money selling licenses. So does the entertainment industry. Fo
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by naner 15y ago
Microsoft makes the vast majority of their money selling licenses. So does the entertainment industry. For years these industries (software, music, and video) grew to massive size by exploiting cheap duplication of digital goods and control
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by naner 15y ago
Founding partner Rich Ziade says the company is still "figuring out" their business model. That sounds ominous. But the parser Readability created under the Apache license is being used by Apple and Amazon in millions of devices, neither
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by naner 15y ago
the netbsd kernel.
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by naner 15y ago
In addition to the other suggestions, send a note to Facebook that you purchased their "FaceBook for iPad" app (include a link to the app store page) and are extremely disappointed with the functionality. After Facebook legal complains to A
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by naner 15y ago
There's no technical limitation here: Siri works with rooted phones. Works just as well? I wonder if there are subtle hardware differences (e.g. in the microphone) that make a difference.
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by naner 15y ago
http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/31/republic-wireless-an-androi... There's a brief description. What I've always wondered about this technology (without looking too much into it) is can I start a phone call on my home Wifi, unplug the router
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by naner 15y ago
I'm getting tired of this crap. You're a developer, so why do you work for someone else? Some people would much rather take a paycheck then try to run a business for obvious reasons. Think about the biggest websites you visit or use on a
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by naner 15y ago
It probably would be simpler to just use porn browsing mode to access FB.
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by naner 15y ago
I'm sure he was an asshole and also that he is genuinely trying (and succeeding) to help people. Mel Gibson has issues with antisemitism, racism, sexism, violence and is also one hell of an actor and a pretty good philanthropist as well. Li

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