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871.
by neolog 6y ago
Does linux have a screen locker that is reasonably secure?
872.
by neolog 6y ago
Laptop is stolen.
873.
by neolog 6y ago
On most of my linux computers it always works. On one of them it works 90% of the time, which sounds high but is really annoying. (Probably an interaction with AMDGPU.)
874.
by neolog 6y ago
Locking the screen doesn't enable FDE though, does it?
875.
by neolog 6y ago
What is a good strategy for most convenience while securing private data on a laptop that could be stolen? Full disk encryption is good for when the machine is powered off. What about for the scenario when it gets swiped during the work day
876.
by neolog 6y ago
> Also, how many of the Ryzen units (and nVidia) are being scooped up by bots? Why does it matter?
877.
by neolog 6y ago
Poetry solves the problem and is extremely popular.
878.
by neolog 6y ago
The experimental branches point is a good one. I'm not convinced about "large-scale truly distributed projects" though. Larger scale projects than that are hosted on github.
879.
by neolog 6y ago
Today git is mostly used the same way as a centralized version control system, no?
880.
by neolog 6y ago
Pretty common at parties and other social gatherings.
881.
by neolog 6y ago
PyPy is much faster than CPython.
882.
by neolog 6y ago
Dan, I'm curious how all those people listed at the bottom read the post early. I sometimes want early feedback on my writing and you seem to be getting it from a lot of well known people. How do you do that? Do you just email them all
883.
by neolog 6y ago
Is that font the highest resolution it can be?
884.
by neolog 6y ago
Did you mean "Ask HN"?
885.
by neolog 6y ago
It's been years since I tried to use Beziers but I remember feeling like I didn't understand what it was doing. This is much more predictable. What's the explanation for what's happening when it ...explodes?
886.
by neolog 6y ago
I don't see anything anti-American about this article at all. What are you referring to?
887.
by neolog 6y ago
> 0 CPU time I meant to assume 5ms CPU time: 12 input + 5 processing + 15 output = 32. Add 5 for network round-trip to get 37. > 5ms roundtrip 5 ms network round-trip or less is common in offices or homes with fiber. Here's ICMP
888.
by neolog 6y ago
How long is the rest of the latency chain? For example, keyboard input over usb is gonna be ~15 ms, processing time is gonna be >5ms, and display time like 12ms. Adding those comes to a minimum of around 32ms. [1] I'm not sure if I
889.
by neolog 6y ago
It's a little bit low-resolution?
890.
by neolog 6y ago
> What languages exist that are hard to write bad code in? Plenty of languages exist that are hard to write any code in, good or bad.
891.
by neolog 6y ago
Doesn't it depend on the person's network setup?
892.
by neolog 6y ago
Handwriting doesn't necessarily mean "fun".
893.
by neolog 6y ago
If you quote instead of giving numbers then people can follow what you're saying.
894.
by neolog 6y ago
> so wildly inappropriate Comic Sans is a nice handwriting-style font. Isn't it just the name that makes people think it's inappropriate?
895.
by neolog 6y ago
What's the intended use case? Is it supposed to be "a better F#, for the JVM"?
896.
by neolog 6y ago
Looks like they're common anyway though. > According to Petchi, there are around 1.2 million pet dogs across Iran and about 350,000 of them are in Tehran. https://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-iran-dog-walkers-201
897.
by neolog 6y ago
Are there any places where dogs are not allowed as pets?
898.
by neolog 6y ago
A transaction is good if both parties benefit, but in this transaction I end up with a product worth less to me than I paid.
899.
by neolog 6y ago
What's bold about "<advertising company> products are adware"?
900.
by neolog 6y ago
The second case is not persuasion and it is a moral harm.

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