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by nix0n 10y ago
Does anyone know if u/spez edited anything in r/golang?
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by nix0n 10y ago
Similarly, their phones are refreshingly free from carrier-lock or (obvious) crapware.
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by nix0n 10y ago
tl;dr: 17.24%
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by nix0n 10y ago
Yes, because it's an interesting technical and social problem. I do admit the discussion here would have a different tone if the result had gone the other way, but not necessarily a better tone as there's plenty of vitriol on bot
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by nix0n 10y ago
I hope you mean "Stuck" not "suck"? I'm stuck on 5.1 and don't mind it.
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by nix0n 10y ago
Obligatory shoutout to the Moto E, LTE/CDMA, 2nd gen, which takes a 64GB MicroSD (even though it only says it'll take 32). Literally the device I dreamed of when I was a kid, it does calls, text, email, and most of my mp3s. (It
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by nix0n 10y ago
You're correct that disabling location tracking disables place suggestion. But place suggestion is just ads, and unless they've improved it, not even for places that are open. Who needs that?
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by nix0n 10y ago
As someone who switched from Dell to Asus a few years ago, I'd like to know what you think of the XPS's touchpad?
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by nix0n 10y ago
I have had luck with non-game 16-bit programs in Wine, you can look programs up in the Wine database to see if they work: https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iI...
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by nix0n 10y ago
> They know how to do the marketing This is the only necessary component of stardom. When something is actually good, it'll retain its popularity.
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by nix0n 10y ago
Try going to a convenience store or drugstore. You probably won't find 6 eggs but you probably will find quarts of milk.
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by nix0n 10y ago
It's something to work towards, always on the horizon. Kurzweil was a great inventor once but he's a prophet now and he needs to speak prophetically, not scientifically.
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by nix0n 10y ago
What advantages do file system namespaces have over separating by directories and users?
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by nix0n 10y ago
> Arduino/Processing and fullscreen VLC You might find LXDE to be a good choice, it is quite lightweight and I have had success with it for both of these. Extending the desktop across multiple monitors was a bit tricky though, but
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by nix0n 10y ago
I think you mean AOSP (Android Open Source Project) not ASOP (the linked article makes the same typo).
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by nix0n 10y ago
Fyi: The man is from Newton MA, USA. He is not the Apple Newton's inventor.
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by nix0n 10y ago
> the author of the amVim extension i.e. you? https://gitlab.com/crussell/amVim
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by nix0n 10y ago
> if you don't like Facebook use a competitors service. If a good one doesn't exist that lines up with your moral aspirations, create one Is anyone working on this?
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by nix0n 10y ago
Thank you, that's very informative.
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by nix0n 10y ago
https://blockstack.org/docs/how-blockstack-works has some interesting info. I'm on board with the idea of a DNS replacement using a distributed hash table but I'm not clear on why Bitcoin specifically or a bl
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by nix0n 10y ago
> Even if the hashing algorithm is super fast, testing all combinations up to dozens of characters should still be impossible. It's just time consuming, and compute time has gotten a lot cheaper. Advancement in GPU computing, cheap
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by nix0n 10y ago
Laptops are less modular than desktops but way more modular than phones. HDDs, SSDs, and RAM can generally be upgraded, whereas in phones only the SD card can be upgraded. (In both, batteries and screens can be replaced with OEM parts.)
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by nix0n 10y ago
Similarly, algorithms trained to mimic human decisions will mimic human biases. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11753805 (probably others too)
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by nix0n 10y ago
As a cyclist (in Boston), it's somewhat easier to predict that a taxi might (suddenly) decide to park in the bike lane, and it's more surprising (therefore slightly more dangerous) when another car does it.
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by nix0n 10y ago
Life ... finds a way
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by nix0n 10y ago
They seem to have some manufacturing trouble, leading to a recall[0] and pulling the product from the market. They mention Epi-Pen and Adrenaclick[1] as alternatives. [0] https://www.auvi-q.com/recall-faqs [1] http:/
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by nix0n 10y ago
I think some of it has to do with the languages involved. I find the type systems of C/C++/Java to be helpful in figuring out what a piece of code does, as compared to the type systems of Python/PHP/Ruby where it's
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by nix0n 10y ago
How did that go?
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by nix0n 10y ago
I agree that auto-processor-scale on Linux is not great, but I have been able to get good battery life from Linux by using LXDE and keeping the processor on its lowest setting at all times. (This may or may not result in unacceptable compi
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by nix0n 10y ago
> If you have ever ordered pizza from a static IP Most homes in the USA do not have static IPs. So this approach to mapping would not work.

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