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by nixme 17y ago
> Most of the great anchievements of mankind 'wouldn't work anyway' in the minds of the specialists of the age. And they were wrong. Really? Care to provide any examples?
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by nixme 17y ago
They already do: https://familymap.wireless.att.com/finder-att-family/welcome... $9.99/month for two family members. $14.99/month for up to five.
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by nixme 17y ago
Emacs. And yes, I'm very satisfied with it. Everytime I see a feature in another editor I like, EmacsWiki usually has an implementation or guide. Plus emacs has org-mode...
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by nixme 17y ago
Unless the block was at the application layer.
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by nixme 17y ago
> The only possible response to that sort of thing is snark. Uh.. no it's not. You could respond like you just did now and explain that they "were telling someone that he was wrong without any argument."
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by nixme 17y ago
For the confused, check out the #songsincode trend on Twitter: http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23songsincode
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by nixme 17y ago
Gavin Newsom's introductory post on TC: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/19/san-francisco-opens-the...
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DataSF: Dataset Clearinghouse from City & County of San Francisco(datasf.org)
8 points by nixme 17y ago|1 comments
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by nixme 17y ago
You can use the reply link right below a comment so you don't have to refer to someone's nick and the discussion will remain threaded.
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Jodd: Generic Purpose Java Library and Frameworks(jodd.org)
1 points by nixme 17y ago|0 comments
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Presentation Patterns Wiki(jeremydmiller.com)
2 points by nixme 17y ago|0 comments
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by nixme 17y ago
Why not just post some of your ideas here?
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AMS Feature Column: Singular Value Decomposition(ams.org)
57 points by nixme 17y ago|10 comments
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by nixme 17y ago
About your edit footnote, what do you mean by GV voice traffic? GV is not a VOIP solution, it calls your phone which uses your subscription minutes. Usage might increase a bit because international rates are lower, but I fail to see how tha
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by nixme 17y ago
I've heard it called Bus Factor ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_factor ) or Truck Number ( http://c2.com/cgi/wiki/wikibase?TruckNumber ).
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by nixme 17y ago
Oh, I totally agree. Ignore it or flag it if you don't think it should be here, but don't comment on it as if it's serious.
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by nixme 17y ago
Folks, this is supposed to be satire. Everyone's taking this advice seriously again. See my previous comment from an earlier Dudely article: http://news.ycombinator.org/item?id=671618 This is equivalent to getting worked up over an Onion
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by nixme 17y ago
The list definitely has a cutoff. Other lists are available at http://news.ycombinator.org/lists
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by nixme 17y ago
In your original post, you said: > Other operating system provide much more productive human interfaces which enhances productivity far more than raw processing power ever will. (emphasis added) I disagree with that. A highly customiz
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by nixme 17y ago
I think most are misinterpreting this article. Take a look at Dudley B.'s other writing. It's all a tongue-in-cheek commentary on office life, a la Dilbert. For example, "How to surf the web at work and avoid wandering eyes" ( http://www.ex
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by nixme 17y ago
Not that I disagree, but this thread is an interesting point of reference: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.lisp/browse_thread/...
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by nixme 17y ago
He's talking about how Apple made the simulator in the iPhone SDK.
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by nixme 17y ago
If you'd rather not use a proprietary program from a company that makes keyloggers, check out WrongZoom (downloadable link in the readme): http://github.com/spicyj/wrongzoom/tree/master
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by nixme 17y ago
Actually, I think the black bar got added earlier this morning and the footer was just added (last half-hour or so...?), so perhaps the black bar is for a different reason.
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by nixme 17y ago
It's useful for videos to minimize page clutter when you're not watching full screen. Hulu does a similar effect when you hit "Lower Lights" next to a playing video.
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by nixme 17y ago
Link to SFgov site about the service: http://sftwitter.sfgov.org/twitter/
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City of SF now accepting complaints via Twitter(techcrunch.com)
14 points by nixme 17y ago|10 comments
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by nixme 17y ago
Here's a picture I took of Trevor and one of the bots: http://twitpic.com/62qnj
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The Psychology of Incompetence(youtube.com)
9 points by nixme 17y ago|1 comments
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by nixme 17y ago
I think it might be because the output comes from Mathematica's engine, and the best way to render various formulas, tables, charts, etc. is to just use the same graphical output.

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