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by null_ptr 13y ago
The Internet will always be part of mankind's future in one form or another. Given its infancy, in this sense, everyone online today is an Internet pioneer.
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Ask HN: Do patent trolls hassle open source projects?
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I Knew a Programmer Who Went Completely Insane(startingdotneprogramming.blogspot.com)
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by null_ptr 14y ago
I'm sorry to be mean, but with a 1994 feel like that, no wonder it didn't get the attention and interest it deserved. And this is coming from an enthusiast. Hopefully someone will take the reins and do it justice though.
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by null_ptr 14y ago
I don't think it's difficult to draw a line between a dude keeping a list of movies he watched and a "This domain may be for sale, meanwhile search for shoes and mortgages" clone page. We shouldn't be afraid to call things out for what they
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by null_ptr 14y ago
How many of them will go through all four years and complete the degree? Based on experience from my undergrad, quite a few switch majors after 1st or 2nd year, and most of those who stick with it purposefully choose the absolute minimum CS
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by null_ptr 14y ago
Hi, are the blog commenters' lawsuit fears legitimate?
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by null_ptr 14y ago
What simple things was Cinammon lacking? I actualy enjoy using it more than any other DE I ever used. It keeps the traditional things I want and has a clean modern feel, and is easy to customize without overwhelming you with choices.
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by null_ptr 14y ago
I don't understand why bicycles are allowed to drive on roads alongside cars. It is such an obvious hazard for the bikers. Fender benders happen all the time, but what happens when one person is behind the wheel of a mamoth SUV and the othe
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by null_ptr 14y ago
You think Vista will get IE10? Doubt it, part of this is also to motivate people to upgrade their OS.
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by null_ptr 14y ago
> Looks like yet another "malvertising" situation. And that's all the same to end users. When will the web evolve past these pests?
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by null_ptr 14y ago
C is still my favourite language of its style, and so far I also worked on C++, C#, Java, and Python projects. None other is as simple and direct. Looking at the book's TOC it looks like there's a bunch of interesting ideas in there, I'm te
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by null_ptr 15y ago
Any small improvement helps even a little towards: 1. Battery life. 2. More RAM for the applications you want to run - an OS should be as unnoticeable as possible, including when it comes to resource consumption.
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by null_ptr 15y ago
My main language is C, and my go-to language for quick programs to get some job done used to be Java. Until I learned Python and realized how nice it is. Now I write all my scripts and tools in Python, it's a superb language. I enjoy C beca
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by null_ptr 15y ago
On a tangent, I wonder if GitHub has any plans to serve binary downloads for projects in the future? Given how sleek the site is, this could make it the one-stop shop for many projects.
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by null_ptr 15y ago
Are specific parts of the transcript such as GPA or individual course grades of any importance, or is the completion of a degree + relevant courses in your specific field enough?
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by null_ptr 15y ago
Looks like they went after big companies and studios too, maybe they will get counter-sued out of existence.
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by null_ptr 15y ago
Well, you can easily set up a friendly page at username.github.com/project with gh-pages, and link users to there.
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by null_ptr 15y ago
Incredible. I took a look at the market just now, it's indeed the dodgiest applications that ask for the most permissions. One that downloads N64 images asks for phone state and identity.
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by null_ptr 15y ago
Just as demeaning as the equivalent "cheap coder" marketplaces. If you're a company in a developed nation, you should be forced to pay your employees and contractors salaries on par with life in your country, not theirs. It's the only way t
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by null_ptr 15y ago
<div id="site"> <div id="left">Fixed left column.</div> <div id="middle">Liquid center column</div> <div id="right">Fixed right column.</div> </d
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by null_ptr 15y ago
analyzes users’ everyday reading habits — what stories are bypassed, what stories are clicked on, and how long they’re read for — to give users a magazine smartly tailored to their interests. So, say goodbye to stumbling on anything new o
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by null_ptr 15y ago
Why would you want to use GoogleSites for code-related things instead of GitHub Pages? This sounds like an awfully cumbersome way of doing things.
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by null_ptr 15y ago
I can't understand why so many people prefer chemical-laced energy drinks to natural coffee. They're more expensive on average, too.
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by null_ptr 16y ago
I've been setting Firefox's minimum font size to 16 for the past couple of years, and my eyes are very grateful. The web is all about text, the sites whose layouts break when I set the fonts two points higher make me sick. There is no reaso
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by null_ptr 16y ago
What's the purpose of being able to inject Flash files into Excel documents again?
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by null_ptr 16y ago
Why would Git be any better? They're both tools that ultimately accomplish the same thing.
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by null_ptr 16y ago
I never played Minecraft, nor do I have an X360. But seeing this is absolutely disgusting, not even the slightest attempt was made to disguise wholesale copying! Awful, I hope this doesn't see the light of day.