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by nzmsv 16y ago
The railroad also helps with strings of light of a different kind - fiber optics. It connects Europe to Asia through the Internet too.
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by nzmsv 16y ago
Some people really like designing toys. And at least IEEE thinks it's a cool job: http://spectrum.ieee.org/consumer-electronics/gadgets/shanno...
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by nzmsv 16y ago
Online stores and payment providers have profiled countries for a long time now. It wasn't long ago that logging into your PayPal account with a Russian IP would instantly block it. Yes, this kind of treatment is discriminatory. But this is
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by nzmsv 16y ago
Try reading Indian news every day for a month or two. I think you'll find many headlines quite similar. The media in any country goes for sensationalism, and disasters fit the bill perfectly.
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by nzmsv 16y ago
You can do OOP in VB. It is almost proper OOP: the only thing not supported is real inheritance. So for every method in your child class you have to write some boilerplate to make a call to the parent. As a side note, there was a really awe
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by nzmsv 16y ago
This is the outcome that patent trolls hope for. And this has been going on even before software patents. Look up the story about Feynman and the nuclear airplane.
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by nzmsv 16y ago
To write Java well you have to understand object-oriented programming. I think first learning to program is easier without OOP, or GUIs for that matter. But if you already know the basics, learning OOP is a good next step. Not trying to for
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by nzmsv 16y ago
Hosting your own blog makes it vulnerable to Slashdot (and now HN, Reddit, etc.) effect. Also, a server (and even a shared hosting account) requires maintenance and monitoring to make sure you aren't serving viruses to your users. Many seas
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by nzmsv 16y ago
Python. Easy to get started, but also very capable.
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by nzmsv 16y ago
My first thought was "Hackers" (the movie). I am appropriately ashamed :)
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by nzmsv 16y ago
I found Fundamentals of Computer Graphics by Peter Shirley to be a great intro book. Yes, it's a textbook, but it's one of the better written ones. I like that it also teaches you how to code the algorithms, not just the math behind them. I
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by nzmsv 16y ago
I don't think there is a single reason Opera is unpopular. It just doesn't have a single stand-out feature people can associate it with. Firefox's thing was openness, and an ecosystem of extensions. Chrome's is speed (and openness, and bein
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by nzmsv 16y ago
I know WHS is probably easier to set up, but Microsoft did not pioneer the concept of "drive extender". Linux had something called LVM since 1998. According to Wikipedia, IBM AIX had a similar feature in 1989. MS also had similar capabiliti
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by nzmsv 16y ago
Forgive my ignorance, but what are the legal issues with running your own GSM cell? Is there a legal way to operate in the licensed part of the spectrum?
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by nzmsv 16y ago
> Europe, Far East, Russia trust science way more They do?
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by nzmsv 16y ago
While I disagree with what Lamo did, Manning is an idiot for bragging about what he did to anyone, and the "Russian roulette" argument is perhaps sound.
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by nzmsv 16y ago
Since I could get in by deleting the cookie, for a while I actually thought I was banned, and was trying to remember if I've posted anything stupid lately.
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by nzmsv 16y ago
Samsung's SoC's have an MMU and will run Linux. Take a look at the Hammer board ( http://www.tincantools.com ). Some of NXP's ARM microcontrollers have an external memory bus (but most don't have an MMU), and will run uClinux given enough R
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by nzmsv 16y ago
Why limit yourself to falling in love only with non-technical people? :)
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by nzmsv 16y ago
So apparently Coke still has cocaine, and most companies are big conspiracies... If you ignore the the tin-foil hat stuff though, there are some good tips in the article.
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by nzmsv 16y ago
But the morals of a society are not constant. They are a function of the morals of the individuals living in a society. What was perfectly acceptable in the 12th century is barbaric now. In a century or two we will seem barbarians to our de
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by nzmsv 16y ago
Upvoted. Going off on wild goose chases will waste more of OP's energy, money, and time. Quacks like homeopaths thrive on the troubles of exactly the kind of people who have tried other cures and are desperate.
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by nzmsv 16y ago
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1173226
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by nzmsv 16y ago
I use LaTeX for most word processing, because I find it gives me control over the right things, and automates the right ones at the same time.
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by nzmsv 16y ago
I recently saw a posting at Altera which said they required a full transcript for anyone with less than 8 years of work experience. Needless to say, I did not apply.
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by nzmsv 16y ago
Don't actually do the car velcro mount. There's a reason every car owner's manual says to never do this - if the airbag deploys, the passenger will have the iPad embedded in their skull.
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by nzmsv 16y ago
Sadly, people will just stick this, and any random USB device into their computers. I can't remember the company in question, but there was a story about a security audit where the hacker team got in by handing out free USB drives in the
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by nzmsv 16y ago
From the article: A lot of people think we get thousands of applications for each funding cycle. In fact we usually only get several hundred. I wonder how many applications YC is getting these days, and if the number is now in the thousan
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by nzmsv 16y ago
Also, converting the entire site to https will get the referer back. At least with Firefox: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.http.sendSecureXSiteReferr...
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by nzmsv 16y ago
The Chumby has no battery backup, which for an alarm clock is just inexcusable. EDIT: Looks like the new one does. Now I want one :)

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