obtino

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   by obtino 15y ago

   > If I were them I'd rather release information they want to the public instead of a random blogger getting a photo and kicking up a firestorm of interest. There were rumours of these glasses in the NYT last December: http://bits.blogs
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   by obtino 15y ago

   It's good to see that it's been released under the Apache License: http://aspnetwebstack.codeplex.com/license
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   by obtino 15y ago

   If you're interested in similar implementations, Microsoft has a non-standard try-except statement in their C library: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/s58ftw19(v=vs.80).as...
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   by obtino 15y ago

   Proves that if you do what you love, you're bound to be successful.
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   The Unix-Haters Handbook(simson.net)

   1 points by obtino 15y ago|0 comments
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   by obtino 15y ago

   This post is about the 'openssl' tool that is provided with the OpenSSL library not supporting IPv6 - not OpenSSL itself! As far as I'm aware, IPv6 support has been provided by the library for a while.
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   by obtino 15y ago

   Interesting fact: If the sum of all digits in the dividend is a multiple of 9, then it can be assumed that the dividend is a multiple of 9.
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   How differential gears work(youtube.com)

   3 points by obtino 15y ago|0 comments
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   1234 and birthdays are common PINs(cl.cam.ac.uk)

   1 points by obtino 15y ago|0 comments
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    Analysis of the Linux Random Number Generator(pinkas.net)

    2 points by obtino 15y ago|0 comments
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    Improving your productivity(blogging.makesmeanerd.com)

    1 points by obtino 15y ago|0 comments
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    Charles Dicken's war on intellectual property(bbc.co.uk)

    5 points by obtino 15y ago|0 comments
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    The History of Thomas Edison - a Short Story(youtube.com)

    1 points by obtino 15y ago|0 comments
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    by obtino 15y ago

    > If Google won't do it, someone else should. Hack together a windows shell extension, with git as a backend and an online doc editor. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Insync provide this functionality? It's not opensource, b
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    Super Bowl websites seized(tecca.com)

    1 points by obtino 15y ago|0 comments
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    by obtino 15y ago

    I concur. Having been forced to use the Lotus email client during my life at IBM, the name 'Lotus' does not conjure up pleasant memories.
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    Graffiti artist makes $200 million from Facebook's IPO (businessinsider.com)

    1 points by obtino 15y ago|0 comments
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    by obtino 15y ago

    One of the resources which psychartrists (and psychologists) use in the diagnosis of ADD/ADHD is by using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders handbook (DSM). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diagnostic_and_Statistical_Man
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    Back to Basics(joelonsoftware.com)

    2 points by obtino 15y ago|0 comments
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    by obtino 15y ago

    This is the reason that I choose buy O'reilly e-books from the O'reilly website. They are the only publisher (that I know of) who puts in the effort to make typography in their e-books beautiful.
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    by obtino 15y ago

    If anyone's interested in an alternative - here's one: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1834305
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    by obtino 15y ago

    Just to clarify what you're saying here: Are you saying that simply because a file is encrypted, that it'd be equivalent to the uncompressed size? There are a fair few modes of encryption (such as CFB, OFB and CTS) out there which ensure th
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    by obtino 15y ago

    Okay, it appears that this server is down. I have a cached copy here: http://bit.ly/rgygsW
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    IPv6 Test (ipv6test.google.com)

    2 points by obtino 15y ago|0 comments
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    by obtino 15y ago

    Apparently not: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-12/google-is-said-not-... Google Inc. (GOOG) isn’t planning to acquire Akamai Technologies Inc. (AKAM), two people familiar with the matter said, countering a report in Business Insid
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    by obtino 15y ago

    A better resource for ECC is from the largest patent holders on ECC themselves: http://www.certicom.com/index.php/ecc-tutorial
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    by obtino 15y ago

    Geolocation is not a part of the HTML5 specification!
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    Italian parents turn to law to evict adult son (bbc.co.uk)

    1 points by obtino 15y ago|0 comments
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    by obtino 15y ago

    The AMD drivers on Linux are absolutely pathetic when used with Xinerama! I've had to give up on Linux on desktop due to this. I've had nVidia cards in the past and they have worked much better on a multi-monitor environment than my current
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    by obtino 15y ago

    Eric's response: "I accept your resignation @paulcarr. Nice timing to post that while I am on a plane. You are a misinformed coward." http://twitter.com/#!/erickschonfeld/status/1148394701839441... The saga rolls on..