ochs

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by ochs 12y ago
So if that trackpoint issue happens sometimes (every couple of minutes or so, not on every movement), then that's AFAIK inherent to the technology. It recalibrates itself if you let go of it for a second or two. BTW, having only ever
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by ochs 12y ago
I like the winner-take-all hypotheses best. A lot of people are employed in advertising, marketing, PR, sales, lobbying, law, etc. and even those who are not might be required as part of their job to do some of those things from time to ti
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by ochs 13y ago
I don't think that's true. Phone systems are standardised. There is also free telephony software (like asterisk). The cell phone stuff is more secretive, but it's still more open than Skype, which is completely obfuscated, p
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by ochs 13y ago
I live in a very small apartment and only have a very small freezer inside of my fridge. I suspect that many poor people may not have enough space for a big freezer, not enough money to get a decent efficient one and/or not enough mon
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by ochs 13y ago
How where they false? The PRISM program is real. There is a way for the NSA to automatically access Google's databases, with Google's knowledge under secret blanket (not case-by-case) court orders. They where clearly lying when
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by ochs 13y ago
A kernel of information in a sea of free-market propaganda.
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by ochs 13y ago
I couldn't even see the "close" link because my font was too big and there was nothing that indicated that something was hidden.
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by ochs 13y ago
The solution is easy: if you fork a project and it becomes incompatible with the upstream, rename it . How is anyone supposed to discriminate between the two versions if they have the same name? Also, I'd say, if your software needs l
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by ochs 15y ago
I'm currently using viper-mode (a vi mode that ships with Emacs). I haven't tried evil, and I'm interested why you choose it over viper-mode.
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by ochs 15y ago
It makes no sense for references at all. But references are of course C++, so blame Stroustrup.