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by octotoad 14y ago
I know not everybody is a nostalgic nerd with a thing for tech industry history, but, yeah, I'm two years younger and even I was aware of the general history of Netscape's journey and choices by the time I was 14-15. Perhaps he was too busy
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by octotoad 14y ago
I came on the scene around the time IM and web-based chat rooms (arguably) peaked; 2000. In the 'FOSS' world, aside from mailing lists, IRC was the dominant means of communication. I'm only turning 27 this year, and I really can't wrap my h
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by octotoad 14y ago
Waste of time even linking to such unfounded garbage. I would've been disappointed in myself for reading it, if it wasn't for the comedy factor. The whole thread reeks of trolls and teenage-conspiracy-loving gullibility. Thanks for the laug
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by octotoad 14y ago
This got me thinking about the whole Windows ARM port and x86 compatibility. I'm sure it's been mentioned before, but, why the hell didn't Microsoft make use of .NET for cross-platform compatibility? Have developers write applications in C#
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by octotoad 14y ago
He may be a fanboy, but in this case it makes perfect sense to compare something like the Surface tablet to similar Apple products. Yes, there are other tablet computers out there, and yes, tablets did exist before the iPad, but Apple's off
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by octotoad 14y ago
I automatically interpreted that statement as a reference to the idea that Microsoft is kind of playing catch-up and suffering from a case of 'me too' in the world of tablets and brand-specific retail stores. I personally can't see anything
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by octotoad 14y ago
indiegogo page: http://www.indiegogo.com/hackitat-a-film-about-political-hac... Looks like they were going for $80,000. Almost made it to $30,000. Looking forward to seeing the end result. I can't get enough of documentaries on subjects l
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by octotoad 14y ago
I find this announcement kind of bitter-sweet. It's awesome, amazing and inspiring that a company like Valve has put this much effort in to supporting Linux, no matter what their underlying motives are. At the same time, it's really sad tha
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by octotoad 14y ago
"or connect it to an arduino" As the article mentions, this doesn't seem to be as easy as it should/could be.
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by octotoad 14y ago
Hate to post a comment just to be negative, but, I seriously can't believe this has appeared on the front page of a site like HN. "Welcome to"?. LFS is so old that I would assume any self proclaimed geek/hacker would've already been aware o
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by octotoad 14y ago
I must admit I haven't even visited digg in over four years, but wasn't it originally intended to feature user-submitted content? The front page pretty much screams the exact opposite to me. I instantly pictured a bunch of hired goons sitti
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by octotoad 14y ago
I've noticed this over the years when reading developer blogs via sites like Planet GNOME. In the first half of the last decade, there seemed to be highly motivated, talented groups of contributors who helped build and maintain momentum in
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by octotoad 14y ago
I can understand and appreciate these ideas in some ways, but as others have pointed out, what the author describes seems to be related to more serious emotional issues surrounding confidence and self esteem. Nothing particularly wrong with
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by octotoad 14y ago
This has to be one of the most invaluable filtering techniques I've learned to employ in the past year or so in regard to sites like HN. It seems obvious in hindsight, but I'd never realised how many article headlines ending with a question
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by octotoad 14y ago
You're still 'paying for it the whole time' regardless of whether the phone is turned on or off, assuming you're on a plan. The phone simply being turned on doesn't equate to more calls being made. Like the parent said, turn it on when you
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by octotoad 14y ago
"This was the work of people frustrated that they still don't know the price or launch date of Microsoft's new Surface tablet." I hope that's meant to be some sort of strange attempt at a joke...not that it seems appropriate.
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by octotoad 14y ago
I'm in the same situation at the moment, having just begun a Bachelor of Information Technology through RMIT and Open Universities Australia, which for international readers, is a distance education organization involving several large Aust
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by octotoad 14y ago
Finally, a cheap ATX-compatible ARM board. Give me PCIe and DIMM slots and I'll be salivating. Equip it with something like a dual-core Cortex chip and I'll be throwing wads of cash in all directions.
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by octotoad 14y ago
From the article: "NVIDIA awakened the world to computer graphics when it invented the GPU in 1999." Umm....
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by octotoad 14y ago
Exactly. It's easy to tout this 'cloud' based world as a looming, common-place utopia when you're an uber nerd who is completely detached from everyday 'normal' people who barely understand the basic concepts of the internet/web, or who hav
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by octotoad 14y ago
No, not at all. It's just that statements like "and likewise, developing for the NUC will be as easy as developing for a standard, Windows-based x86 PC; two perks the Raspberry Pi will not enjoy." makes it seem like a lack of x86 support is
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by octotoad 14y ago
The author of this article clearly has no idea about what a system like Raspberry Pi is aiming for. The lack of Windows compatibility is one of its most important features. It's about kids learning to do fun, interesting, challenging things
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by octotoad 14y ago
It's funny watching a project like this progress over the years. You inevitably get the "it's slow and bloated now" comments, but if no new features were added you'd end up hearing people write it off as irrelevant. The new BeOS-style 'desk
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by octotoad 14y ago
I can understand the argument regarding the slow uptake of OS X Steam games, but I can't help thinking hardware plays a small role mainly in relation to more 'hardcore' gamers. One big advantage a Linux Steam box would have over a Mac is th
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by octotoad 14y ago
It's not like every distribution out there uses a different audio framework, graphics API etc. The fundamental components are all the same. Efforts to standardize a lot of things in the free-Unix/Linux world have come a long way in the last
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by octotoad 15y ago
As an 'amateur developer', when I read articles about these new 'movements' I often wonder about the authors who write them. All I ever think is "Wow, this person must have a really cool job with awesome, care-free managers who don't mind l
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by octotoad 15y ago
I'm sure it's been said before, but I don't see why there's this obsession with fixing what isn't broken. Seems like change for the sake of change. The current layout puts the most important element ahead of all else: the headline, the link
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by octotoad 15y ago
Why I Dismiss Webpages Instantly: Green text on black background. My eyes hurt after only a few seconds. It's not 1996.
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by octotoad 15y ago
Almost all of Rollercoaster Tycoon as well. Blew my mind when I found out.
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by octotoad 15y ago
> And Australia slams [insert countries] for not buying Australian goods. And then encourages people to buy products and services that are Australian made. "Ok, so...I should purchase products and services from local businesses to suppo

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