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   by ominous 10y ago

   So I take it is ok to mention it reminds one of 1984, but not the reason it is so? Should I refrain from trying to mention certain established world events regarding the relation of this post and 1984? Thank you, I'll be careful from n
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   by ominous 11y ago

   How much photosynthesis do you think the average planet does with its star? Enough to justify chloroplasts? How much complexity do you think the average mind generates with its time? Enough to justify the ATP? How much thinking do you think
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   by ominous 11y ago

   There is no point, no "for" reason. Only a "because" reason. Because you were given time. You are here because you were given time. Don't look for a point. Look for uses for time.
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   by ominous 11y ago

   "The internet is used for (mostly) legal purposes"
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   by ominous 11y ago

   Ubuntu ate Linux (or GNU/Linux), as it seems, for the mainstream world. I hate it. I bet Stallman, Ken Thomson, the GNU Project, Bell Labs and many others are crying and laughing at the same time. We live in a world built upon the prev
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   by ominous 11y ago

   We have reached peak npm.
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   by ominous 11y ago

   I have been using paste.click [0] for a while, it is similar to this. I use to share snippets of code, or screenshots [0] http://paste.click/
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   by ominous 11y ago

   This kind of article is interesting, revisiting predictions.
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   by ominous 11y ago

   Most numbers are. Exact.
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    by ominous 11y ago

    They meant to say "functional" instead of "ugly" ? Or "with a focus on content versus design"?
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    by ominous 11y ago

    Could Apple then invalidate what it was previously coerced to say AND not expect government retaliation or censorship?
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    by ominous 11y ago

    The triangles are meant to be http://www.simppa.fi/blog/the-new-particle/
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    by ominous 11y ago

    "Do you want servers to figure out that you're blocking ads at the network level," I don't want anything. The server has content, I GET content. Scenario I: I don't block any content; Scenario II: Same as Scenario I
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    by ominous 11y ago

    > "The ethics of ad blocking" I will never willingly click an ad, period. If I even as much as look at an ad, and if I decide the product merits a bit of my time, I will google for information on the product. Over the years I h
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    by ominous 11y ago

    HN users usually reply to these kind of posts with their first experience using the product being shared, I was just following a trend, in case someone happened to know what this kind of error means. In particular, I saw 'EFILESYSTEMER
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    by ominous 11y ago

    Using Firefox 40.0.3 I can't create a new project. Even after registering. js console says: > [Brackets Filesystem] Unknown I/O error Object { name: "EFILESYSTEMERROR", code: "EFILESYSTEMERROR", errno: 1001,
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    by ominous 11y ago

    Thank you, and I understand. But I'm arguing that the internet is part of the collective memory of Man.
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    by ominous 11y ago

    There is no right to be forgotten in the real world. If anything, damnatio memoriae[0] was a punishment, not a privilege. Just as well, you can't ask for world population to forget a nursery rhyme, or me to forget I saw you riding a Se
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    by ominous 11y ago

    wiki article on the phenomenon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowclone There was a small discussion on the issue previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9844117
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    by ominous 11y ago

    It has a name! Neat. Thank you
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    by ominous 11y ago

    It goes beyond posts. In case you are not aware: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unreasonable_Effectiveness... It happens a lot. "X for fun and profit" and "Y, and so should you" are other example
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    by ominous 11y ago

    The logo is ~= Airbnb logo. edit: ooops. Went to the repo/noticed the url. Disregard :x
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    by ominous 11y ago

    eerie. Reminds me of Snow Crash and its gargoyles, and the information market [0] in the book: Gargoyles are no fun to talk to. They never finish a sentence. They are adrift in a laser-drawn world, scanning retinas in all directions, doing
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    by ominous 11y ago

    What do you mean? People are a natural resource and the government manages that. (only half kidding, sadly. This is China you are talking about.)
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    by ominous 12y ago

    hmmmm what about: "twitter is now rolling out the ability for you to click on stock symbols with a $ sign in front of them. Once you click them, you’ll be able to see all of the conversation about a particular company, much like you wo
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    by ominous 12y ago

    Seems to be down for now. Previous discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3403936
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    by ominous 12y ago

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9205733 Is this related?
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    by ominous 12y ago

    Interesting, thank you! The ever present SO question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11227809/why-is-processin...
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    by ominous 12y ago

    Civilization should have collapsed the moment a large group of people agreed that one element should disclose a specific piece of knowledge, or face punishment. If everything else if my life fails, I want to become a martyr to this cause.
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    by ominous 12y ago

    According to step 7 and 8, you only need to create a copy of the cmd binary and name it sethc. Here's a 'guide' from 2012 http://carnal0wnage.attackresearch.com/2012/04/privilege-esc... And here&#x2