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   by papaf 11y ago

   For starters, running your own email server is tough For personal use this isn't true if you're reasonally comfortable with linux. I have been running my own email server for years with little maintenance apart from the occasion
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   by papaf 11y ago

   Soylent News is OK and meant as a Slashdot replacement. Its suffering from a lack of community though.
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   by papaf 11y ago

   I still visit daily. The occasional brilliant comment makes it worth it.
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   by papaf 11y ago

   This is more than a weekend's worth of work I usually think of weekend projects as something done over many weekends - I can't manage much in a single weekend.
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   by papaf 11y ago

   Nearly all webmail UIs are written using PHP. Given that 78% of PHP installs include at least one vulnerability [1] it would be good to have a webmail UI written in some other language. [1] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014&
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   by papaf 11y ago

   I started on: https://fossil.alienscience.org.uk/repos/alien-mail/home It is paused because IMAP seems to be the hardest part and I started a project with others to implement an IMAP server in Go: http
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   by papaf 11y ago

   I refuse to get caught up in this fake issue of diplomats negotiating things in secret Diplomats and lobbyists: https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/lookup.php?type=i&q=Trans-... If Nike gets a voice why don't
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   by papaf 11y ago

   I have Arch on 4 computers at home but I am typing this on Ubuntu Mate 15.04 because it was the one of the only distributions to support my Baytrail 32bit UEFI nightmare netbook. I have to say, its nice to be back. I am using the latest ker
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   by papaf 11y ago

   As I understood, the original idea with go gettable libraries was that: - All releases go on master. Dev goes on separate branches. - Do not make backwards incompatible changes. If you need to make big changes, make another proje
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    by papaf 11y ago

    I have found the GPL is workable in web projects: https://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/132485/does-... I understand why people don't like the GPL but its not a showstopper for most business applica
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    by papaf 11y ago

    I find Mercurial easier to use, even though I use git much more. I also find it harder to shoot myself in the foot with Mercurial - I've destroyed (but not lost) work with git quite a few times. Mecurial is super easy to learn - there
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    by papaf 12y ago

    That was worth a read to see him factorize Jupiter. I was wondering how flexible the language is, and that kind of answered the question.
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    by papaf 12y ago

    Research suggests that Cuba has good healthcare and a low infant mortality rate: http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/content/35/4/817.long There is propaganda on both sides, it is obvious by now that communism suck
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    by papaf 12y ago

    1. Windows playing well with other OS on my laptop. I updated my Windows 8 to Windows 8.1 and I could no longer boot into Linux I hadn't used Windows for about 12 years when it came on a new PC that I bought. I installed Steam and pl
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    by papaf 12y ago

    This is really impressive. There are several failed attempts at mailserver setups in the Docker registry. I understand the need to have charge for more featureful setups. However, the free version is useless without DKIM and SPF support - o
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    by papaf 12y ago

    Maybe the Australian tourist board could adopt the slogan, "Australia, not as bad as North Korea". Or maybe the Australian people could aim a little higher?
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    by papaf 12y ago

    I recently looked at providers. For wider adoption, it would be good to use a ZRTP service to contact normal phones (PSTN). Silent Circle actually does this: https://silentcircle.com/services Unfortunately the monthly cos
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    by papaf 12y ago

    Is browsing the Internet with such a big chunk of functionality missing really so much better? I've been a no-script user for 3 days. I'd say the experience is better until I hit a useful site that requires javascript - when thi
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    by papaf 12y ago

    There was discussion on Slashdot yesterday about the Thinkpad X1 Carbon: http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/15/03/14/1454240/tested-l...
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    by papaf 12y ago

    So all this, plus the details in the doc, imply that the Go GC isn't very good. Just an amateur opinion: I do not think Go the language is suitable for a copying collector and all GCs that are generational require copying (although i
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    by papaf 12y ago

    Most people think that auto should not be used much, but Herb Sutter recommends that everyone should use it much more. His argument is convincing: https://github.com/CppCon/CppCon2014/blob/master/Presenta
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    by papaf 12y ago

    Driver support in the Odroid C1 downloadable Ubuntu image is complete (as far as I can tell) and Ubuntu runs quite well. I was unable to get X running on Arch Linux despite the drivers being available.
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    by papaf 12y ago

    Say goodbye to educational loans, healthcare loans, car loans You make a good point and I do not want to undermine it. However, it is worth pointing out that people don't have to take out educational and healthcare loans in most of t
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    by papaf 12y ago

    I run one of these and I am quite happy with it: http://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv7/marvell/mirabox The arch support is good (apart of wireless).
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    by papaf 12y ago

    I think he is being reasonable and helpful. Q. I can't stop fsck. Brian: You can add a parameter to kernel startup. Q. This does not help because I want to stop one that has started. I should raise a bug. Brian: Don'
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    by papaf 12y ago

    In terms of energy usage, transporting people by plane is not that efficient compared to alternatives: http://adl.stanford.edu/aa260/Lecture_Notes_files/transport_...
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    by papaf 12y ago

    Have you tried the pepper flash player? http://forum.odroid.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2374
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    by papaf 12y ago

    The mirabox has dual ethernet and arch linux support is good. The box is a little expensive and I have never got wifi to work but as a router/firewall it does the job: https://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/c-14-gtimir
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    by papaf 12y ago

    Would you use the open source Lima driver? Is it usable now?
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    by papaf 12y ago

    The US is the world's largest economy, roughly 70% larger than China in fact. I saw an article recently that would contradict your assertion: http://uk.businessinsider.com/china-overtakes-us-as-worlds-l...