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by pippy 15y ago
Statistically, the Russian space program is safer than the American. They're not exactly famed for their health and safety, in a hilariously stereotypical tradition Russians piss on their rocket (it dates back to Yuri's flight) and until re
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by pippy 15y ago
The problem with this visualization is that you've got X/Y being disapproval / approval. The only case when they're not correlated is during the first few days of entering office. There might be a less confusing way to display the data.
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by pippy 15y ago
I had written a post a while ago detailing why c/c++ programming was borked: http://spottedsun.com/why-cc-sucks/ I removed the fundamentals and only posted a core problem I found with c/c++: prerequisites
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by pippy 15y ago
Realistically you can't do anything about most modern error messages. If you got a backtrace from a gmail error, what can you do? ssh into a google server and fix the bug? Or how about patch your version of office with a binary you made? Yo
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by pippy 15y ago
Will has a good point, but I disagree on a fundamental level. There's three massive core problems with the current media model: 1) Modern media has failed to adapt. When I reinstalled windows I used a pirated version. The key on the side
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SOPA / PIPA has nothing to do with copyright(spottedsun.com)
3 points by pippy 15y ago|0 comments
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by pippy 15y ago
The author of this article is taking the statement too literally. When someone tells you they're bored they're most likely saying "let's go do something together". That kid probably just wanted to play with her mother. If a someone can find
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by pippy 15y ago
That's a libertarian point of view, from a socialist point of view the problem lies with the corporate lobbyists. I have sympathy for the representatives as they are elected on a first past the post basis. They need corporate sponsors to fu
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by pippy 15y ago
Feedback: why not have an option to add a 'secret' POST http variable after purchase? it's not the most secure way but it would stop people from sharing download links.
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by pippy 15y ago
While this is blatant FUD, there may a grain of truth to what MS is saying. Malware and phishing detection are heavily dependent on external servers for accuracy. I hope other browser vendors don't just dismiss these functions MS touts, ins
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Face Detection in images using OpenCV and Python(spottedsun.com)
91 points by pippy 15y ago|15 comments
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by pippy 15y ago
Because lulzsec is comprised of teenagers, it's O.K. for Arizona law enforcement officers to be racist?
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by pippy 15y ago
With Google competing with Microsoft for the Lower to mid range market, Microsoft will have corporate competition on a large sector of their traditionally cornered market. It's going to be an amazing next 10 years for the desktop and web te
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by pippy 16y ago
Isn't the primary benefit in cloud servies reliability? If one of the largest cloud services has an Achilles heel, doesn't that defeat its purpose? I was under the impression if one of the clusters were to be unavailable, the nearest mirror
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by pippy 16y ago
Sadly it's another IE6 hangover. event.preventDefault() does not work in IE6, you have to use event.returnValue = false;. To not break standard compliant browsers you have to have if(event.preventDefault) event.preventDefault();, but by the
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by pippy 16y ago
Everyone programs differently. Every artist paints differently, plays differently or sculpts differently. Programming is an art. Instead of brushes we have ADTs, instead of paint have the UI. If we use the right strokes in the right places,
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by pippy 16y ago
> It might be fine for a single-use application (recipe browser in the kitchen, etc), but it's pretty underpowered for much else. Does anyone actually tablets like this? I can only imagine such a tablet at the bottom of a draw underneat
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by pippy 16y ago
Sadly in the real world 90% of IT jobs can be winged by googling snippets and reworking them. Even worse people judge what's on the outside. I worked with a web dev that didn't even know js and didn't have highschool degree, he got the job
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by pippy 16y ago
ySlow recommends at most 3 stylesheets, and with good reason: the HTML headers and request times can drastically slow a site down. By simply organizing the structure of the file well, you can have a easy to navigate css file. Of course ther
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by pippy 16y ago
If you looked at the image you'd notice it's simply an HTML tag. I'd assume the data wouldn't be accessible with javascript. It's the way it should be, just imagine the vulnerabilities having js enabled microphones would have.
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by pippy 16y ago
http://graph.facebook.com/http://presentcat.com http://graph.facebook.com/http://news.ycombinator.com My site is more popular than HN :D
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by pippy 16y ago
>By the time Kayla was 14 she could fully program C and x86 assembly. FML, I have a CS degree and still can't program ASM.
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by pippy 16y ago
Works great http://min.us/ip99S.gif
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by pippy 16y ago
Taking the device away from games may be the best thing for it. It could have great applications for medical research and physiotherapy. On the gaming application side, it's just a glorified Eye Toy. If you've played it, you know how foolis