pjbrunet

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by pjbrunet 11y ago
I really did consider that. If this was StackExchange, I would have been more specific, but I didn't want to rule out a great tangent conversation about Linux servers.
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by pjbrunet 11y ago
That's funny about the screensaver. I had the same problem. My solution was to reinstall XScreenSaver and set the timeout to a long period of time. Of course, there's various energy-saving apps that might dim the screen and there&
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What's your favorite distro, and why? Nov-2015
11 points by pjbrunet 11y ago|20 comments
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by pjbrunet 11y ago
Everything is too big. Must zoom out. I bought this big screen to see more stuff, not because I'm blind. Also the animation should be optional--sluggish and annoying. It feels slow, like too much Javascript, bad coding. The "colle
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by pjbrunet 11y ago
Yes, as far as numbers go, there's not much ambiguity, unless it's ambiguous math on purpose, like a postulate. Which reminds me, years ago I read an entire book about zero and the evolution of numbers. I think it was http:/
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by pjbrunet 11y ago
I haven't checked in a while, but sometimes a free service like Sendgrid can help. Send 12,000 emails per month free and the stats are pretty cool. PS: I have no affiliation with them :-) I just looked and they have source code posted
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by pjbrunet 11y ago
We're taught to think we understand. But do we? Language offers a black-and-white feeling we're clearly understanding something perfectly. That's an illusion, reinforced by years of approval at school. Language, which science
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What Happened to Bitcoin?(linkedin.com)
1 points by pjbrunet 11y ago|0 comments
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by pjbrunet 11y ago
I assume this means we'll see more beautiful automobiles in a few years.
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by pjbrunet 11y ago
That's what wood glue is for, it's strong as wood if your joint is tight. Personally, I love the look of box joints. Buy a chisel and try one, it's mesmerizing.
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Be Your Own Boss: Tracking the Freelance Economy with LinkedIn Data(linkedin.com)
2 points by pjbrunet 11y ago|0 comments
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by pjbrunet 11y ago
My Facebook friends probably won't get it. But maybe you will? In real life I'm not a drone evangelist/advocate. But the whole idea of registering a potentially autonomous robot that could look like a bird or insect--that ope
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Identify the Unregistered Drone(instagram.com)
1 points by pjbrunet 11y ago|1 comments
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Ad-Blocker Apocalypse(linkedin.com)
2 points by pjbrunet 11y ago|0 comments
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by pjbrunet 11y ago
I'm oldschool, thinking Fidonet + bbPress = huge message network. Each node would need a list of usernames to prevent overlap.
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by pjbrunet 11y ago
I see your point. Above the fold I get two banner ads and a pile of poop in Opera.
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by pjbrunet 11y ago
Men are easier to sketch because shadows, sharp angles and the "irregularities" of your pencil line tend to look masculine. For example, shadows tend to look like facial hair. The slightest flaw on a woman's face is generally
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by pjbrunet 11y ago
Try Opera with user agent desktop?
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by pjbrunet 11y ago
Along the lines of what I was thinking, a new class. I wonder about Google shrinking too. It has been suggested that autocomplete was a way for Google to hide that the number of searches was flat (not growing) and they changed the definitio
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by pjbrunet 11y ago
In general, if publishers are automatically sharing to Facebook without some kind of delay, people will just stay on Facebook. Also consider the private groups on Facebook, they could be sharing paid subscriptions and who would know? The id
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by pjbrunet 11y ago
What's your point? And I've been using the wink smiley for 30 years. You're the first to say something about it.
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by pjbrunet 11y ago
I could write several books on that subject (yawn) but my larger point is that this technology affects billions of people now. Maybe it wasn't obvious at the time, but Slashdot was a big deal and so is Hacker News. These people have a
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by pjbrunet 11y ago
I wouldn't assume 30+ folks don't care. We have been online since the 90s (at least) and we've seen some bad shit in our lifetime. An interesting survey would be: Are you "creeped out" by Facebook? Try that survey o
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by pjbrunet 11y ago
Another reason it failed, they used Ruby--which at the time was a pain in the ass to install. (Would not install on 99.9% of shared hosts and VPS was still a new thing.) I've said it before, I'm pretty sure it would work if it was
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by pjbrunet 11y ago
I was saving up this idea, but here's how you could disrupt Facebook. This is already happening, but it could be automated. In short, automatically DELAY posting to Facebook. Let everybody know at the bottom of all content: This was pu
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by pjbrunet 11y ago
"A popular subject for a tiny, passionate minority that has little relevance relative to the huge number of everyday users out there." Linux did take over Windows. You realize Android is Linux, right? That's 80% of the mobile
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by pjbrunet 11y ago
It seems the author has little appreciation for art. Fine. Either you appreciate art or you don't. Go to Walmart and get yourself a $5 Dali poster. Or just admire your blank walls and call it zen minimalism. Personally, I love non-obje
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by pjbrunet 11y ago
I should be able to easily contact the web host and say, "Heads up, your server is doing some bad stuff." This works because hosts don't want to be in business with scum. They take care of it. Because it's the right thin
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by pjbrunet 11y ago
I read it as: Android is the world leader and free, whereas Windows & Apple are expensive, US-centric platforms.
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by pjbrunet 11y ago
I liked the CloudFlare concept (protecting good people) until I found it protects bad people as well: scammers, thieves, cybersquatters, phishing. CloudFlare makes it very difficult to contact the web host cloaked by CloudFlare. CloudFlare

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