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by pluies 16y ago
Hmm. I didn't even think about it, it just sounded like the best way to put it — "SICP" as a noun due to the fact that it's so well known. I guess it's not that terrible of a mistake, as you were the only one to notice, but thanks for the c
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So you want to do the SICP...(uponmyshoulder.com)
100 points by pluies 16y ago|33 comments
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by pluies 16y ago
I had high opinions of Etsy after reading about their work environment and ethics, but that is just a terrible move. The only way to minimize the damages would be to roll back the feature completely and apologize. Or turn it off for everyon
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by pluies 16y ago
Absolutely! http://codahale.com/how-to-safely-store-a-password/
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by pluies 16y ago
So do you think teachers just arrive in class on Monday morning and start teaching something out of thin air? A large amount of time is spent preparing material for class, and that time is not "vacation".
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by pluies 16y ago
> Just wanted to point this out for those of you who haven't seen this in the news. It's also interesting for those of us who live in said rest of the world. Thanks!
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by pluies 16y ago
Greetings, non-French comrade! Your quote is a bit off — it reads "the more it changes it, the more it the same". A better way to write it would be "Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose." :) [/language pedantic]
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by pluies 16y ago
Tl;dr: when a user chooses to delete a file on an SSD, it actually gets deleted. Outrage!
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by pluies 16y ago
And? RMS is not a web designer. He has more important things to do.
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by pluies 16y ago
This is amazing. I didn't know this system at all. a-priori's comment is probably in the right then! (And "descenseur" seems to be an actual French word according to http://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/descenseur , so much for showing off and kn
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by pluies 16y ago
Well, this is the pun; although I guess a better description would be "a made-up word with a meaning that might not be instantly clear to non-French speakers" rather than a "pun".
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by pluies 16y ago
There's an interesting pun in this one: http://acidcow.com/pics/20110225/future_11.jpg The label next to "concierge" reads "descenseur". It's a reference to the French word for a lift, "ascenseur", from "ascension", "to go upwards". A des
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by pluies 16y ago
That's probably one of the best comments to demonstrate the "engineer spirit": no quabble about the sexism claims, the quality of the pixel art, or if it's a good way to make people pick good passwords... Mere optimization .
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by pluies 16y ago
It might be Intel trying to impose their Light Peak format. They already decided to postpone USB3 in their motherboards in favor of Light Peak. Maybe the sweetheart deal with Apple over being the first ones to implement this tech included a
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by pluies 16y ago
What about "when you actually have something to say"?
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by pluies 16y ago
Agreed, the design is gorgeous. As said above though, the pricing might be a bit high for a brand new site without a large userbase.
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by pluies 16y ago
Donating. I don't have a PS3 either, but jailbreak should be legal and I hope this can set a good precedent.
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by pluies 16y ago
Okay, grammatical quibbles aside, this blog post is scary . Harvesting that much information about your customers is creepy and dangerous. I don't care that it helps your business or that it's technically feasible, it's just wrong.
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by pluies 16y ago
The best part is when the author explains how Stuxnet attacks SCADA, then goes on quoting Schneier: "(the press often refers to these as SCADA systems, which is technically incorrect)".
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by pluies 16y ago
I work in a French administration. We have a special day, the "journée des nouveaux arrivants" ("newcomers' day") for new hires, where we are taught the history of the service and learn about the different departments. The only problem is,
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by pluies 16y ago
160 people upset enough to complain on the forums .
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by pluies 16y ago
Being French too and _even more_ pedantic, I have to point out it's actually spelt "voilà", not "voila".
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by pluies 16y ago
> This joke has an expiration date of May 3rd this year. Call me Thomas, but I'll believe it when I see it...
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by pluies 16y ago
The threshold is indeed a bit lower than that; I have topcolor with 296 karma.
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by pluies 16y ago
As Donald Knuth would say: "Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it."
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by pluies 16y ago
I'm not 100% sure of that, but if the internet in Egypt is actually blocked by not advertising BGP routes at the ISP level, my guess is TOR will not even work at all. Can anyone confirm?
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by pluies 16y ago
Now for "other", there's something: I work for the IT dept of a French administration while finishing a software engineering degree. :)
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by pluies 16y ago
Thanks for the link, I did not know 3mindme. Turns out David Barrett had that idea before, which is cool, and supports more syntax than remaildr does, which is extra cool. Oh well :)
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by pluies 16y ago
Glad you like it! :)
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Show HN: remaildr.com, my pet project
4 points by pluies 16y ago|5 comments

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