pronoiac

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   by pronoiac 12y ago

   For JavaScript, I like jshint: http://jshint.com , as I heard jslint was too opinionated.
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   by pronoiac 12y ago

   I moved to San Francisco with a car, but it wasn't very useful most of the time, since everything I needed was in walking distance. Also, parking and street cleaning were a giant pain in the ass.
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   by pronoiac 12y ago

   I tried this back in April: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7616270 I liked the Matasano Crypto Challenges, but this was less informative. It's a list of tasks, not a tutorial. There weren't pointers to resou
4. 694.▲
   by pronoiac 12y ago

   I remember having indented fingertips.
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   by pronoiac 12y ago

   I just checked that Flickr graph, and the ceiling is 70 million photos per month. I just checked, and Instagram boasts 70 million photos per day. [1] So while Flickr may be growing in, say, photos per month, its share overall, year-over-ye
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   by pronoiac 12y ago

   The iPhone 4 is from 2010, the 4s from 2011, and Instagram came out in late 2010. These may be connected. Gizmodo called it pretty much abandoned in 2012: http://gizmodo.com/5910223/how-yahoo-killed-flickr-and-lost-...
7. 697.▲
   by pronoiac 12y ago

   I'm surprised at this - doesn't the Swedish Pirate Party have some ties to the Pirate Bay, and some political power?
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   by pronoiac 12y ago

   This may be a dumb question, but wouldn't this work? * press ctrl-z to put the program in the background * start screen * run fg within screen
9. 699.▲
   by pronoiac 12y ago

   This is a built-in filter with Cinelerra, with no intermediate files required.
10. 700.▲
    by pronoiac 12y ago

    Is the PDF title mangled in anyone else's ebook reader?
11. 701.▲
    by pronoiac 12y ago

    I think we crashed the site. Coral Cache has the front page, at least: http://bellard.org.nyud.net/bpg/
12. 702.▲
    by pronoiac 12y ago

    Hey, I know that domain! I used to use the Dyne:Bolic live Linux CD to edit video.
13. 703.▲
    by pronoiac 12y ago

    The server is overwhelmed. Coral cache: http://spritesmods.com.nyud.net/?art=hddhack&page=1
14. 704.▲
    by pronoiac 12y ago

    I just tweeted at Jason and the Internet Archive, along with this thread for more resources.
15. 705.▲
    by pronoiac 12y ago

    So level 1 has only one problem, 48 hours. Level 2 has two problems, 72 hours apiece. Edit: Level 3: 3 puzzles, 96 hours apiece. How deep does this go?
16. 706.▲
    by pronoiac 12y ago

    I passed the crossword! If you fill in the blanks with, say, "a" you can check your answers as you go. I'm now facing a small coding challenge: 48 hours to come up with code with Python or Java (my choice).
17. 707.▲
    by pronoiac 12y ago

    Wow, this page does weird and horrible things to the history. The back button doesn't work.
18. 708.▲
    by pronoiac 12y ago

    Ah, this dates from a year or two ago. Here's a previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5703946
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    by pronoiac 12y ago

    When you click, you thrust in the direction you're going. The faster you travel, the quicker the points add up.
20. 710.▲
    Voar – a game of orbits(voar.io)

    2 points by pronoiac 12y ago|1 comments
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    by pronoiac 12y ago

    Reminds me of Eschaton! Paging cstross...
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    by pronoiac 12y ago

    For offline maps, I've used MapsWithMe / http://MAPS.ME/ for years. It's based on OpenStreetMaps data. Comparing them, the Nokia solution offers: * offline routing, though it's in the MAPS.ME beta * turn
23. 713.▲
    by pronoiac 12y ago

    Yes! You're looking for http://www.canistream.it/ , and it's great.
24. 714.▲
    by pronoiac 12y ago

    I'm getting an application error.
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    by pronoiac 12y ago

    I think I found the mystery game that taunted me at the pizza place when I was a kid. https://archive.org/details/arcade_fantasy It ... it's not a good game.
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    by pronoiac 12y ago

    I suggest allowing people guest accounts. I'm curious, but I don't want to sign up.
27. 717.▲
    by pronoiac 12y ago

    While the satellites are US-controlled, the communication is strictly in one direction; your GPS listens, it doesn't broadcast. I mean, do you think that news anchors can watch you through your TV?
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    by pronoiac 12y ago

    So, can anyone suggest a safer alternative? Or should I use this as an excuse to pick up a new language?
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    The San Francisco Bay Guardian Has Stopped Publishing(sfbg.com)

    2 points by pronoiac 12y ago|0 comments
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    by pronoiac 12y ago

    I threw out "encryption doesn't kill people, people kill people" before, and it's feeling apt, due to police militarization and gun fetishes.