qilo

8 ms·

61.
by qilo 6y ago
Actually, no. He didn’t even lost his initial 40k. > He cashed out and got his initial money back, but then watched excitedly over the years as the 10 coins grew to be worth nearly 500,000 euros.
62.
by qilo 6y ago
> Also, Lithuanian Ignalina power plant was using the water eventually getting into Daugava river, running through Riga, a capital of the neighboring Latvia. I can't see why Lithuania itself thinks it's ok to risk potential con
63.
by qilo 6y ago
Tried both, Adobe Scan and Office Lens, and liked MS one more, because its default “auto” filter produced more legible documents (better contrast and brigthness) than the Adobe’s “auto”, IMO.
64.
by qilo 6y ago
For European folks, currently the test flight is scheduled for: 2020-12-08 14:00 UTC (earlier time was 12:00 UTC)
65.
by qilo 6y ago
Yeah, my fork of the original also shows the same never seen before repo as source: https://github.com/ppawel/youtube-dl
66.
by qilo 6y ago
https://nullrefer.com/?https://www.jwz.org/blog/2016/10/they...
67.
by qilo 6y ago
https://web.archive.org/web/20200709070612/https://www.apple...
68.
by qilo 6y ago
It looks like archive.is finally resolves correctly via Cloudflare DNS servers.
69.
by qilo 6y ago
Yes, now Microsoft allows everyone to download ISO. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10I...
70.
by qilo 6y ago
Pretty sure it's this: https://www.crossies.com Related from a few months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22250659
71.
by qilo 6y ago
That note was for Python 3.7, as of Python 3.8 the note is gone. https://docs.python.org/3.8/using/windows.html#windows-store
72.
by qilo 6y ago
Google has confirmed a Chrome update is at fault for a mysterious reported wave of unbootable Macs. The update was causing issues by corrupting an operating system folder, which prevented those impacted from being able to log in to macOS.
73.
by qilo 6y ago
It’s about cryptocurrencies, not cryptography. Saved you a click.
74.
by qilo 6y ago
The prefix micro - in microwave is not meant to suggest a wavelength in the micrometer range. Rather, it indicates that microwaves are "small" (having shorter wavelengths), compared to the radio waves used prior to microwave te
75.
by qilo 6y ago
Can you share a link? Do you think would it be possible to play with the code from the (free) book "Machine code for beginners" [0] with that emulator? I'd like to get some familiarity with machine code, and thought maybe i
76.
by qilo 6y ago
Google crawler apparently ignores "lang" attribute [0]: > Google uses the visible content of your page to determine its language. We don’t use any code-level language information such as lang attributes, or the URL. But what ab
77.
by qilo 6y ago
It's a known issue if you're using Cloudflare DNS servers. Here's explanation from the Cloudflare CEO: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19828702
78.
by qilo 6y ago
You probably meant “High Performance Browser Networking” https://hpbn.co
79.
by qilo 6y ago
The general rule I use is to look at the DRAM size, if it is: * 256 MB (or more) - most likely it’s an SMR drive * 64-128 MB almost guaranteed it’s an PMR drive I base this on my observation, that I’ve never seen an SMR drive with less than
80.
by qilo 7y ago
This is not a new device, it was released 17 months ago (November 2018).
81.
by qilo 7y ago
I'm just a viewer of that course. I guess for Mac users, it's easy, cause MacOS already comes with Python (3.x?) preinstalled. The course author himself video streams from the MacOS system.
82.
by qilo 7y ago
Microsoft Store in Windows 10 has the Python 3.7 and 3.8 packages (prepared by PSF itself) with some limitations, which shouldn't matter for beginner users. So it's basically one click install. The issues has to do with the way M
83.
by qilo 7y ago
When I knew nothing about databases, and was trying to read stuff on the web about those, it was very confusing trying to understand what the author talks about when he uses the term database , is it about a DBMS (software), or it’s about
84.
by qilo 7y ago
Technically, PostgreSQL is a DBMS, not a database. I.e. “PostgreSQL is the worlds’ best DBMS”, but not “best database”. The problem is, if you call the DBMS a database, so what do you call the database (collection of data, tables, etc.)
85.
Hello, LineageOS 17.1(lineageos.org)
210 points by qilo 7y ago|106 comments
86.
by qilo 7y ago
Literally the 2nd tweet: As reminder: Raoult's paper on alleged #chloroquine cure of #COVID19 had rigged, omitted or even falsified data and was published without peer review in a journal he controls. Trial was not randomized, control
87.
by qilo 7y ago
It’s not certain that the guy had Location History enabled. In the article he only talks about Location Services (enhancing precision using WiFi and/or Bluetooth).
88.
by qilo 7y ago
TIL about Python __import__ function. Thanks!
89.
by qilo 7y ago
I guess the parent poster meant that despite doing the same in Australia, this didn't produce global companies like Samsung, Hyundai, LG, etc.
90.
by qilo 7y ago
Yes, it's documented. But I'm not defending Apple on this, found the link on Apple forums when googled for solution to why it's nearly impossible to edit URLs in Safari. Btw, very similar trick works on Android's Gboard

More ›