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by rb2k_ 14y ago
> I am pretty sure there aren't any lossless video codecs out there Oh, there are a lot. Back when I still recorded TV from an analog capture card I e.g. used http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huffyuv I also recall http://en.wikipedia.org
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by rb2k_ 14y ago
While I personally like Jekyll, and the added simplicity when it comes to hosting, there should be almost no performance difference between a "dynamically" generated blog based on Rails/Sinatra behind Cloudflare and static hosting on S3. Th
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by rb2k_ 14y ago
Really nice interface. And what might be interesting for some: The hosted version has 60 feeds in the free version, for more than that you'll have to upgrade to a premium account.
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by rb2k_ 14y ago
I didn't like coding until I started dabbling with Ruby. In university I did a fair bit of C and Java. With these two it was always very laborious to try to have fun while coding. I focused more on networking and security until I had a lect
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by rb2k_ 14y ago
Didn't work for me. Added account, and sent a welcome email, but I wasn't able to actually look at my inbox in the app. Loaded folder structure correctly, but no actual emails. Looking for where I can delete my account.
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by rb2k_ 14y ago
He keeps writing "Parsley" instead of "Parely". For other non-native english speakers (like me), here's the defintion: Parley: Parley (/ˈpɑrli/) is a discussion or conference, especially one between enemies over terms of a truce or other ma
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by rb2k_ 14y ago
> Your company runs its source revisions through Github without a backup solution? Thanks to git, every developer usually has a complete backup of the repository + all of its history
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by rb2k_ 14y ago
A little off topic, but since it's on the page: Is it only me or does "mebibyte" simply look wrong? You can't just decide that people aren't supposed to say "megabyte" anymore
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by rb2k_ 14y ago
they probably just grab the alexa top 1 million csv file that they provide.
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by rb2k_ 14y ago
Seems like Gittip is moving more and more in the direction of flattr(.com)
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by rb2k_ 14y ago
> In general, any deliberate change in your diet is likely to lead to results, at least in the short term, as you're paying that much more attention to what you're eating. The graphs in my original post were over the course of a year
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by rb2k_ 14y ago
I just said that I fear this will turn into a sexism discussion and that I would rather not have it turn out that way. I have no idea where you get your conclusions from.
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by rb2k_ 14y ago
Calories help, but especially for high-fat, low-carb diets they are pretty useless (see http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4892592 )
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I really hope this doesn't turn into a sexism argument
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by rb2k_ 14y ago
For software engineering, the "job offers" part still holds up.
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by rb2k_ 14y ago
The speaker in the intro video doesn't seem to be a native english speaker. There are some grammar mistakes and you can hear mouse clicking when he switches slides. The information is there, but I think it needs a bit more polish in terms o
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by rb2k_ 14y ago
Because it's not just about the calories. Among other things, insulin spikes caused by carbohydrates influence how the body stores/doesn't store fat/sugars. You can eat the same amount of calories in fat and carbs and your body will decide
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by rb2k_ 14y ago
While this is highly non scientific and very subjective, my personal experience is pretty much exactly mirroring the article. A high-fat, low-carb diet makes it easy to lose weight and and fat at the same time. While running/pullups/... hel
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by rb2k_ 14y ago
Seeing as what kind of GPU farms people ran/run for mining Bitcoin, this is somewhat "in the middle" rather than being a "monster"
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by rb2k_ 14y ago
I'll be in Boston Dec 7th -> Jan 25th. I'd be interested!
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by rb2k_ 14y ago
Does it make things faster: yes Do you have to buy it: no I don't understand how people write long articles about Apple's pricing strategy. They can charge whatever they want and people will pay whatever it's worth to them. From the technic
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by rb2k_ 14y ago
And that's why you should have tests :)
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by rb2k_ 14y ago
not to forget that S3 has various backups of that data.
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by rb2k_ 14y ago
And just in case somebody isn't comfortable using the french website, the irish one has the same offers: http://www.ovh.ie/dedicated_servers/kimsufi.xml (the german one is strangely enough more expensive)
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by rb2k_ 14y ago
Fun fact: Nashorn is the German word for a Rhinoceros and the literal translation would be "Nosehorn". And according to Wikipedia: The word rhinoceros is derived through Latin from the Ancient Greek: ῥῑνόκερως, which is composed of ῥῑνο- (r
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by rb2k_ 14y ago
> Nearly 70 percent were married when they became entrepreneurs, and nearly 60 percent had at least one child, challenging the stereotype of the entrepreneurial workaholic with no time for a family. The question is if that's more or le
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by rb2k_ 14y ago
Might help Bitcoin as a decentralized payment provider then :)
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by rb2k_ 14y ago
The last time I went to the US, I used "Red Pocket", another AT&T reseller. For data connections to work, they just generate an APN settings profile for you ( http://goredpocket.com/configure ) Seeing as they can't seem to push For MMS
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by rb2k_ 14y ago
The original source is Planet Money on NPR: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/11/15/165143816/why-coke... I have no idea what "weku.fm" adds to the mix
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by rb2k_ 14y ago
You'll have to authorize with paypal/cc. You can immediately cancel the subscription: "You've cancelled your Unlimited World subscription. You can continue to make calls until it expires on December 15, 2012. No further payments will be ta

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