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by reacweb 8y ago
What were the symtoms? How did you get diagnosed?
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by reacweb 8y ago
Your reference gives an uncertainty of 6.1 x 10-9
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by reacweb 8y ago
As a programmer, when I write documentation I try to make this work profitable for me. First, I open the specifications I had and I try to describe how it was implemented. Often, this means I have to give a look to my code or tests and this
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by reacweb 8y ago
He uses the wrong test. Testing on "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" is meaningless for developpers: tests should be performed using real usages like "source code of linux kernel" or "mailing list of linux kernel&
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by reacweb 8y ago
It is incredible. Thank you very much for it. I have only one problem: I do not understand the business model. How can you provide such a fantastic tool for free ?
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by reacweb 8y ago
At school (1991-1994), we had HP and Sun workstations. The HP were nicknamed the toasters because they were hot. The Sun were beautiful beasts. After power failure, we regularly had problems with Sun, never with HP. When we were downloading
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by reacweb 8y ago
I think the downvote is a well deserved punishment for the pointless denigration of Mozzila. I use Chrome at home and was using Firefox at work untill very recently. I had to switch to Edge at work. I also use Internet Explorer (for sites o
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by reacweb 8y ago
Chapter 2 concern system calls. IMHO, this should be maintained by kernel developpers and updated each time I update the kernel so that it is always in sync. I would like to understand what is the contract the developper has implemented. Th
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by reacweb 8y ago
Linus has a handful of points he doesn't want to compromise on: "breaking user space", "machine-killing", "using C++ in kernel", "writing poor code", ... Around the world, there are many people w
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by reacweb 8y ago
xkcd was premonitory https://xkcd.com/2029/
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by reacweb 8y ago
I keep earing that, but it is not totally clear for me. It seems the start and the stop of a nuclear plant takes a day if we want to be safe and efficient. A fast shutdown in a couple of seconds may cause difficulties to restart afterward.
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by reacweb 8y ago
French here, not in a startup but in an international company. Meetings are in english as soon a non french speaker is there, but during lunch, discussions are often in french even when non french speaker are present. I know it is not very
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by reacweb 8y ago
I know many japanese people (I am a go player) and I am very interested in this culture. When I have read the books of Amélie Nothomb, it was perfectly in line with my discussions with these people. The movie and book "Fear and Trembli
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by reacweb 8y ago
This blog is full of explanations to understand how systemd can cause issues (like https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/SystemdDynami... ). This kind of information is often omited from official
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by reacweb 8y ago
A japanese guy went in France for studies. After his studies, he said he would be considered as a foreigner his whole life if he went back to work in japan.
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by reacweb 8y ago
In France, we have the CNIL that has very few powers, but always gives very insightful advices and that is inspiring CNILs in other countries. We also have some politicians who are very well informed but are actively fighting against our fr
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by reacweb 8y ago
There's an upsurge in burglaries in France and Romanians are often quoted by Police as responsible. European rules authorize Polish to come to work in France and go back in Poland to spend their money. I hope hacker news is a place whe
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by reacweb 8y ago
Maybe that chip was not important in itself but was just a good opportunity to improve in house expertise in chip development. Having expertise gives a lot of power during negociations with providers.
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by reacweb 8y ago
Yes. And for beginners, https://py3.codeskulptor.org/ is fantastic.
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by reacweb 8y ago
like hackernews?
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by reacweb 8y ago
In my utopian world, I would like to edit the source code of my microwave so that it stops its annoying bips as soon as I open its door. I would love to remove the stupid nag screen that appears each time I start my nissan leaf. I am not an
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by reacweb 8y ago
In 1994, less than 0.1% of computers were running Linux (kernel). Now, it is everywhere.
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by reacweb 8y ago
Writing better code makes programs more robust and reduces maintenance cost. For a management point of view, the boss may think that your project was more easy than the project given to the other team that butchered their work.
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by reacweb 8y ago
A "normal" user who has a child who has received a "pirated game" as a gift at school?
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by reacweb 8y ago
I can't drive my car as soon as I run a red light. The punishment seems harsh.
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by reacweb 8y ago
If you can trust to have gnu tar on both side, you can reduce typing. I usually do: tar c files.txt orDir | ssh -C host tar x -C /dest/dir
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by reacweb 8y ago
Where can I buy a phone with an RJ45 plug ?
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by reacweb 8y ago
My wife has an embroidery machine. The very expensive embroidery software runs on Windows XP. I have a VM dedicated for this software with no intention to update. Obsolescence for software shall not be acceptable. Bits do not rot.
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by reacweb 8y ago
This gives a lot of importance to small airports in small islands. Big international airports are surrounded by other smaller airports. They are associated with a tiny surface. I can not see how this representation may be of any use for air
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by reacweb 8y ago
I remember the scene in "9½ Weeks" where Elizabeth McGraw discovers the dressing of John Gray. Why is this seen as pathological? It seems so rational to me.

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