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Why next Windows is version 10 instead of 9(twitter.com)
1 points by reirob 12y ago|0 comments
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by reirob 12y ago
"NetBSD has disabled auto-importing of functions by default in Bash, and so has FreeBSD, choosing to provide this as an opt-in function when invoked with a newly added --import-functions option." For me this looks like a very good
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by reirob 12y ago
This is really a great project and has big potential in my opinion. Discovered it here on Hacker News some time ago [0]. But it did not get much attention. I would love to hear more opinions from HN on this topic. [0] https://new
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by reirob 12y ago
It's not even in their Roadmap: http://wiki.minix3.org/Roadmap
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by reirob 12y ago
And despite this in the meantime spy court renews NSA metadata program [0]. So they are continuing to spy on its own people. I wanted to post it, but it was already posted and is a dead link. Why? I don't know, but it's a creepy f
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by reirob 12y ago
I feel exactly the same way. Thanks for saying it loud!
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by reirob 12y ago
Did the same, found one.
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by reirob 12y ago
Is it possible to record audio with org-mode (and then categorize/annotate)? And do quick drawings with a stylus on the screen?
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Army can't track spending on $4.3b system to track spending, IG finds(washingtonexaminer.com)
1 points by reirob 12y ago|0 comments
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by reirob 12y ago
The reddit thread: http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2epdwp/ivory_langua...
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by reirob 12y ago
Just found a great summary about what is proved to be secure and what is assumed: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8100033
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European Court Says CIA Ran Secret Jail in a Polish Forest(nytimes.com)
124 points by reirob 12y ago|48 comments
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by reirob 12y ago
The HN user def- posted a link to the Nimrod section of rosettacode.org: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8048939
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by reirob 12y ago
From the GNU Manifesto: "Unix is not my ideal system, but it is not too bad. The essential features of Unix seem to be good ones, and I think I can fill in what Unix lacks without spoiling them. Furth- ermore a system compatible
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by reirob 12y ago
First I was surprised because AFAIK in EU pure software patents are forbidden. But then I have seen that it is a US patent. Even if it is not a "simple" linked list, but contains auxiliary pointers to allow traversing in a differe
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by reirob 12y ago
Just tried this example. When is not in Prelude, so it is necessary to import Control.Monad to use it.
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by reirob 12y ago
Agree on ThinkPad, but attention the models from this year on (model names finishing with 40) don't have physical trackpoint/-pad buttons anymore, the keyboard layout is less accessible, the models with touchscreen reflect so much
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Theresa May: There is no surveillance state(bbc.com)
2 points by reirob 12y ago|0 comments
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by reirob 12y ago
Get a keyboard with a trackpoint [1]. It will take some time to get used, but in the end you will not need any mouse anymore with the advantage of being pretty comfortable using laptops in trains, aircrafts and on walking desks. [1] http:&
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by reirob 12y ago
I guess it is quite difficult to find shelter in another country in order to be safe from extradition to USA. Look what happens with Snowden and Julian Assange. Sure it depends on how bad USA wants you to come back.
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Emails Show Feds Asking Florida Cops to Deceive Judges(wired.com)
242 points by reirob 12y ago|64 comments
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by reirob 12y ago
"A $3.8 million Predator carrying a Hellfire missile cratered near Kandahar in January 2010 because the pilot did not realize she had been flying the aircraft upside-down." - how can this happen? Isn't the picture upside down
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Hackers reverse-engineer NSA's leaked bugging devices(newscientist.com)
6 points by reirob 12y ago|0 comments
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Haskelier – Haskell for the Advanced Layman(reddit.com)
1 points by reirob 12y ago|0 comments
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Australia to delist Tasmania's forests from UNESCO's World Heritage List(aljazeera.com)
1 points by reirob 12y ago|0 comments
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CIA rendition jet was waiting in Europe to snatch Snowden(theregister.co.uk)
25 points by reirob 12y ago|6 comments
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by reirob 12y ago
I do not understand the down votes. Can somebody explain? I did not mean to hurt any feeling. I was just surprised to see the license of a software where "GNU" is in the title. I naturally assumed that it will be in GNU license. S
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by reirob 12y ago
"uutils is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details" - funny to see GNU software reimplemented in another open source license.
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Darfon's super-thin Maglev Keyboard will make notebooks even slimmer(cnet.com)
3 points by reirob 12y ago|0 comments
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Darfon unveils maglev keyboard(digitimes.com)
3 points by reirob 12y ago|0 comments

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