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Major solar storm to hit earth, might disrupt power grids(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by replax 15y ago|0 comments
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by replax 15y ago
Invalidating bitcoins would not work though. additionally, it is against the philosophy of bitcoin, basically to be a currency without supervising powers. You literally have to think of bitcoins like real cash. I know that it feels unnatura
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by replax 15y ago
About how long have you been using Ubuntu with the vertical application bar for? I know it is highly personal, but I am trying to figure out a rough amount of time... I have never really been a user of Ubuntu myself but when I (mainly) swit
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by replax 15y ago
I agree. While it might take some time to get used to at first, I think it's worth it. In the end, you will be able to use more of your screen, because honestly, most applications are not optimised for 16:9 (/10) screens.
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FourSquare switches from Google Maps to Open Street Map(m.engadget.com)
117 points by replax 15y ago|25 comments
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by replax 15y ago
It's a nitpick, but you left out WIN2k, which would break your pattern... It was actually a very solid OS from my experience.
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ICloud Push Mail shutdown in Germany due to patent ruling(m.engadget.com)
1 points by replax 15y ago|0 comments
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by replax 15y ago
IMO, there are two things Tesla could do, one is an automated notification when your battery runs low, presenting you the options to a) let it just sit, b) turn off all electronics to preserve a little more battery and c) to let a Tesla ser
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by replax 15y ago
Well, the sole fact that it will run is already assuring. Store your Tesla in a garage for a month unplugged and then get it serviced how? Have four guys come and let them pull it out of the garage taking hours, just to be able to even load
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by replax 15y ago
You may want to take a look at PixelQi Displays, they already built a hybrid. It is not perfect by all means, but it gets really close. There is a tablet based on it as well, the NotionInk Adam [1]. [1] www.notionink.com
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by replax 15y ago
Yes, true, read it now - I usually always read the comments first to know whether an article is worth reading, but commenting before reading is not smart...
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by replax 15y ago
Well, you don't need a Yahoo! account for flickr. Hell, you can sign in using your google or facebook account if you prefer. Only way to make it even easier would be to also support open id i suppose...
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by replax 15y ago
>> we don't view being poor as a personal failure Thank you for pointing that out. I was very surprised when I moved to Japan from Europe that being poor is highly frowned upon and soelely seen as a personal failure. Obviously, tha
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Humble Bundle 60h Coding challenge for charity(mojang.com)
15 points by replax 15y ago|1 comments
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by replax 15y ago
What you are saying is true, however it is a rather messy solution. Assuming that the next AppleTV will support 1080p output you could not just mirror your screen to get the best quality. The source film is in 1080p, gets scaled down to scr
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Filtering for copyright bid refused by EU Court(bbc.co.uk)
5 points by replax 15y ago|0 comments
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by replax 15y ago
I don't think so, they just saw the opportunity to intercept easily. If they wanted to do something good, they'd be a role model and open-source their protocol first and would try to get it standardised.
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by replax 15y ago
I think I did not make my point clear enough. It is trivial to make it inaccessible to programs who assume that it is easily accessible. I did not mean to include solely malicious programs. If you stick your addressbook into a truecrypt con
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by replax 15y ago
"Always been possible on desktop PCs" Well, yes, but unlike on your iPhone you could actively do something against it. E.g. let outlook encrypt your address book, change the addressbook access permissions etc. it was trivial to bar anyone/t
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by replax 15y ago
That is true, as people have ported Siri to the iPod Touch and iPhone 4, and it is performing exactly the same. Therefore, they either emulated a whole chip (highly unlikely) or everything is processed in the cloud/on the A4/5/#.
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by replax 15y ago
Surprisingly, I found it rather similar to Tokyo actually. Tokyo, too, has multiple sub centres which are mostly self-sufficient. They are connected by a train running around in a circle and have central hubs where trains depart into the su
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by replax 15y ago
In fact, the Copenhagen interpretation has been proven wrong by fellow lisper Ron Garret. You can read his paper here: www.flownet.com/ron/QM.pdf and watch his google talk about it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEaecUuEqfc . The problem is,
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by replax 15y ago
I have to disagree, piracy does not only exist due to bad business models. Back in the day, it was generally more convenient to buy a tape instead of copying it from a mate. While convenience/"bad" business models is a big part of the reaso
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by replax 15y ago
"Just to play devil's advocate, if the county builds a stadium for the local high school team, are citizen's entitled to free admission?" Obviously you are missing the point, going to the stadium is the result of something being on show the
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by replax 15y ago
I have this question as well. I read through the TOS, Honor Code and what have you but I did not find anything concerning re-enrolment/negative implications when not able to finish the course/drop out half way or be just really bad at it. I
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Microsoft Store stored Passwords in plain text - hacked(m.engadget.com)
2 points by replax 15y ago|0 comments
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by replax 15y ago
If you are lucky (fast) to get one of the first raspberry PIs, you could host your own mail server on one of those. Put SpamAssasin on there, get ssh running and the other mail programms you need (plenty of guides on the web for that), set
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by replax 15y ago
From the screenshots I'd say that you are talking about a Desktop/Web application? In that case, It'd have to be significantly better than e.g. Google Reader (which got a little crippled unfortunately). Personally, some of the most importan
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by replax 15y ago
I agree with the suggestions already given. Just to throw another idea out there, a further alternative would be to work/look at open-source games. Technology wise you are definitely in the correct direction, most common languages in game d
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Russian Scientists drill into Multi-million Year old Lake(bbc.co.uk)
10 points by replax 15y ago|3 comments

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