rikkus

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   by rikkus 13y ago

   So, were you hired to make a site for the RCA and decided to build a CMS first? I'm interested in how this came about.
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   by rikkus 13y ago

   Ah yes I have this wrong! I was thinking of neutrality as being a natural state of the 'net, but of course that's not necessarily so.
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   by rikkus 13y ago

   Governments have some control over the 'managing' and 'running' of the Internet, via TLD control, blocking, filtering, surveillance and legislation (e.g. the cookie law in EU), but even with all these in place, they&#x27
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   by rikkus 13y ago

   Aristotle thought that women had fewer teeth than men.
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   by rikkus 13y ago

   Note to self: Jokes and/or code not welcome on HN.
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   by rikkus 13y ago

   Easy if you have a loaded coin. enum Side { Heads, Tails } void Main() { Func<Side> generator = () => { return Side.Heads; }; int heads = 0; while (heads < 76) { if (generator() == Side.Heads) ++heads; else head
7. 487.▲
   by rikkus 13y ago

   Dave's always doing this, and he always gets uncovered. Knock it off, Dave.
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   by rikkus 13y ago

   I'm guessing they make most of their money from the ads - and appreciate the extra they get from paying subscribers enough that it's worth giving them a few extra benefits over the ad removal.
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   by rikkus 13y ago

   If you like your depressing stories in musical form, try listening to 'Amused to Death' by Roger Waters, inspired by the book. Great album. If you want to amuse yourself while listening, make sure you have your speakers set up so
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    by rikkus 13y ago

    Eventually, after it was recommended by so many people, I installed Evernote on Android (on a fast new phone - Sony Xperia Z). I also signed up for 'premium'. It was so sluggish when scrolling that I couldn't use it. I contac
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    by rikkus 13y ago

    Back when I first used Linux on a 486, Enlightenment provided a fancy looking window manager with similarly-themed utility apps (like a pager). What it did in 1997, with the incredibly restricted resources available, was impressive. Even on
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    by rikkus 13y ago

    If I decline to consent to a search, I know that I'd immediately be flagged as trouble by the border staff: That's part of their job. I don't think searches are effective, and if I was searched regularly or particularly intru
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    by rikkus 13y ago

    SUBTRACT BirthYear FROM CurrentYear GIVING Age Isn't that off-by-one, for half the year (on average)?
14. 494.▲
    by rikkus 13y ago

    Almost. The JavaScript bytecode is turned into JVM bytecode which is then turned into CLR bytecode which is then JITted and runs as compiled native code. I think. Did I miss something?
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    by rikkus 13y ago

    Was a bit worried until I saw 'Wind returns to environment.' Thought they were going to keep it.
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    by rikkus 13y ago

    Take the languages which can be compiled to Java bytecode, throw in IKVM.NET, add the list of languages which can be compiled for the CLR, and you might have the longest list of languages which can run on one platform?
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    by rikkus 13y ago

    20.1fps, 2008 Macbook unibody, Chrome. Not using much CPU so seems to be doing GPU stuff.
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    by rikkus 13y ago

    Sony MDR-1R came 'free' with the Xperia Z phone. Lovely sound, very comfortable and good isolation. If you can find some, might be worth an audition.
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    by rikkus 13y ago

    I wasn't suggesting any proprietary APIs or libraries - only that we get to use the /language/ of our choice. Also I'm not talking about 'functionality [...] from other technology stacks' - I'm talking abo
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    Ask HN: Would the web be a better place with a CLR or JVM in the browser?

    7 points by rikkus 13y ago|15 comments
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    by rikkus 13y ago

    Debug story perhaps? I haven't tried it but that's what puts me off.
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    by rikkus 13y ago

    Cog is decent enough. It's no foobar2000 though
23. 503.▲
    by rikkus 13y ago

    As an impartial outsider, unaffected by the simulation, I say no. I mean yes.
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    by rikkus 13y ago

    Typical BBC article. It misses the point entirely. The problems are: 1. Many motorists drive dangerously. 2. Many motorists are aggressive towards cyclists. 3. Many cyclists cycle dangerously. 4. Number 3 fuels number 2. All of these combin
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    by rikkus 13y ago

    Last time I went to Starbucks, couldn't get onto my vpn. Do they block them?
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    by rikkus 13y ago

    I've written a _lot_ of C++. I'd rather not go back to using it, if possible. Recently I found this: http://yosefk.com/c++fqa/ It explains most of the reasons I disliked C++ and, if you've ever used it, you might recognise the issues deal
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    by rikkus 13y ago

    It failed.
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    by rikkus 14y ago

    Thanks for that. From now on, I'm keeping my passwords in plain text on public websites and having other people set them for me.
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    by rikkus 14y ago

    So I thought I'd test it out a little more. Pretended I'd forgotten my password. Pressed the link and it said 'Password emailed'. Turns out it's not as bad as that! I wasn't emailed my password. I was emailed a link. http://appcenter.html5
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    by rikkus 14y ago

    Went to sign up for a 'developer account'. My password: udxeik8SovTCW0qhlPMr00dBBWTW6zeAbDQ77PLIOcidhXZsEhg7yP10B4ygqkzU Rejected with: - Password must contain at least 1 special character - Password must not be longer than 15 character(s)