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by roddux 11y ago
I frequently erase the history and bookmarks to a site. For example instead of being easily able to CTRL+T and type 'ne'+enter to get to HN I am forced to type in the full URL, which gives me pause to think if it's how I shou
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by roddux 11y ago
Who else had no idea Google worked on photography software? I'm not surprised, given the breadth of their investments but this is the first I've heard of it.
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by roddux 11y ago
I use Arch and only official sources, that are checked over and signed by a small well-trusted team[1]. Nothing like npm's model. [1]: https://www.archlinux.org/master-keys/
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by roddux 11y ago
>How does everyone taking the piss intend to protect themselves from this in their OS package manager, or PPM or composer or pip? By signing packages and not allowing literally anybody to re-upload a brand new package that does somethi
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by roddux 11y ago
I have an extremely hard time believing this module is not a joke, ditto for many other NPM modules.
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by roddux 11y ago
Strange. All signs point to ponzi scheme, but they have an EV ssl certificate, backed with an actual company registered in the UK: https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/10054835 -- with a seemingly real director.
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by roddux 11y ago
TOR runs on the same principle. I suppose the trouble you could get into depends on how well plausible deniability holds up in court. I personally wouldn't risk it, being in the UK with our ever increasingly draconian rules. A sad stat
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by roddux 11y ago
Related, the highest ELO chess program is open source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockfish_(chess)
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by roddux 11y ago
"Samsung Galaxy Y comes with very restrictive specs of 290 MB RAM, 600 MHz processor, and 180 MB internal memory ." In what universe is a 600MHz CPU and 290MB of RAM restrictive for a glorified RSS reader?
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by roddux 11y ago
I have no problem with the principle of microtransactions. However, when the transactions give other players an advantage in the game then it simply becomes pay-to-win -- which ruins games and communities. See: Payday 2
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by roddux 11y ago
Nautilus make consistently good articles, you can excuse the headline this time. TL;DR: Scientists have discovered some parts of DNA that reflect intelligence and advances in DNA manipulation could lead to being able to create super-intelli
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by roddux 11y ago
> PlaNet figured out where 3.6 percent were taken with “street-level accuracy,” another 10.1 percent at the city level, 28.4 percent at country level and 48 percent at continent level I'm nitpicking, but that's hardly an '
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by roddux 11y ago
I've edited my post to include the context-- but my point stands. I just don't believe that most homeless are incapable of finding shelter, let alone choosing to be on the streets.
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by roddux 11y ago
>the stereotypical homeless person is basically not a real thing in the UK. They do it because they either choose to do so or have other mental or social problems that prevent them from seeking free help. I don't know what fantasy w
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by roddux 11y ago
RIPA is the most concerning law for me, especially seeing as it comes with a built-in gag order.
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by roddux 11y ago
Nice move, it's pretty cool of them to offer reimbursement to people who bought replacement phones in the meantime.
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by roddux 11y ago
I believe it was sarcasm making fun of a commonly held view.
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by roddux 11y ago
One way around that is for Apple to make it extremely costly for courts to issue many of such orders, because after all Apple are free to charge whatever they like for doing this service.
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by roddux 11y ago
HGST ( or Hitachi Global Storage Technologies ) are again topping the charts for drive reliability! They must be doing something right. Also, the fact that backblaze are publishing most of their data online is very cool.
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by roddux 11y ago
Or http://www.recipekey.com/ , http://myfridgefood.com/ , www.myrecipes.com/search/ingredient-chef ...
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by roddux 11y ago
Source?
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by roddux 11y ago
I'm fairly certain the parent post was made in jest.
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by roddux 11y ago
A good trick, but I don't understand the need to go through the whole setup when one could just change the root password from the same prompt.
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by roddux 11y ago
You may be thinking about this issue: http://reventlov.com/advisories/using-the-docker-command-to-... -- which incidentally is the first thing that came my mind, too. I'm not familiar with docker, but I'm uns
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by roddux 11y ago
It's been suggested that the typos are unique to each viewer as a form of anti-copying mechanism, allowing anybody who sees the pirated excerpt to link it back to the leaker. Clever, but surely easily thwarted?
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by roddux 11y ago
Assuming you meant why not: " Using 0.0.0.0 is faster because you don't have to wait for a timeout. It also does not interfere with a web server that may be running on the local PC. "
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by roddux 11y ago
I typically skim-read install screens until I see anything like "will also install" / "optional extras" / "free trial", then I slow down and untick accordingly.
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by roddux 11y ago
Headline should read: Telegraph reporter jumps gun for ad revenue
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by roddux 11y ago
Judging from the article, I'd lean heavily toward the latter. Nobody I've seen uses it this much.
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by roddux 11y ago
Negative rates, maybe not. 0% rates, perhaps.

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