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by sebst 7y ago
I built a news aggregator (a Hacker news lookalike) in Django. The aim is to power a community aggregator specific to the Python community at https://news.python.sc . If you want to participate, claim your invite here: https:&#x
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Learning Elm by porting a medium-sized web front end from React(benhoyt.com)
1 points by sebst 7y ago|0 comments
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New SIM attacks de-mystified, protection tools now available(srlabs.de)
190 points by sebst 7y ago|33 comments
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by sebst 7y ago
IANAL, but the HL reads to me as if you'd have to convict some entity of effectively breaking the human rights in order to prevent their use of your software. This sounds next to impossible, unless the entity is a war criminal,in which
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by sebst 7y ago
> The non commercial clause in the creative commons is also sth like this: free for non-commercial usage, all others have to ask. Perfectly fine. But then it's not free software, or in this case free creative work. It's as you
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by sebst 7y ago
Agree. Don't touch definitions. For example, some people were not fine with the definition of "free software", so they coined the term "open source software" to line out their views on the topic. I think "socia
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by sebst 7y ago
Combine that with physical keys copied from photos, audio surveillance by recording vibrations with a standard Web cam, movement detection through WiFi signals, first steps towards mind reading, and other creepy tech breakthroughs, it is ce
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Very cool. As always with projects which use data from Twitter to build something valuable, I wonder if you could share some insights into how your Twitter-to-Website ETL pipeline looks like?
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> My phone took 30s to validate the captcha used in the demo I tried it on my phone as well and I thought it did not work, because the progress bar did not move. I didn't even notice there was a progress bar. The idea is great, but
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by sebst 7y ago
IANAL, but the GPL contains warranty exceptions, rights of the end user to get access to the sources and other paragraphs, which are targeted to the end user and not (only) to other developers. So, I see that many open source installers use
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by sebst 7y ago
Simply because technically you can block access to specific parts of data relatively easy. To limit what is being transmitted, you'd have to not only inspect the submission, but also think of any obfuscation method. So, if your browser
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by sebst 7y ago
Laptop model: 15" MacBook Pro Mid 2014 CPU: 2,5GHz i7 RAM: 16 GB Screen: Retina 15" Personal comments: Waiting for the rumored 16" MBP to upgrade. Works still like a charm, in spite of being 5 years old now. The screen loses
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by sebst 7y ago
This is an interesting point. The open source movement roots in a time where cloud computing was normal, back then called terminal server. Licences like the AGPL try to tackle this "problem" which feels like a design issue because
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by sebst 7y ago
I guess the point was there are open source operating systems. However, the claim that there is an open source implementation of every "class" of software, is still too bold. Think about software with proprietary knowledge like te
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by sebst 7y ago
I experienced the same: reading one book after another felt like information overload, taking notes helped a bit. In addition to taking notes, I started to summarise chapters or the whole book. This takes significantly more time, but the ef
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by sebst 7y ago
> I agree. I think it is unrealistic to check the "political correctness" of everything you use. That was my whole point. Also, for the rest, I totally agree with you.
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by sebst 7y ago
To be honest, for 99.99% of all the software I am using, I don't even know who authored/produced it. The same for other every-day products I use and/or consume. Actively contributing or joining a group would be an indication
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by sebst 7y ago
> How is an official conference organized by the project itself "free time" and not related to the project? I'm not saying that it is not related to the project. I'm saying that they are conducting the project in thei
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by sebst 7y ago
> Bit surprising that as a German you'd regard antipathy for Nazi tropes as "political correctness". It is surprising to me that one suggests to choose software on the political views of the authors and not on technical co
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by sebst 7y ago
> That’s not their free time activities It is. It is open source. Just because it's public doesn't make it non free time. > I’m also not suggesting one should audit all their software, but it’s good to know about what kind o
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by sebst 7y ago
> Also, you might want to avoid using suckless software: https://twitter.com/kuschku/status/1156488420413362177 Are you really suggesting that one should audit their use of open source tools regarding the polit
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by sebst 7y ago
Maybe one of the most wanted feature in Dropbox (at least among developers) is a .dropboxignore file[0]. When Dropbox stops syncing symlinks to outside files and directories, the situations becomes a lot better. Placing node_modules/ o
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by sebst 7y ago
This. I sometimes find it hard to find suitable side projects that are - small enough that you don't lose interest on the last mile - big enough that it gives you something at least mildly valueable - easy to entry and easy to work on
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by sebst 7y ago
Looks great! How do you recognise book mentions? I've seen tweets on your site without any link or other machine readable indication of a book. Also, can you elaborate on which twitter apis you use? Or is it firehose?
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by sebst 7y ago
Spider cat. I watched the Simpson movie with my first girl friend. She hated it, I loved it. Heck, am I getting old...
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by sebst 7y ago
> But then again what's your alternative ? I don't wish for an alternative to "sustainable" living, just to be clear. Only I doubt people will voluntarily give up all the amenities of our unsustainable way of living.
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by sebst 7y ago
> Why couldn't we ... Steps involved: - Convince people that it's necessary ("do we really need it?") - Find a commonly accepted measure ("how much can I personally still travel") - Prevent loop hole
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by sebst 7y ago
> Remember all the ancient civilisations that expanded too quickly or were not able to sustain their lifestyles ? I'm sure they were thinking just like that. What makes you think, this civilisation is collectively going to behave mo
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The Death of the Mom and Pop E-Store(penguindreams.org)
117 points by sebst 7y ago|127 comments
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Apple Updates MacBook Air Without Scissor Switches(apple.com)
2 points by sebst 7y ago|0 comments

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