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by setrofim_ 14y ago
> Compile your own version of 'screen' from the git sources. Most versions have a slow scrolling on a vertical split or even no vertical split at all or just use tmux
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by setrofim_ 14y ago
> Are there any natural generative processes that produce/grow at a rate that isn't modellable by a linear combination of basic functions? Have we essentially discovered all the possible functions that describe how things grow or accumu
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by setrofim_ 14y ago
Yes, true. My thousand dice comment was intended in vein of "if you put a thousand monkeys with typewriters in a room...". I did not mean to imply that the probability of rolling a thousand sixes is similar to the probability of contaminati
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by setrofim_ 14y ago
Of course there are. The faecal matter (e.g. from egg shells, as described in the article) can be transferred onto hands, and from there onto clothing. The person then hops on a plane, flies to UK and goes for a stroll around British countr
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by setrofim_ 14y ago
It's ";" in reverse, i.e repeat the latest f,F,t or T backwards.
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by setrofim_ 14y ago
I believe this is the case for most British universities, most "traditional" universities anyway (not sure about former polytechnics, etc). Sometimes there is also coursework that contributes to your final degree (my CS course had a group p
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How Companies Learn Your Secrets(nytimes.com)
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by setrofim_ 14y ago
I've just finished reading Bruce Schneier's "Liars and Outliers": http://www.amazon.com/Liars-Outliers-Enabling-Society-Thrive... Very interesting and gives you a lot to think about. Highly recommended.
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by setrofim_ 14y ago
IIRC, it's basically has to be the combinations of the two. Monopolies aren't illegal in and of themselves. But neither are actions that may be deemed anti-competitive. It's only illegal when a monopoly (or a dominant player - doesn't have
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by setrofim_ 14y ago
I guess it depends how you define the market. One could argue that they're abusing their dominant position in "consumer operating system" market.
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by setrofim_ 14y ago
On an ARM system, it is forbidden to enable Custom Mode. Only Standard Mode may be enabled. Does this mean that , on compliant ARM devices, only Windows 8 may be run? If so, how is this not anti-competitive?
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by setrofim_ 14y ago
Yup. This looks like it was just a PR stunt. An attempt to show the users that FB are "listening" to them. And if that's the case, then it seems to have backfired.
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by setrofim_ 14y ago
Allowing arbitrary TLD's is semantically equivalent to getting rid of TLD's (e.g. in your last example, "google" could be thought of as a TLD).
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by setrofim_ 14y ago
Not really. If you don't know what you're looking for, you just go to http://pepsi/ and navigate from there.
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by setrofim_ 14y ago
You're probably right. But given the choice, isn't it better to go with something that's easier to remember, even if it won't matter most of the time?
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by setrofim_ 14y ago
Why not? Some companies only own <company>.net or <company>.co.uk, without owning <company>.com.
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by setrofim_ 14y ago
Yes, but you're not forced to repeat "pepsi". It could be alex@customerrelations.pepsi or inquiries@distribution.pepsi
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by setrofim_ 14y ago
The US are claiming legal dominion* over all domains under a large number of TLD's (.com, .org, etc.). New TLD's may help mitigate that. * http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/03/feds-seize-foreign-... "If you just add one character to th
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by setrofim_ 14y ago
>DNT is not implemented in most browsers That's true, but only (or at least, partly) because the sites can just ignore the header. If this became a standard HTTP hear and there was a requirement for it to be respected, browsers will qui
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by setrofim_ 14y ago
Wouldn't it be better to mandate that sites honor the Do Not Track* HTTP header, rather than require each site to explicitly seek user consent? * http://dnt.mozilla.org/
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by setrofim_ 14y ago
You can set your browser to do that; but making it the default will make too may sites unsable (e.g sites with shopping carts, banking sites etc.)
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by setrofim_ 15y ago
http://xkcd.com/936/
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by setrofim_ 15y ago
IIRC, double jeopardy doesn't stop both criminal and civil charges from being filed for the same offense (it only applies to being criminally charged multiple times)?
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by setrofim_ 15y ago
>Is the color->note map arbitrary or is there some logic behind it? One way of doing this would be to map from the electromagnetic wavelength of the color to a corresponding audible frequency. Audible range is something like 32 to 3
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by setrofim_ 15y ago
There is another concern besides screen space -- bandwidth. Since a mobile device can be accessing the site over 3G as well as WiFi, where bandwidth is at a premium, it is better to serve up the smaller mobile version.
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by setrofim_ 15y ago
>That said, I don't think this is an excuse to take 'revenge' on these companies, "one download at a time". If this isn't, I don't know what is. Note that the author was talking about the fragment of his own film that he uploaded (and s
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by setrofim_ 15y ago
Also here: http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=136546 Given what what was happening in the Czech Republic and Poland (and also the protests in Germany itself), it's not that surprising. Let's hope other EU countries follow.
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by setrofim_ 15y ago
Yes, pretty much everything other than BBC.
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by setrofim_ 15y ago
>Do you pay for broadcast TV program or radio ? They are funded by advertising. Actually, in the UK, we do pay for it (BBC broadcasts, at least) through a TV license.
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by setrofim_ 15y ago
If a company seriously uses such tests to select hires, you're probably better off not working for them. Personality and "cultural fit" are important aspects (for some jobs more than others), but a much better way to assess those is to spen

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