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by slacka 8y ago
Despite recent some initial evidence to the contrary,[1] I'm still a fan of the idea that dark mater is actually concentrations of matter/energy outside of our universe. If string theory is true, gravity does leak into the multive
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by slacka 8y ago
I disagree with your conclusion because you are not considering external factors. The issue isn't majority vote. The problem is many of the voters were not properly informed about the consequences of their decision. More importantly, m
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by slacka 8y ago
> I heavily believe we should be supporting creators Agreed. Do you disable your pi-hole on sites like Reddit? They vet their ads so not have any of the malicious attributes that you described. All the larger newspagers like WaPo and NYT
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by slacka 8y ago
Normally, I'd suggest you subscribe to support quality journalism, but since you are from Europe: http://archive.is/hvDCa
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by slacka 8y ago
Yes it actually works quite well as long as you use the 1st, macro version. If you have LibreOffice installed, it takes less time to actually try it, than to post a comment.
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by slacka 8y ago
This reminds me of the 3D roller coaster simulator in Excel[1]. The difference here is this was made for readability in mind and even works without macros. [1] http://www.excelunusual.com/coaster/
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by slacka 8y ago
Anyone tested Tor in China recently? Back when I was making regular business trips there, I not only tested and reported bugs, but I shared it with many locals who were interested in what an open Internet experience was like. (Sadly, wantin
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by slacka 8y ago
Not only that, but their chart makes it look like adopting older languages now will give you more bit rot resistance. C2: C89 or Python 2 a few decades a developer week C3: C or Python a decade a developer month When it should read: C2: C99
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by slacka 8y ago
Could it be that you have the 30,000' view, while they had a ground view and climbed up a mountain to fix the view for all those in their town? Out of frustration I've broke out IDA Pro enough times to scratch my own itch that it&
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by slacka 8y ago
Some serious over engineering going on here. The fridge should be set to the coldest possible temperature without the food freezing, as close to 1 °C as possible an run whenever there is solar power available. The only software need I see w
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Why American Farmers Are Hacking Their Tractors with Ukrainian Firmware(motherboard.vice.com)
2 points by slacka 8y ago|0 comments
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by slacka 9y ago
I couldn't find this issue on the QEMU bug tracker. https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/ Since you encountered it and I don't yet have AMD hardware to test, would you mind reporting it?
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by slacka 9y ago
Yes for over a decade I was able used Gaim/Pidgin as my one stop instant messenger. In the early days, I used it for MSN,AIM, and ICQ. And when Google Talk took off that worked too. Could even talk to my coworkers in China over the QQ
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by slacka 9y ago
This is most likely fake IT news. The site is hosted on a Raspberry Pi. Here's u/kawaiineko5 's analysis on it: * Domain registered only 8 days after meltdownattack.com yet is "based on the work highlighted by Meltdown a
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by slacka 9y ago
As someone who lost over 100 bitcoins in a sketchy mining pool, for the love of god, please be careful. I was in early on this madness, and dedicated my gaming rig for a couple of years. Basically forgot about it, until one day I went to mo
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by slacka 9y ago
Same, I also get by with 512MB. If i686 support is dropped, I'd need to move up to 1GB, which comes with a considerable cost increase.
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by slacka 9y ago
Yes, just a kid crying about having to follow style guidelines. If manually running his team's tool is really wasting as much time as he claims, they should switch to a tooling that automatically corrects style. I use tabs, but the pol
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by slacka 9y ago
I have an Asus RT-AC66U w/ merlin firmware. I've been running it for years now without a single crash. It's only been rebooted once to update the firmware as it's on a UPS. I have a 2 TB HDD that turns it into our house&
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by slacka 9y ago
If you found this interesting, I highly recommend Frontline's The Fish on My Plate [1]. It chronicles this quirky author's journey into the world of seafood. He does a "Supersize me" like experiment with seafood. I learn
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by slacka 9y ago
No, this was because WP security team ignored this issue. From the article: > This issue has been reported to WordPress security team multiple times with the first report sent back in July 2016. It was reported both directly via securi
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As US prepares to gut net neutrality rules, Canada strengthens them(arstechnica.com)
2 points by slacka 9y ago|0 comments
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by slacka 9y ago
Context from ShonumiGBE+ at /r/emulation : Might help to explain some context for people who don't know what Overdrive 2 is, or why it's important. TiTAN is a pretty prominent group in the demo scene. They do a lot of cr
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House Schedules Vote on Eliminating Consumer Online Privacy Rights Next Week(eff.org)
157 points by slacka 10y ago|15 comments
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by slacka 10y ago
From my experience, a strong CS background is the difference between software engineer and a prolific coder. With equal experience, the engineer’s results tend to be better optimized and easier to maintain. Of course there are exceptions to
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by slacka 10y ago
> bloated frameworks. Both in term of CPU usage, memory consumption, and the number of round trips needed to show something like a simple list of links. You combine this with the fact they were targeting the low-end, entry level marketsp
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by slacka 10y ago
I wonder how much is moved by drones?
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by slacka 10y ago
Europe or Japan were nice, but China was amazing. No pre-paid ticket, no planning just show up at the Shenzen train station the morning, arrive in Beijing in the evening on the other size of the country.[1] Imagine freedom, the innovation,
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by slacka 10y ago
> I really feel that proposing video games over being outside does a huge disservice to us as people. This. Growing up, I was only allowed 1 hr of video games or TV per day. And on nice days, I was ordered to play outside. I grew up with
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by slacka 10y ago
Growing up parents gradually loosened the restrictions on my roaming from age 7-12. As an adult, I think that taught me independence, love of nature, and exercise / outdoor activities. Do you not feel the benefits outweigh the risks? I
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by slacka 10y ago
I assume you joke, but I'm truly worried that the Fundamentalist Christians are making progress towards their goal of imposing Christian sharia law on us all. They are a powerful and single issue voter block. They will show up to vote

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