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by smithzvk 14y ago
> I would not be surprised to see Google Groups get munched once they finish adding a few more features into the communities bag. I would say that this is probably firmly in motion. I doubt that many users enjoy using the Groups interf
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by smithzvk 14y ago
Also doesn't appear to work in Firefox/Ubuntu.
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by smithzvk 14y ago
I guess I long ago decided that Bitcoin was interesting enough with just the possibility of not having to rely on a central authority/entity. More to the point, however, is that this isn't really an issue of an authority, but rather an issu
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by smithzvk 14y ago
So, what I don't get is why can't I, as a user, just pick how far back I want to go? Why can't some trusted party, like bitcoin.org post a their best guess for the block chain state 10 days ago. Isn't that sufficient to determine with a h
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by smithzvk 14y ago
I switched to Dvorak (actually programmers Dvorak) about 8 months ago and I have to say that the jury is still out for me regarding the letter placements, but man o' man are the first layer symbols really nice (of course typing numbers is a
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by smithzvk 14y ago
They say it is open source but I can't seem to find the repository. Anyone else see it?
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by smithzvk 14y ago
The one-way nature is exactly the crux of the matter. In a purely chaotic world where people do whatever was in their best interest in the short term, everybody would infringe on copyright whenever they wanted a book (or whatever "non-scar
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by smithzvk 14y ago
Right, I would say that it isn't worth the effort. Also, I probably never care about the code with only 1 and 4 applied. So perhaps branches aren't the right way to do what I am describing. I always saw VC as a systematic way to keep a lo
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by smithzvk 14y ago
Okay, that is basically keeping with my current understanding (though I'm not sure how much I live up to the "only have working history in the public repo" rule). There is the other issue I raised, however: is there a good way to group a se
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by smithzvk 14y ago
So I'm relatively new to version control entirely, but in the last few years my group has been making a big push to institute Git. I have been wondering lately, however: how much history cleaning is expected/desirable? When I develop, I sp
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by smithzvk 14y ago
Long live the PC, and by that I mean the phone/tablet that I will connect a monitor, keyboard, and mouse to when at the office or at my desk at home. http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/android If this was in stores today and handset manufactur
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by smithzvk 14y ago
First let me apologize for the length, second I will say that to my knowledge none of this is about the CL condition system in particular, third this is basically a brain dump because I need to get back to work and still don't understand th
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by smithzvk 14y ago
I am glad to see some CL condition system pop up here. This article basically turned me off from Go and reading peoples support for C style error handling has made me question what the heck they are thinking. There are actually several nic
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by smithzvk 14y ago
Going back and reading the initial comment, I think I see where you are coming from. The poster says "FOSS projects like GNU..." and that is off base if he was implying that GNU has anything to do with OSS. You are right, no one should be
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by smithzvk 14y ago
There is such a thing as FOSS. That stands for Free and Open Source Software. There is software that is "Free" and software that is Open Source and, as I'm sure you are aware, the software that belongs to both groups is the (vast?) majori
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by smithzvk 14y ago
I argued the other day that for programmers using qwerty, the left shift gets way too much action as all of the programming stuff is on the right hand, stupidly, the most common stuff tends to be an the shift level.
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by smithzvk 14y ago
While this is basically true (and even more so for me, typically 3+ months before a security update finally nags me into rebooting 1 month after it was installed) Firefox saves your open tabs, so restarting takes no time and it is basically
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Anyone for ICFP Contest in Lisp next weekend?(directed-procrastination.blogspot.com)
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by smithzvk 14y ago
It is interesting that you should bring up SpaceX. If SpaceX used the GPL, there is nothing to say that you would ever get to explore that source code. The only time you would be guaranteed the source is if you have a rocket of your own a
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by smithzvk 14y ago
Update on that. I downloaded it and gave it a try and sure enough, the sound doesn't work. Looks like they didn't perform the due diligence of testing. I'm currently downloading the windows executable to try with my system install of Win
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by smithzvk 14y ago
I agree, but so long as they actually tested it to make sure that it works and will support issues with the wine setup, then it is acceptable, IMHO.
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by smithzvk 14y ago
If you look at the Anonymity page on this wiki, it basically states that being able to generate as many addresses as you want is not much protection. The coins still need to be transfered between your wallets, and that means people can tra
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by smithzvk 14y ago
> Yes, if a 'regular' bank was hacked and money was stolen, those stolen from would be reimbursed, whereas with bitcoins there is no chance of reimbursement This is not entirely true. When someone is holding a great deal of someone els
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by smithzvk 14y ago
Well, I think that there is something like the ink packet for bitcoins, or there could be. I may be wrong (and please correct me if I am mistaken), but it is my understanding that every Bitcoin transaction is public (just peruse the block
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by smithzvk 15y ago
Admittedly, I am not an expert with video game issues, but I would say that the biggest loss of quality between a used game and a new one is the amount that graphics and game play technology have progressed in the time it takes for the game
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by smithzvk 15y ago
> The problem with these arguments is they boil down to "I will never pay more than $x for product type y" when these prices should really be dictated by the market itself. I kind of like the complete view that the OP provides. Copyrig
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by smithzvk 15y ago
> I usually learn faster than a computer, so the way I see it is not computer "learning", but computer arbitrarily "changing" its behaviour. So, instead of memorizing "to call Jack, I have to press J and Down and Down", I have to always
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by smithzvk 15y ago
Did they reintroduce it? I saw it shot down around 5PMish EST, and rightly so, I suppose, if you believe in SOPA.
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by smithzvk 15y ago
This saddens me. I just saw Polis attempt to grant an exemption for University run DNSs (something already in place for businesses). The amendment was rebutted with a meaningful argument. Then I watched 20 minutes of completely mislead a