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by socratees 17y ago
I never click on any ads. Didn't install Ad blocker because that's how sites make money. I seriously believe ads' can't make someone buy a product right away, they essentially serve as a billboard that we see on the highway. At least that h
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by socratees 17y ago
All the articles state a similar previous rift that caused the formation of the Red Sea took 30 million years. This Ethiopian rift is a combination of volcanic activity and tectonic plate movement ( from what i can read from other related a
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by socratees 17y ago
I might be among those that got a flawless Ubuntu upgrade. The poll now says ( http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1305924 ) 18.25% had flawless upgrades, 15.19% had flawless install. Of course Ubuntu has bugs, but I bet its a lot
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by socratees 17y ago
He's one hell of a visionary, and he rightly deserves the praise.
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by socratees 17y ago
Lets assume if an recruiter looks up my name on Stack Overflow careers, and they won't find me there because I was busy I didn't have time for Stack Overflow. Does that mean I'm not a good programmer? does that mean I don't help my fellow p
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by socratees 17y ago
Linking the SO account to career account sounds ridiculous. What if I'm not interested in SO and not a reputable person there?
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by socratees 17y ago
You can read more about the anti-trust law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Trust_Law . From what I understand, Microsoft was sued because of its anti-competitive behavior with Netscape. It lost the case because there was enough evidence
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by socratees 17y ago
Maybe you should use proper grammar. "What are your favorite books?" or "Please name two of your most favorite books."
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by socratees 17y ago
Does anyone care about them anymore? Except for Hadoop and BOSS, there isn't anything worth mention. And 100m USD is insane it just shows how desperate they are to market themselves to people who don't know what a browser is.
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by socratees 17y ago
@clarencewenham, you should have a nice blog and move your content there. Doesn't matter whether you update it frequently or not.
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by socratees 17y ago
I feel that the whole web concept using a browser based interface is a bit hyped now. And anyways believe it or not, iPhone is the first true Web OS. And so is Google Android. It's sad Microsoft hasn't taken this kind of thing seriously yet
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by socratees 17y ago
> "When doctors screw up (massively) they get sued. When (permanently employed) programmers screw up they get let-go, and they go find a new job, usually with more responsibility and a pay raise. There are no ramifications for software
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by socratees 17y ago
That will NEVER happen. We already have enough food to feed 7 billion people over multiple years. The problem we face now is more related to "distribution of food to the right people" rather than production. What if the population explodes?
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by socratees 17y ago
That script almost crashed my browser.
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by socratees 17y ago
So if a VC firm overseas funds a startup, who gets the visa? Do you think the VC's overseas will be generous enough to let the founder get a US visa while they remain at their home country?
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by socratees 17y ago
And by the way, the people who run these simulations could be one of our descendants who wanted to know how they evolved. Anyways, its definitely a fun read.
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by socratees 17y ago
That's what I noticed. At almost the same time, all erlang links were gone. Did the admins remove it?
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Ask HN: How did the Erlang articles disappear on HN yesterday?
6 points by socratees 17y ago|11 comments
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Network dataflow through Linux Kernel.(linuxfoundation.org)
7 points by socratees 17y ago|0 comments
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How the kernel manages your memory - with diagrams.(duartes.org)
4 points by socratees 17y ago|0 comments
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Distributed Caching - Lessons(infoq.com)
4 points by socratees 17y ago|0 comments
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by socratees 17y ago
Wow. Today is Erlang day at HN.
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by socratees 17y ago
Flooding HN with erlang articles to keep away non hackers? Nice.
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by socratees 17y ago
Is this frickin China?
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by socratees 17y ago
Total irrational BS. Just like mhd said, that whole site is full of feel-goodey things - doesn't belong on HN. The comments clearly reflect that.
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by socratees 17y ago
The following does not happen in this kernel. Quoted Verbatim * Buffer overflows: buffer overflows are a classic security attack against operating systems, trying to make the software crash or even to inject malicious code into the cycl
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L4.Verified project - A formally correct OS kernel.(ertos.nicta.com.au)
9 points by socratees 17y ago|6 comments
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Mel Gorman - Understanding the Linux Virtual Memory Manager.(ptgmedia.pearsoncmg.com)
12 points by socratees 17y ago|5 comments
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Matt Walker - Secrets of the Sleeping Brain : The Psychology of Sleep.(fora.tv)
1 points by socratees 17y ago|0 comments
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Ralph Osterhout - Invention Is the Mother of Creativity.(fora.tv)
1 points by socratees 17y ago|0 comments

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