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by spauka 14y ago
In answer to your two questions: 1: Yes, you will eventually need to mmap more memory. Since you want to minimize the number of mmap calls necessary for things like heap allocations, you generally allocate in larger chunks then necessary an
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by spauka 14y ago
Not at all. It's saying use standards when there is a standards compliant alternative, because it's both better coding practice and because it means you won't be screwing over your users and you won't be screwing over developers who wish to
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Huawei offers unrestricted access to software code(abc.net.au)
1 points by spauka 14y ago|0 comments
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by spauka 14y ago
This product looks incredibly similar to the one being offered by stripe.
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No, You're not entitled to your opinion(theconversation.edu.au)
9 points by spauka 14y ago|0 comments
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by spauka 14y ago
In this case, the USSD is not the bug. The fact that it can be triggered from HTML and cause a factory reset without user interaction is the bug. At least with older phones, after entry, it was necessary to hit dial before any effect was ta
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by spauka 14y ago
It'll be interesting to see where the opposition takes their broadband policy. With Turnbull at the helm of opposition telecommunications policy, it is certainly beginning too seem like they are less likely to completely tear down the NBN.
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by spauka 14y ago
I am curious about the senate committee choosing to single our Microsoft and HP in their attach, when there is ample evidence to suggest that so many other well known companies are engaging in similar practices. In 5 minutes, I came up with
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by spauka 14y ago
The difference here is that I might reasonably be expected to be taking my laptop with me on road trips which could get bumpy. I.E. this is not that much of an extreme case.
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by spauka 14y ago
It never actually occurred to me that using the tracking tool on your phone/device might constitute an illegal search. Does anyone know of anywhere where this is the case?
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Use of tracking app to find stolen iPad 'legal' (Aus)(abc.net.au)
2 points by spauka 14y ago|2 comments
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by spauka 14y ago
That was certainly an interesting if not completely ridiculous read... The author seems to spend most of his time generalizing and erroneously misinterpreting the view points of those he perceives as skeptics (the most heinous of which incl
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Microsoft updates their Terms of Service to an easily readable Q&A format(windows.microsoft.com)
106 points by spauka 14y ago|24 comments
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Australian Pirate Party looking for Members to be registered in the ACT(pirateparty.org.au)
2 points by spauka 14y ago|0 comments
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by spauka 14y ago
Site seems to be going up and down. Just keep refreshing, and you should get the site again. With images.
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Analysis of the Pirate Bay outage(renesys.com)
3 points by spauka 14y ago|0 comments
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Backdoor in Mission Critical Infrastructure (+Code)(arstechnica.com)
4 points by spauka 14y ago|0 comments
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by spauka 14y ago
While I understand their concern, it is none the less quite a useful feature for testing. Firefox warns users if they are authenticating to a site with a small message and asks them to confirm. This prevents pretty much all of the phishing
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The great NBN (National Broadband Network) fail(abc.net.au)
3 points by spauka 15y ago|0 comments
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by spauka 15y ago
Not just a little strong, its bullshit... 2.2 sigma still leads to about a 4-5% chance of random error, and in particle physics that is an absolutely MASSIVE margin of error. As people have been saying, Physicists probably won't get truly e
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by spauka 15y ago
On a similar note to this, I generally like to open links in new tabs, so that I can refer back to the original page without losing my place, or to refer to the linked content after I finish on the current page. This does not work when you
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Being an Atheist (What does it mean?)(plus.google.com)
1 points by spauka 15y ago|0 comments
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by spauka 15y ago
Part 2 can be found at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc301808.aspx
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An indepth runthrough of the Windows Executable (PE) File Format(msdn.microsoft.com)
4 points by spauka 15y ago|1 comments
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by spauka 15y ago
A lot of people here have been commenting that it is well within Google's rights to remove any images it deems to be offensive and that we as the people have to live with it. If you don't like it, tough, switch services or make your own, do
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by spauka 15y ago
GoDaddy has responded to the allegations from namecheap at TechChrunch, saying that the blocks were part of standard practice to limit the volume of Whois queries from a single IP, which is apparently common practice, unless the registrar i
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by spauka 15y ago
On the contrary, I don't really think that it is the University's job to teach "programming". University traditionally focuses around teaching the skills to do research. Higher level skills such as analysis and problem solving. Consider lea
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by spauka 15y ago
First off, I applaud the author, and all previous comments for what has been a constructive and meaningful debate. However, there is an issue which I believe is being overlooked here, and that is that the internet is an INTERNATIONAL resour
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by spauka 15y ago
While I agree that the protection of copyright is a noble pursuit (yes I believe people should be paid for things they create if they request to be paid), the recording industry is going about it in totally the wrong way. Time and again, pe
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by spauka 15y ago
Calling it an 'Everlasting Battery Material' seems a little bit misleading... Even the first paragraph acknowledges that it has a potentially useable life of 30 years as opposed to forever, and as with all batteries, it would depend on how

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