starman100

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by starman100 7y ago
Virtual Airwaves uses it for their web-based walkie-talkie WebRTC client with a custom endpoint (in Erlang!) that emulates radio. (This link takes you to public channel 1) https://cb.virtualairwaves.com/channel/1 More
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Reset C by GE Light Bulbs [video](youtube.com)
85 points by starman100 7y ago|88 comments
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Chimps recognize butts the way humans recognize faces(mentalfloss.com)
4 points by starman100 7y ago|0 comments
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Contributing to OSS considered “dangerous advice”(twitter.com)
52 points by starman100 7y ago|55 comments
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by starman100 7y ago
This attitude is exactly what the spear-fisher is hoping for! Mac people, especially, think their OS is "secure by design" (as Apple says it is) and there's no way they can be attacked. Take another look at the article! This
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by starman100 7y ago
This "spear" was also for a MacOS vulnerability. No doubt most Mac people think they're immune to viruses and malware, making this even more effective. It is very well thought out attack.
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‘We Didn’t Understand the Risks’: Neil Armstrong’s Sons Remember Apollo 11(fortune.com)
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by starman100 7y ago
My Windows 10 machine runs 32-bit apps alongside 64-bit apps just fine. It's no big deal on the Intel architecture. Why is this such a hard thing for Apple to do? (I can also run most 16-bit apps!)
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by starman100 7y ago
You've _never_ seen a correctable error reported in 20 years? I think your AMD motherboard isn't handling these errors right. That's much more likely than you've never had 1 in 20 years. See google's study: https:&
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A waterfront server farm cooled by the SF bay(eastbayexpress.com)
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by starman100 7y ago
That's our impression, too. There are AMD Motherboards that take ECC memory, but we've never seen them act on ECC errors that were uncorrectable (the correctably errors are handled, but uncorrectable errors aren't reported!).
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by starman100 7y ago
Maybe, just maybe, tariffs aren't such a bad idea. Yes, we realize it's really just a "tax on everything" but by making it a little less cost-effective to move manufacturing to China, we may bring more jobs and money bac
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Mozilla Patches Firefox Critical 0day Flaw Under Active Attack(threatpost.com)
4 points by starman100 7y ago|0 comments
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Microsoft and Kano are launching a build-your-own Windows 10 PC kit(theverge.com)
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Facebook's Ban on Crypto Advertising(twitter.com)
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by starman100 7y ago
Wow! I didn't know that. I "switched back" when there was no pro/NVidia option available to me about 7 years ago.
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by starman100 7y ago
Nobody at the U.S. Mint would be any more "embarrassed" than anyone else over a misprint on U.S. currency. But these people, part of the U.S. Treasury, might be: https://moneyfactory.gov/
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by starman100 7y ago
But, to the actual end users, Libra is no different than, say, writing a check. It doesn't matter to me how the banks themselves shuffle their funds back and forth when I give a check to someone.
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by starman100 7y ago
You could also be running this on Linux that happens to be running on Apple hardware.
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by starman100 7y ago
Just use Erlang with Dialyzer. It's not quite as nice as a lanugage with types built-in, but if you're strict about using it, it does work. I won't code without it.
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by starman100 7y ago
Putting an Erlang-like language on the JVM would really lose all the advantages of Erlang, wouldn't it. The syntax, while very useful, isn't the real strength of the language. It's the BEAM.
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by starman100 7y ago
Interesting. I'd really like to see Pytherl. Use the easy-to-learn Python syntax, as best as possible, but on the BEAM. I think that would be even better than Elixir for getting people on board.