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by tammer 14y ago
your country has over your internet?
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by tammer 14y ago
Precisely. Not necessary for every business, but entirely necessary any business that can't risk that kind of downtime. We've got (bare minimum) 8Kva UPS's on every netshelter on campus. The production side uses enormous generators and UPS'
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by tammer 14y ago
I find it interesting that nobody's seems to recognize the primary problem with relying on cloud services - putting the entire business in the hands of your ISP. You can get redundant pipes, but then you're looking at the beginning of way m
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by tammer 14y ago
Like thinkpads did ... the ivy bridge models soon to be announced use a new layout. While the chicklet keyboards are largely an improvement (I've tried an E420 for a few moments and love the wider spacing), losing that row will take some g
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by tammer 14y ago
I think all the comments about the benefits/detriments of Chrome OS as a whole are a little off topic. I think the most important element of this piece is Torvalds' recognition that "simple" UI doesn't need to limit a user's ability to visu
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by tammer 15y ago
this... this is not good. DARPA's increasing funding to their massive tactical decision-making computer (skynet) and only a week later they're putting it to us to build humanoid mechanical soldiers (T-100 series)... Needless to say, I'm a l
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by tammer 15y ago
Indeed... In fact the only problems I've ever heard anyone have with an iDevices were issues with updating (solved by OTA iCloud updates) and account issues. A page that's both comprehensive and simple that lets you manage your account(s)
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by tammer 15y ago
Definitely a valid opinion, but the way I see it when you use Arch you inherently don the hat of one of those 'bleeding edge distro people,' and it's up to you to keep everything working. It's simply the price I pay to have the most up-to-d
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by tammer 15y ago
I totally concur. I recently tried an experiment - could my girlfriend use the Wubi installer and get Ubuntu going without any boyfriend tech-support? Results: The installer is far from perfect, but after a few tries and a few seemingly ran
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by tammer 15y ago
Personally I think the design is absolutely incredible - it's quite rare that I encounter UX so good it makes me smile. Just look at the rainbow iconography! Perfectly captures the emotional response I've seen non-tech people have when they
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by tammer 15y ago
I find mp3 and aac compression artifacts to be monstrously irritating. I have no idea how the majority of the world seemingly can ignore them. Further, I can hear a difference between 44.1kHz and 96kHz. Whether you can hear that difference
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by tammer 15y ago
is there any other? I'd like to know!
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by tammer 15y ago
I've recently done a double-take on my love for Google. I want to love Duck Duck Go. I really do. I tell all my less tech-savy friends/relatives about it. Personally, though, I can't live without deep search. I'd say about 99.9999% of my
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by tammer 15y ago
You're entirely correct, and I regret that the negativity in the above comment brought that statement from me. In actuality, there's no superior way of learning, and no superior way of getting into cycling! Take the tone of my comment as a
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by tammer 15y ago
Disclaimer: I've been an incredibly happy Arch user for two years now (have it on all my home systems) which may indicate my bias. Whether I'm an "outcast" or a "neckbeard" is entirely for others to decide. What I can tell you is that based
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by tammer 15y ago
I concur with the rest of the comments - I don't understand how the author can dismiss the plethora of RPG/adventure games, from GTA to Skyrim, as not being inspired by Zelda's gameplay in the same way platformers can be said to be derivati
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by tammer 15y ago
A cloud service would be nice for a pretty frontend, but isn't at all necessary. iSSH + Dropbox + home server with full LaTeX installation = typography-fu. Many people seem to think that tablets functioning as "laptop replacements" means du
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by tammer 15y ago
Hypercard for iPad? Brilliant!
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Ask HN: How can I make Google Search more usable/beautiful?
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by tammer 15y ago
http://www.harpers.org get yourself a subscription. today.