tdicola

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   by tdicola 12y ago

   This was written almost 10 years ago by someone who was pretty polarizing inside the company (and ultimately left after spearheading the original vision for Windows 8), so take it with a grain of salt. Many of the recent MS layoffs have be
2. 632.▲
   by tdicola 12y ago

   Are smaller shells like busybox affected though? I bet a lot of routers run it (I know mine with OpenWRT does).
3. 633.▲
   by tdicola 12y ago

   I'm not affiliated with the project, but I've used openFrameworks ( http://www.openframeworks.cc/ ) and really liked the library but found the documentation is pretty lacking. It's basically just an API refere
4. 634.▲
   by tdicola 12y ago

   Very cool board. I wonder how difficult it would be to port the software to other ARM boards like an Arduino Due or Teensy 3.1.
5. 635.▲
   by tdicola 12y ago

   Yeah, the annoying thing is it sounds like there isn't a full patch yet and new vulnerabilities are being discovered. Just trying to understand if I should shut the machine down until everything is sorted out.
6. 636.▲
   by tdicola 12y ago

   Ouch, what a mess. Thanks for the warning.
7. 637.▲
   by tdicola 12y ago

   As someone who just runs an Ubuntu 14.04 desktop machine without any web server should I be concerned? I don't really see how anyone could remotely execute bash on my system.
8. 638.▲
   by tdicola 12y ago

   > Why on earth are laptops not selling? If someone had the answer to that question then Microsoft, Sony, Samsung, etc. would be much, much happier. The entire PC industry has been shrinking for the last few years, sometimes with double
9. 639.▲
   by tdicola 12y ago

   Marry into a rich family.
10. 640.▲
    by tdicola 12y ago

    Some advice I can offer, be very very careful of the quality of resources you use to learn C and C++. In particular look at the year the book/tutorial/etc. was written and try to get stuff that was written or updated recently. B
11. 641.▲
    by tdicola 12y ago

    Can we add some way to send short text messages too?
12. 642.▲
    by tdicola 12y ago

    I don't see how a clot in the brain would be detectable through heart rate at all.
13. 643.▲
    by tdicola 12y ago

    One bad thing is that the LEM was never designed to return to earth, so when Apollo 13 came back with the LEM it also brought the RTG back and could have dispersed the 8.5 lbs of plutonium in the atmosphere. In the grand scheme of things t
14. 644.▲
    by tdicola 12y ago

    If you're a developer you'll want a real Linux environment anyways so I would just go the crouton route. I've been really happy with my C720 and crouton running Ubuntu.
15. 645.▲
    by tdicola 12y ago

    The extra irony is cutting jobs and research while spending billions to buy a game franchise.
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    by tdicola 12y ago

    I imagine it's tough to be a small division away from the mothership in Seattle. If they aren't constantly making their presence and existence known it's probably easy for execs to write them off as not performing.
17. 647.▲
    by tdicola 12y ago

    They were a good place to find a Beaglebone Black when they were in short supply too! No crazy markup either.
18. 648.▲
    by tdicola 12y ago

    Thanks!
19. 649.▲
    by tdicola 12y ago

    Would love to see someone from Github answer this question. Very curious what //TODO is about, what it actually does, etc.
20. 650.▲
    by tdicola 12y ago

    The thing I can't wait to see is how Microsoft intends to recoup the cost in FY2015 like they say they will. From what I read Mojang only made ~$300 million off Minecraft last year, so where is the other $2.2 billion going to come fro
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    by tdicola 12y ago

    I can't help but think this deal is going to have the exact opposite effect on Notch as he intended. Now everyone knows he's a billionaire and people will come crawling out of the woodwork to try and get something from him. Also
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    by tdicola 12y ago

    Is it really that prescient? By 1985 there were lots of BBSes you could dial into and connect with people from across the nation. In fact what would become America Online was just starting out as a BBS. The internet was available at most
23. 653.▲
    by tdicola 12y ago

    I wish there was a HN thread to geek out about the demo scene. Was just watching some of the Mind Candy DVDs recently and going down memory lane.
24. 654.▲
    by tdicola 12y ago

    And the irony is this is exactly what Uber is doing to the traditional taxi industry.
25. 655.▲
    by tdicola 12y ago

    I agree, I think this list is just going to make folks add AI or science! to their startup idea in the hopes it has a better chance of getting in to an incubator.
26. 656.▲
    by tdicola 12y ago

    Wow, cool to see Ben Heck featured in the BBC. If you want to see a lot of his recent stuff check out his youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/thebenheckshow
27. 657.▲
    by tdicola 12y ago

    I wear a $5 watch from Target so theft is never a problem.
28. 658.▲
    by tdicola 12y ago

    Nice animation. Something similar is JWZ's dali clock: http://www.jwz.org/xdaliclock/
29. 659.▲
    by tdicola 12y ago

    Print media is dying.
30. 660.▲
    by tdicola 12y ago

    Sorry, you can't build any more wood blocks today! Would you like to buy an extra 10 wood blocks for 99 Mojang bucks?