thirdstation

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by thirdstation 17y ago
I wonder how many of those sites are pushing Unicode without knowing it. I still see programmers and non-programmers scratching their heads over character encoding issues.
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by thirdstation 17y ago
How will textbook publishers react to this? Will they: 1) Publish new editions more frequently? 2) License the books to rental companies instead of selling them (maybe they already do this, I don't know)? 3) Require a cut from each rental?
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by thirdstation 17y ago
The article is locked behind a paywall. [meta] Perhaps if you posted a "Tell HN:" style comment with your summary of the article and included a link with a warning that it's subscription-only, we would get more utility from the posting. [/m
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by thirdstation 17y ago
In general it sounds like a great deal -- freelance-type hours but with a regular paycheck and health benefits. I had a similar position once and it was great for my family. I never had to miss anything important and had no commute. The on
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Pencils? Yes. Books? NO. Dirty looks for sure as library goes paper free.(npr.org)
1 points by thirdstation 17y ago|0 comments
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by thirdstation 17y ago
Were I to pay for this kind of service I'd want to know who's looking at me (not just how many times). Are the hiring companies vetted in any way? There has to be more balance in the model. Employers can look at you and see how your peers
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by thirdstation 17y ago
This is only a vulnerability if you don't know what ldd does. The problem is that it's not necessarily easy to find out what ldd does. The man pages for Solaris 8-10 will tell you not to run it on untrusted files. But, if you Google "man
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by thirdstation 17y ago
Maybe we should start a grassroots campaign to insist that SPARC is pronounced "sparsee".
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by thirdstation 17y ago
The article would be better if it provided a link to the survey as well as resources about SSL (for users and developers). I've configured https servers (with a cert from Verisign and self-signed) and thought that communication to-and-fro
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by thirdstation 17y ago
I think about money going into my bank account. Makes the distractions seem more expensive (I'm currently salaried and it still works).
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by thirdstation 17y ago
Allowing your site's users to create and share their own graphs through the content would be a useful tool. People absorb concepts differently so you won't know beforehand the best way to present the material. This feature would allow say,
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IEEE contest to showcase homegrown hackery(ieee125.org)
4 points by thirdstation 17y ago|0 comments