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by tsetse-fly 18y ago
Make sure you're an American though, or else you might end up at Guantánamo- well, pre-Obama you might have. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/02/us/nationalspecial3/02gitm...
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by tsetse-fly 18y ago
Edit: they hit at least 49 different cities according to the article.
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by tsetse-fly 18y ago
Maybe he sold the cards as being unlimited money for 30 minutes. It's probably not even difficult to refresh the cards. He was already in their system, he had the account numbers, it could have been scripted. This was a one-shot deal -- the
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by tsetse-fly 18y ago
What's the largest amount you've withdrawn? It seems like if you withdrew your daily limit (~$500+?), you'd get something larger than a $20.
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by tsetse-fly 18y ago
That interview is from May 2006.[1] We don't know if it's one of the cashiers and we don't know how this specific scheme played out. Yes, you can often hire a cashier. Typically, this guy has some plastic and an encoder, but he doesn't ha
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by tsetse-fly 18y ago
I was a bit skeptical about how anyone could easily carry away that amount of cash from an ATM, but it's not so unbelievable: $9,000,000 / 130 ATMS = $69,230.8 or roughly 692 $100 bills. The US government requirement for currency
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by tsetse-fly 18y ago
The article does not state that there was any sort of profit sharing involved. People involved in online fraud rarely collaborate with each other. You never know who's on the other end and your anonymity is your biggest strength. It's more
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by tsetse-fly 18y ago
You believe it's skewed because it doesn't fit your particular model of world. The fact is, an entire generation of hackers got their start through tinkering on a gaming console in their pre-teen years. I think you're just so out of touch w
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by tsetse-fly 18y ago
It's not as accessible as BASIC on a TI calculator, where many kids are introduced to programming. I don't think it's a coincidence that the situation was similar on Commodores/Ataris. Deciding that you need a programming language install
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by tsetse-fly 18y ago
dupe and linkjack: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=476641 http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/new-in-labs-add-your-l...
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by tsetse-fly 18y ago
delicious changed their name after they were acquired by Yahoo!. This was in July 2008, five years after they launched. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Del.icio.us
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by tsetse-fly 18y ago
People tinkering with programming don't care about APIs, they don't even know what an API is. Have you seen how much code is required for a Hello World application for the iPhone or how many people there are complaining about Objective-C's
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by tsetse-fly 18y ago
I think approachability is absolutely key. Kids wrote programs on their Commodores, Ataris, and TI calculators because the environment was already setup. You could type in a few commands and instantly have something running (a program tha
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by tsetse-fly 18y ago
Hacker News is not a programming help forum. Mailing lists, ruby forums, IRC, or Stack Overflow would be better places to ask for help.
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by tsetse-fly 18y ago
It didn't stop del.icio.us. If you build it, they will come.
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by tsetse-fly 18y ago
The title is misleading. As the article mentions, this is all speculative, based on information from a forum. Why not wait until Monday to post official pictures/specs/pricing? Visit Engadget if you want rumors.
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by tsetse-fly 18y ago
http://antoniocangiano.com/2009/01/28/lets-all-grow-up/
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by tsetse-fly 18y ago
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=297289 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=392889 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=315040 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=348019 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=290128 http://news.yc
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by tsetse-fly 18y ago
They use "design" in the context of applied arts. Similar to the way that "designer clothing" refers to fashion.
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by tsetse-fly 18y ago
This has nothing to do with the iPhone.
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by tsetse-fly 18y ago
When did Hacker News turn into twitter? Submit an article or ask a question.
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by tsetse-fly 18y ago
I don't get it. Could you explain why it delays builds?
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by tsetse-fly 18y ago
dupe: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=345140 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=336903
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by tsetse-fly 18y ago
I use Carbon Emacs because Cocoa Emacs has a black square in the center of the frame for the visual bell. Also, there's no visual separator between windows when you have your scroll bar/fringes turned off. Aquamacs is too exotic.
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by tsetse-fly 18y ago
If you liked running Emacs under X11 then you'll probably like Carbon/Cocoa Emacs. There are binaries available: http://atomized.org/wp-content/cocoa-emacs-nightly/ http://aquamacs.org/nightlies.shtml
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by tsetse-fly 18y ago
How do you use Aquamacs on a MacBook without a right Control key?
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by tsetse-fly 18y ago
This is not in anyway a trial with open source software. FOSS developers work on software that they're familiar with. I doubt very many of them own thin client hardware. They also don't like proprietary software and on the other end of this
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by tsetse-fly 18y ago
No, FOSS developers will not help much because the product is VMWare View. It's specifically for thin client makers.
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by tsetse-fly 18y ago
The title is misleading. I get the feeling that everyone who upvoted this submission, did so reflexively without ever visiting the article. VMWare is open sourcing VMware View, a product intended for thin client manufacturers.
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by tsetse-fly 18y ago
Did you even bother to read the article? They're open sourcing VMWare View (formerly called VMWare VDI) not VMWare Workstation. View is thin client software for remote desktop delivery. http://www.vmware.com/products/view/

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