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by wamatt 14y ago
Neat. Out of interest, how does Tincr compare to LiveReload or CodeKit?
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by wamatt 14y ago
I've used Macs for 5+ years and can safely say "It just works" is pretty much BS. At least the pain in respect of Finder can be almost totally mitigated by XtraFinder. [1] It's a truly useful addition to Finder. Think cut&paste, tabs et
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by wamatt 14y ago
Well I don't have any opinion at this stage. Also, I'm more on the strategic side of things these days, than career programming, so might be hard to give you a representative answer. Was kinda hoping HN would pick it up so we could get some
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by wamatt 14y ago
>Does this qualify as science? That's a surprisingly common, yet elusive and involved inquiry in the philosophy of science. Rather, than attempting to reach consensus on what "Science" is, perhaps we should be interested in research t
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Equity for code: Late Labs(latelabs.com)
2 points by wamatt 14y ago|3 comments
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by wamatt 14y ago
Musk's plan in a way serves as a reminder for those of us that tend to overestimate the role luck plays in the personal journey towards entrepreneurial success. While generally HN users are open minded, no small number have derided the noti
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by wamatt 14y ago
>"I have since seen an infuriating number of people point to it to claim that passphrases are more secure than random passwords. They are not." It appears you have assumed all passphrases must take the same methodological route as out
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by wamatt 14y ago
Indeed. It's questionable how complete an explanation of the internet is, with little mention of peering agreements and transit relationships.
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Experts Say It's Time to Prepare for a 'Post-Crypto' World(threatpost.com)
5 points by wamatt 14y ago|0 comments
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by wamatt 14y ago
On a somewhat related note, while an audio indicator is a nice addition, autoplay itself should really be a user controllable browser setting.
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by wamatt 14y ago
That was a mostly prescient and enjoyable blast from the past. One thing though I was glad Gibson was wrong about: > "It will probably evolve into something considerably less random, and less fun" While his point was/is true of many sy
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by wamatt 14y ago
Kudos. It appears you've made a compelling case and I found those links to be interesting reading. Of course we should still keep a close watch on the future to see how true it remains to the historical record and theory. But in the meantim
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by wamatt 14y ago
I've found Less Wrong to be somewhat useful and interesting community, and I've made some friends over the past year at a few of the meetups in the Bay Area. That said, it's possibly slightly ironic that many (perhaps even the majority) of
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by wamatt 14y ago
Interesting stats. I'd be wary however, of prematurely drawing any hard conclusions. For example comparing vim to emacs, one should rather look at whether the bash history indicates a predominantly emacs or vim user, then isolate or com
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by wamatt 14y ago
>"They may have some loyalty to the company they work for, but they work independently of the newsroom and in fact reporters tend to distrust them or consider them a nuisance ." Do you have anything evidence for that claim? Either firs
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by wamatt 14y ago
Strange reaction from Musk. He seemed awfully quick to jump fully onboard with a rather pallid response from the NYT's Public Editor[1] (a position somewhat analogous to the head of PR in a corporate). While there could be many reasons, two
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by wamatt 14y ago
That's a good point. Although, irrespective of how thoughtfully Tesla may have attempted to mitigate the fundamental problem through novel engineering, the reality seems to reflect something else. Having now entered the market in full swing
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by wamatt 14y ago
Like the OP, I'm assuming many of us, have a great deal of respect for his intellect and integrity, but honestly, I can't help feeling a bit let down by the way Mr Musk has handled the situation. Musk opens the rebuttal with: "We are upset
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Stop pretending cyberspace exists(salon.com)
27 points by wamatt 14y ago|24 comments
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by wamatt 14y ago
"Or, say, personal information that can be used in targeting advertising." This time, it's the word 'pay' that is being shoehorned. Let's assume I run a survey company, and I invite a bunch of people over for a BBQ. During lunch I passi
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by wamatt 14y ago
"To say that someone is a product just because they don't want to pay money for something strikes me as borderline sociopathic." Subjective feelings, while perfectly reasonable and acceptable in their own right, should maintain little bea
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by wamatt 14y ago
> "If you're not paying money, you're the product being sold" is one of those cached phrases that looks insightful on first glance, but contains no actual substance. And that summary judgement follows a familiar pattern: 'This is mean
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by wamatt 14y ago
While I too dislike small fonts, I'm particularly rageful of web designers that force this on the user using -webkit-text-size-adjust:none; [1] That bit of CSS will prevent Chrome and Safari from allowing the text to be resized at all
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by wamatt 14y ago
While I'm not privy to the specifics of this specific deal, I believe often the point of raising large amounts of capital, is to secure and ensure continued market dominance, in winner-takes-all stakes. It's usually not the primary goal to
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by wamatt 14y ago
>Every elite in history has called itself a "meritocracy". Who defines "merit"? I'd concede that the word itself may have been used questionably to capitalize on the associated ideological goodwill. However, simply stating it may hav
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by wamatt 14y ago
Interesting that you're appear so dismissive of Google's self driving cars. I'm not claiming you're necessarily wrong, but I am intrigued about the other self driving options and how they surpass Google's solution? It would appear to be a w
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by wamatt 14y ago
Color me impressed gentlemen. A useful idea with great execution. Now how about: 1) Ability to sleep/snooze on notifications. The use case would be when we are working in the browser and require focus. Some of us feel overly compelled to cl
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by wamatt 14y ago
Congrats on your purchase. By all accounts the Model S seems worthy of the accolades it's receiving. What I do find interesting, is the apparent failure of the wisdom of crowds in this specific instance. While it has proven to be a useful
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Chomsky interview: 'US, a leading terrorist state'(presstv.ir)
3 points by wamatt 14y ago|0 comments
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by wamatt 14y ago
FTA: "That's security in today's world. We have no choice but to trust Microsoft. Microsoft has reasons to be trustworthy, but they also have reasons to betray our trust in favor of other interests. And all we can do is ask them nicely to

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