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100 P2P pirates do 75 per cent of all downloading(thinq.co.uk)
2 points by wybo 16y ago|0 comments
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Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook page hacked(net-security.org)
3 points by wybo 16y ago|0 comments
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by wybo 16y ago
I doubt if FOSS will even make a dent in Facebook, as the Free Software web2.0-apps-ecosystem is very different from that of FOSS desktop/server-software: 0) It is harder to raise money for FOSS, especially in the startup-phase (so if compe
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by wybo 16y ago
I don't know if requiring people to enter & verify their e-mail address is such a good idea for anonymity... (it is for data quality).
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by wybo 16y ago
In London, Islington there is "the Hub". A visit to that space a couple of years ago, as part of an introduction to the startup-scene by a friend of mine, was a very inspiring experience, that oddly enough made me decide to study in the UK
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Holographic TV using Kinect as Cam: The next big thing? (3D will work!)(rdmag.com)
1 points by wybo 16y ago|0 comments
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Puppy cams threaten internet(networkworld.com)
2 points by wybo 16y ago|0 comments
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by wybo 16y ago
I wonder how this impacts very intelligent / early of age children, that might be flagged as adults by it...
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App unveiled that checks for adults posing as children(itproportal.com)
6 points by wybo 16y ago|9 comments
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by wybo 16y ago
Speaking of a can of worms :) (and yes, transparency is a good thing in general, as long as no severe overriding concerns are present)
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by wybo 16y ago
I wonder if this is going to work. First of all because it is a paywall, and many people might go elsewhere. But secondly, as set out in the article, their aim seems to be a semi-transparent paywall, that will allow people to read a few art
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by wybo 16y ago
Hope this integrates with what the Pirate Bay founders are working on, as discussed here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2132482 (at least if their "mysterious website" is still going to be based on torrents). But in either case it s
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by wybo 16y ago
For those who might have missed it, the Blekko ( http://blekko.com/ ) search-engine already allows one to do this in a quite powerful way, and Google's plans might have been a response to it. (the beauty of improvement through competition..
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Dungeons & Dragons ruled a threat to prison security(abovethelaw.com)
68 points by wybo 16y ago|60 comments
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Are human beings wired to tweet?(cbc.ca)
1 points by wybo 16y ago|0 comments
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by wybo 16y ago
Neat, but .pdf's would have been nice...
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International Symposium on Freedom of Expression(unesco.org)
1 points by wybo 16y ago|0 comments
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San Francisco bus stops get multiplayer touch screen games(electronista.com)
1 points by wybo 16y ago|0 comments
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by wybo 16y ago
Becoming a successful blogger on it? Writing and publishing a book on it? Showing your skills while volunteering for an NGO / organisation that needs/validates your skills? Offering to work for somebody for free for a while? Just some ideas
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by wybo 16y ago
Folding threads similarly to how they are done on Slashdot.org would indeed be a good idea. And better than having paginated comments, as noted here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2132568
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by wybo 16y ago
Wonder what this is going to be. User-friendly encrypted, onionized music-sharing a la oneswarm? http://oneswarm.cs.washington.edu/
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by wybo 16y ago
Agree. It makes reading the comments much less fluid, and adds N (nr of pages) more decisions to reading them.
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by wybo 16y ago
Indeed, orthogonal to the extent to which those wars are bad on overall (and the collective responsibility of the Dutch and Brits for slave trade in the past, which we can all agree on, was a shame... (am Dutch, to take it home...))
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by wybo 16y ago
Maybe this is not a very popular response, but am I alone in thinking that the collective responsibility for this rests, to some extent at least, indeed with all Nigerians? In that as citizens they should support politicians that take 419/s
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Shuccess happens: Study of an Artificial Cultural Market(scribd.com)
2 points by wybo 16y ago|0 comments
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by wybo 16y ago
As for the problem of cross-platform portability with new make-tools, and the complaint about having to learn a new language with make-replacements (two complaints raised in the posts comments), it might be possible to have a simple shell-s
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by wybo 16y ago
I have been using Blekko as my primary search-engine for a couple of days now, and in my experience their search-results are very decent. Not, maybe in terms of falsely blocked sites, but certainly in terms of having fewer false positives (
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by wybo 16y ago
Combine this with customer RFID tags and an hourly free drink for the strongest/biggest pee-er in a club, + optionally a public score-board, and sales might skyrocket... Interesting concept, and it might work better than salted peanuts...
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by wybo 16y ago
Is basically the problem of threads-based forums repeated in the blogo/HN-sphere... It would be cool if the best blog-posts could be somehow preserved, and shown when somebody is interested in them as if they were new, + personalizing the n
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by wybo 16y ago
I use Tracks the Rails app for Todo lists GTD-style I use plaintext files edited with VIM for web-related notes, and organizing thoughts. And finally I use a LiveScribe digital pen for lecture notes and jotting things down while reading pri

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