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It’s Time PayPal Was Sorted Out(gizmodo.co.uk)
3 points by xd 14y ago|0 comments
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New results indicate that particle discovered at CERN is a Higgs boson(press.web.cern.ch)
1 points by xd 14y ago|0 comments
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by xd 14y ago
I can (have) rack 2 x 1U top spec Dell servers (12 2.8ghz cores, 32gb mem, 4tb hd) with 3 year hardware warranties (next day), in separate locations with 1000mbps pipes at a grand cost of ~£200 a month over a 3 years period. The equivalent
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by xd 14y ago
The majority of HN won't like me for saying it .. but the major factor in NoSQLs "popularity" is not needing to learn SQL. Which is a crying shame, as it's one of the corner stones of computer science.
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Injecting Life-Saving Oxygen Into a Vein(sciencedaily.com)
1 points by xd 14y ago|0 comments
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by xd 14y ago
Rasmusesque?
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by xd 14y ago
Nice example of PHP being put to use on the console.
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by xd 14y ago
At least the other video they have explains taking safety precautions during application: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-WNb0NLSTI
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by xd 14y ago
Because I don't want to live in a world of profit and power.
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by xd 14y ago
"Coke has the distribution channels to get the Slingshot into the hands of those who need it." I think this is the key .. as long as it's not anther profit venture, this might just work.
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by xd 14y ago
"When someone gives me cash, it suggests to me that they haven't put in any effort." Why would you assume someone has to make more than the effort of working for a pay check, and then giving you some of that hard earned cash to do with as y
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by xd 14y ago
"ease of extending the language played a large part in its tremendous success," It's the reason I picked it up back in 2001. Being a C programmer up until that point it made the transition to web development incredibly easy. On a side note
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How Digital Filmmakers Produced a Gorgeous Sci-Fi Movie on a Kickstarter Budget(wired.com)
1 points by xd 14y ago|0 comments
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by xd 14y ago
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler." - Originated from a quote by Einstein.
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NurdRage looks to community to fund own laboratory (indiegogo.com)
2 points by xd 14y ago|0 comments
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by xd 14y ago
"I think it was October or November of 1998" .. "The idea of "personal digital media" was born." .. "Before then, very vew people had any personal photos, or music, or home movies on their computers." Wasn't this the same time digital camer
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by xd 14y ago
"This is when depression sets in. All of a sudden you see that you are not all-powerful, you can't handle everything the world throws at you."
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Software developer 'Bob' outsources own job to China(theage.com.au)
1 points by xd 14y ago|0 comments
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by xd 14y ago
Last I knew comms rooms aren't generally patrolled on a regular basis .. but then, where ever I've worked the rooms have always been locked.
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by xd 14y ago
I wasn't aware you were a PHP developer and were making the comment from the point of view as one; something you might have wanted to mention really with an implication such as the one I took issue with. Either way, I stand by my comments.
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by xd 14y ago
If you're on top of Linux I'd suggest as a working alterative without the hackery: http://uk3.php.net/manual/en/book.sem.php
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by xd 14y ago
You missed my point, big time. It was your sweeping comment lumping all PHP developers as being regarded as crap developers I was getting at. You wouldn't make comments like that about any other groups of people and find it acceptable .. o
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by xd 14y ago
Understanding why smarty is a bad thing is one of the first steps to PHP enlightenment.
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by xd 14y ago
"And this is another reason why everyone regards PHP developers as being a tinsy bit crap at developing software." Replace "PHP" with "Jewish" and would you find that comment of yours acceptable? Edit: I can only assume that the down voter
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by xd 14y ago
Maybe it's just me, but I all I see is the strong parallels of "Scientism" in HN.
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by xd 14y ago
It's a shame that few, if anyone else will get to this level of understanding .. instead just branding it a hoax, which sucks.
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by xd 14y ago
I once done a stint in the military, and during training we had to use red light at very low levels to read and write at night time .. it is possible, just a world away from what the average human with access to electricity on tap is used t
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by xd 14y ago
Are you aware of how little light you need to see? Just because you assume the light in the video is similar to a 40w bulb is short sighted (no pun intended). A 2W "pretty dim" incandescent bulb will illuminate a room no problem. Human ey
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Explore the London blitz(bombsight.org)
2 points by xd 14y ago|0 comments
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Making Accurate Straight-Edges from Scratch(home.comcast.net)
2 points by xd 14y ago|0 comments

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