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by younata 14y ago
Which means that Willow Garage is NOT shutting down, they are merely changing. The article is incorrect.
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by younata 14y ago
I don't find title changes nearly as annoying as people complaining about the title changes.
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by younata 14y ago
On linux, it defaults to virtual terminals 1-6 (for the keys 1-6) behave like command lines, and X11 will occupy virtual terminal 7. Basically, he's switching between a near-blank screen, and the graphical environment.
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Show HN: My project over the past few days, a graphical display of IPv4 packets(github.com)
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by younata 14y ago
title is linkbait-y. It's saying that there MIGHT be some planets orbiting that star, but there's so much noise in the data that it's likely just noise and nothing else.
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by younata 14y ago
Link to the code, because the article doesn't have it in a proper link: http://www.daniweb.com/software-development/cpp/threads/4409...
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by younata 14y ago
Eh. Didn't get an interview. Whatever. I'll apply for the next cycle.
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by younata 14y ago
I disagree. For most people, it's fine and all to just go with the flow. Not me. I have an affliction that, statistically, I commit suicide if I try to go with the flow. I got damn close, too. It would've been really easy to go through with
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by younata 14y ago
What? There's not going to BE a portal 3... However, this may be the Portal 2 Episode 1 game mechanic.
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by younata 14y ago
Accepted, going to be flying in from melbourne, Fl.
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by younata 14y ago
iOS is a free operating system. You are only paying for the device.
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by younata 14y ago
... I'd love to read this, but there does not appear to be a way to read the full article on an iPad.
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by younata 14y ago
posting to hn probably accounts for much of their advertising revenue.
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by younata 14y ago
Selection. I tried to buy some Def Leppard the other day. Couldn't find any.
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by younata 14y ago
Basically, instead of implementing a carrot for not pirating music, the RIAA wants a bigger stick. It would be far easier for them to just implement a carrot. Make it fucking easy for me to pay for music that I can enjoy whenever I want to,
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by younata 14y ago
Heroku, but close enough.
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by younata 14y ago
That's actually the first thing I checked once I saw the press release. It mentions that they're putting EPEAT Gold certification on their eligible products, and I'm curious if ineligible products means some of the accessories they sell, an
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by younata 14y ago
The retina macbook is rated EPEAT gold. http://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/specs/
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by younata 14y ago
because snow leopard did things better than lion (much lighter footprint, for one thing).
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by younata 14y ago
sudo make me a sandwich returns what you'd expect.
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by younata 14y ago
view source shows that he has an html document embedded in the jpeg. Apparently, the jpeg format allows this.
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by younata 14y ago
> Honestly, all malware "isn't really that bad" by the metrics you're using. Maybe it sends spam. Maybe it hogs your CPU. A few will crash your machine or break it in some obvious way. This one happened to steal your personal data (and
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by younata 14y ago
As far as malware goes, this isn't really that bad. (EDIT: it doesn't e.g. steal your credit card info [unless you keep that info in your contacts list]) It's simply an app that uploads your address book to a remote server. Up until recentl
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by younata 14y ago
> The main reason no new nuclear power plants have been built in the United States in 30 years is that they have proven to be poor investments Uh... no. The main reason no new nuclear power plants have been built in the US is because
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by younata 14y ago
It is legal to control model aircraft with ham radio if you have a ham license. Forget which part of the law says that, but it's one of the things you learn about when studying for that test.
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by younata 14y ago
As I understand it, even if you don't change the actual binary, changing the meta info still requires another review.
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by younata 14y ago
(video) Was expecting a (written) post from the blip.tv folks on how to do hammock-driven development. Oh well.
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by younata 14y ago
There's a TF2 mod that is kinda like that. You start the game, and have 2 minutes to create defenses. After that, it's a normal game of CTF. I forget what it's called though.
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by younata 14y ago
How much longer until he gets a cease and desist from apple? (Or is emulation legal?)
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by younata 14y ago
No. Even if you deserve to be 'held back', you get what's called a 'social promotion'. In 8th grade, there was this big project we (each student) had to do in order to 'pass' 8th grade. The teachers all told us that if we didn't do it, we'd

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