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by zoidb 12y ago
For people who are required to have a machine that boots into windows because of corporate policies at work maybe?
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The scope of index variables in Python's for loops(eli.thegreenplace.net)
21 points by zoidb 12y ago|15 comments
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by zoidb 12y ago
It would be relatively simple to do, I'm surprised that http://asciiflow.com/ doesn't have an option for it, but now that I think about it a little more I think most people create these ascii diagrams because they
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by zoidb 12y ago
Nice! The banner generator uses figlet fonts and there is a javascript parser out there, check out http://github.com/scottgonzalez/figlet-js Also speaking of which I created a canvas breakout game that uses a modified
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by zoidb 12y ago
According to the FAQ: Whatever Account # you provide to edX is the one that will be associated with the credit.
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Show HN: Ascii-breakout(ascii-breakout.com)
2 points by zoidb 12y ago|0 comments
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by zoidb 12y ago
While I agree this is a critical security flaw who in their right mind would expose phpadmin to the outside world? Is this something that is commonly done?
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by zoidb 12y ago
How long before you will have to answer a series of annoying and difficult questions if you don't allow tracking cookies and google to collect personal information (which I assume the far majority of users allow on a regular basis)?
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by zoidb 12y ago
This is probably the best use of a slider I've seen on a website (and the main concept is nice too!). Out of curiosity what's the setup on the back-end?
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by zoidb 12y ago
Very nice! I would love to see something like this that compiles and gives the output in realtime, even if it is only done on the client. Would be very handy for tech-screens.
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by zoidb 12y ago
An rss feed would be nice
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by zoidb 12y ago
Neat - I have a similar side-project in the works and I bet one of the challenges will be how to handle pages that are difficult to scrape. You might also want to check out https://visualping.io/
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by zoidb 12y ago
Specifically what they are making "open source" is an excel spreadsheet with a list of survey questions, here is a direct link - https://panoramaed.com/landing/download-student-survey Seems like it would be n
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by zoidb 12y ago
My favorite quote from the article: > There are a lot of ways to be frugal, but you can start with driving older (paid-off) cars and tracking your expenses to ensure that your family spending aligns with your values and goals. So I guess
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by zoidb 12y ago
Door locks keep honest people honest. If someone really wants to get in your house they will find an easier way than to copy your key.
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by zoidb 12y ago
they should do one for having and not having kids
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by zoidb 12y ago
What exactly is used under the covers for provisioning the AWS resources, cloudformation? If so is it possible to export the cloudformation template after resources are created in the gui? I could see this being extremely useful if that&#x2
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by zoidb 13y ago
One piece of feedback unrelated to the content, visually red text on a white background is very difficult for some people to read..
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by zoidb 13y ago
I know it must be worth a lot for the area he lives in but it's still amusing they call his two story plain looking house a "palace."
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EdX on the Raspberry Pi – A Portable Classroom(engineering.edx.org)
11 points by zoidb 13y ago|0 comments
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by zoidb 13y ago
Adding to your third point I am pretty sure there is still awful mobile browser support for client certs which is a dealbreaker just about every site out there these days
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by zoidb 13y ago
Nothing new and in fact it's an extremely common hack to do a recursive find over the upper directory to see if there are any directories with the global write bit set, then drop a php file to get access to their file system. In general, y
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by zoidb 13y ago
The linux client that they released recently is decent
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by zoidb 14y ago
Think you are missing the point, the women in question are not "booth babes" but women dressed in street clothes doing promotional work. My gut tells me that the pool of applicants for these jobs skews attractive female.
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by zoidb 14y ago
> so I’m not saying they can’t make great cofounders. What I am saying is that working at one of these companies doesn’t come close to qualifying someone to be a technical cofounder, and in some ways, it makes them worse That's not what
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by zoidb 14y ago
the way I read this is that it is less about not having control over your data (pictures and music?) less about freedom and software and more about just wanting a piece of portable hardware that works for simple tasks. I can sympathize wit
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by zoidb 14y ago
they just posted an update
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by zoidb 14y ago
> I obviously can't afford to give my work away for free Why is that obvious?
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by zoidb 14y ago
not an encyclopedia galactica :(
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by zoidb 14y ago
I'm sure this is just a bad quote: > “Every time I hear that a class of 8th graders are learning how to blink LEDs I realize that we’re making a difference,” says CEO Nathan Seidle Or there is more to it than that, sometimes I do get th

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