angrytapir

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I can haz business: King of the LOLcats on what it takes to build an empire(computerworld.com.au)
2 points by angrytapir 13y ago|0 comments
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EU Parliament makes more than 900 changes to data privacy law(cso.com.au)
2 points by angrytapir 14y ago|0 comments
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Mozilla changes policy to limit risk of subordinate CA certificate abuse(cso.com.au)
1 points by angrytapir 14y ago|0 comments
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Whonix: An OS for the era of Anonymous and Wikileaks(computerworld.com.au)
1 points by angrytapir 14y ago|0 comments
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NASA's cloud computing odyssey: From Earth to Mars(computerworld.com.au)
2 points by angrytapir 14y ago|0 comments
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Yahoo acquires video chat startup OnTheAir(computerworld.com.au)
1 points by angrytapir 14y ago|0 comments
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by angrytapir 14y ago
Shameless plug: I interviewed Contiki's creator Adam Dunkels recently - https://www.computerworld.com.au/article/438327/contiki_an_o...
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by angrytapir 14y ago
I scan a QR code at my local coffee shop almost every (week) day. I use an app that acts like an electronic loyalty card - you scan a QR code when you get a coffee, and every 10th coffee is free (and I find I'm actually more likely to do it
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by angrytapir 14y ago
I'm pretty sure there's something similar mentioned in one of the Red Dwarf novels (with the experience ending in the use of genetically engineered players).
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by angrytapir 14y ago
> I guess the next thing they want after .biz is .cool .startup .awesome and .hip .hipster
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by angrytapir 14y ago
It may well be that, but that doesn't make it okay. They shouldn't be building an email database by scraping, which is almost certainly what happened. In a vaguely related note: I recently had a situation with an organisation that kept bulk
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by angrytapir 14y ago
I don't know about other language conferences, but certainly in the past it's been needed at other developer conferences. (It's one of the reasons projects like the Ada Initiative have been set up - http://www.techworld.com.au/article/4125
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by angrytapir 14y ago
Which raises the point: Is there some way to report spam on Hacker News?
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by angrytapir 14y ago
Based on this story I assume: http://www.snopes.com/business/deals/pudding.asp
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by angrytapir 14y ago
There's this famous case too: http://www.snopes.com/business/deals/pudding.asp
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by angrytapir 14y ago
Interesting link. What would be nice would be some kind of comparison of different offerings (e.g. the online Codeacademy-style stuff) by either an experienced developer or a novice to see how they stack up against each other in terms of us
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by angrytapir 14y ago
> Average salaries are around (but slightly less) than San Francisco junior industry averages. What's the industry average? (Sorry, I'm from Oz so don't know.)
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Syllable OS chalks up new release(techworld.com.au)
1 points by angrytapir 14y ago|0 comments
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by angrytapir 14y ago
"To fully use the services you need to create your own account, without violating other peoples' rights." That misplaced apostrophe is killing me.
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Google's BigQuery brings big data to the cloud(techworld.com.au)
1 points by angrytapir 15y ago|0 comments
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by angrytapir 15y ago
I enjoyed it a lot. Sure it's not a AAA title - but it's good, mindless fun. Especially given its extremely appealing price point. (And, yes, I haven't finished it.)
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Adobe donates Flex to Apache(techworld.com.au)
8 points by angrytapir 15y ago|0 comments
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Developer Q&A: Syllable OS(techworld.com.au)
1 points by angrytapir 15y ago|0 comments
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by angrytapir 15y ago
Has anyone found a page that has a TL;DR?
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Australian government delays Internet filter for a year(pcworld.idg.com.au)
3 points by angrytapir 16y ago|1 comments