belgianguy

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by belgianguy 7y ago
I wouldn't call this a flying car, I would call this a quadcopter with wheels. While the prospect of having less traffic jams is desirable, the odds of being T-boned from above or below by a distracted pilot become greater than zero. I
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by belgianguy 9y ago
I have the same feeling using products that have "Pro", "Ultra" or something alike in their brand name. It usually means the exact opposite. Is there a dedicated name for such looming mistrust phenomenon? (apart from com
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by belgianguy 10y ago
IMHO, it feels like just another hamfisted way to get the adoption of Windows 10 to increase. The whole point of Windows used to be that it would run on nearly every system, with most overhead being reactivating the license, now you'll
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by belgianguy 10y ago
This feels eerily reminiscent of my own dilemma 4 years ago: The lack of direction and leadership coming from within Microsoft when it comes to building software, the willy-nilly changing of core development strategies, creating unnecessary
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by belgianguy 11y ago
Can you turn it off? I'd imagine a big project (e.g. Linux Kernel) could start to look like a Christmas tree...
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by belgianguy 11y ago
I wonder if it'd be possible to either blackhole all this nonsense, or to "quasar" their data servers with preset queries like "I like my privacy", "mind your own business" instead of your original query.
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by belgianguy 11y ago
Do a Google search on "Jim Hood vs Google", see who he colluded with, and then come read your own post here again. In short: The MPAA/RIAA hates Google. To top it off, you name Chrome/Chromium as if it's the same pr
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by belgianguy 11y ago
Paraphrasing from one of the comments there: IMAX's legal counsel failed to see the big picture.
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by belgianguy 11y ago
I'm missing a spinning skull GIF, a permanent under construction sign and blinking pink text that scrolls incessantly. GooGleoCities, perhaps?
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by belgianguy 11y ago
Don't forget that Rift also seemed to support Linux, but then decided to push that to the back of their planning. So even if it's in the list of things to do, that doesn't mean it will happen in the near future, or even at al
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by belgianguy 11y ago
Is there a Ubuntu DE that implements Material Design somewhere? I'm quite fond of the style, but am not in a place where I can easily switch to Arch (from Ubuntu).
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by belgianguy 12y ago
I don't think Microsoft is doing it for the Open-Source spirit, as many seem to believe. They have a long history of attacking/smearing open source and displaying a "I heart Linux" slide is not sufficient to erase all th
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by belgianguy 12y ago
Managing a spreadsheet does not equal programming by a long shot, and given large enough complexity, you'll run head first into VBA macros and abominable one-liners with so much different branch points that it only makes sense to its a
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by belgianguy 12y ago
How cool! It's a nice glimpse into an otherwise hidden past, something even the developers probably never thought would see the light of day again after release. I let a giggle escape at void* _gWanky_arse_tit_fuck; This being HN, mayb
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by belgianguy 12y ago
Thanks for that! It was a nice introduction, I have a colleague who usually made my eyes glaze over when he started about FP, but now that I have seen it in an environment that I understand and use in my day to day job, a lot of "a-ha&
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by belgianguy 13y ago
Couldn't Google's Project Shield be a nice gesture here for sites that are doing 'the good thing' when they're succumbing under the (positive) attention? It's meant as a DDoS protection measure, but the actual
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by belgianguy 13y ago
Its future offspring could be the pinnacle of AR (Augmented Reality), add data as an overlay to the existing world, but in such a way that depth and perspective is preserved. In your case, seeing Stay Puft peek through my bedroom window wou
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by belgianguy 13y ago
I like the mapping ability, imagine mapping out your house and be able to use it as a level in a game, like walking on your ceiling with Oculus Rift.
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by belgianguy 13y ago
Its (DK1/DK2) faithful successor would be War For The Overworld: https://wftogame.com/ . Looks quite cool and the atmosphere certainly is there, but I don't know how far the development already has progressed. Last
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by belgianguy 13y ago
Odd, I have that same sentiment with the Dutch voiceover for DKII, seems Bullfrog really worked out the details there.
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by belgianguy 13y ago
It works on WINE, but I didn't install it through WINE but through dual boot, but I can play it in Ubuntu 13.10. Just open a terminal, type "wine", hit space and drag and drop the DKII.exe after it and hit ENTER. That at leas
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by belgianguy 13y ago
While many seem to predict doom and gloom here, perhaps Google decided it rather gets an extra ally (Lenovo) that could produce Android phones and recoup some money they spent on the acquisition in the process? It also clears Google of any
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by belgianguy 13y ago
Rockstar Bidco, owned by Apple, Microsoft, Sony, Ericsson and Blackberry. They use this legal vehicle to create shell companies armed with ex-Nortel patents to attack Android manufacturers and Google itself. So they (Apple) very much play t
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by belgianguy 13y ago
They aren't, that's the whole point of it. Increase Android's (or any other competition that isn't Apple or Windows Phone) Total Cost of Ownership, by adding layer after layer of frivolous patent licensing. Now Microsoft
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by belgianguy 13y ago
Well if you want to go down that rabbit hole, if MS is willing to do unethical advertising for its gaming console, how much of an extra effort would it be for them to pay people to defend its dubious practices on the internet? It's not
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by belgianguy 13y ago
It's for cases like these I miss Groklaw. The reporting that we get now usually is either shilling/biased or too low on details to get a clear picture of what went down, as patents and lawyerese usually result in a vague mess most
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by belgianguy 13y ago
Well, that depends on your point of view. In your case, we let outside factors start having a majority say in decisions we used to make ourselves. In essence, you're fearing that we're handing away control of our lives to data mod
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by belgianguy 13y ago
smart phone > smart car > smart house > ... ? ... > smart human I for one see great areas of improvement and possibilities inside the common house. Not that I'd wire up every appliance with a Wi-Fi sensor, but some data
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by belgianguy 13y ago
Patent reform is highly needed or patents risk to become nothing more than minefields that already established players will use to stall - and ultimately defeat - newcomers and innovation in general, rather than dissemination of information
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by belgianguy 13y ago
To be honest, it's come up so often and is used so many times by those defending Rockstar, that I'm starting to think it's actually on a PR sheet somewhere.

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