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by bitmage 4y ago
Have a look at Wallabag. You can self host it, it has browser and phone plugins, and works quite well.
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Russia’s space program just threw a NASA astronaut under the bus(arstechnica.com)
14 points by bitmage 5y ago|0 comments
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by bitmage 6y ago
The Atari drives (810/1050) could not write bad sectors. They were "intelligent" peripherals that implemented their own command set and were not under low level control by the host computer. There was an aftermarket modific
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by bitmage 6y ago
https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-32/
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by bitmage 7y ago
I like the idea, but the note "So your money will never go to a site that you’ve never visited — and you’ll even get a monthly report showing which publishers your money is supporting." raises the question of who else they may be
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RedHat Dismisses CFO(wraltechwire.com)
8 points by bitmage 7y ago|1 comments
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by bitmage 7y ago
The internet is a kind of Babel fish, letting people from different cultures easily interact. Douglas' comment on the outcome seems sadly prescient: "Meanwhile the poor Babel fish, by effectively removing all barriers to communic
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by bitmage 7y ago
ADB is also much less flexible. I have Titanium Backup making nightly backups, and then FolderSync automatically pushes them to a SFTP server I run. If something should happen to my phone, I'll lose one day of data. This is all auto
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VMware has EoL'd Socialcast [pdf](vmware.com)
3 points by bitmage 8y ago|0 comments
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by bitmage 9y ago
This sounds similar to what Honda was doing in the 70s (with no electronics or injection!) in the CVCC engine ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CVCC )
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by bitmage 9y ago
There is a negative incentive as well. Most return policies are thirty days, so if you shop months early you have no recourse should a gift be found to be defective at Christmas.
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by bitmage 9y ago
"It doesn’t necessarily mean that their scientists are better, it’s just that when they say, ‘We need a billion dollars to do this,’ bam, the money comes.” More than that, when their scientists approach the government they aren't
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by bitmage 9y ago
The Brain Bag by itself is not well organized, but add a Brain Cell to hold the laptop, a Snake Charmer for cables, and a Freudian Slip for papers and you're getting somewhere. You're also getting spendy, so there is that. But t
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by bitmage 9y ago
The classic lowest common denominator manager: "I may not understand what you do, I may not be able to judge your performance, but I can damn well tell if your butt is in your seat by 8 am."
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by bitmage 9y ago
This is something we try to instill in our new ops people. If you don't understand what's going on, don't do anything. There's nothing to be gained by quickly applying the wrong solution.
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by bitmage 9y ago
A truly unique character. He's not kidding about making the Klein bottles either: http://kleinbottle.com/ I've got one on my shelf at home.
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by bitmage 10y ago
Yes. Once you've stated that you were willing to invade privacy like this, saying "but we never would actually do it!" carries little weight.
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by bitmage 10y ago
The NeXT had such a clean aesthetic, even on the original B&W displays that were limited to just four shades of grey. I still use the house icon from the later color systems on my Linux desktop.
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by bitmage 10y ago
Has anyone seen an explanation of how the telnet port on these devices is getting exposed to the internet to be exploited? I would think that most home users are behind a NAT device. Even with UPnP, why would the manufacturer have that po
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by bitmage 10y ago
Currently seeing this with the Nissan Leaf. It has a 2G modem built in for their Carwings service. Nissan has sent out a letter that the car will need an update for the data features to keep working, but no details on cost or availability
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by bitmage 10y ago
Trying it out and liking it so far. I've noticed it does make my phone (Droid Turbo) heat up. May be from the frequent data reloads while I'm scrolling.
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by bitmage 11y ago
There's another critical role in many organizations for your manager; defending your team against other managers. Otherwise your highly-motivated group will become less so as they are blamed for failures beyond their control, have thei
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by bitmage 13y ago
He's not alone. I played both DK games when they were originally released, and eagerly downloaded this new one. It looked great, and the narrator's "So...you've finally returned" was a perfect beginning. Then I pl
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by bitmage 15y ago
Thinking the same thing, right out of Spook Country.
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by bitmage 15y ago
No matter what chair you're in, if you are going to be sitting all day - get everything out of your back pockets! Otherwise you're putting strain on your lower back, and it might punish you someday. I bought an Aeron over ten years ago and
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by bitmage 15y ago
Ugh. I worked QA years ago and swore to never do it again. Management hates you because you're telling them the product is not ready to ship. Developers hate you because you're pointing out their errors. No one has your back, and everyo
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by bitmage 15y ago
This is missing an important point - if you buy, you are stuck there until you can sell it again. That loss of flexibility represents a significant cost of its own.
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by bitmage 15y ago
Scoble, from the discussion thread: "the problem is that that batshit crazy drama queen is more believable than anything Airbnb has said this week" Classy.
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by bitmage 15y ago
DMCA notices aren't a joke that you can idly send to anyone who annoys you. You are legally liable for them, and telling a judge "Oh, we just send them automatically without checking" is not going to help your case.
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by bitmage 16y ago
From the article: There was also another reason why setting a story in the present day is more attractive than looking into a future even half a century away. This was because, said Mr Gibson, using that setting would necessitate explaining

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