bitserf

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by bitserf 10y ago
Or, it could just switch the default shell to Z shell. First thing I do on a new Mac, is chsh -> zsh. Ships with an up to date (enough) version of that.
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by bitserf 10y ago
NZ's UFB network has always been FTTH (meaning it terminates inside your house), there is no copper in this picture. This is why, for example, last month people who qualified for 200MB can now get gigabit plans.
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by bitserf 10y ago
I beg to differ. I had an encrypted USB HDD hooked up to Thunderbolt display, and lost all data on it because it does indeed power down its USB hub :)
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by bitserf 10y ago
I have a Thunderbolt display from Apple, it also powers off the USB devices when it goes to sleep.
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by bitserf 10y ago
Uh, nope. You've just ensured Dropbox will never be installed again on any of my machines or devices. Ever. You fuck up like this, you never earn that trust back.
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by bitserf 10y ago
With non-stock headphones? I'm not so sure.
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by bitserf 10y ago
You forget how much Apple likes to nickel & dime people on storage and memory, it's where a lot of margin comes from. Expect to pay a few times market rate for 1TB SSD.
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by bitserf 10y ago
I am of Dutch descent, but I have never set foot in the Netherlands. Somehow, though, I am much taller (6'1) than my dad and his father, who were both pretty short (5'2).
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by bitserf 10y ago
Some of your neighbours' rights may include not having a 100 floor tower go up next to them blocking all their sun, as an example.
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by bitserf 10y ago
Well, you can still pick up an AR-15 online in NZ if you have a valid firearms license, difference is the police are going to know you have one, and will do a background check as well as have an interview with you.
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by bitserf 10y ago
I've transited through the USA a few times. Might be coincidence, but every time I complained on Twitter beforehand about the security theatre, I was "randomly selected" for special treatment.
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by bitserf 10y ago
It will be interesting to see if Swift Playgrounds on iPad changes the landscape here. Simple intro courses, but it's got real Swift compiler + runtime, and you can call straight into all the native APIs if you jump out of the guided t
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by bitserf 10y ago
Have you tried Iosevka (the Slab variant is serif)? Not a bitmap font, but pretty customisable. With hints of PragmataPro, it's my go-to font at the moment. Looks especially nice with OS X font hinting. https://github.com&#x
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by bitserf 10y ago
$99 is when you want to distribute via App Store. You don't need that to do the development or use the tools.
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by bitserf 10y ago
A similar deal was Naspers buying 45% of Tencent for $34 million (current size of stake is around 34%), worth roughly $70 billion.
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by bitserf 10y ago
Open a file with everything on one line in Atom, and you can bring it to its knees, even if the file is only a couple of kilobytes.
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by bitserf 10y ago
Ask people from Brasil how much they enjoy the high prices they pay for consumer electronics some time.
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by bitserf 10y ago
how is an Apple service provider able to bypass this? if they can, so can an adversary, no?
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by bitserf 10y ago
In the US, perhaps.
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by bitserf 10y ago
After having had my original XBox fail once and XBox 360 needing to be replaced three times, and eventually still dying, with Microsoft refusing to replace the third, I switched to PS3, and now PS4. I will never buy Microsoft hardware again
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by bitserf 10y ago
Very similar in NZ, except most employees don't have to do a thing, and if you do, you can do it all online using standard HTML app, no plugin. I had do a return once in 12 years - I had earned contract income over and above regular sa
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by bitserf 10y ago
New Zealand is a state of Australia, so if you could enable it here too that would be great.
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by bitserf 10y ago
Freight forwarders are how most of us outside of the US get stuff from companies that only ship to the US - There must be a market for such services that ship to Russia too.
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by bitserf 10y ago
The first C++ compiler produced C. I think this qualifies...
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by bitserf 11y ago
Likewise. Although I was kind of dreading seeing my company show up when I visited every morning...
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by bitserf 11y ago
Let me know how those safeguards work for you if you're black. Or any other at risk group in any country really. Come on now.
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by bitserf 11y ago
Do you mind sharing a hint of how you got started? I find the idea of working similar hours as you but still being able to provide for my family while spending a lot of time with them incredibly appealing. Whereas at the moment, during the
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by bitserf 11y ago
Yeah, just because one tiny fraction edge case might be affected, we should do absolutely nothing. The status quo of land ownership being an enabler of a rentier class pales in significance to the plight of subsistence farmers, which I have
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by bitserf 11y ago
Have a look at OnShape. That future is coming faster than some people think.
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by bitserf 11y ago
I deleted my Facebook account 4 years ago, and I still don't have enough time for everything I'm interested in. Please send help.

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