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The First Computers in East Africa and what became of them (2015)(owaahh.com)
70 points by cobralibre 7y ago|9 comments
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Against Cheerfulness(aeon.co)
1 points by cobralibre 7y ago|0 comments
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by cobralibre 8y ago
> He named his BBS "TacoLand". It certainly wouldn't have been unusual for a young Beto O'Rourke (or any other Texan) to have tacos on his mind for any number of reasons, but "Taco Land" was the name of a pu
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by cobralibre 8y ago
Whatever data Apple has on me evidently tells them that I have giant hands and inexhaustible disposable income.
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by cobralibre 8y ago
I doubt that specialists are keen to adapt their terminology to reflect popular usage and would much prefer things to work the other way around. It looks like the word we should be using is 'avemetatarsalians'?
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The Adapter Museum(adaptermuseum.com)
3 points by cobralibre 8y ago|0 comments
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The First Computers in East Africa and what became of them (2015)(owaahh.com)
2 points by cobralibre 8y ago|0 comments
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by cobralibre 9y ago
I love the name. I realize that the word appears in many contexts, but it invariably reminds me of the General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.
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by cobralibre 9y ago
I had a lot of fun building a small app with Ratpack several months ago, but its online manual is full of TODOs. If you're comfortable with Groovy or Java, I'm sure they would welcome your contributions. https://ratpack
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by cobralibre 10y ago
A probably apocryphal story claims Cutlar said to Griffin, "It was eating my potatoes." Griffin replied, "It is up to you to keep your potatoes out of my pig."
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by cobralibre 10y ago
Webpack supports the former if you use [hash] (or [chunkhash] ) in the output filename. [1] This is what create-react-app uses. [2] [1] https://webpack.js.org/configuration/output/#output-filename [2] https:&#
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by cobralibre 10y ago
> People have a right to their beliefs, even if their beliefs are stupid. If not, than what kind of country are we? Politics is a process of conflict and negotiation between varied, competing interests. In a liberal democracy, "peop
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The EFF's form-fill API for U.S. Congress email forms(congressforms.eff.org)
2 points by cobralibre 10y ago|0 comments
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Contact Congress: An open data format for U.S. Congress contact forms(github.com)
3 points by cobralibre 10y ago|0 comments
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by cobralibre 10y ago
That's true. http://www.economist.com/node/1897472 "Initiatives are also responsible for another feature that makes the Assembly unworkable: term limits. These may sometimes be desirable but in California the
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by cobralibre 10y ago
"When the pointer is locked, users will see a banner explaining that the mouse cursor is hidden, and that they can get out of pointer lock by pressing the Escape key." I beg your pardon — which key?
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The Voices in Our Heads(newyorker.com)
1 points by cobralibre 10y ago|0 comments
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by cobralibre 10y ago
Comparing streaming figures with download numbers or CD/LP sales is odd. There's a difference between plays and purchases .
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by cobralibre 10y ago
> Has anyone written a guide or supporting tools for creating your own config as a reusable module from the beginning? It feels like there's a gap which needs filled there. It looks like you did! https://github.com/i
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DHH: Reconsider (2015)(signalvnoise.com)
2 points by cobralibre 10y ago|0 comments
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Clinton 2016 campaign spearphishing analysis(secureworks.com)
1 points by cobralibre 10y ago|0 comments
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by cobralibre 10y ago
John Podesta. @pwnallthethings provided good context for this on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pwnallthethings/status/81662155364329472...
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by cobralibre 10y ago
> In fact, the states backing the college were some of the most populous as long as you count slaves. Worded another way: The states backing the college were some of the least populous UNLESS you counted slaves, who did not themselves en
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Apple eliminates Mac automation product manager position(macrumors.com)
4 points by cobralibre 10y ago|0 comments
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by cobralibre 10y ago
I'm curious about the lack of a hardware power button. I wonder how one forces one of these new Macs to shut down when it hangs?
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by cobralibre 10y ago
Many people were clinging on to their aging MacBook Pros in the vain hope of seeing a major spec and performance upgrade that simply didn’t materialize, and that's been frustrating. This statement is worth pausing on. Many users with
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An Information Security Policy for the Startup(medium.com)
3 points by cobralibre 10y ago|0 comments
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MacOS 10.12 Sierra: The Ars Technica Review(arstechnica.com)
3 points by cobralibre 10y ago|0 comments
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How the Rum-Soaked Royal Navy Sobered Up(thedailybeast.com)
2 points by cobralibre 10y ago|0 comments
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by cobralibre 10y ago
Do the employees hide their flasks in their desks and sip furtively and alone? Do they cry in the restroom before or after meetings? Is it a Dilbert cartoon on the fridge or is it XKCD? Are the only Pokémon to be found Rattatas? What is goi

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