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by ddp 3y ago
1112+, plus 25 in Microsoft Authenticator w/ cloud backup enabled, and a Yubikey 5c FIPS for every device I care about.
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by ddp 4y ago
Thanks for positing this, I was using nvALT, I love this app.
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by ddp 4y ago
See also: https://twitter.com/JamieMetzl/status/1583181236134350848?s=...
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by ddp 4y ago
After SICP, I would recommend The Little Schemer https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780262560993
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by ddp 6y ago
Mine works fine too (Windows/Chrome).
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by ddp 6y ago
This site is one of the reasons.
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by ddp 7y ago
Thank you!
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by ddp 8y ago
I haven't used it enough to know what its limits are but there's a lot to like with Windows Subsystem for Linux running either Ubuntu or Debian. Compared with macOS, it's current (apt-get to your heart's content), as op
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by ddp 8y ago
There is a perfectly good reason why it is against the law to deny the Holocaust in Germany. Can anyone guess what it is?
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by ddp 8y ago
I switched to this: http://brettterpstra.com/projects/nvalt/ Now, if I could just find something as brilliant for this Surface Book 2.
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by ddp 8y ago
Well, when it shipped it didn't support Fusion Drives, which were the default when High Sierra shipped. Time Machine backups fell over and quit working (somewhat different issue, agreed) and before I got them working again, FileVault
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by ddp 8y ago
I helped build Apple 1's. I had a Lisa. I've owned nearly every generation of PowerBook and MacBook and I've had enough. I bought a loaded Surface Pro tablet last summer and I ordered a new 15" Surface Book 2 w/
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by ddp 8y ago
I'm sure they're just as bad as every other Intel chip has ever been.
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by ddp 8y ago
was They also used to make stuff that was fun to use and had a great UI.
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by ddp 8y ago
My dad ran into him on a plane once. I still have my dad's business card that he signed along with a coffee table book of his artwork. What a live he lived!
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by ddp 8y ago
I love my AirPods too but I'm still waiting for the wireless charging mat that works with the iPhone 8 and Apple Watch. Remember that? They announced it a year ago...
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by ddp 8y ago
Oh, that's nice. Can it land on a barge?
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by ddp 8y ago
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/09/stop-sesta-section-230...
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by ddp 8y ago
The point is that ':=' evolved in Algol 68 to solve the ambiguity inherent in '='. C is simply from a less thoughtful and primitive language family and modern languages still seem to be copying C's horrible syntax.
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by ddp 9y ago
reminder that she has a legal defense fund here: https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/stormy/
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by ddp 9y ago
A wonderful inspiring art project, well done!
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by ddp 9y ago
VAX/VMS was always open sourced and available first on microfiche and later on CD. I don't know if this continued after Compaq and then HP came to own the code but that's how it started life. The only censored code was the
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by ddp 10y ago
I still think Electric Pencil running on a Processor Technology Sol-20 was superior to WordStar, but then again, I owned Newtons back in the day.
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by ddp 10y ago
The MicroVAX II was alleged to have this etched into some revs, in Cyrillic: "MicroVAX: when you care enough to steal the very best"
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by ddp 10y ago
This is one of those ridiculously pointless exercises that keep me coming back to Hacker News for more. What a waste. http://www.tarsnap.com/
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by ddp 10y ago
How about you take it to a vote and see what happens? If you just cave up front, I guarantee you you're going to lose. That's my point.
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by ddp 10y ago
Okay, noted. I don't think much of VC's in general. Ours were a decidedly mixed bag that brought little to the table, in retrospect.
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by ddp 10y ago
Who the hell is Ben Horowitz and why would I pay money to contact him?
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by ddp 10y ago
Awesome! India here we come!
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by ddp 10y ago
I'm for universal healthcare but the ACA is collapsing in many states. I happened to ride back to Santa Fe with the CEO of Blue Cross of Omaha who told me that BC/BS of NM lost $100m on the ACA in 2015. That's a lot of mo

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