samhoice

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   by samhoice 13y ago

   I have been using an iPad + ssh to connect to my linux desktop for a while, similar to the way the author did in the linked article. I found it to be an excellent way to work, using a bluetooth keyboard on the iPad. I did this for about 6 m
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   Discovery channel's Shark Week 'mockumentary' played as real(blogs.discovermagazine.com)

   1 points by samhoice 13y ago|0 comments
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   by samhoice 15y ago

   Having lessened reliability is ok until the 2 that fail are the 2 you had in your truck as you're driving down a hostile road. Or if they won't work in the rain, that's ok until you have to go on patrol in the rain. Or if they won't work in
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   by samhoice 15y ago

   It may be that being able to see all the layers of abstraction clearly helps to illustrate just how far removed from worthwhile action the task is. For people not used to dealing with abstraction, they may only sense the disconnect. This ma