sorbus

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by sorbus 15y ago
I'm a bit surprised that the Asus U36SD isn't in the comparison too; it's slightly lighter than the X1, although not quite as thin, has a better battery life with the integrated battery (and identical with the slice battery), the highest co
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The eventual release, and the legal documents(notch.tumblr.com)
1 points by sorbus 15y ago|0 comments
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O(1) NP solving using the MQSC(notch.tumblr.com)
2 points by sorbus 15y ago|0 comments
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by sorbus 15y ago
The article seems to be saying that the neutrinos appear to have exceeded c . If it were just neutrinos moving faster than photons through some non-vacuum environment, that would be completely non-notable - experiments have already succeed
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by sorbus 15y ago
> If it really is miles ahead of everything else then the whole concept of that type of software probably needs to be radically rethought. That's pretty much what I thought, reading that. The college I'm at right now uses Moodle, and wh
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Update on the "Scrolls" lawsuit, and a list of games(notch.tumblr.com)
2 points by sorbus 15y ago|0 comments
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by sorbus 15y ago
> btw: the kindle, with passive E-ink, has 2 months battery (i.e. over x100 longer) And my TI-84 has had the same batteries for at least two years (it's getting to the point that I'm starting to wonder when they're going to run out, sin
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Pirate Party Launches ‘Facebook’ For Movies(torrentfreak.com)
4 points by sorbus 15y ago|0 comments
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Gmail account security in Iran(gmailblog.blogspot.com)
1 points by sorbus 15y ago|0 comments
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by sorbus 15y ago
I'm hesitant to put an exact figure on how much that would cost, but, including all the RnD that you would need to get even a basic working system, I would say upwards of 1 million. To get something that would work well (not requiring frequ
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by sorbus 15y ago
Given that Prey is free, open source, and has been around for quite a while, I think that it's fairly unlikely that this is a hoax.
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by sorbus 15y ago
Yeah, if it's impossible for a thief to use the computer then Prey is useless. It's why I have a guest account on my computer: if someone steals it, I want them to be able to get it online so that I have some chance of recovering it.
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Gmail: It’s cooler in the cloud(gmailblog.blogspot.com)
2 points by sorbus 15y ago|0 comments
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You know what's fun? Game Development is fun.(notch.tumblr.com)
21 points by sorbus 15y ago|3 comments
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by sorbus 15y ago
> Seeing the Fangguo logo in a super market clearly doesn't conjure up images of Apple products, but imagine an electronics store featuring products plastered with the Fangguo logo - it stands to reason that consumers might get confused
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by sorbus 15y ago
My understanding is that it's not considered "true" open source by many people, because of the license that it's released under, but their website gives easy access to all the source code.
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by sorbus 15y ago
In vitro meat has been coming (in that it's been researched) for at least the last 16 years, and there have been edible forms since 2000. None of the other breakthroughs have lead to large-scale production, which I believe was due to the po
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by sorbus 15y ago
I'm generally an Asus person, but the Sony Z series is just amazing. 16 hours of battery life with an additional sheet battery, 2.5lbs, a nice processor and an option for a 1920x1080 display. Looks pretty good too, but it's the portability
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by sorbus 15y ago
If jamming becomes common, it would take very little time for drones to be modified to be autonomous, or to follow a predetermined flight path if they lose contact with the controller. It might be effective now, and it gets points for being
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Why no Steam, Notch?(notch.tumblr.com)
197 points by sorbus 15y ago|124 comments
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by sorbus 15y ago
It's called a hellban. You can continue to read and comment, but no other users see your contributions. It's a really good way to deal with users who are posting spam (if you browse with showdead turned on, you'll occasionally see long dead
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by sorbus 15y ago
It would be really irritating for many people; that behavior is best left to the user and the browser (most mice have middle-click which opens a link in a new tab, and - on my laptop, at least - tapping with two fingers opens a link in a ne
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by sorbus 15y ago
He's already in the USA, and his identity has been known for a while. That makes it sound pretty different to me - no issues with jurisdiction or identifying him. If Apple had a legal case against him, or if the FBI feels that he has commit
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by sorbus 15y ago
> I wouldn't say security is impossible, but it isn't worth the time and effort some companies put into it. That's why I said that perfect security is impossible. It's entirely possible to lock something down to the point where 99.9%
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by sorbus 15y ago
"It's probably better to have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside the tent pissing in." - Lyndon B. Johnson Seems like an apt quote; from Apple's point of view, it's much, much better to have Comex helping them increase their secu
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by sorbus 15y ago
> A little known-fact Dhuey recalls is that Jobs has hearing loss. > “When we did the iPod we had to make sure it would be loud enough for Steve to hear the music,” says Dhuey. “We had to balance his need for volume with a French la
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by sorbus 15y ago
> Would you rather talk to an expert on a subject matter, or post a question on SO and hope someone has had a similar experience? Personally, I would rather that people post their questions - and then receive the answers - somewhere tha
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by sorbus 15y ago
"We're rolling out sharing and +snippets globally over the next week, but if you’d like to try the new +1 button now, you can join our Google+ Platform Preview."
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by sorbus 15y ago
It's been known for just under a month, since five days after OS X Lion was released, so that interpretation of his statement seems incorrect.
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by sorbus 15y ago
Are you saying that the fact that this issue doesn't effect many people means that it's not a serious security problem?

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