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by zenlinux 13y ago
I upgraded to the Nexus 4 after owning a Galaxy Nexus and I have to say I feel mixed about the changes. As an Android device, the N4 is definitely faster and nicer to use. But as a phone, I found two important issues were a step back - the
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by zenlinux 13y ago
If the board doesn't meet your requirements, then don't use it. The MinnowBoard is part of an ecosystem of boards that offer different feature sets at different prices. One differentiator the MinnowBoard has is that its SATA and G
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by zenlinux 13y ago
Project member here. I was disappointed with the way the PCWorld article described it as an "open source PC". MinnowBoard is really an open hardware embedded platform. If you're looking for a small form factor PC, the NUC is
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by zenlinux 13y ago
Project member here. The hardware design files will be released in about a week.
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by zenlinux 16y ago
EPIC is a reputable organization, and have filed a federal lawsuit to help stop this practice. I just sent them a donation, and encourage others to do the same.
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by zenlinux 16y ago
When I moved to Portland, OR I was amazed with how social the tech community is here. Informal coding gatherings spring up regularly throughout the city, and there are two reliable "pdx hackathon" nights you can show up and hack on interest
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by zenlinux 17y ago
Google has a lot more at stake than just profits from this particular phone. They are interested in establishing the Android platform as a major player on smart phone devices, and are coming into the game with a pretty weak position given A
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by zenlinux 17y ago
Drat. If the earlier rumors I had heard were true (unlocked phone for $199), I was thinking they were committing to a smart strategy to decimate Nokia and their N900 phone. Guess that's not the case.
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by zenlinux 17y ago
I know for this particular example the problem is tightly related to California's state budget problems, but the astronomical increase in the cost of a college education over the past generation drives me nuts. It seems like this is one are
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by zenlinux 17y ago
I live in Portland, and bikes are huge here. The most common complaint I've heard about electric bicycles is that they enable new, relatively unskilled riders to wreak havoc in heavy bike-traffic situations. This mostly involves complaints
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by zenlinux 17y ago
This article raises the question of how to balance one's life as a technologist or someone immersed in technology. I thought I'd share one tip of something I do. I only own a prepaid cell phone, and I keep it off most of the time unless I'm
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by zenlinux 17y ago
Same here - I waste a lot of time with the internet, including watching some TV online. It's said that alcoholics and drug addicts have a clear path to getting clean - completely cut out the addiction from your life. But people who have pro
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by zenlinux 17y ago
I was surprised by the difference in obesity rates between the US and Canada. Both have similar eating time values, and I generally consider them culturally and economically pretty similar. But still Canada's obesity rates are much lower th
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by zenlinux 17y ago
I'm a big fan of the podcasts at zencast.org. Particularly those by Gil Fronsdal. He is a Vipassana teacher and gives talks in a very humble, down to earth manner.
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by zenlinux 17y ago
As a somewhat heavy guy (230 lbs), I've found that some of the knockoff office chairs you can get cheaply ($100 or less) from Staples/Office Max/etc can fail in the pneumatic lift system. In fact many chairs at the above retailers have a ta
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by zenlinux 17y ago
If you liked this article you'll probably also enjoy this interview with Reid on the VentureVoice podcast: http://www.venturevoice.com/2006/11/vv_show_40_reid_hoffman_... Man I miss the times when VV had new interviews coming out every co
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by zenlinux 17y ago
Working for justice can also involve accepting compromises along the way to one's goal.
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by zenlinux 17y ago
This still seems pretty counter-intuitive to me. I would think that large businesses would be preferred over smaller ones in a down economy, because clients/customers would be worried that small shops could go under. Likewise, larger busine
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by zenlinux 18y ago
Thanks for sharing and being open about all the problems you encountered. Launching an application is definitely not easy, nothing takes as long as you hope it will (even if you pad for unexpected problems) and it's really hard to declare s
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by zenlinux 18y ago
You'd think after seeing this thing day after day the video taper would want to pick up a tripod?
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by zenlinux 18y ago
I'm an avid cyclist and I can sunburn easily if I don't use sunblock. I would say that surfers are more likely to burn (and do so more quickly) simply because beaches don't have much shade. While riding a bicycle you can often duck into tre
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by zenlinux 18y ago
You need to have something really compelling - a product that really excites people and/or a high liklihood of success in the near future. I know someone who is about to start some sw development work for a local startup for equity. The com
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by zenlinux 18y ago
I haven't noticed too much slowness lately...but I am guessing the web application's user sessions have been reset a few times over the past two days, as I keep having to log in even though my browser cookies are enabled correctly.
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by zenlinux 18y ago
I don't know about you, but I'm counting the hours until April 9.
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by zenlinux 18y ago
Thus speaketh the kernel source: The "anticipatory" I/O scheduler is the default disk scheduler. It is generally a good choice for most environments, but is quite large and complex when compared to the deadline I/O scheduler, it can also
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by zenlinux 18y ago
Yikes. I just signed up for an Advanta business credit card last week, and received my notice that I was approved. I'm not planning to take out any cash advances using the card. Has anyone else had good/bad experience with this company?
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by zenlinux 18y ago
Geoffrey Grosenbach of the Ruby on Rails podcast interviewed this author, John Medina, in the following two podcasts: http://podcast.rubyonrails.org/programs/1/episodes/john-medi... http://podcast.rubyonrails.org/programs/1/episodes/john
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by zenlinux 18y ago
Get some exercise and take care of yourself (probably in ways you neglected while doing the startup). When you can internalize the fact that failure is not a bad thing (as long as you learn from it), it will become easier to deal with. Fina
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Rootless Root: The Unix Koans of Master Foo(catb.org)
4 points by zenlinux 19y ago|1 comments
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by zenlinux 19y ago
I love Designing the Obvious - it's a great book on interface design and usability, and focuses on web applications. Very relevant to this community.

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