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Figures: They Speak For Themselves (mildly NSFW)
Search I make a comic called Dresden Codak. This is a blog filled with drawings, ramblings and an obscene amount of comic theory.Find me onFacebookFlickrWebsiteEmail AddressOther Good TumblrsShow...
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PyPy 2.0.1 - Bohr Smørrebrød
We're pleased to announce PyPy 2.0.1. This is a stable bugfix release over 2.0. You can download it here:http://pypy.org/download.htmlThe fixes are mainly about fatal errors or crashes in our stdlib....
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Poll: Do you use your real identity on HN?
Always wondered about this. Real identity means that you have your real name/contact info in your profile even if you username is generic Please upvote the post as well for others to see if you can.
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Vim hall of honour
This is a list of registered Vim users and sponsors who have donated 100 euro or more. Only people who have indicated they want to be listed are included. If you are a registered Vim user or sponsor...
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Fish shell 2.0
recent posts | all posts | about fishfish shell 2.0May 17th, 2013fish 2.0 is now released! fish is a fully-equipped command line shell (like bash or zsh) that is smart and user-friendly. fish supports...
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Copyright of pulsar image (famous Joy Division album)
I had no intention of ever learning this much about Joy Division or pulsars, but because of my apt to be a law abiding citizen, I was forced to research the about the ubiquitous design made popular by...
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How do GameShark/GameGenie codes work?
For the purposes of this, I'm assuming we're talking about the "classic" GameShark/GameGenie devices, which sit between the cartridge and the hardware. I believe more modern devices follow a similar...
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Dear Class of ’13: You’ve been scammed
By Brett Arends Class of 2013,No one else is going to tell you this, so I might as well.You sit here today, $30,000 or $40,000 in debt, as the latest victims of what may well be the biggest conspiracy...
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Google App Engine finally supports PHP
Two days ago, Google announced it would finally support the most popular computing language on the planet, PHP, in its platform-as-a-service offering, Google App Engine.That means that yes, at some...
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Sacha Chua: "How to Learn Emacs: A Hand-drawn One-pager for Beginners"
I thought I’d draw some of the things that people often ask me about or that would help people learn Emacs (and enjoy it). You can click on the image for a larger version that you can scroll through or...
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Skype backdoor confirmation
[cryptography] skype backdoor confirmationAdam Backadam at cypherspace.orgThu May 16 15:52:24 EDT 2013Previous message: [cryptography] side channel analysis on phonesNext message: [cryptography] skype...
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Updating Crowdhoster: building accessible, open-source crowdfunding
Updating Crowdhoster: building accessible, open-source crowdfundingA few months ago, we launchedCrowdhosterto empower everyone to launch their own free custom crowdfunding page and start collecting...
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Go 1.1 performance improvements
This is the first in a series of articles analysing the performance improvements in the Go 1.1 release.It has been reported (here, and here) that performance improvements of 30-40% are available simply...
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The One-Person Product
The One-Person Product – Marco.orgMay 20, 2013 • ∞http://www.marco.org/2013/05/20/one-person-product•In 2006, I moved to New York and started working for David Karp doing web development for...
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Flickr gets new UI, new Android app, 1 TB free space
By Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo!Photos tell the stories — stories we’re inspired to relive, share with our friends, or capture simply to express ourselves. Collecting these moments is a part of our...
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Steve Jobs emails that show how to win a negotiation
The US government’s price-fixing lawsuit against Apple goes to trial next month in New York. Ahead of its court date, the US released emails that purport to show Apple was the “ringleader” in a scheme...
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Dart vs Java — the DeltaBlue Benchmark
As of the time of this writing the performance page on dartlang.org tracks Dart VM performance as measured by the DeltaBlue benchmark.I ported the benchmark_harness Dart package (including the...
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Baby's life saved with 3-D printed device that restored his breathing
May 22, 2013— Every day, their baby stopped breathing, his collapsed bronchus blocking the crucial flow of air to his lungs. April and Bryan Gionfriddo watched helplessly, just praying that somehow the...
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Tesla Repays Department of Energy Loan Nine Years Early
PALO ALTO, Calif.-- Tesla Motors announced that it has paid off the entire loan awarded to the company by the Department of Energy in 2010. In addition to payments made in 2012 and Q1 2013, today’s...
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Mozilla can produce near-native performance on the Web
Aurich Lawson / ThinkstockIn a bid to make JavaScript run ever faster, Mozilla has developed asm.js. It's a limited, stripped down subset of JavaScript that the company claims will offer performance...
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