jonathonadler

Re:Supreme Court to Hear Google-Oracle Copyright Fight on Saturday November 16, 2019 @02:36AM (#21551513)

This is an interesting comparison to Dataflex vs. Powerflex: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/SydLRev/1998/12.html In this case, the use of “copied” reserved words was at the heart of it. I never understood why reserved words could be protected.

Doom creator John Romero on what's wrong with modern shooter games

Posted by jonathonadler on Tuesday November 12, 2019 @02:56AM
from the theguardian.com dept.

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2019/nov/12/doom-creator-john-romero-shooter-games-id-software

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Re:Solar farm has to switch off every second day due to negative prices on Thursday November 07, 2019 @01:38AM (#21470986)

I thought voltage needs to increase because a differential is required to add power to the network.

Re:Stripe Capital on Thursday September 05, 2019 @04:46PM (#20890489)

They probably have some data science and a decent fraud model to keep risk within an acceptable band too.

Re:The benefits and costs of writing a POSIX kernel in a high-level la... on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @01:03AM (#18173454)

A quick scan suggests these commits are comment changes only.

Re:For First Time Since 1800s, Britain Goes a Day Without Burning Coal... on Saturday April 22, 2017 @07:23AM (#14172005)

Can anyone please explain why electricity is called hydro?

Re:Brutalism is Back on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @12:42AM (#12690468)

Likewise the QPAC building in Brisbane, Queensland has aged well on a similar climate.

Re:Show HN: Share your Unix shell with people you trust on Friday September 09, 2016 @02:22AM (#12460000)

How is this different from ngrok?