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Re:Piwik 3.0.0 on Monday December 19, 2016 @11:32AM (#13212533)
Seconded! I just switched from Piwik to goaccess last week, mostly because goaccess is much easier to use.

Piwik certainly has more features though.

Re:Searx – A privacy-respecting, hackable metasearch engine on Thursday December 15, 2016 @12:11PM (#13186154)
This seem pretty cool! Are there browser plug-ins available?

I currently use DuckDuckGo. I'd switch to this if they implement the bang syntax, which I use constantly.

Re:Programmatically Generate Random Celtic Knots (C++) on Wednesday December 07, 2016 @01:59PM (#13125147)
Does anyone know what algorithm this uses?
Re:Programmatically Generate Random Celtic Knots (C++) on Wednesday December 07, 2016 @01:55PM (#13125107)
I downloaded and ran the binary. It's a pretty neat screensaver! Seems to work fine on Windows 8. It even looks good on multiple monitors, which is impressive for something from 2008.

I wish the author had documentation on the algorithm somewhere. The code has comments, but I didn't see anything that talked about the high level approach. The neat thing is that it makes a giant, random knot, but if you follow each thread it alternatives between going over and under each thread it crosses.

Re:Reddit overhauls upvote algorithm to thwart cheaters on Wednesday December 07, 2016 @01:45PM (#13125014)
On the other hand, requiring reputation could incentivize spamming and worthless posts. For example, if you already have an automated voting bot, why not make it upvote your new bot accounts to transfer "rep" and allow more upvotes?