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Re:Anybody need a Keybase.io invite? on Friday May 30, 2014 @03:58PM (#7823678)
I'm all out of invites for now! I'll make another post if I get another batch. Enjoy!
Re:Anybody need a Keybase.io invite? on Friday May 30, 2014 @03:57PM (#7823669)
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Re:Anybody need a Keybase.io invite? on Friday May 30, 2014 @03:57PM (#7823665)
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Re:Anybody need a Keybase.io invite? on Friday May 30, 2014 @03:56PM (#7823654)
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Re:Anybody need a Keybase.io invite? on Friday May 30, 2014 @03:55PM (#7823653)
Sent!
Re:Anybody need a Keybase.io invite? on Friday May 30, 2014 @03:54PM (#7823647)
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Re:Anybody need a Keybase.io invite? on Friday May 30, 2014 @12:08PM (#7822520)
No problem! Track me if you want, https://keybase.io/sobering
Re:Anybody need a Keybase.io invite? on Friday May 30, 2014 @10:34AM (#7821975)
Sent!
Re:Ubuntu 14.04 released on Thursday April 17, 2014 @02:50PM (#7605552)
Anyone have any guesses as to when this will be available on DigitalOcean?

Edit: As of five minutes ago, it's showing up!

Re:Linux shell tips and tricks on Sunday November 24, 2013 @11:18AM (#6789950)
I'd also add `-j' to that list.

j = bzip2

I find a lot of packages with the `.tar.bz2' extension. Just replace `z' with `j' in your tar command and you're good.

Re:Show HN: PkgHub.io - Simple Ubuntu Package Hosting on Monday October 21, 2013 @02:11PM (#6587214)
I was on the verge of running them through `diff`
Re:Humble Indie Bundle 9 released on Wednesday September 11, 2013 @03:14PM (#6369292)
This is great! Bought it but paid less than I should have. Broke at the moment.
This definitely got me as well.
Re:Square open-sources its Vim repo, Maximum Awesome on Tuesday September 03, 2013 @02:28PM (#6322725)
Gotcha.
Re:Android KitKat on Tuesday September 03, 2013 @02:25PM (#6322698)
"KitKat's SEO (for the candy bar) just dove into nothingness. Forever." -my boss
Re:Square open-sources its Vim repo, Maximum Awesome on Thursday August 29, 2013 @05:03PM (#6298599)
Really? I've always used it over SSH without issues.
Re:Here’s Why Firefox is Still Years Behind Google Chrome on Wednesday June 19, 2013 @10:17AM (#5905636)
Hear, hear.
Re:Cryptography is a science, not engineering on Monday June 17, 2013 @07:45PM (#5896693)
For those interested, Dan Boneh's course on Cryptography starts another session as of today.

https://www.coursera.org/course/crypto

Re:Why did hostnames get reversed? on Friday May 24, 2013 @04:00PM (#5764915)
Thanks for your answer, much appreciated.

Why did hostnames get reversed?

I did some Googling and apparently my Google-fu is weak today.I'm wondering why hostnames ended up being reversed. Ex: .com.example is now example.com.I recall reading that the reversal happened somewhere during the development of a messaging protocol for ARPANET. com.example@user was reversed to [email protected] and then it just sort of stuck. Am I far off?Does anyone have any resources or...

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Ditto. I still have yet to receive the email. Checked spam to no avail.
Re:Git? tig on Tuesday May 07, 2013 @04:43PM (#5670654)
I love this. I'm a command line junkie, as I'm sure a lot of you are.

I showed it to my boss and he told me I should've been born 20 years earlier (born in '91).

Re:What happened to Chrome's popup confinement feature? on Wednesday May 01, 2013 @07:17PM (#5641446)
I'd say 96% is being a tad conservative.
I'm glad you suggested what you did because that's exactly my current setup.

I have an ISP and Arduino. I yanked the AVR chip off the Arduino and stuck it on a breadboard. I just found it difficult to do anything due to my lack of EE knowledge. I could understand the programming basics due to past experience, but had no clue what was going on under the hood.

I think I'll read that EE book and then continue on the path I'm on.

Does anyone have any suggestions for books/learning materials related to the pre requisites mentioned in the article, specifically Microprocessor programming? I've tried to find some in the past but having no prior EE experience I find even some of the basics challenging.

I have experience with C, but don't really know where to start with the lower level stuff.

I'm thinking I should start with a simple book like Electrical Engineering 101 (http://www.amazon.com/Electrical-Engineering-101-Third-Schoo...). Once I have a grasp on some EE basics I might be able to step into the Microprocessor programming a bit better, knowing a bit of what's happening behind the scenes.

Any thoughts/suggestions?

Re:LayerVault Sends DMCA Takedown Letter re Flat-UI on Wednesday March 06, 2013 @12:46PM (#5332488)
For being a design oriented company, LayerVault can't choose type colors worth shit. I can barely read any of the body text on nearly every page of their site.

They need to read up on W3's proposed contrast minimums: http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG/#visual-audio-contrast-contrast

This is the only thing preventing me from making the switch to Dvorak. I'd be interested in people's thoughts as well.

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