ctrlaltesc's comments

Alas not. We use it on our Linux machines with include mode and it's painful. Common domains fail to resolve at all, and can't even SSH to IP addresses on the local network. Every update seems to fix one edge case and add two more. At this point I'd rather just have a VPN and spend the buzzword budget on something else.

It's a "coaster" hub, very common on cheap single-speed bikes. It allows you to coast without pedalling, and by applying backwards pedal pressure it activates a drum brake.

Definitely not enough braking force for this bike weight though.

This should be possible using "split" technology: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/spli...

Which enables an even more readable layout with gist.io http://gist.io/4151124

What options are available for Linux/Mac developers? Can we just install Mono and Nuget and start hacking away?

What I find with C++ is that there are many languages inside it. Put 5 C++ programmers in a room and you'll probably end up with 6 different styles.

That the language may have some Python-esque tendencies (given very particular language, compiler and library versions, and a depth of knowledge not required in the Python equivalent) doesn't seem that interesting. Especially when you consider that 9/10 C++ programmers you meet don't actually code in that style and don't intend to.

You still have to feed the fish, so it's not really closed. But it is reasonably self-contained in combination with using vegetable waste to breed fly larvae which go on to feed the fish.

The difficult thing about aquaponics is the cyclomatic complexity (to use a software term). Basically everything feeds into everything else. At first you might think that the system is in balance, but in fact it rarely is. Plants and fish will be added and removed regularly, each agent having different nutritional needs at different stages in their lifecycle. Disease or infestation of plants or animals can be difficult to deal with, as any pesticide or herbicide will cycle through the complete system. There simply aren't any cheap off-the-shelf sensors to monitor things you care about, so you need to do regular physical checks with chemical kits.

Aquaponics is a fun, but very hard, problem to solve correctly. You can learn a lot from it, and it is a great system for people who like to learn a bit about everything.

I'm also not seeing anything here that couldn't be done in the JVM either. The numbers aren't spectacular for eight dedicated hardware boxes.

Well, good for them for choosing a technology that they enjoy and making it work. There's more than enough room for another mature application platform.

> How can you compare reading Slashdot at +5 to reading the mostly unfiltered comments here?

Because Slashdot actually provides the facilities to do so. If I could browse +5 HN comments then believe me I would.

> the populism, trolling, and general lack of real-world experience of other posters made participating in the discussions pointless and even counter-productive.

I could make the same argument about HN.

I did get an invite and installed, but I can't actually do anything with it. There's no Android client, so it just sits on my laptop doing nothing.

I thought it would at least have some sort of local network sharing service like DAAP, UPnP or anything at all.

Focused on innovation? It's focused on selling advertising.

I've been hoping the rails team would implement two phase commits since the 1.0 days. Does anybody know if the idea has been considered?

Just to answer the example: Mars does not have a magnetic field of significant strength. Curiosity needs shielding on the surface.

Perfectly reasonable question though.

Interesting that the install instructions for Red Hat Linux distributions is far more complicated than that of other Linux distributions.

But seriously, if they are offering a free platform to anyone with an email address then what sort of precautions are they taking to prevent abuse?