lr--rw-rwx | 13 years ago | on: Lockitron exceeds $2,000,000 in reservations
Same in German.
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lr--rw-rwx | 13 years ago | on: Surprisingly undervalued books
I will add:
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values by Robert M. Pirsig
lr--rw-rwx | 13 years ago | on: Use Zsh
My concern with Zsh is that is just not that much better than Bash and that's the (valid) reason, why it's not getting widespread adoption.
It's like with Plan9 and Linux or new systems languages which try to make a better C. The technology _is_ better than the existing one, but not that much better that it's that relevant.
I think one of the main problems of current shells is that they try to be a CLI and an interpreter for a programming language (e.g. Bash script) at the same time, but the user uses mostly just one of these features for certain periods of time. At one point he wants to control the computer in a very efficient matter (system usage), so short keystroke sequences are convenient. At other times one wants to do more complex stuff which involves programming (development).
However current Shells are at any point in time prepared for both and that's the reason why both tasks are sometimes cumbersome.
lr--rw-rwx | 13 years ago | on: Driverless Cars Get Green Light in California
Ok, driverless cars are cool, because they have this robot touch which is appealing to computer scientists. Furthermore, we will get there eventually, as they will drive saver and (without a driver) will decrease the costs for transport and logistics industries.
But does it affect the average human? It just strikes me how many anecdotes I read in connection with selfdriving cars ala' "calling the car to pick me up from work".
Assuming that most HN users are from the US I can just conclude that public transport is really bad and people do not use their bike there. E.g. most people here (Europe) just do not need the service of a car in their daily life. So in the end it's a logic step, but I do not think that it makes sense to actually buy a self-driving car for yourself.
lr--rw-rwx | 13 years ago | on: Decrypt.py: Act like a decrypting hacker on tv
It does not disable it, it catches it and restores the terminal cursor's visibility (originally it reseted everything, but you can just work on, and the colors will scroll off the screen).
... but of course, maybe you enjoy random color font. :p
lr--rw-rwx | 13 years ago | on: Decrypt.py: Act like a decrypting hacker on tv
and here a virus in action ...
;)
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