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pook | 16 years ago | on: Google ditches Windows on security concerns

More importantly but less vociferously, by Google switching to an open source OS, it means anyone, anywhere, can fix vulnerabilities. Not just Google.

Considering the difficulty of patching security holes in proprietary software versus patching holes in open software, Google indeed would hugely benefit by drastically reducing the difference between the cost of defense and the cost of cracking.

It's not so much levelling the playing field, as removing Harrison Bergeron's buckshot-filled equality harness.

pook | 16 years ago | on: Summertime Web Design for 100 Minutes a Week (#wywof)

This is a great idea.

It reminds me of daf yomi in studying talmud, "a page a day".

A page a day is barely a burden, yet in 3 years you can have thoroughly read Misner's Gravitation, Programming Erlang 3 times over, and any number of grad-level textbooks. In 1 year, you will have read a good-sized textbook at almost no perceptible time cost, and with very high comprehension.

If he can give this a 43things style UI with publicly stated goals, integrate it with book lists and codebase repos worked on, it could be amazing.

pook | 16 years ago | on: I am a failed entrepreneur. Ask Me Anything.

" For me, it was more than just male bonding and mayonnaise in my sweltering hot basement. That was probably the best summer of their lives."

I don't know whether this is serious, trolling, or a damn good sense of humor.

pook | 16 years ago | on: GitHub is the Best Thing Ever

We should make a Tiny Fork Day.

A day where X people fork, make at least one contribution, and request a pull.

Set up a cool site targetting people who are interested in coding, but haven't yet gotten the courage to contribute, and you could have something.

pook | 16 years ago | on: Ask HN: Dead man coding.

Pro tip: every single man who ever married the woman he loves, has no fucking idea how he managed to attract her. We're all completely baffled when a woman decides to spend her life with a yog-shothoth like us.

pook | 16 years ago | on: Ask HN: Dead man coding.

Take the bag, fall in love, and do something worth staying around for. Have children, invest in singularity-inducing tech, fight pirates on the open seas.

You'd be surprised how powerful the urge to live, despite daily I-can't-take-this-anymore frustrations, is when you've got a child's life to look forward to.

pook | 16 years ago | on: A short introduction to Coq

Even worse, you'll link them to sites with good arguments for exactly where it is useful... named "10 places where coq comes in handy" and "You and coq: a good fit" or "Do it faster with coq"

pook | 16 years ago | on: The Best Method to Master a Foreign Language, Guaranteed

Mind you, the Korean loves America. The Korean practically writes a love song to America every chance he has. But there are certain things about contemporary America drives the Korean crazy, and this is one of them: the idea that the process of learning is somehow supposed to be fun. Just drop it. Forget it. What is fun is the result of learning – the infinite amount of fun when you finally put the finished product to use. And truly, that applies to second language acquisition as well as anything else. Your horizon will expand beyond the limit of your imagination. You will gain perspectives that you couldn’t have even dreamed of. Don’t be a whiny bitch. Your sacrifice will be worthwhile.

This should be shouted, at top volume, to everyone entering university. Great advice.

pook | 16 years ago | on: Ask HN: Parents' Sayings

"Never argue with a crazy person."

"You can't fuck crazy sane."

"If it's worth doing, it's worth doing well."

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