sgtpepper | 8 years ago | on: System Bus Radio: Transmits AM radio on computers without transmitting hardware
Building your own LPF is surprisingly easy and educational!
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sgtpepper | 8 years ago | on: GNU Readline for Better Productivity on the Command Line
If you want Readline in Windows CMD, there's CLink: https://mridgers.github.io/clink/
One of the first things I install on Windows.
sgtpepper | 10 years ago | on: That'll do, pig, that'll do
So... ChoreMonster but with cash?
sgtpepper | 10 years ago | on: GitFlow considered harmful
to be fair, if it's truly a "derp" commit you're better off using "git commit --amend --no-edit", which is technically rewriting history but in one stroke :)
sgtpepper | 11 years ago | on: “I'm wiping this repository away”
Presumably the person did preserve all those things... just not on GitHub.
sgtpepper | 11 years ago | on: Gödel’s Loophole in the US constitution
The constant eroding of the State's sovereignty and the consolidation of power into the Federal Government's hands make this somewhat more troubling in the future however. Especially as we move towards more pure democratic systems and away from representative republicism. See for instance the National Popular Vote Compact: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstat...
A similar compact for approving amendments could be an issue for instance.
sgtpepper | 12 years ago | on: Google just lost it
Rant all you want, when you change phones and it all just syncs, it's fucking wonderful. If you don't like it, don't use a Google phone.
sgtpepper | 12 years ago | on: The shock of playing the Ouya, one year later
I'm pretty sure the terminology actually comes from Major League Baseball farm teams: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_League_Baseball#Current_s...
I can't recall a gaming magazine that used a grading scale as described.
sgtpepper | 12 years ago | on: One YouTube account's 77,000 mysterious videos
"old"?, there are hundreds of ACTIVE numbers stations today: http://priyom.org/
sgtpepper | 12 years ago | on: How Dogecoin changed my perspective on cryptocurrency
wow.
such blog.
much words.
sgtpepper | 12 years ago | on: Tobacco increases work capacity (2011)
I'm not sure the relevance of the link.. I never said cigars were healthier.. certainly there are risks involved. But there's a huge gulf between a pack a day habit and a couple day a month indulgence.
sgtpepper | 12 years ago | on: Tobacco increases work capacity (2011)
Cigarettes are a nasty filthy habit...
But I find a good cigar or pipe useful for clearing the mind when working on hard problems.
sgtpepper | 12 years ago | on: The Guardian also open-sourced a test SSL cert
They updated it with this comment
> this is a TEST key for local development - NOT an important key
sgtpepper | 12 years ago
I love how in the screenshot in the article it says EXPLICITLY:
"This extension displays some optional ads. If you do not wish to support us, you are welcome to disable ads in the settings."
sgtpepper | 12 years ago | on: Why are Internet standards called “Request for Comments”?
Why "loved" in the past tense? There are new joke RFCs every year: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6921.txt
sgtpepper | 12 years ago | on: Ask HN: What do you expect in a language's 1.0 release?
Most importantly... a commitment to backwards compatibility for some period of substantial time (~year? two?).
sgtpepper | 12 years ago | on: Red October crypto app adopts “two-man rule” used to launch nukes
Should have gone with the name "Crimson Tide", as that movie was actually relevant...
sgtpepper | 12 years ago | on: HTML5 game written in 0 lines of JS
You do realize you're on HACKER News right? You'll probably see some HACKS... maybe?
sgtpepper | 13 years ago | on: SMS Vulnerability in Twitter, Facebook, and Venmo
I thought this sounded familiar:
http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2007/04/twitter_and_jo...
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/03/twitter...
sgtpepper | 16 years ago | on: Ask HN: Massive vulnerability on Twitter?
What about "reject"? Can you get people to UNFOLLOW you as well?
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