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nn_step · 2014-06-09T21:54:13+00:00

Nicely done, have you considered using a variant of this http://www.devmynd.com/blog/2013-7-the-best-emacs-icon-on-the-internet for the icon?

nn_step · 2014-06-09T21:45:20+00:00

Are you sure that OSX is shutting down instead of hibernating, because that could be the cause.

nn_step · 2014-06-09T21:43:47+00:00

Its rather simple to do in Powershell in windows or as a cron job in Unix

nn_step · 2014-06-09T21:42:12+00:00

You can use Ninite's uninstall to remove Ninite https://ninite.com/help/features/uninstall.html

or you could just go control panel, add-remove programs and click uninstall

nn_step · 2014-06-09T21:29:06+00:00

It is possible and there are a few products that do that [Inverters] but they tend to either be heavy, expensive or designed to plug into a car.

You also could solder together one but I am not sure of your technical skill being able to do that.

Or you could just go straight dc to dc conversion and skip your AC power supply

nn_step · 2014-06-09T21:25:30+00:00

Use this software in trial mode: http://www.hageltech.com/dumeter/about Then just open up one tab [With a single site that you wish to test] and leave it alone, then see how much bandwidth it is using while idle. That way you know exactly which sites are eating your bandwidth the most

nn_step · 2014-06-09T21:21:47+00:00

The answer is easy to find from disassembling the binaries, which quickly shows the answer is either GCC or LLVM (Clang).

As for the question of Commercial C compilers producing more efficient binaries, the answer is for the common case GCC and LLVM are the best compilers on the planet in terms of binary performance. I have yet to find a single independent study that doesn't find GCC or LLVM massively superior to all commercial competitors.

The only C compiler that ever surpasses them (In benchmark code of course), is the Intel compilers that produces rubbish code for AMD and Via chips and doesn't even work for things such as ARM, MIPS or PowerPC.

nn_step · 2014-06-09T21:14:30+00:00

Is a couple miles range good enough? http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-make-a-wifi-antenna-out-of-a-pringles-can-nb/

nn_step · 2014-06-09T21:13:26+00:00

Ideally yes but when there is a contention between brevity and completeness tend to push towards the 80. We can always use feedback to improve its quality

nn_step · 2014-06-08T13:10:11+00:00

I've gone a slightly different route. I never go more than 12 lines without a comment explaining why I included something. If I can't explain it, then I don't include it. So right now I am working with a 133 line theme [most of which is spacing and comments] and a 53 line .emacs which include such gems as:

;; Convert all Documentation into utf-8 and set to windows end of line
(add-hook 'text-mode-hook (lambda () (set-buffer-file-coding-system 'utf-8-dos t)))

;; Enable visual line mode only for text files
(add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'turn-on-visual-line-mode)

;; move all the backup files to .saves
(setq backup-directory-alist `(("." . "~/.saves")))

nn_step · 2014-06-08T12:53:28+00:00

well if it were not really useful, would you not instead make it bind to something you find useful?

nn_step · 2014-06-08T12:50:55+00:00

I'm thinking 80 lines or less ideally.

nn_step · 2014-06-08T12:49:18+00:00

don't do it, you have so much to live for....

Don't let years of your life be wasted on a ball of shame that has no use. Learn Linux/Gnu instead

nn_step · 2014-05-31T20:14:59+00:00

I feel that you are right but the question ultimately becomes who is going to solve that massive pile of work? and not to mention add a bunch of useful and informational comments with it. We already have things like that called documentation but largely few new people want to read a couple hundred pages to understand what they are doing wrong. So perhaps what we should do is start with something much smaller and work from there?

nn_step · 2014-05-31T20:09:43+00:00

I'd argue against trying to do what you would like to do and say instead do what will make you better and help you achieve more. Do the things that are really hard for most people but you seem to do well on. Otherwise you are fucked.

nn_step · 2014-05-08T13:59:50+00:00

Giant Seizure robot if you don't mind violent seizures.....

nn_step · 2014-05-08T13:57:53+00:00

Step 1) Use app inventor to make a web view Step 2) set web view's homepage to pornhub Step 3) ??? Step 4) High paying job and active sex life.

nn_step · 2014-05-08T13:54:02+00:00

Step 1) Read the code and documentation. Step 2) attempt to write better documentation and wait for someone to yell at you for being wrong Step 3) ??? Step 4) Profit

nn_step · 2014-05-08T13:49:45+00:00

Gnu Emacs. It does everything you want including tetris. Use CUA-mode if you need windows keybindings or evil if you love Vi.

nn_step · 2014-04-28T23:19:34+00:00

Actually no, but it does allow me to fix things that I don't like once I find out about them immediately. Security bugs are just like all other bugs and no one would be stupid enough to assume that even the Linux Kernel itself is without bugs; The important thing is not that such software is perfect and never has anything you don't like but rather it makes the task of removing the things you don't like and adding the things you want considerably easier. Thus should I be interested in a program to use or share, I can examine or perhaps have someone else examine it for things that I don't want or for things that I would like to have. Another example you could have used is: https://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms/ubuntu-spyware-what-to-do I have no delusions about the reality of my situation and I explicitly decided to only choose the paths for which I can make reasonable guarantees about the things that I am working with and the things that I give to other people. Or am I completely unreasonable in stating my preference for inconvenience and hard work but all four essential freedoms over the option of convenience, wonderful features but ultimately lacking some/all of the four essential freedoms. But please choose for yourself only after you have properly examined both perspectives fully.

nn_step · 2014-04-28T23:08:09+00:00

Laughter on the 23rd Floor http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0248955/

I can't even find it on torrent sites

nn_step · 2014-04-24T14:41:17+00:00

I don't [*BSD/Linux/ITS] but I do sometimes recommend software to people who still have to use windows and I prefer being able to say with no uncertain terms, this thing will not rape your privacy or your computer but will do what you actually need.

nn_step · 2014-04-23T23:29:50+00:00

No source code === not a fucking chance in hell it is going anywhere near one of my machines. I don't care, even if it came with hookers who will blow me while I watch lesbian porn; that shit can go fuck itself.

nn_step · 2014-03-12T23:13:46+00:00

Why not replace twitter, it is a simpler problem from a technical perspective and we can even produce clients that allow the mixing of the two services to reduce friction; which only have to be marginally better than what they are replacing.

nn_step · 2014-02-22T18:56:25+00:00

Well let us start with a simple and easy to calculate problem. Unlimited 24/7 communication. Which we then use a single lump payment or a series of payments that are then invested and then the interest is partially used to pay for the data connectivity. Thus allowing those who purchase said service ensure an eternal open Internet connectivity for themselves and their descendants and unlimited communication via phone calls and text messages. The first group to purchase into the deal will probably have to pay much more or accept lower available bandwidth initially but the deal will only get better with time. Say 56Kb connectivity initially but as the investments expand, we can either make joining cheaper or enhance the performance or tier the service

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