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da_murvel

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    Comment #18568661

    Of course, but that doesn't equal the sound "moving around", the violin section will always remain in the same place for example, which is the feeling I get when listening to one o…

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    Comment #18568458

    And I think your example of the plane is where this technique is applicable. In a cinema for example, imagine yourself watching a horror movie and you can hear the evil demon sneak…

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    Comment #18551341

    I have never understood what problem self-driving cars is trying to solve. I can, on the other hand, see that it could be more desirable to have self flying planes. But to even thi…

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    Comment #18532528

    So you think that someone who's capable of building a system like this, has somehow missed the fact that you should store passwords safely? Nah, I don't buy that.

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    Comment #18532048

    They should have been fined more than a measly €20k in my opnion. As a developer I'm deeply ashamed that people are still storing user passwords in plain text. There is no reason b…

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    Comment #18291776

    "... much of what is done is faux-agile, disregarding agile's values and principles." This. It feels so easy to get caught up in methods and tools, to not make a proper commitment …

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    Comment #18290934

    I love the idea of having your actual users testing the software, rather a dedicated tester. A dedicated, employed, tester can never use the product like a normal user would. They …

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    Comment #18273155

    I don't think it's baffling at all. Facebook is the largest social media company, and what do they do to try to stop all of the propaganda, troll factories and hateful things going…

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    Comment #18247810

    The surname is wrong in the title, it should be Klint, not Klimt. It's an interesting read however, although I'm no art expert by any means, I've always liked abstract paintings as…

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    Comment #18217828

    Define "technical". But when it comes to programming I always enjoy Sandi Metz's talks. I can highly recomend this talk she made at the RailsConf in 2014, about taking an ugly beas…

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    Comment #18200171

    Apparently it "ensures artists receive the compensation they are owed, encourages fair industry competition, and protects the intellectual property rights of studios nationwide—amo…

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    Comment #18183945

    ... "why even call it the "disgusting food"? Obviously anyone who connotates the exhibit with the items inside will be going in with a specific bias." Well, isn't that what they ar…

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    Comment #18142034

    I own a KeyOne, released last year with Android instead of BB's own OS. I love it, only downside is that I had to import it as it isn't available in my country ... I'd mainly used …

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    Comment #18128824

    Facebook give out a minimum of $500 for bugs and issues they deem worthy of rewarding. Last year they paid more than $880,000, and as of January this year they had paid a total amo…

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    Comment #18128415

    You haven't experienced slow until you've worked for a administrative authority, trust me.

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    Comment #18094145

    Yeah, how about he never to intended to livestream it in the first place and just said so to gain attention

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    Comment #18064072

    "That was risky, because Babel is open source—meaning it is freely available online, and users don’t have to pay for it." I don't get why many seem to think that Open Source = No c…

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    Comment #18057121

    And I don't want to be a part of either of them

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    Comment #18037601

    I'm currently traversing through Linux From Scratch, http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/ . Not necessarily because I wanted to build a Linux OS but because it was the best guide I…

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    Comment #18004753

    The website has an expired security certificate. It expired 30 august 2018 09:30:03

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    Comment #17986651

    I have worked for three companies, two medium sized and one quite large (in Europe), and I've never experienced this. If anything, the culture feels rather the opposite. "Whatever …

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    Comment #17985645

    Ubuntu and Firefox tried. I actually bought a phone with Firefox OS when it was released, it was horrible. I don't know if it was the cheap Chinese built ZTE hardware or the OS its…