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And the same may be said about the products we make today 40 years from now. Survivorship bias is the logical error of concentrating on the things that made it past some selection …

Where is the reference implementation?

I don't see why that warrants taking the github repo down.

Mythtv

Just try and compile this simple program: > println("System"); It gives this error: "At line undefined, the submission failed to compile with the error: Error: Sorry, but you may n…

I want a product that comes up with new product ideas.

Is Hacker News the new reddit now? Should I start posting graphic memes?

So I just tried out adioso on a desktop. It wasn't as responsive as I hoped.

Well, technically a file system is a specialized typed of database. NTFS has some support for removing duplicate files and replacing them with links. Windows server 2008 calls this…

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sudo apt-get install ruby-full build-essential rubygems apache2 && sudo gem install rails && rails hello && cd hello && rails generate controller hello && rails script/server && wg…

Pigments can sometimes be stubborn things. But I find that folks tend agree that darker greens are 'greener' than lighter greens. So for best results I'd use a dark green with a gl…

Prepare a demo video ahead of time. If the actual demo fails, show the video in its place.

Well, provided that this doesn't need to be highly secured. You could base invite keys on some property of the verification code. For example, you could design a system where a cod…