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Matrix ( https://riot.im )

There's also this https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2016/11/24/android-...

This is great. BASIC was my first programming language on a TI-92 calculator. It provides an invitation to new would-be programmers to explore writing code. Having it available on …

https://github.com/Bitmessage/PyBitmessage

Relevant to this topic, Youtube channel "The School of Life" talks about this issue where people are reluctant to build, causing the housing price to go up. One Reason Homes Cost S…

Speaking with Lyft/Uber drivers myself, I hear there is a difference in culture between riders who choose between the two companies. Uber riders treat their drivers like taxis or "…

Pass ( http://www.passwordstore.org/ ) is password manager based on GPG that's been around for longer. It has some more tools available that are built around it and helps organize …

In a context where there is an assumption that conversation is a debate, "No, totally" means "no I am not disagreeing with you, you are totally right."

Also disappointed about their promised privacy features that never made it: https://plus.google.com/+MaxHuijgen/posts/haKeEyEHR55

Honorable mention, privoxy: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7743261

Living in SF now and have been living in California my whole life, I find the dreaded "so, what do you do?" question something that gets asked during a first time encounter when th…

Android had a hidden feature in certain iterations of Android 4, called "App Ops," that would let you do this but it never made it to prime time. Though Cyanogenmod does leverage i…

Misleading title. Doing better in school isn't the same as being smarter.

Well you're right. I've been using Inbox for over a week, and I like it. No email clutter, and it matches my flow pretty well.

I'm having trouble figuring out how to disable transparent hugepages without a reboot: ># uname -a Linux ip-10-214-7-159 3.2.0-36-virtual #57-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jan 8 22:04:49 UTC 2013…

I too practice "inbox 0," and making sure I am very diligent about unsubscribing from mailing lists and creating the occasional filter. I am completely content with email, and I fe…

Don't placebos sometimes result in real physical benefits?

Any idea how placebos work so well, what they are, and if we're doing anything to take advantage of the effect?

This is terrible news, NY Times being one of few news organizations providing quality journalism. Hope they can figure out a way to keep running without degrading their quality.

This still keeps the system version around at /bin/bash

The front page of reddit isn't really where the community shines. It represents the greatest common denominator of internet culture, which is pretty much what you described, fueled…

1. I'd rather drink coffee than take a capsule with caffein 2. How does this compare with Alpha Brain ( https://www.onnit.com/alphabrain/ )?

1. I'd rather drink coffee than take a capsule with caffein 2. How does this compare with Alpha Brain ( https://www.onnit.com/alphabrain/ )?

I am not the asshole, buddy. The point is that people don't see cyclists. In my case, people would walk in front of me without looking, barely giving me time to swerve or break. Ye…

I don't know if you've ever ridden a bike, but they don't exactly stop on a dime. The point is these people don't notice you and will walk right in front of you within a few feet w…