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bmslieght··on Crowdfunding the Novena Open Laptop
The boards are a little out of my price range at the moment. But definitely wanted to support this project, so I have backed "Buy us a Beer" at $5.
bmslieght··on Organizing your OpenSCAD code: Part I
I not (yet) got ruby installed. Have you an example how https://github.com/Joaz/bulldozer/tree/master Builds in openSCAD format or .stl or even a jpg ?

Thanks, Brendan

bmslieght··on US police force pay Bitcoin ransom in Cryptolocker malware scam
I had though the Police is aiding and abetting a crime by paying ? In the (UK) not USA - paying a ransom is technically illegal.
bmslieght··on Magnus Carlsen is World Chess Champion
Clearly you should be in the next final of the world championship of chess.
bmslieght··on Magnus Carlsen is World Chess Champion
Have another go at Go. The handicap system is wonderful. It make two players of what ever standard have an equal match. There is a reason why Go is old and globally the uptake is far bigger than Chess - it combines very type of thinking. Strategic versus immediate tactical. Thinking globally versus locally. Chess appears too 1 dimensional now by comparison.
bmslieght··on Slashdot redesign is now in beta
OMG they killing it slowly. The new owners do not get that the most important part is able to read the comments. I dont^wdidn't go to /. because each article had photo. I wnet because it filter news to news for nerds and the comments were informative/funny/insightful/interesting or just plain troll.

Poor CmdrTaco

bmslieght··on Cmd.fm
Current volume is 100, enter value between 0 and 100 > 100 [USER]: Cannot call method 'setVolume' of undefined [[;#f00;;;TypeError: Cannot call method 'setVolume' of undefined at playerVolume (http://cmd.fm/js/common.js:26:15) at setVol (http://cmd.fm/js/terminal.js:182:3) at Object.term.push.prompt [as eval] (http://cmd.fm/js/terminal.js:358:11) at Object.z [as commands] (http://cmd.fm/js/terminal/jquery.terminal-0.5.4.min.js:70:18...) at HTMLHtmlElement.t (http://cmd.fm/js/terminal/jquery.terminal-0.5.4.min.js:41:20...) at HTMLHtmlElement.x.event.dispatch (http://cmd.fm/js/jquery.js:5:14129) at HTMLHtmlElement.v.handle (http://cmd.fm/js/jquery.js:5:10866)]TypeError: Cannot call method 'setVolume' of undefined at playerVolume (http://cmd.fm/js/common.js:26:15) at setVol (http://cmd.fm/js/terminal.js:182:3) at Object.term.push.prompt [as eval] (http://cmd.fm/js/terminal.js:358:11) at Object.z [as commands] (http://cmd.fm/js/terminal/jquery.terminal-0.5.4.min.js:70:18...) at HTMLHtmlElement.t (http://cmd.fm/js/terminal/jquery.terminal-0.5.4.min.js:41:20...) at HTMLHtmlElement.x.event.dispatch (http://cmd.fm/js/jquery.js:5:14129) at HTMLHtmlElement.v.handle (http://cmd.fm/js/jquery.js:5:10866)] Current volume is 100, enter value between 0 and 100 >
bmslieght··on Build your own private, encrypted, open-source Dropbox clone
Your VPS provider, can in effect, chroot in to your environment, so EncFS is vunerable.
bmslieght··on The secret button at pedestrian crossings
technically is is call a tactile rotating cone (or tactile for short).

Traffic Signal Engineer.....

bmslieght··on The secret button at pedestrian crossings
A Puffin - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puffin_crossing may have a near-side detector, that will cancel the demand if you move way from the crossing. i.e. have crossed in the gap.
bmslieght··on The secret button at pedestrian crossings
I am a traffic signal engineer. They don't.

They may have a detector (ir-red/mircowave/inductive loop) that detects your approach. At night, as they may be no conflicting demands - the side road will change Green ASAP.

bmslieght··on Ask HN: Best way to teach programming to a person with Asperger+ADD?
Backward Chaining is a classic way to teach people with ASD. http://specialchildren.about.com/od/developmentalissues/g/ba...