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d99krison Cmus – A Small Terminal Music Player

I used cmus for a while, but always wanted a user interface more similar to winamp, so I built namp https://github.com/d99kris/namp

d99krison Poll: Desktop Linux users, what distro do you use?

It's Ubuntu-based, true. I guess the Ubuntu poll option could have been more explicitly stating the variants. Anyway, I was referring to the distributions listed on http://releases.ubuntu.com/ i.e. Edubuntu, Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Mythbuntu, Ubuntu GNOME, UbuntuKylin, Ubuntu MATE, UbuntuStudio, Xubuntu.

d99krison Ask HN: Share your favourite bash/zsh aliases

  alias hn='elinks http://news.ycombinator.com/news'

d99krison Google's robots.txt

Glassdoor uses its for recruiting: http://www.glassdoor.com/robots.txt

d99krison Facebook

Relevant article Why Selling WhatsApp To Facebook Would Be The Biggest Mistake Of Jan Koum's And Brian Acton's Lives (2012):

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericjackson/2012/12/03/why-selli...

d99krison Security updates available for Adobe Flash Player

The relevant part:

These updates address a critical vulnerability that could potentially allow an attacker to remotely take control of the affected system. Adobe is aware of reports that an exploit for this vulnerability exists in the wild, and recommends users update their product installations to the latest versions.

d99krison Ask HN: Best IRC channels?

Is there a #hn or #hackernews?

d99krison Spotiamp – Long live the Llama

wine may work - I see the application starting up, but I don't have a premium account to confirm full functionality.

d99krison Spotify expands services to new countries

I signed up to get an email notification when they launched their services in Singapore, but I haven't received any email, so I thought I'd share this.

d99krison Want to learn to code? Don't copy and paste, type out other people's code

It is down for me.

d99krison Ask HN: What happened to my saved/upvoted links?

It's working for me now, so it looks like you resolved it! Thanks you!

d99krison Canadian scientists create a functioning, virtual brain

The project web page, with software and model downloads:

http://nengo.ca/

d99krison Show HN: PAGEED - Content curation and customer reviews browser plugin

Inspired by Hacker News, StumbleUpon and Google SideWiki I made this web page as a side project. Please let me know your feedback! Thanks!

d99krison Google’s Dremel Makes Big Data Look Small

Link to the paper describing Dremel [PDF]: http://static.googleusercontent.com/external_content/untrust...

d99krison Renewables now account for 25% of German energy production

I assume you are referring to electrical energy, and not energy usage in general?

d99krison Building Your First Profitable Startup

Try Google Cache: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3Awww.l...

d99krison Poll: HN readers, where's your residence?

Good points!

I was mainly thinking in terms of things like funding, visa and registering a company. Maybe it's time I check out HackerspaceSG. I've done some googling and checked SG government websites, but it's always valuable to hear others experience.

Anyway, my side-project(s) are not going to "startup"-phase anytime soon.

d99krison Poll: HN readers, where's your residence?

Thanks a lot! This is useful information!

d99krison Poll: HN readers, where's your residence?

Sounds like a good idea!

d99krison Poll: HN readers, where's your residence?

Also in Singapore, but from Sweden.

Saw in your profile that you're bootstrapping, do you find Singapore a good environment for a startup? I haven't really looked into it, yet..

d99krison Tens of millions of HP LaserJet printers vulnerable to hacking

It’s worth noting that other (non-HP) printers, copiers, and all-in-one thingamajigs are probably vulnerable to a similar attack, too.

Well anything produced to be mass/IT-managed probably provides an easy method for firmware upgrading. And all firmware encryptions/checksums/etc are of course (at least theoretically) crackable.

I don't see how this could come off as a surprise to anyone in the industry.

d99krison Jaguar recalls 18,000 cars over major software fault

Point taken.

d99krison Jaguar recalls 18,000 cars over major software fault

Yes. And also developers/testers of other electronic control units in the vehicle. The early phase development is always in simulators and on test tracks, but typically car manufacturers have deals with the governments which allow them to drive on regular roads with systems under development.

Of course, should something happen, there's a number to call to get towed away quickly.

d99krison Jaguar recalls 18,000 cars over major software fault

The difference is that a pilot knows far more about an aircraft than the average driver knows about their vehicle.

d99krison Ask HN: What Android apps do you use?

Some of the apps I use:

  Google apps (Docs, Gmail, Maps, Talk, + etc)
  Polaris Office
  Local banking apps 
  Local public transportation and taxi apps
  Whatsapp
  Facebook
  Dropbox
  Linkedin
  Skype
  IMDb
  RealCalc
  ConnectBot (SSH client)
  XE Currency (exchange rates)
  ES File Explorer (for access to SAMBA shares)
  ChromeMarks (for sync of bookmarks to Chrome bookmarks)
  Shazam (finding artist/songname of playing song)
  Barcode Scanner (for work)

d99krison Betty Weissman (mother of edw519) 1930-2011

My condolences, sorry for your loss.

d99krison Total Commander for Android version 1.0 release candidate

Total Commander is my absolute favorite file manager. I'm a Windows/Linux guy, and I always keep a Total Commander ready (in Linux through wine).

I'm certainly gonna try the Android app. Thanks for posting this!

d99krison Ask HN: Would a startup sponsor my visa?

I did something similar for US. Got there on internship visa (J-1 I believe) for 6 months, and then was offered an FTE on H-1B. Back then in 2006 the yearly H-1B were "released" in late May or early June I believe, and they finished in a month or so, so this might be good to take into consideration when planning. I believe a good time for the employer to file application is in April or May, and then the H-1B is typically ready in September.

After the internship some other option came up for me back home in Sweden so I never used my H-1B.

Note: This was not for a startup, but for an established company with HR and all that stuff. But the timing aspects should still apply I believe. As a side-note I eventually moved to Singapore, and getting an "employment pass" (equivalent to US H-1B) here was extremely smooth, comparing to all the work to get the H-1B for US.

d99krison A few days of programming on iOS and Android illustrates a vast difference.

For higher abstraction layer on Android, there's Corona SDK and other similar tools.

d99krison I moved to Singapore

I second that. It's a very safe city and I don't mind that minor crimes are taken seriously here [1].

[1] http://nope.se/temp/bike_theft_singapore.jpg