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orkoden··on Ogo, a new take on personal transportation
The control software could probably detect a seizure or other erratic input and stop the vehicle.
orkoden··on 1Password Leaks Your Data
It makes no difference if you use Dropbox or iCloud. It depends on the file format.
orkoden··on 1Password Leaks Your Data
The problem is this "old" file format is the default still today.
orkoden··on New Windows 10 Devices From Microsoft
T and X are the ones you want.
orkoden··on Ad Blocking Irony
It wasn't impossible. There were basically two solution up until now: use an alternative browser with ad blocking included (e.g. iCab), or a VPN that filters ads for you.
orkoden··on Apple, Google, and Microsoft are all solving the same problems
At that time the iPod was hugely successful. Phones got more and more features very quickly: web/wap browsers, e-mail, cameras, installable games. The Motorola ROKR was the first try at combining an iPod with a phone. It failed. Back then everybody was expecting an iPodPhone in the near future.
orkoden··on Monads Are Not Metaphors (2010)
http://fuckingmonads.com
orkoden··on How Germany abolished tuition fees
It's pretty common for Germans to start working in their late 20s or early 30s if they went to university.
orkoden··on Ask HN: What's your favorite CLI or ncurses program?
fortune | cowsay
orkoden··on Autonomous Weapons: An Open Letter from AI and Robotics Researchers
Or look at sqlite. It was created to be used by missile systems.
orkoden··on Autonomous Weapons: An Open Letter from AI and Robotics Researchers
You can also attack the infrastructure and supply lines, same as with regular fighters. A drone only has a limited amount of ammo and fuel.
orkoden··on How Academia Resembles a Drug Gang (2013)
Capitalism is always exploitation.
orkoden··on How Berlin’s Futuristic Airport Became a $6B Embarrassment
Gemütlichkeit is another word to learn.

If you come to Germany you can take part in any conversations just knowing genau and ach so.

Genau - Exactly, I understand, I agree. Used to express agreement. Germans like to agree. Use freely in any conversation at any time. Ach so - really, I see. Can be used to express agreement, astonishment, realization, understanding, questioning depending on intonation and stress. Na - hello, how are you, hey. Can be used at any time to start or avoid a conversation.

orkoden··on Ask HN: How's your eyesight?
My eyesight has always been excellent and still is at age 34. I spent lots of time in front of computer screens at work and at home.
orkoden··on The Biggest Tech Problems So Obvious We Aren’t Fixing Them
Brother HL-2030 the best 80 € I ever spent on a printer. It's been printing perfectly for years and is on its second toner cartridge now. I sometimes wish it had automatic duplex. But I print less and less.
orkoden··on Apple’s Share of Smartphone Industry’s Profits Soars to 92%
The costs for switching isn't that high. Most people don't spend a lot of money on apps. More than half of the money is spent on games anyway. These are played for a while and then new games are purchased.

The handful of productivity apps won't exceed 20$ for the vast majority of users.

I buy lots of apps and games. Every time I switched platforms (webOS -> Android -> iPhone -> WP), I spent around 15$ to cover my initial needs. Compared to what I pay for a phone, it's negligible.

orkoden··on Atom Editor for Sublime Text Users
emacs 24.5 is 59 MB in gzip.
orkoden··on Finish your stuff
The software in my package managers' sources is outdated.
orkoden··on Software bloat makes me sad
You have a hard drive? Rich people these days...
orkoden··on As More Tech Startups Stay Private, So Does the Money
Welcome to the exploitative system that favors the rich: capitalism
orkoden··on Mattermost: Open-source, on-premises, Slack alternative
I actually prefer todays web video to having to install RealPlayer, Quicktime, Windows Media Player, Flash player, Shockwave player just play video on the web.

Choice is not always good.

orkoden··on Mattermost: Open-source, on-premises, Slack alternative
There are standards for E-Mail though. So you can move your mail around different providers.

With your chat system it's a lot harder. You can't move your yammer content into slack easily.

orkoden··on Mattermost: Open-source, on-premises, Slack alternative
A great RFC instead a dozen incompatible startups would be the best thing since IRC.
orkoden··on The US Navy's warfare systems command is paying to stay on Windows XP
If you still have scientific equipment running Red Hat 6.2, you're not a lot better off.
orkoden··on I spent the last 15 years trying to become an American and failed
It depends where you are from. But it's not that hard for US and Canadian citizens if you have a job or want to study. You won't be thrown out as quickly as in the US.
orkoden··on Three hundred programming interviews in thirty days
For people without impressive CVs networking is key. Go to conferences, hackathons, and meetups to meet people. This will get your CV past HR almost always.
orkoden··on Three hundred programming interviews in thirty days
If I invest time to do something, it better be worth it for me.
orkoden··on Going undercover as a sex worker
The Netherlands have some of the biggest harbors in Europe. So all kinds of goods go through here, including drugs.
orkoden··on “AppleMusic will pay artist for streaming during customer’s free trial period”
Unless the contract with their label says otherwise.
orkoden··on Google, Microsoft, Mozilla and Others Team Up to Launch WebAssembly
It would also be the end of user side scripts. It will enable the worst of Flash, Silverlight, Java. Horrible DRM schemes and other user hostile features will be built with this. It's a step back.
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