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Unix time is always the number of seconds since 00:00:00 Thursday, 1 January 1970 UTC time. Git records the committer's time zone, since the time would normally be converted back into a human readable form.

Why is this news?

A lot of desktop applications do this. The Spotify client used to do it to enable play/pause controls from any webpage. Dropbox also definitely used the same method for single sign on, maybe still does, I don't use it anymore.

>IMO there is a difference between “blockchain” and “blockchain technology”. The latter means taking parts of or inspiration from how blockchains are built.

>Even if the technology is not be specific to the blockchain originally, blockchain still helped bring these ideas into the minds of the masses and so I think it is fair to characterize some of these things as “blockchain technology” when that is how some people came to know of them.

What you just described here, when done to obtain money or publicity - is often referred to as "charlatanism".

>Sometimes it looks like people throw blockchain in a project not on technical merits but because they think the buzzword is a VC magnet.

That's because they do. A Blockchain without decentralization (and therefore no need for proof-of-work consensus) is functionally just an immutable, append-only object database - the same sort of data structure that any modern, distributed source code version control system (like Git) has always used, before "Blockchain" was even a thing.

Could you help me understand your reasoning behind not pairing up with or taking advantage of existing projects like Halium or LineageOS?

I'd love to run mainline Linux without any Android cruft on my old phones, but realise that this would take a lot of effort per each device. Each Android device is different, with its own kernel patches, proprietary modules and sometimes Android-specific userspace HALs. The Tegra in the Nexus 7 was designed to run non-Android Linux, there are native X11 drivers for that thing - that's not the case for devices like my current phone.

Yeah, what raised a red flag when reading this project's description was that having a single kernel for all devices and no compatibility layer like libhybris is unfortunately an unrealistic goal in the world of ARM android devices.

An approach that is less likely to result in vaporware would be to maintain ports of Halium to older devices based on LineageOS kernels/drivers, with an optional Alpine Linux userspace.

Otherwise this project is little more than README.md Hacker News bait.

I don't think he is talking specifically about Bitcoin, but "the blockchain of diamonds" type of startups that used to be hyped up on HN a year or so ago.

I'm going to take this opportunity to plug my favourite open source project - the Nix package manager[1].

It can work as a universal homebrew replacement (works on MacOS, Linux, WSL and can be easily ported to most BSD variants), comes with a huge collection of packages[2] and produces its own reproducible source builds. Like homebrew, it's a hybrid source and binary based package manager (if you haven't done anything to modify the build, it will likely be downloaded from a cache of pre-built binaries[3]). Unlike something like homebrew-cask, it will never download the pre-built .dmg file from the developer's website - with the obvious exception of proprietary software.

It can also work as a great AUR/ports replacement on Linux systems. Fedora doesn't provide FFmpeg or an up-to-date version of a package you need? No problem, just get it from Nix! All the advantages of a rolling release distro, without actually having to use one.

Due to its functional nature, it comes with a wealth of advantages over homebrew and other traditional package managers[4]. Once you get past the learning curve, creating your own packages or modifying existing ones is a breeze. It can create disposable development environments with dependencies of whatever project you're working on, without having to install them in your system or user profile! Check out the Nix manual[5] for more information.

It's so flexible that people have built a Linux distribution where your entire system configuration is a Nix derivation (package) - with atomic upgrades, rollbacks, reproducible configuration and much more! [6]

[1] https://nixos.org/nix/

[2] https://nixos.org/nixos/packages.html

[3] https://hydra.nixos.org/

[4] https://nixos.org/nix/about.html

[5] https://nixos.org/nix/manual/

[6] https://nixos.org/nixos/about.html

hindsight is always 20/20

i'm sure <insert your favourite open source project here> would appreciate patches for reproducible, cryptographically signed releases

This is a lot simpler and all you need is your phone. It's obviously not meant for pro/enthusiast photography or advanced users.

It's a perfect way for a not-so-technologically-savvy parent to scan their old photos and put them up on Facebook.

Never needed a plugin for this, just `:set tw=79`

I feel that Nix solves a lot of the same problems in a better way. The ideas implemented in that project have a lot of potential and I wish that the community focused more on user experience for new users. Since I've started using Nix, I had so many cool ideas about what it could be used for.

It's a shame that it has such a steep learning curve.

Definitely not a beast by any stretch of the imagination, as I got smooth 60fps in all the examples with an i7 4790k and GTX 970 on Windows (Chrome).

As someone who had to abruptly come off venlafaxine due to side effects, I can tell you that it was complete hell. I experienced vomiting, the weirdest, most horrible nightmares every night, sleep paralysis with hallucinations and a recurring feeling of "electic shocks" inside my head. This lasted about a month. I think it borders on inhumane not to mention possible withdrawal symptoms before prescribing this awful "anti-"depressant.

My doctor eventually prescribed me trazodone, so I could just sleep the withdrawals off.

Does Nvidia already have NVLink for this purpose?

Dell enterprise support is great. Support for cheap, plasticky, consumer stuff - not so much.

don't you mean psychiatrists, not psychologists?

I don't know about it being a quantum system, but from a psychological standpoint our memories are definitely shaped by the way we perceive and process an event. There was an article posted on HN recently about why we don't remember being babies - some think that language is required for forming memories. The way a shared memory is remembered and re-told by other people (i.e. parents) can also affect our own memory of it.

As a person suffering from social anxiety, my brain tends to memorise events by focusing on small, irrelevant details - which leads to negative self-talk, i.e. "was this thing I said embarrassing? could I have done this differently?, etc."

The way we perceive the world and store our memories is definitely different from one person to another. As a bilingual person, I think some of those differences may indeed be due to a person's native language.

yeah, unless the snippet also includes a definition for variable $pcid, there is no proof that the code is actually vulnerable - using such simplistic logic, the stats are likely hugely inflated

but i don't agree that it should be the poster's responsibility to show their sanitation logic to prevent people from blindly copying-and-pasting their code, if it's not relevant to their question

A dashboard is a web app displaying aggregate data - usually on something like a digital signage display at a company's office - often includes 'vanity metrics' like web traffic data, Git commits, social media feeds, CI builds, etc.

FNV was developed by Obsidian Entertainment (founded by ex-Black Isle folks), not Bethesda Game Studios.

The "pros" aren't simply pissed off at the latest MBP. We're pissed off at the continuing trend over the last 5 years of Apple products becoming more difficult or nearly impossible to disassemble, upgrade and repair. We're tired of form over function. Sales targets over user experience.

No psychiatrist in their right mind will diagnose you with adult ADHD, while you have co-morbid issues with depression and/or anxiety. (edit: that are not being taken care of)

The R9 M370X was based on the Cape Verde architecture, released in 2012. http://videocardz.com/55641/radeon-r9-m370x-confirmed-to-uti...

Microsoft is still the king of the (enterprise) desktop. They've been more open on the server front, because they realised that they can't win that war.

it's common for sophisticated car thieves going after luxury vehicles to use GPS/cell phone jammers. there are some products using proprietary technology not reliant on a GPRS/3G signal.

but i want zsh

Q&A: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThwLzeEpP5I

For the blockchain/proof-of-work concept to truly work, everyone should be offered some sort of incentive to participate in the network. It's the best way to ensure that a single actor can't gather enough computing power to take control of more than 50% of the network.

Okay, let me try to break through the reality distortion field: it's an Android-based tablet, with a custom Android UI skin, a 1:1 aspect ratio, custom app store with a Spotify-like subscription service for apps (they don't mention any third-party developer support), integrated cloud-storage probably with a custom SDK that developers have to use AND as is common with many Android-based Kickstarter projects - hardware specs that will likely be outdated by the time the device ships (May 2016, assuming no delays). I don't think the apps actually run in the cloud, it sounds like they're just regular Android apps that use their cloud service for storage. There is nothing revolutionary or special about this. It's a tablet with a weird screen, spotify for apps and integrated cloud app backup. The rest is all marketing bs.