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It isn't! yes runs at 7.2 GiB/s on my macbook air. Though I have Linux installed on it instead of Mac OS :)

Or search for the "Welcome to Paypal" email if you haven't deleted it. Turns out my account was created when I was 14.

Love the way all the tests use "customer" and "product" nodes.

Instead of teaching you how to analyze old poetry or memorize facts that never enter long-term memory, schools should make you aware of manipulative marketing/sales tactics and how to recognize advertisements.

Wouldn't even call it a programmer error. Someone probably just implemented a getContacts() function that gets called often in the background without saving the data in a local database or caching - and why would you do anything other than this for very marginal performance benefits, a rise in complexity, and possible data sync issues?

Another app might access your contacts rarely but store them on their server (Facebook!?). I definitely prefer the previous scenario.

Not sure if I'm flattered by the fact that it said it wasn't sure whether I was human 10 times in a row :(

Maybe everyone would benefit from a centralized solution where open-source projects submit requests for designing something and designers can have a go at it. This way designers will be able to quickly browse and find the projects most appealing to them / suited to their skills, are able to build a portfolio, and will be able to avoid awkward conversations with uninterested developers. I guess having created parts of a real game or program is worth more than the thousandth redesign of a popular web page, and it actually benefits someone.

I meant neo-nazis / party

> Most likely, but I doubt we have more neo nazis in general than other countries.

Yes, probably not. I'm just guessing, but it looks like the former DDR has the most issues. Then there's also Greece.

I'm guessing more "right" in the sense of being nationalist, racist, aggressive, and having the largest amount of neo-nazis.

Economically they are probably not as much right. They are rather opportunistically interventionist, corrupt, and just plain stupid.

You are offended because he makes fun of a proprietary operating system that probably fits the task really badly and himself creates an open implementation?

I could not agree more with the author. From the text:

> Closed source and proprietary chipsets are nasty, a glaring problem in a cool geeky field that is otherwise open source. It’s got to be fixed.

I wouldn't say it's entirely useless in Europe.

The weather info is always useful, quickly comparing weather at the current location to home is nice.

Transport is often relevant (if only Google Maps was aware of our U-Bahn instead of suggesting a 3h journey involving 5 busses), and it's helpful that you are warned when the last train goes (before midnight).

The scanning of emails for information is clever. I was quite surprised that it managed to pick up local train tickets and reminded me on the day, and it helps keep track of packages ordered through various sites.

Nearby photos and "things to do" can be nice to see, and in some places it will offer you "information about this place" (only observed in the Netherlands).

Sometimes it also showed some interesting blogs.

Some things are entirely useless or annoying to me, like the "breaking news" articles of american tabloids, or translations of "good morning" to German while in a train in Germany (as if Google doesn't know I speak German).

Isn't this as ridiculous as saying all Android phones should be un-flashable and locked-down since you could increase transmit power in the Linux shell, or laptops are no longer allowed to boot Linux, since you could just use your built-in WiFI to jam others. There has to be a line drawn somewhere, how do you really classify a router as a router?

The more "dangerous" WiFi modules are probably not router chips, since they are usually based on closed-source drivers/firmware, but rather ones like the ath9k ones.

Possibly the only good thing that this will accomplish is the emergence of open source hardware/software "routers".

sudo cat /etc/netctl/wlp3s0-wlas (though it's the hashed key only, except if you'd used wifi-menu without -o to generate the file)

depends on the type of linux :)

EDIT: if it has to be the current network, something like this horrible bash oneliner: sudo vim /etc/netctl/$(ifconfig | grep UP | grep RUNNING | grep BROADCAST | cut -d: -f1)-$(iwconfig 2>/dev/null | grep ESSID | cut -d: -f2 | sed -e 's/"//g')