chbrown
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Comment · 10 years ago
iTerm2 3.0's tmux integrations take a little bit of work to set up locally, but you only have to do that once, and as long as your remote servers have a reasonably recent version of tmux (1.8, I believe), just replace filippo's `mosh HOST -- tmux a` with `ssh HOST -t 'tmux -CC new -A -s main'` (no mosh required).
Comment · 10 years ago
After frustratedly fixing an unsolvable Rubik's cube over Christmas break (my dad thought it'd be funny to "solve" it by peeling off the labels and putting them back on, but got tired halfway through and left it in an unsolvable configuration), I'd love to see what their robot does if you give it an unsolvable cube.
Comment · 10 years ago
Every time there's a minor version update I have to remind myself the sequence of upgrade incantations. It's pretty simple, but here's a gist that might help anyone upgrading from 9.4 to 9.5 with Homebrew:
Comment · 11 years ago
Another paywall workaround is to use/spoof Google search as your referrer.
In Chrome, for example, install the "Referer Control" extension and add an entry for "ft.com", select the "Custom" referer setting, and paste "https://www.google.com/" (without quotes) into the textbox for that entry.
Comment · 11 years ago
Interesting proposition though; can Google's search algorithm's ranking be construed as libel or something legal like that? Has anyone ever sued Google for lost business, and won?
Comment · 11 years ago
I'm sure they did a lot of user testing and decided that their Javascript-powered scrolling mechanism was a better user experience than the default browser behavior of just moving up and down proportionally to your mouse wheel.
Comment · 11 years ago
You can also request that the Web Archive fetch a URL from their homepage: https://archive.org/web/ ("Save Page Now" in the bottom right). I triggered the 7:09 copy this way; whether or not the other four fetches yesterday were also manual, I don't know.
Comment · 11 years ago
It said that before, too — I was paraphrasing. "humb.ly" is a more trustable name than, say, "Megaupload", but they can say whatever they want.
What I want is some assurance like "The EFF has complete read-access to our platform and maintains a continuous independent audit of these services to verify that we comply with our own privacy assurances." The EFF is probably not the organization to do such a thing, but that's kind of what I'm looking for.
Comment · 11 years ago
Okay, but then the receiver has to know how to decrypt. Kind of narrows down who I can realistically send files to.
Comment · 11 years ago
tl;dr from the FAQ:
Q: "Why should I trust you?" A: "Because you should! We're good people! Honest!"
I'd love to trust a service like this, but there's no credible effort to actually establish that trust.
Comment · 11 years ago
Maybe they are really short. 30 seconds * 20 => 10 minutes, which seems reasonable.
Comment · 11 years ago
I'm kind of surprised that Linus uses Gmail.
It's likely that he'll actually catch a Googler's attention, but for many of us, user feedback is not an option.
@jacquesm's http://jacquesmattheij.com/ham-or-spam-gmail-not-to-be-trust... is another recent instance — but again, there's no call to action.
Gmail is great for some people, but I prefer having more control, and I highly recommend https://FastMail.com if Gmail is failing to meet your needs.
Comment · 11 years ago
I guess this means that regular expressions are Turing complete, at least until a patch arrives?
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