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Comment · 12 years ago
my ASUS router uses the 1.0.0 branch so it shouldn't be vulnerable to this bug
Comment · 13 years ago
If RC Monster trucks can have replaceable battery packs, I imagine board vibration more than moisture has to be pretty severe to warrant permanent connections.
Comment · 13 years ago
If I recall correctly, Tesla had difficulty designing a transmission at first go and they are in the car business.

So I guess the point is, apparently persistence counts for something.

Comment · 13 years ago
If this is the real deal, then why not ship common language VMs (in asm.js) with the browser? Then you don't need to worry about 200k at all and all code can run in the browser? I mean, if google is shipping NaCL and Dart VMs, why not? Updates could ship with browser updates, or you can still load your own rolled version if you like.
Comment · 13 years ago
How about going into STEM to understand how the world works a little better?

Would you rather have a society full of too many engineers or that of too many lawyers?

Comment · 13 years ago
Isn't it the torque curve that's smooth for electric motors and not power?
Comment · 13 years ago
That's funny, I said the exact opposite to my friends comparing this piece to Gladwell.
Comment · 14 years ago
agreed. Totally misleading
Comment · 14 years ago
does 20 ms latency cut it?
Comment · 14 years ago
Maybe now I can add my own "replace" button in the Find Dialog of TextMate 2. The only button there for me is "replace all"

Does anyone else have that issue?

Comment · 14 years ago
Don't the the four voting members of the foundation have to vote to BSD license Qt? Its not auto kick-in right?

I think there are a ton of partiess that would be interested in developing a BSD modern GUI framework like Qt 5.

Comment · 14 years ago
I thought the coca cola logo was white lettering on a red field. Batman logo coloring is dubious at best
Comment · 14 years ago
Perhaps the worst thing about this is that engineers at the browser makers are now incentivized to create Zero-days. $250k and rising for knowingly creating a backdoor? There's now a market for software engineer corruption. Maybe add in some middlemen...
Comment · 14 years ago
I dislike propriety SDD connectors mainly. Full disk encryption and backup are even more musts.

I enjoyed migrating foolishly unbacked up data from a laptop with a dead [Insert failed component that's not the drive] by popping the 2.5" drive into an external enclosure. Now I have to give my drive to somebody else? Or use iCloud.

Tough sell to me

Comment · 14 years ago

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