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Yes, it exists (the 'engine' field).

Yes.

178on MiniLock – File encryption software that does more with less

Afaik the main reason for base58 is making it impossible to mistake an 'I' for an 'l', etc. Beeing able to always double-click is a nice added bonus, though.

178on Why is Netflix Buffering? Dispelling the Congestion Myth

Exactly this. I try to explain this to people in layman terms like this: Comcast ist trying to charge the water fountain, saying it "wants" to pump to much water into people's homes.

178on JavaScript Modules

That is not an honest comparison, though.

    import { getCodec } from "iconv-lite";

would be

    var getCodec = require("iconv-lite").getCodec;

178on Compyx: creating a multicolor 8‑bit font for browsers

It would be interesting to know if this transformative use of the multicolor charsets counts as copyright infringement. I know "normal" (vector) fonts are not protected by copyright because they don't cross the threshold of originality, but I personally wouldn't lump the examples in the article into the same category.

In any case it is really interesting to see how much creativity was put into the distribution of warez…

178on Counterparty: Peer-to-Peer Finance on Bitcoin

Every Bitcoin address includes a checksum at the end, so while you can make up any address like in this example, the checksum still needs to be correct in order to form a valid address. It's a great feature against typos, btw.

178on How to write an iOS app purely in C

It might not have been a "commercial success", but one has to appreciate the irony of you arguing against the impact of NeXT while using a medium that was invented/first developed on this platform:

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:First_Web_Server.jpg

Disclaimer: I am younger than any technology mentioned in this thread.

178on Why Atom Can’t Replace Vim – Learning the lesson of vi

I couldn't have said it better. Also, I have yet to see a more compelling example of clever composition in vim than "delete 3 lines" (which even I do when rarely using vim).

178on Why Atom Can’t Replace Vim – Learning the lesson of vi

I would strongly disagree that atom commands are not "composable" (though it depends on your workflow/mental model). To take the select/delete example: atom can select to the end of the line, and it supports the delete key. How is select-than-delete not composition?

178on Why are US corporate profits so high? Because wages are so low

"On the gravestone of capitalism it will say: 'Too much was not enough'." – Volker Pispers, German Comedian

178on Balanced Will Release an API to Push Money to Debit Cards

Transfers are not usually free for business accounts.

178on The iPod of Prison

So, has anyone found the circuit? Any interesting things one could build out of it? I mean, now that we know how widely deployed it is…

178on At last, a law to stop almost anyone from doing almost anything

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cory_Doctorow

178on Glenn Greenwald keynote at Chaos Communication Congress [video]

Recordings will be uploaded to youtube.com/cccdevideos, in the meantime take this: http://30c3.ex23.de/saal1/30C3_-_5622_-_en_-_saal_1_-_201312...

178on Google Destroys Rap Genius’ Search Result Rankings As Punishment For SEO Spam

Or even "!rg foo bar". (I typed that without looking it up, but I am sure it would work. That's how I use DDG all the time)

178on Web Domain White Elephant Exchange

Neat. I'll might throw in koshercloud.net :)

178on Michael Dell buys back PC company he founded in $24.8bn deal

… because he gave "the money back to the shareholders".

178on Ssh Passwordlessly

    $ brew install ssh-copy-id

178on Sourceforge now using "enhanced" (Ask.com) installer for some downloads

from the blog post: "You can also attach binary assets (such as compiled executables, minified scripts, documentation) to a release. Once published, the release details and assets are available to anyone that can view the repository."

178on Nervous Parents In One Country Clear Supermarket Shelves In Another

IN case of cleaning chemicals, they seem to dilute in Europe from west to east… germans think theirs are diluted and by in spain.

178on Die Git Die

He is using a hack to store the GitHub pages. That this is even possible is due to the awesomeness of git. Since it is a hack, you have to be careful what you're doing. He should have done all the gh-pages stuff in a separate clone. The GitHub instructions where he pasted the branch creation commands from also tells you to do just that. Keep the pages branch in a clone of the repo inside the repo, just in a folder called 'docs'. You'll never have to mess with these branches, as you can generate docs, commit and push from a Makefile.

178on FESS your CSS

This is just nice for people really being "paid by the line of code".

I am also certain that someone will do a very convincing benchmark that this actually renders faster.

178on The Flat Build

I use punch for this -- it works very well for development, and sometimes can even be used in production as well. In any case, it is just mustache + json hashes. <https://github.com/laktek/punch>;

178on Docker - the Linux container runtime

oh yeah :) Github: eins78

178on Yes, your code does need comments.

So, when thought through, what he is proposing is just "Literate Programming" <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literate_programming>.

It has been around since Knuth coined it in the seventies, but I guess it is one of those concepts just bound to be "reinvented" by every new generation.

178on Music Industry Threatens to Sue UK Pirate Party over Pirate Bay Proxy

Relevant: http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/The_Pirate_Kiosk

178on HTTP Status Rappers

300 - Multiple choices: Eminem, "would the real slim shady please stand up"

It's a hiphop quiz, nice!

HINT - click on the image to see it bigger AND the track it is refering to is embedded below!

Edit: Not all have to refer to a special line in a track. 2Pac is just "Gone" i guess.

178on Wheelcrowd: is the world around you wheelchair accessible?

You might want to check out Wheelmap, it is a very similar project ans they have already almost 300.000 points. http://wheelmap.org/