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bvdbijl··on A non-programmer’s solution to “Fizz Buzz”
You can click on it
bvdbijl··on HTTP 2.0 First Draft Published
Free here: http://www.startssl.com/?app=1
bvdbijl··on Swedish Exchange paralyzed by buy order for "-6 stocks"
Using an unsigned int is what caused the problem...
bvdbijl··on Amazon Announces new Data Warehousing Product
Why isn't it a replacement? From what I read it seems it's like a very large and transparantly scalable SQL database
bvdbijl··on Oculus Rift - Update on dev kits, new display, new sensor (shipping in March)
Here's a blogpost from a Valve developer who works on virtual reality: http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/abrash/when-it-comes-to-resol...

He says that for full immersion you need an 120 degrees horizontal and 120 degress vertical 8k by 8k screen

bvdbijl··on Suite of 300 icons for web and user interface design
That's amazing marketing
bvdbijl··on Calling All Broadcasters
Thank god... imagine the incredible noise
bvdbijl··on Color Will Shut Down on December 31st
Something like live mobile streaming? http://color.com/about :

    At Color, we believe in the opportunity that the new mobile era presents and are excited about developing products that transform the way people share the stories of their lives.

    We work collaboratively, iterate often, and enjoy problem solving. Color is a company of entrepreneurs and innovators, highly skilled in their respective specialties, constantly striving to learn and grow.

    We’ve cultivated a very relaxed and informal culture and enjoy our extra curricular activities, which include but are not limited to: ping pong tournaments, ball pit acrobatics and impromptu poker nights.
I really have no idea
bvdbijl··on I built a tool to hack Letterpress
I made a Python implementation of the DrawSomething API https://github.com/boukevanderbijl/drawsomething-api

Draw Something uses a key value storage to store all game state including user profiles, drawing and gamelists. You can edit all games and users, and give yourself as many coins as you want

bvdbijl··on Firefox OS – video presentations and slides on the OS, WebAPIs
That's the kernel, not the OS.
bvdbijl··on "I think you will all appreciate this person's commenting style"
Both!
bvdbijl··on Steam for Linux Beta Now Available
Thanks, fixing deps did it for me!
bvdbijl··on Linus Torvalds: Make 2560x1600 the new standard laptop resolution
Ah yes, Korean IPS monitors. They are really amazing I have one myself and they give amazing bang for your buck. Read more about them here: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2012/07/the-ips-lcd-revolut...
bvdbijl··on Valve: Linux More Open Than Windows 8 for Gaming
No, as the Windows store is baked into windows 8 so Microsoft controls to to bottom but steam only controls your games.
bvdbijl··on Functional programming with Python
My eyes... So a named tuple is just a class, nothing special about it really
bvdbijl··on Windows 8 Arrives
Clear your cookies maybe?
bvdbijl··on How a Google Headhunter’s E-Mail Unraveled a Massive Net Security Hole
There was also this very elaborate easter egg in a promotional video of the first chromebook that someone cracked which got him a chromebook, I can't find it right now though
bvdbijl··on How I automated the boring parts of life
Although... "While we can make purchases for you, we cannot do certain things including reservations (at hotels, etc), and airplane tickets."

So fancyhands couldn't have helped the writer of the blogpost with his airplane ticket problem

bvdbijl··on Moby: Share your location in real time
What was the original title?
bvdbijl··on Confusing Crypto Blobs
What was you experience with the PayPal bug bounty? It seems there's a lot of negativity (like http://l8security.com/post/33876600904/paypal-bug-bounty-a-l...)
bvdbijl··on What is HMAC Authentication why is it useful?
You give it an API key with limited access
bvdbijl··on Commanding your text editor
They show the keys as they are on the keyboard...
bvdbijl··on 10 hours later, Google Patches Chrome to Plug Pwnium 2 Security Hole
It seems there was a bug in some profiling code (that was left behind?). This code made it possible to write arbitrary files on the system, which they fixed by removing the profiling code. This is the commit that fixes that: http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=...

The SVG exploit was in Webkit, don't know the exact problem with that

bvdbijl··on Introducing the Redesigned Bitbucket
I know, it's just that the default is overview
bvdbijl··on Introducing the Redesigned Bitbucket
Yeah, I was. I would still like to know
bvdbijl··on Introducing the Redesigned Bitbucket
Source?
bvdbijl··on Introducing the Redesigned Bitbucket
Well, Github's UI used to be much better, now it's comparable. I do wonder why Bitbucket insists on having "overview" as the standard page to go to when visiting a repository, making Code the default would be a better idea IMHO. Also because more people use Github, more people are likely to start using it so they can fork their favorite projects
bvdbijl··on HN Spoof
I think he means when it is used like "coffee or tea?"
bvdbijl··on Andreessen Horowitz Invests $15M In Text Annotation Startup Rap Genius
It's probably the headphones, when I read it I first read "rap" and then see the headphones, pulling my eyes there and making me look at the e.

At least, I think that's what the problem is

bvdbijl··on PHP, the web’s most popular programming language, is coming to mobile
Why is mobile harder?
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