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Didn't know VIM supported encryption, this is really cool. http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Encryption

^U is actually very convenient for clearing the current line when using the default mysql client. Still sometimes find myself at the command prompt after ^C because I'm used to psql.

Poverty as we know it today was created the instant money came into existence. The only way for a tiny group of people to become obscenely rich is for huge masses of others to be kept chronically poor.

The site is not browsable on mobile. A lot of the content on the main page is obstructed or unreadable.

I'm surprised they didn't mention that in areas with a lot of background noise, eg public places, voice recognition doesn't work as well. I think that is also a reason why people refrain from using it in public. From personal experience I can say it's very frustrating to repeat the command to your phone multiple times because it's sorry it didn't get that, or calls your ex girlfriend instead of playing some music.

Also spot on from Douglas Adams.

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

window.__INITIAL_STATE__ immediately made me think about __VIEWSTATE

Didn't know that one, lucky it's saturday

It doesn't mention in the article why the kernel is so slow at processing network packets. I'm not a kernel programmer so this may be utterly wrong, but wouldn't it be possible to sacrifice some feature for speed by disabling it in the kernel code?

If someone is interested, the same can be accomplished on X by using xdotool [1].

http://www.semicomplete.com/projects/xdotool/

I wonder why the API queries are decreasing while direct queries are increasing.

Any idea where the Dragonfly code is for those commands?

502 bad gateway

Although the product looks very attractive, I doubt they will be able to pull it off. This line from their TOS should be a little worrying: "We are engaging in a new industry, and there is no assurance that the products and Services will contain all of the characteristics set forth herein or in our marketing materials."

nicely done, although taking a photo of an autograph works surprisingly well

perfect for hyperlapse

link to videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5uF1qx7mT0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF9BC8iz4FQ

Underground garbage disposal. In Tel Aviv, the garbage gets picked up every day (hot climate), and because of traffic this is done early morning (4-5am).

The system will have dedicated "containers" on corners or squares where you drop your garbage and an underground network of carts delivers it to a central point where it can be picked up. Or even to the dump if possible.

This can be fully automated and I think will save a lot of money in manpower and gas (for driving the garbage trucks through the whole city).

This was exactly my thought.

fonts are off on firefox/linux (debian) http://i.imgur.com/rvTUKNE.png

Car horns are meant to be used in emergencies only, mostly to prevent accidents. Unfortunately in some countries like Israel (where I live) it has become more of a device for expressing anger or frustration.

Original pdf http://www.health.gov.il/PublicationsFiles/Veg-babies.pdf

I wonder if they would have bothered you if you had named the post: "Creating Google Ears in Java"

Is anyone else affected by this hack? I have a server at OVH and I haven't seen any suspicious activity.

http://xeround.com/ has been around for a while and runs on Rackspace, Amazon and Heroku.

I live in Israel, where if you start your day by reading the news, you will fall into a depression that, if lucky, will last until you fall asleep.

Old news http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92rYjlxqypM #ingress

First challenge is too easy.

This bug should be Google's last worry. There are people with Nexus devices that can't make a simple phone call.

Open issues: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/list?can=2&q=typ...

If Droplet doesn't charge fees, how are they going to make money? Ads?