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krmtl··on NASA's Van Allen Probes Spot an Impenetrable Barrier in Space
Here is a related article that discusses removing the Van Allen belts:

http://spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace/astrophysics/hacking-the-...

krmtl··on High-DPI displays and Linux
Firefox on Linux currently doesn't support a mixture of HiDPI and non-HiDPI monitors, it has a single DPI setting. I think it will be supported when this [1] bug is resolved.

Shameless plug: I have written an addon to workaround this [2].

[1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=975919

[2] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/autohidpi/

krmtl··on The human-driven driverless car
What to do when the connection to the remote driver is broken?
krmtl··on Show HN: Maim – A simple screenshot utility for Linux
imagemagick:

  $ import ss.png
krmtl··on Ask HN: Any good audio podcasts?
Radiolab: http://www.radiolab.org/
krmtl··on Zimg – A lightweight and high-performance image storage and processing system
Related: Facebook's Haystack: https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=76191543919
krmtl··on Xiki: The Command Revolution
Is it supports SSH and curses applications (e.g. vim)? I didn't see it in the videos.
krmtl··on Xiki: The Command Revolution
I get excited each time I see an attempt to improve the shell, e.g. Mosh [1] and TermKit [2]. I believe that there is room for improvement. But I also think that the UI itself might be in its best form because it is as simple as: type the command, hit enter, get the result. And also equally important, its very efficient.

I don't see that it can replace Bash but it can be useful in some cases. I really liked the Git functionalities.

[1] http://mosh.mit.edu/ [2] https://github.com/unconed/TermKit

krmtl··on V initiative – Building tomorrow’s secure digital democracy
I was thinking about digital democracy for some time but the open source model loses credibility when you use a centralized approach. I think making it decentralized with a cryptographically sound method is the key. Bitcoin is everywhere. I hope this project gains traction.
krmtl··on Dijkstra on Dutch TV (2000)
Using a pen instead of a word processor may adapt our mind to "getting it right the first time". We might need word processors that limits editing?