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letney··on Bugchecker.net – finds bugs in your binaries (symbolic execution)
The console app / bugchecker python script on this page: http://bugchecker.net/console

needs the BUGCHECKER_API_URL = 'http://localhost/api.php' changed to 'http://bugchecker.net/api.php' to work.

letney··on Fedora 20 will be named Heisenbug
While Fedora has a history of naming releases after famous physicists [1], I can't help but think this has something to do with popularity of Breaking Bad.

[1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/History_of_Fedora_release_nam...

letney··on Provo-Orem area ranked 11th for high-tech startups
While I think its wonderful news that it has become a priority, I remain pessimistic. The geography of the valley cannot be changed and combined with the common high-pressure weather patterns the air is trapped for weeks at a time.

Even with massive cut-backs in emissions our industrial economy and expanding population ensures this will remain a problem long into the future.

letney··on Provo-Orem area ranked 11th for high-tech startups
I'll give another good reason to avoid living there: The air quality along the Wasatch Front (Ogden, Salt Lake, & Provo) is among the worst in the nation. http://www.stateoftheair.org/2013/city-rankings/most-pollute... ranks the Provo-Orem area as the 11th highest nationwide for short-term particle pollution (SLC being #6 and Logan being #10).

I left Salt Lake City 6 years ago. I miss many aspects of life there and have considered moving back. But the air quality there is an absolute deal breaker. The winter inversions are absolutely miserable.

letney··on NSA finds Snowden hijacked officials’ logins
Also see: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/07/30...

Describing how Bradley Manning using 'wget' was considered computer fraud because it was not on the list of approved programs.

letney··on I got access to all of BitTorrent Inc's source code and sensitive documents
Is this German law? I wish that were the case in the US, as I've found a number of wallets over the years and would have made at least a few hundred USD by now.
letney··on Ng-conf 2014 - The World's First Angular Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah
You're right. And Park City is a great getaway from the air in the valley even if you don't ski.

I'm sorry for being a downer when you're doing a great thing and starting a new conference. May the wind gods shine upon you and blow the muck out on Jan 15th.

letney··on Ng-conf 2014 - The World's First Angular Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah
I love Salt Lake City (I was born there and moved away 5 years ago). But, Salt Lake City in the middle of January is the last place I would want to be.

Its not the snow, cold, or people -- but the smog from the inversions is absolutely terrible.

letney··on Small Utah ISP firm stands up to ‘surveillance state’
Without reading the headline, I knew it was Xmission.com.

The founder/owner, Pete Ashdown, was the sole Democrat running against Orin Hatch in 2006. He failed to get the democratic nomination in 2012.

Pete has long been an advocate of digital privacy and is a true Internet pioneer.

letney··on Ask HN: How to purchase a .hu domain name without Hungarian citizenship?
Dunno about transferring domains, but http://www.101domain.com/hu.htm offers proxy registration for a $15 fee.
letney··on Revamped Cyprus deal to close bank, force losses
I think you missed the part where he recommends holding physical currency in pre-1965 90% silver coins (commonly called "junk silver"). I agree with him that Ag will hold value very well in such a scenario.
letney··on How Franklin Roosevelt Secretly Ended the Gold Standard
From the Wikipedia article:

"The price of gold from the Treasury for international transactions was thereafter raised to $35 an ounce ($587 in 2010 dollars) resulting in an immediate loss for everyone who had been forced to surrender their gold."

That is theft, plain and simple.

letney··on Mailbox Cost Dropbox Around $100 Million
Gold is traditionally measured in Troy Ounces. There are exactly 14.58333... troy oz./lb
letney··on Programming Cheat Sheets
Where can I recommend missing cheat sheets? I often use the GLSL cheat sheets and I can't see any links to them on the site.
letney··on Programming Cheat Sheets
I just hope he can keep it up to date. Some cheatsheets/APIs can change considerably over subsequent releases.
letney··on Programming Cheat Sheets
What? Did you even look through at how comprehensive the list of APIs they have online here is? I'm a full-time developer . No way I'm going to waste my time making a cheat-sheet for functions I may only write a few calls to when I could be doing productive coding. There's just too many APIs I need to use.

This is an awesome resource.

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