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m1k3r420

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m1k3r420··on Managify – Content Management Platform for Projects, Notes, Bookmarks, Passwords
Yoink.
m1k3r420··on How I welcomed an immigrant family with a Linux laptop
Maya for 3D modelling - Open Source

Scratch for Drag and Drop programming - Open Source

Linux and open source software are fantasic, perfect for a refurbished 7 year old laptop like this. Windows would also run like crap on one of these, Christ it runs like crap on an i7 with 16GB of RAM.

m1k3r420··on BT Broadband Down
I had lots of support calls directly related to this today.

Does anyone have any more information as it seemed to affect half of England?

m1k3r420··on Ask HN: How much time do you spend online?
I think most people are connected 100% of the day with the use of smart phones and constant push notifications etc

Being on the these days doesn't have to mean sitting in front of a keyboard.

m1k3r420··on Parents Are Dumb and Kids Don’t Know Anything About Computers Anymore
I get this almost everyday when a parent brings their kids laptop in for repair. "Kids these days! They are brilliant with these things" ... So why are you bringing it to me to fix?
m1k3r420··on Crash iPhone from Safari (Warning: Direct Link)
Locks up Iceweasel on Debian as well.
m1k3r420··on Ask HN: How to create a remote development environment?
openssh-server will allow you to connect to the computers from anywhere. This will give you command line access, from there you can do anything.
m1k3r420··on Boy, 15, arrested in Northern Ireland over TalkTalk hack
I say give the kid a job and encourage his technical skills.
m1k3r420··on Mythbusters is ending
Is it really ending or is it a myth?
m1k3r420··on What do companies mean by “Download is DRM free”?
Digital Rights Management. It means you have full control over the files from your download and can install/use them how ever you like on your devices.

Much like when you used to purchase a game on a disk, I guess.

m1k3r420··on Found: a 90s chatroom for horses on a bunch of old floppy disks
Great bit of history, now providing a valuable service for all the Internet dwelling horses
m1k3r420··on Monochrome Chess (1996)
I guess the total potential score available on the board from the remaining pieces against the current score of each player would show the winner before a stalemate situation came about.
m1k3r420··on [dead]
I was about to say this as well, it certainly doesn't sound like something you should be doing.

Let your boss do his own dirty work.

m1k3r420··on My 90's TV
This is fantastic! I like http://www.my90stv.com/#-uFm8WwHeSY the best :D Takes me back a bit!
m1k3r420··on The life and death of a laptop battery
Fantastic! I will be giving this a trial on my laptop. My laptop is running Debian and it usually sits connected to the power all the time.

When I disconnect the charger I have seen estimated battery remaining times of anything from 2 hours to 87 hours! However in reality it's more like 45 minutes :(

m1k3r420··on Scots 'have 421 words' for snow
Are there any other languages with similar things like this?
m1k3r420··on Keep Out – WebGL Game Experiment
Oh ok. I enjoyed the game. It would be nice to be able to swap the turn and strafe controls over as I am used to Q and E being strafe.
m1k3r420··on Keep Out – WebGL Game Experiment
Fantastic! Helping kill time between support calls :D

There always seems to be a little "L" shaped room by the exit, has anyone else noticed this?

m1k3r420··on New human-like species discovered
Thanks! :)

How on earth he got through that gap I'll never know

m1k3r420··on YotaPhone 2 the world's first dual-screen always-on smartphone
£440! Very cool but price is a bit high :(
m1k3r420··on Ask HN: Is it possible to code a self-destructing message?
Generate a unique ID for the message. Once the page has loaded using the unique ID, pull message from database, display and remove appropriate database entry.

If the page is reloaded the message will no longer exist in the database and throw an error.

m1k3r420··on Ask HN: How did you deal with depression?
Coke.
m1k3r420··on Addictive Browser Game – Can you reach 150 points?:)
114, second try.

I notice when you start going real quick they almost blur together and trick your eyes

m1k3r420··on Teeworlds now the second open source game to enter Steam Greenlight
Voted Yes!
m1k3r420··on Ask HN: The webmaster nobody cared about
Not sure, you seem to have contradicted yourself. You open with saying you did not write the tools and then claim they only visit the site to use "your" tools?

Have you given credit to the person who wrote the tools?

m1k3r420··on MS-DOS runs the US Army's food service management system
When I worked at Burger King a few years back, they used something very similar for stock control and daily takings.
m1k3r420··on Ask HN: What do you hate about finding a new job?
As someone currently on the job hunt I find it very frustrating to not even receive acknowledgement of your application.

Failing that a polite, "Sod off" would be much appreciated when your not successful as well!