Age (Score: 4, Interesting)

by wjwlsn@pipedot.org in New Text Editor from GitHub on 2014-02-27 14:57 (#7H)

I'm only 45 (eeeww, gross, that's like... so old), but seeing that makes me feel older for some reason. It looks to me like it's going too far in a lot of different directions. Overly complex, too many features, and probably capable of inducing near fatal cognitive overload within about 30 seconds. Maybe that's my ADD talking, or I've finally reached the old-man stage where all change is annoying.

I don't even have the energy to yell now, so I'll just sigh it... get off of my lawn... please?

Re: Missing option (Score: 1)

by wjwlsn@pipedot.org in Who do you love? on 2014-02-26 14:49 (#6T)

Wasn't there a movie about that recently?

A tiger... (Score: 1)

by wjwlsn@pipedot.org in Spam on 2014-02-25 23:40 (#6H)

in Africa?!

Re: It's simple, really. (Score: 2, Informative)

by wjwlsn@pipedot.org in Linux Insider investigates why some Linux distros just disappear on 2014-02-25 23:14 (#6G)

Ha, what a brilliant description of Slackware... still my favourite distro, and so much better than SLS.

Re: How? (Score: 1)

by wjwlsn@pipedot.org in Nokia to release Android Devices on 2014-02-25 06:42 (#64)

Microsoft and partner apps/services installed instead of Google's. Nokia app store instead of Google Play. Android user interface revamped to resemble Windows Phone (e.g., tiles).

Re: More Details (Score: 3, Informative)

by wjwlsn@pipedot.org in 3D Printing Goes Heavy Duty - Complex Metal Parts for Power Generation Equipment on 2014-02-25 06:03 (#63)

Good questions. I wish I'd included the following link in the submission... it provides some details about Electron Beam Melting tech. (This is from the company that GE is apparently working with.)

http://www.arcam.com/technology/electron-beam-melting/

Speed of submission approvals (Score: 1)

by wjwlsn@pipedot.org in Where is and how to? on 2014-02-25 01:12 (#5X)

How can this be sped up? How can we help?

The site is really promising, but it needs to be updated more frequently to attract/hold more people... and then more people will comment, and that will attract more submissions, etc.

Very nice .. and a good feed for all (Score: 3, Informative)

by wjwlsn@pipedot.org in Confessions of an iGoogle User on 2014-02-24 02:37 (#5E)

What a pleasant surprise! This feature makes so much sense for a site like this, and it really sets Pipedot apart from its cousins. Great job!

In addition, here's a Google Groups feed for the comp.misc newsgroup. Anybody that visits Pipedot will probably like this as well.

https://groups.google.com/forum/feed/comp.misc/topics/rss.xml

Re: some details (Score: 3, Funny)

by wjwlsn@pipedot.org in Mining cryptocoins with supercomputers on 2014-02-23 22:28 (#58)

You must be new around here...

(haha)

some details (Score: 2, Informative)

by wjwlsn@pipedot.org in Mining cryptocoins with supercomputers on 2014-02-23 15:11 (#52)

Looking at this submission now, I see that the style probably not a good fit for a site probably inhabited solely /. refugees. It provides no details, which requires people to RTFA. Not going to happen. So, here's what I would add:

An unnamed individual "borrowed" the 4,096 node, 32.4 TFlops Odyssey super at Harvard to mine DogeCoins for an undisclosed period of time. The outcome? The prospective DogeCoin miner has lost access to "any and all research computing facilities on a fully permanent basis." To top it off, the culprit probably didn't get away with any appreciable amount of coin.

Wow. So broke. Such rulebreak. Much punish.

arg (Score: 1)

by wjwlsn@pipedot.org in Mining cryptocoins with supercomputers on 2014-02-23 05:30 (#4Z)

The URL didn't get linked like I thought it would. Can that be fixed if this is selected?
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