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[O] Cubby Invite by Busenheimerin cordcutters

[–]ringzero 0 points1 point ago

If you've got one left, please send it my way. Mucho gracias.

[O] 3 ComicBT invites by ImpartialNeutronin Invites

[–]ringzero 0 points1 point ago

Help a brother out. Pretty please.

Comcast ditches 250GB data cap, tests tiered pricing? Anyone can confirm? by JimmyDucein cordcutters

[–]ringzero 2 points3 points ago

Sign in, then select Account, then select Users and Settings. It's near the top of the page, almost to the right side. Can't miss it.

Backbone.js - In as laymanish terms as possible... what is it? by phaggocytosisin webdev

[–]ringzero 2 points3 points ago

Backbone.js is meant for the development for single page web applications.

There's absolutely nothing about backbonejs that mandates or even suggests this. Go see for yourself: http://backbonejs.org/, there are exactly two mentions of "single page" and those are for two example apps.

Harvard University says it can't afford journal publishers' prices. University wants scientists to make their research open access and resign from publications that keep articles behind paywalls by makanguruin science

[–]ringzero 1 point2 points ago

I'm not in the medical field but some of these papers directly apply to some of my health issues.

Same problem here. I've a family member who can and has benefitted from current neuroscience research, but all too often the papers I could take to the treating physicians are behind paywalls. I simply can't afford to roll the dice $35 or $40 at a time in hopes that a paper could help.

remotely stream 1080p movie from NAS by brandomarlonin cordcutters

[–]ringzero 2 points3 points ago

  1. smb is a network file system protocol. it's the default on windows, and basically the lowest common denominator between windows, mac, and linux. i checked the specs on your nas, and it's supported. try it. but since you're trying to serve files over the internet, you might not be able to use smb without a vpn -- most isps block all of the smb and netbios ports.

  2. the problem might be your use of webdav. don't write off xbmc just yet.

  3. don't even think about doing real time transcoding. i meant you should try transcoding your files once and then serving the lower bit rate.

remotely stream 1080p movie from NAS by brandomarlonin cordcutters

[–]ringzero 6 points7 points ago

Couple of things:

  1. WebDAV. WTF? It's not 1998. Disable that and use whatever else you can get between your NAS and your player (SMB aka CIFS). SSL won't help either, so turn that off, too.
  2. XBMC's internal player is the best video player at buffering I've seen (xbmc uses an embedded, customized version of mplayer, and it has worked better for me than any other mplayer setup). Try XBMC that instead of VLC.
  3. 1080p doesn't matter. It's the bit rate that makes a video playable or not. Try transcoding your videos and reducing the bit rate.

Yahoo's Node.js-based Mojito framework is now open source by mcantelonin node

[–]ringzero 1 point2 points ago

I'm curious: is there something about this framework that is compelling enough to make a developer or a team of developers buy into the whole Yahoo stack?

I skimmed the docs, didn't see anything that I couldn't find elsewhere without the learning curve and/or baggage.

Microsoft apologizes over 'Smoked by Windows Phone' defeat controversy, offers winner laptop and phone by I_SHIT_KARMAin technology

[–]ringzero 1 point2 points ago

TL;DR - Microsoft's marketing team is full of unchecked 10 year olds.

So, Xbox Live.

{Q} What is the Absolute Cheapest Unusual? by passInglanein tf2trade

[–]ringzero -1 points0 points ago

http://tf2unusual.com/

still subjective, but pretty close to reality.

Kony level: solved. by saulman515in funny

[–]ringzero 2 points3 points ago

Except... except... except beer in England is served warm!

Winnipeg, Manitoba police ticket elderly man for using cell phone while driving. Not bothered by the fact he doesn't have one. by FritzMuffknucklein Bad_Cop_No_Donut

[–]ringzero 1 point2 points ago

According to the article, the man offered to let the police search his car. While that is usually a very, very bad idea, in this case, it certainly lends credibility to his story.

Michael Jordan's Twitter Account Is Deep by man_in_the_mirrain funny

[–]ringzero 23 points24 points ago

Not when you're over 30. Then it becomes very serious business.

UFC 146 - HEAVYWEIGHTS!!! Frank Mir vs. Cain Velasquez Set to Determine No. 1 Contender by MattyBlayzein MMA

[–]ringzero 4 points5 points ago

I don't agree with you, but I upvoted you anyway because this subreddit is full of babies who downvote opinions with which they do not agree.

Light Heavyweight Division Visualized by Phargoin MMA

[–]ringzero 3 points4 points ago

I know, right? The UFC should have made him go 13-0 again before they giving him another shot.

Transition diagram for all of Vim's modes. by vebyastin programming

[–]ringzero 5 points6 points ago

What's the modern rationale behind editing modes? I can't get my mind around why or how it would help me while editing text. Can anyone explain the advantages?

Downloading over SSH by zetaxiin commandline

[–]ringzero 0 points1 point ago

Happy to help! And I hope you learned something while we were at it!

Downloading over SSH by zetaxiin commandline

[–]ringzero 9 points10 points ago

This should be close:

$ ssh user@machine "wget http://www.website.com/some.file -O -" > local.file

Unsure of exact syntax, specifically the redirection at the end. Also, uncertain of the behavior of wget with respect to local/tmp files.

Good luck.

Mixins in Python by cepostain Python

[–]ringzero 0 points1 point ago

Instead of having a mixin for logging, e.g., LoggingBaseClass, your classes should get a logger parameter for __init__ or have a logger attribute set on the class.

Instead of having your Car class inherit from TransmissionProvider, it would take a transmission parameter or have one on the class.

Instead of having a TemperatureSensorDevice mixin class, you would give your Robot class a parameter or a class attribute.

Etc., etc., etc.

In practice, you've got to learn to spot what and where it makes sense to keep as a mixin and what should be left as an attribute or parameter. I rely on the wording, asking my self "does it make more sense that ArticlePhoto has an order attribute or that it gets its ordering behavior from a base class?" Usually works out right.

Iran Court Convicts Christian Pastor Convert To Death by dogggisin Christianity

[–]ringzero 2 points3 points ago

The folks at Christian Solidarity Worldwide have been following and reporting on this heartbreaking injustice for months now. I urge you to check their site, pray for those persecuted, and donate.

Chrome only future for Flash on Linux by emegevein linux

[–]ringzero 0 points1 point ago

Mozilla doesn't want to implement Pepper, that's their choice. Adobe doesn't want to provide Flash for every browser, that's their choice, too. Just like it's your choice to use one browser instead of another, or multiple browsers, or no browser at all (netcat FTW!).

On the other hand -- and I haven't looked at the respective codebases -- it should be possible to implement a Pepper bridge for Firefox as an extension, thereby providing FF the ability to use Pepper plugins.

Chrome only future for Flash on Linux by emegevein linux

[–]ringzero 0 points1 point ago

Why not? Both parties benefit (Adobe and Google).

Just came across a Strange Machina, should I sell now for around 10 keys, or wait for a little to see if price goes up? by rondangoin tf2trade

[–]ringzero 0 points1 point ago

many people own keys they got for free using idle accounts and they all want to cash out.

Wait, what? How do people get free keys? Now that I know about free keys, that totally makes sense why the open market value is less than the $2.50 they cost in the store. But if keys are free to idlers, aren't they making obscene profits when they sell them at $1.40? And why don't people just make new accounts if they can get free keys? I'm all confused by this free keys thing. I'm gonna head over to SPUF and ask them how to get free keys. I'll tell them you told me about 'em.

supply and demand kid

You call me a kid twice but let me tell you something. I have two kids of my own, and they both know what a non sequitur is, why it's a fallacy, and how to spot one. I'll let you go look up what it is, but here's a hint: it's one of fallacies you're committing (the other is left to the reader to discover).

one idler says "screw it, i wanna cash out quick" so he lowers his price compared to the previous seller and it becomes a vicious cycle.

This comment illuminates two things about you: first, you have zero idea of what you're talking about (perhaps that's hyperbole, but it's close), and second, you are still relying on your anecdotes in the misguided, irrational belief that they are in fact the same thing as data.

four accounts... really? tsk tsk tsk

16 now, but sadly I didn't get any of the free keys you were talking about.

try and pretend you are not doing anything wrong

Don't have to pretend because I'm not, at least in the only eyes that matter: Valve. Or if you think I am you should go report me. Go ahead, I can wait. Oh, back already? What's that you say? Valve doesn't care about idlers? Aww, too bad for that, what with dismantling another one of your assertions and all.

Just came across a Strange Machina, should I sell now for around 10 keys, or wait for a little to see if price goes up? by rondangoin tf2trade

[–]ringzero 1 point2 points ago

Which goes back to the point that they have soo much keys/metals that they don't mind spending the high prices and sellers who realize that people are willing to pay that much inflates prices.

So you've explained your "reason" for the exchange rate of keys to metal. Now how do you explain keys to cash (you know, my original question).

IF this isn't reason and logic than you clearly lack a understanding of how this economy works.

It's guesswork because you have no evidence, only anecdotal observation. And you should know, the plural of anecdote is not data. But don't let that stop you from getting all pissed off at the damn dirty idlers.

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