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Comment Nostr (Score 2) 100

There's a new kid on the block that's more private and tamper-resistant than Mastadon and nearly as complicated to use. But they are trying really hard to see if it can be made easier to use... The only thing clear right now is that Mastadon is not the future of FOSS Twitter alternatives.

Comment Bike to work, don't eat crap (Score 1) 635

Biking to work is great because it integrates exercise directly into your daily routine doubling the value of that time. The trick is to remove all the easy ways of being lazy and leaving the bike at home. My commute is 25 min bike ride to train station, 20-30 minute train ride, 15 min ride from station to office. For me it's mostly downhill to work and uphill back. I by my train pass by the month so skipping the bike ride and driving to work (say when its rainy or overcast) is a pure waste of money. The train ride gives me time to recover a bit between the two legs of the trip. I get to read and prepare for the day and not think about cars or NPR stories, its the only time of day that is truly mine. The other thing I do is to invert the ratio of veggies to meat you consume. At least 51% plant matter (the fresh the better). Also no french fries or soda.
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Something For (Almost) Every Developer 263

First up, reader martinjlogan sends along a tutorial for setting up a workable Erlang/OTP development environment on a Mac. Next, reader acid06 notes news of Perl 5.12, including what may be the first delivered fix for the Y2K38 bug. (Hit the Read More link below for some details on Perl's new release strategy.) "After two years of development, the new major version of Perl is now available. Notable new features are: better Unicode support, proper support for time after the Y2038 barrier, new APIs to allow developers to extend Perl with 'pluggable' keywords and syntax, warnings for deprecated features and more. From the linked post: You can get it from the CPAN right now or wait for a platform-specific release (such as Strawberry Perl for Windows)." Finally, from reader snydeq: "InfoWorld's Martin Heller provides an in-depth review of Visual Studio 2010 and finds Microsoft taking several large steps away from its legacy IDE code. 'Visual Studio 2010 is a major upgrade in functionality and capability from its predecessor. Developers, architects, and testers will all find areas where the new version makes their jobs easier. Despite the higher pricing for this version, most serious Microsoft-oriented shops will upgrade to Visual Studio 2010 and never look back,' Heller writes. Chief among the improvements are Microsoft's revamping the core editing and designer views to use WPF, its overhaul of IntelliSense and support for test-driven development, and its intelligent support for multiple versions of the .Net Framework."

Feed Engadget: DIY'er puts the Wiimote on your Xbox 360 (engadget.com)

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We've seen some pretty wild Wiimote mods in our day, but this control rig for the Xbox 360 definitely springs into the upper echelons of Wii-hackdom. This particular DIY effort involves a rather varied list of components, including a Wiimote and Nunchuk (obviously), an Xbox 360, a PC (in this case the Samsung Q1), a MagicBox XFPS, custom drivers, and a "black box" consisting of a hard coded microcontroller and spliced PS2 cable. Just a few things to get the job done. And the end result? A fully compatible, reticule-smoothing, Halo 2-ready Wii control system for your Microsoft gaming rig. Don't believe the hype? Hit the video after the break to see what it's all about.

[Thanks, Francis]

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