Building a hackintosh—that is, installing macOS on non-Apple hardware—used to require extremely restricted hardware choices and quite a bit of know-how. Now your options are vast and the installation process is fairly simple. With that in mind, here is our always up-to-date guide to building a hackintosh that will walk you through purchasing compatible parts, building your machine, and installing macOS all on your own.
firehoselol like google ever deletes anything
If you've updated to the new Gmail app for Android, you'll see there's a lot to love about it. One little quirk however is that the delete button is gone from the toolbar, leaving you only with options to archive, "mark as unread," and "move to" a folder. Here's how to get the delete button back.
    
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I make these ridiculously rich and delicious mocha brownies on tomorrow’s new Food Network episode, and I wanted to share the recipe with you today. This recipe is in my first cookbook and I just realized today that I’ve never posted the step-by-step recipe here.
What kinda food blogger am I?
Here’s the handy dandy printable recipes of the marvelous mocha brownies. They’re wonderful, and keep two things in mind:
1. You can easily halve the icing recipe if you want a less-thick layer. This is a lot, lot, lot of icing.
2. You can bake the brownies in a 9 x 13 inch pan if you want the brownies a little thinner.
3. Cut the brownies into very small squares (the brownies in the photos above were so large, they had to be split up.) They’re nice and rich.
Enjoy these, guys! Hope you like the show tomorrow. In addition to the brownies, I make roasted chicken legs, yummy cowboy beans, and luscious deviled eggs.
Amen!
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Spray an 8-inch square baking pan with nonstick baking spray.
For the brownie batter: Place the chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl. Melt the chocolate in the microwave in 30-second increments, being careful not to let it burn. Set it aside to cool slightly.
In a medium mixing bowl, cream the butter and granulated sugar. Beat in the eggs. With the mixer on low speed, drizzle in the melted chocolate. Add the vanilla extract and mix. Add the flour to the bowl and mix just until combined; do not over mix.
Pour the batter in the prepared baking pan. Spread it to even out the surface. Bake until the center is no longer soft, 40 to 45 minutes. Set the brownies aside to cool completely before icing.
For the icing: In a large mixing bowl, combine the butter, powdered sugar, cocoa powder, salt and vanilla. Mix until slightly combined, then add 1/2 cup of the coffee. Whip until the icing is light and fluffy. If the icing is overly thick, add 1/4 cup more coffee. It should be very light and fluffy.
Ice the cooled brownies, spreading the icing on thick. Refrigerate until the icing is firm, and then slice the brownies into VERY SMALL squares. A little goes a long way!
Notes
Cook Notes: Can also serve in a bowl topped with coffee ice cream and hot fudge sauce. Sinful!
Note: Icing recipe can easily be halved.
Bake brownies in a 9 x 13 inch pan if you want them a little thinner.
Posted by Ree on June 7 2013
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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:no1wantdthisname/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install fontconfig-infinalityecho "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/no1wantdthisname/ppa/ubuntu raring main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/infinality.list
echo "deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/no1wantdthisname/ppa/ubuntu raring main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/infinality.list
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys E985B27Bsudo bash /etc/fonts/infinality/infctl.sh setstylesudo -H gedit /etc/profile.d/infinality-settings.shsudo apt-get purge fontconfig-infinality
sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
sudo ppa-purge ppa:no1wantdthisname/ppasudo apt-get purge fontconfig-infinality
sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/infinality.list
sudo apt-get updatesudo apt-get install libfreetype6/stablesudo apt-get install libfreetype6/stable libfreetype6:i386/stablefirehoselol, didn't realize the title of the official Google blog post was "What the...?"
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ARTHUR GODLESS - SHROUDED IN ENTRAILS.
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Crane operator wanted in Philadelphia building collapse to appear in court
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This coffee jockey finds herself far from Starbucks, astride an espresso machine that doubles as transportation. What stories happen in the course of her day?
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What would happen if we started treating governments more like startups? Since there aren't enough free nations to find out, the Seasteading Institute hopes to take to the ocean to live out the idea. Surrounded by drugs, sex, and libertarians, n+1 reports on what it's like aboard a weeklong seastead experiment in a California river. Many of the group shared a common dream, in which one day citizens of any country could dart from one small city-state to another, ultimately settling in whichever had the finest form of governance. “People dismiss the idea as crackpotish,” one Institute donor conceded. But he's hoping that with a heavy reliance on technology, the idea could start to look reasonable. "If you address them as you would your fellow futurist, it might be more palatable."
Eric Guzman decided to combine his two favorite comic book characters—Spider-Man and Batman—into a single mutant animal-themed hero. And he just kept going, coming up with Spider-Bat's rogues gallery and more DC/Marvel mashed-up heroes.
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firehosecrawfish forever
crawdads will be spared
crayfish will not be spared for one fucking second, first against the wall
Small lobsters are tearing this nation apart. ;
firehose!
to pass the time 'til Massive Chalice
PSA: IGF finalist 7 Grand Steps now available originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 08 Jun 2013 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
firehoseJar Jar Abrams already hates making Star Wars
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BWARRRRRRRRRMA
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firehoseit's like the Guardian anticipated these companies' responses and are timing the leaks appropriately
and/or are just making this shit up as they go Onion-style
While many companies allegedly involved in government program PRISM have denied that they gave agencies access to their information, The Guardian says the leaked PRISM slideshow contradicts these claims. Earlier today, they released an additional image from the 41-slide deck, apparently showing the "two types of information" that can be collected under Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act. The top method suggests tapping directly into infrastructure like fiber optic cables to collect data. The bottom, labeled "PRISM," suggests "collection directly from the servers of these US Service Providers: Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, PalTalk, AOL, Skype, YouTube, Apple." To the side, a bubble reminds an audience that "You Should Use Both."
Virtually all the companies involved have denied ever hearing about the PRISM program, and several have come out categorically denying that they participated in any broad-ranging data collection program. Yahoo, Facebook, and Google have all said that they only hand over user information after reviewing individual requests, claiming that they then provide as little data as possible. But early wording uniformly said that they had not given "direct access," something that this slide flatly contradicts — unless the access didn't happen with companies' consent. In the days since PRISM was revealed, use of the phrase has slowly faded away, but these discrepancies continue to create a muddled picture of the program.
Last year we saw what may be the coolest application of a Kinect ever. It was called Kintinuous, and it’s back again, this time as Kintinuous 2.0, with new and improved features.
When we first learned of Kintinuous, we were blown away. The ability for a computer with a Kinect to map large-scale areas has applications as diverse as Google Street View, creating custom Counter-Strike maps, to archeological excavations. There was one problem with the Kintinuous 1.0, though: scanning a loop would create a disjointed map, where the beginning and end of a loop would be in a different place.
In the video for Kintinuous 2.0, you can see a huge scan over 300 meters in length with two loops automatically stitched back into a continuous scan. An amazing feat, especially considering the computer is processing seven million vertices in just a few seconds.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like there will be an official distribution of Kintinuous 2.0 anytime soon. The paper for this Kintinuous is still under review, and there are ‘issues’ surrounding the software that don’t allow an answer to the if and when question of release. Once the paper is out, though, anyone is free to reimplement it, and we’ll gladly leave that as an open challenge to our readers.
firehose"Oracle has now decided to only release these updates if you have a Java SE support contract. Being Oracle, such licenses are far from cheap."
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meanwhile, in Seattle
“Dog Doogity” Dog Poop PSA for ScoopPoop.org (Blackstreet - No Diggity spoof) ft Martin Luther (by pantlessknights)
Leaked information about a piece of NSA software called Boundless Informant could shed light on how organized the agency's surveillance program really is. Glenn Greenwald — who recently exposed both widespread phone metadata collection and an internet spying program called PRISM — has revealed details about the ominously named program, which aggregates and organizes the NSA's data. Greenwald says the tool is focused on metadata, not the contents of emails or phone calls. Among other things, it tracks how many pieces of information have been collected per country.
3 billion pieces of information were allegedly tracked in the US over a 30-day period ending in March. In that same period, 97 billion pieces were collected worldwide, with Iran, Pakistan, Jordan, Egypt, and India getting the heaviest surveillance. Some documents say the program includes individual IP addresses, which can help pinpoint location — similar to the geolocation data that was collected from Verizon and likely other carriers.
3 billion pieces of data collected on Americans in 30 days, nearly 100 billion pieces worldwide
Besides providing a clearer look at how the NSA analyzes its intelligence, this software could also put the lie to claims that revealing how many Americans are being watched under FISA would be too onerous. An NSA statement given to The Guardian said that the "NSA has consistently reported — including to Congress — that we do not have the ability to determine with certainty the identity or location of all communicants within a given communication. That remains the case."
James Clapper and others have also characterized FISA data collection on Americans as "unwitting," but Boundless Informant and other leaks seem to show a pattern of targeting American data — while revealing more about its massive worldwide surveillance program. The regularity of leaks from Greenwald and others could also suggest that more information is on the way.
firehoseSamurai Pizza Cats beat
missiles - Kyattou Ninden Teyandee aka Samurai Pizza Cats
(Tecmo - Famicom - 1991)
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Only five days after launching on Android, Vine has surpassed Instagram in its total daily shares on Twitter, according to metrics by Topsy. While Instagram's numbers have been fairly flat over the past month, Vine has continued grow — and there's a good chance that opening the app up to another large segment of the market had an impact on that. On Friday, links to vine.co were shared over 2.5 million times, with instagram.com links hovering just below 2.2 million.
However, Instagram still remains one notch ahead of Vine on Google's list of top free Android apps. And without hearing from both apps' developers, we can't know exactly how many active users and daily creations there are within the apps' own networks. For Instagram, the flat numbers probably aren't helped by its refusal to integrate with Twitter cards. Following the launch of Instagram web profiles, the company cut off the easy expansion of shared photos within Twitter streams, making it just a little less convenient to use. As for Vine, being owner by Twitter certainly can't hurt.
firehoseAh, so the used game policy isn't to stop used game sales, just to stop _independent game shops_ from selling used games
so gamers will get what they want and indie shops will go out of business
*insincere golf clap*
Earlier this week, Microsoft finally clarified some of its policies regarding the Xbox One — specifically, privacy concerns surrounding the always-listening Kinect; whether the console is an always-on device; and the ability to play used games on it. The company had dodged questions about those issues since unveiling the console two and a half weeks ago, causing a mounting wave of speculation fueled by mixed messaging from Microsoft officials.
But Microsoft's three-pronged information dump left some questions unanswered, and raised a few more, continuing the widespread consternation aimed at the Xbox One's online policies. It's possible that Microsoft will offer further clarifications at E3 next week, but for now, here's what we know and what we don't know about the Xbox One.
users can't loan games to friends. Game rentals won't be possible, either
the Xbox One must phone home once every 24 hours
"Xbox on"
firehose"A rather ironic choice of words, since 'hack the world' is precisely what others said Aaron Swartz was trying to do in his fateful run-in with MIT"
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Yahoo, one of ten companies mentioned in a leaked document about NSA and FBI surveillance, has echoed Facebook, Google, and others in denying that it provides broad access to user data. In a blog post intended to "set the record straight," Yahoo general counsel Ron Bell said that claims about Yahoo allowing the government to snoop through its files are false. "Yahoo! has not joined any program in which we volunteer to share user data with the U.S. government," Bell said. "We do not voluntarily disclose user information. The only disclosures that occur are in response to specific demands."
Bell acknowledged that Yahoo disclosed data when legally required to do so but said that it fights "any requests that we deem unclear, improper, overbroad, or unlawful. We carefully scrutinize each request, respond only when required to do so, and provide the least amount of data possible consistent with the law."
The notion that Yahoo! gives any federal agency vast or unfettered access to our users’ records is categorically false. Of the hundreds of millions of users we serve, an infinitesimal percentage will ever be the subject of a government data collection directive. Where a request for data is received, we require the government to identify in each instance specific users and a specific lawful purpose for which their information is requested. Then, and only then, do our employees evaluate the request and legal requirements in order to respond — or deny — the request.
Like several other companies, which denied ever even hearing the PRISM name, Yahoo has directly said it is not involved with the project or anything like it. Notably, it doesn't include the oft-repeated "direct access" phrasing, instead more generally rejecting the idea of granting "vast" access. Google has made very similar statements about the selectivity of its disclosures, also saying that it reviewed each request and insisting that it had no "drop box" or any other form of backdoor that allowed government access. Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, meanwhile, said he had not received any bulk requests for information.
Since the initial Washington Post report about PRISM, sources have disagreed with the notion that PRISM collected information without oversight, and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has reiterated that it occurs within the bounds of Section 702 of FISA and that the NSA takes pains to minimize the amount of data collected. The overall secrecy of its endeavors, however, has made it difficult to ascertain the truth.
