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Lonesome George, last of the Pinta Island tortoises, dies(cnn.com)
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by 51Cards 14y ago
Up here, "north of the border" in Canada, Kijiji has cut a swath through Craigslist use. I rarely hear Craigslist anymore but Kijiji is almost ubiquitous for online classifieds, especially in my non-tech friends. "Throw it on Kijiji" I don
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by 51Cards 14y ago
This is a very interesting product but the wording of the intro paragraph seems odd to me. "We have developed a technology to create covert concealment devices out of a material that black & white cameras can see through." I may be pick
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by 51Cards 14y ago
Well, they have in my lifetime... but at bordering 42 I'm higher than the average here. Still, I was too young to remember it which is about the same.
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by 51Cards 14y ago
Nice to see someone from FB apparently hopping on this right away and replying on SE. Having a more direct interface would be something for them to consider though as a lot of users aren't going to know how to raise an alert "where the tec
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by 51Cards 14y ago
I had never met Mihai but I knew of his work and had read his blog many times. This is a sad loss. The same day, June 5, I also lost a dear and incredibly brilliant friend long before his time. Much too much talent to be lost in one day.
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by 51Cards 14y ago
I've never had a huge issue with the difference in appearance. One was assembled by a stylist, the other by a teenager putting together 200 of them in a shift. As long as what I asked for is in there, and what I didn't ask for isn't, and
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by 51Cards 14y ago
Not to disparage this launch at all... a lot of people will love this... but I wish my Inbox was ever that clean to be able to see the picture :)
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by 51Cards 14y ago
I am going to be watching this product very closely and might even climb on the x86 model pre-order bandwagon when I can. I am a software developer who travels a lot and I currently use a Vaio Z and an Asus Slider on the road. I was very
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by 51Cards 14y ago
I still can't stand this in Android 4.0 Yes/No, OK/Cancel, Open/Close, On/Off, Come/Go, Stay/Leave, Buy/Sell, Gas/Brake, Thanks/No Thanks... In English anyhow we are used to Positive option first, Negative option second... it's how ou
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by 51Cards 14y ago
Not a bad return... I wonder how many of these still function? This one came with verified original manuals as well. Now who wants the two working Commodore PET's I have in the closet!
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by 51Cards 14y ago
The upgrade-ability aspect is not what gets me, it's the service-ability. Screens crack, Ram chips and SSDs fail. Under warranty, fine... but a LOT of these machines are going to see use well beyond warranty as Macs hold a resale value. I
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Slooh SpaceCamera will broadcast live LZ1 N.E.O. pass at 8pm ET
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by 51Cards 14y ago
Tons... look at the ASUS Transformer and Slider. Devices like that can't exist in iOS properly.
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by 51Cards 14y ago
I understand the 'luxury item' mentality but if a Porsche breaks out of warranty, you won't have to replace the entire engine to fix a faulty alternator. And you don't have to purchase tires or most maintenance parts from Porsche if you ch
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by 51Cards 14y ago
For most people a $2000 laptop is a lot more than a few weeks of savings however... in fact I'd say that's true for most of the target market. The asking people to educate themselves on this product runs directly counter to Apples marketing
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by 51Cards 14y ago
... while it's under warranty. Pay through the nose when it's not because it can't be serviced anywhere else. Simply put, would you buy a car that once beyond the warranty had to have brakes, tires, battery, air filter, and spark plugs re
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by 51Cards 14y ago
Simple use... two of these by the door would make my life easier. Going out: turn off WiFi, turn on GPS, Bluetooth, turn up the ringer volume and screen brightness, etc. Coming in: do the reverse. Of course I can make it even easier with
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by 51Cards 14y ago
"At this point, years into the social networking phenomenon, why not leave the social stuff to the social people who are good at it?" While I acknowledge that Ping was a huge failure the above statement strikes me as odd. If that's so obvi
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by 51Cards 14y ago
Also couldn't agree more. It's very frustrating when this happens. Sure my browser show's the link as "Visited" but when I don't recognize the title (or more specifically it doesn't seem to be in reference to anything I've read that day)
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by 51Cards 14y ago
If I read this correctly under Customizations: 95% use the "Status Bar" (though in which way is unclear) Yet the status bar was removed from the default UI with the argument that the space was wasted. (and replaced with the optional Add-On
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by 51Cards 14y ago
I have a true 1080P on my 13.3" Vaio Z notebook which I run at the full 1920x1080. I would stick with that over this new MB screen. It's all about effective resolution when you are trying to get things done and that hasn't changed on the M
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by 51Cards 14y ago
You're very correct, it depends what tools are available. For Win apps in the late 90's there wasn't much that touched some of VB's qualities... reasonable performance, full API access, rapid turn around, good dev environment. For custom s
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by 51Cards 14y ago
I do agree that the low entry point in VB did raise the percentage of bad code due to inexperienced coders. This ultimately damaged its rep as many experienced what you have. In turn a hammer also has a low entry point for use, but I can'
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by 51Cards 14y ago
This seems like the thread to confess that I still spend a lot of time developing in VB6, it's open on my screen right now. I do a lot of custom back-end corporate applications and still actively support many I did back in the 90's. One is
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by 51Cards 14y ago
I don't think the goal is to remember all the moves, just the final one which is based on a hash of your password. If she doesn't end up in the right pose you typed wrong. Still, of dubious worth IMO.
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by 51Cards 14y ago
The video was done by Symphony of Science. http://www.symphonyofscience.com/index.html From the about page: "Inspiration from The Gregory Brothers and DJ Steve Porter, coupled with my experience with remixing, composition, and auto-tune,
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PBS autotunes Mr. Rogers, the results are tender and trippy(io9.com)
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by 51Cards 14y ago
Same functionality as http://leakedin.org/ ? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4075347
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by 51Cards 14y ago
Interesting since just the other day I read an article on how lack of access to the file system in iOS was one of its significant drawbacks. Specifically the lack of ability to browse and attach multiple files to an email, etc. I agree it'

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