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by 5l 16y ago
The image loading issue the OP was referring to was already reported in September 2009 [0] and is still to be resolved for everyone. Along with this [1] infamous issue reported in October 2008. The Chromium team absolutely seem to prioritis
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by 5l 16y ago
It's not true to say that a pirated copy always equates to a lost sale, but neither is it true that a pirated copy never results in a lost sale at any price. Some people would prefer to have legit software but simply can't afford it. In the
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by 5l 16y ago
There's another way as well; specify a range of time within which you expect the task to be completed. This also communicates your uncertainty about the estimate at the same time.
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by 5l 16y ago
I left Slashdot to get away from these kinds of stories. Anything to do with politics especially and most of the time you would read the linked article or the comments to find the summary was just hysterical nonsense.
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by 5l 16y ago
The problem with 'liking' something, which would be especially acute on Google, is that it just sounds downright wrong for some things. Perhaps you're looking for news on the Japanese Tsunami. No, I don't 'like' it. Yes, it's relevant to wh
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by 5l 16y ago
And yet Apple also trumpeted the numbers of apps available for the iPad on launch, despite the vast majority of these being iPhone or iPod Touch apps not optimised for the tablet.
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by 5l 16y ago
Think he probably means spammers are searching for the phrase 'post a comment below' on Google looking for forms they can spam. You'll see this search term in the HTTP referrer header. Edit: obviously you could just avoid using this phrase
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by 5l 16y ago
The really blurry word is the word they're trying to OCR; generally it doesn't matter what you type as it'll accept it provided the other word is entered correctly. Of course your 'game' is hurting reCaptcha's goal of digitizing books.
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by 5l 16y ago
I use Sublime Reader [0] for Google Reader. Without a dark background I get instant eye strain these days. [0] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/jbhkdhkngalchoobjf...
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by 5l 16y ago
Why is this getting downvoted? It was the first thing that came to my mind too. Not only is the country prone to earthquakes, but as I understand, several of their power stations are built right on the east coast. It's possible to make a bu
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by 5l 16y ago
A github link as well as twitter/hn would be good as well