Daviey

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by Daviey 12y ago
Are you referring to contents of the linked article or that this is on HN? Need more words. Surely, if the second - linking to wsj isn't known to serve malware. Further, if you do not have some trust in your browser to go to potential
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by Daviey 12y ago
I think there are too many words in this article, simply to express that the author had his feelings hurt.
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by Daviey 12y ago
Eric, I think that is bit of a leap. If we look back to the mission statement, it still fulfills that role IMO. Ironic is without doubt the immature stepchild, which to me really only makes sense if you wanted to do visualization - but al
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by Daviey 12y ago
Computation complexity and power consumption do not necessary correlate with emerging technology. If anything, power consumption could decrease.
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by Daviey 12y ago
Indeed. Have you ever wondered how many tablets or baked beans you could fit on the worlds largest container ship? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-30700269 (Also published in the metro today)
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by Daviey 12y ago
Sure that makes sense for many (most?) websites.. but not for developer related sites.. Surely their primary audience is desktops?
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by Daviey 12y ago
It must just be me, but it feels that the site is optimized for mobile browsing. There is very little content and my eyes have to move massively just to read the page. I actually prefer the old layout. :/
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by Daviey 12y ago
I typed in 'WAT' expecting it to match Waterloo (it didn't).
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by Daviey 12y ago
I wonder if I might suggest a 'refund claim due to late service' filter?
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by Daviey 12y ago
Wow, this brought back some really good memories. I was surprised how many of the answers I remembered! I miss my Amiga. :)
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by Daviey 12y ago
Rest assured, anyone not committing (or stashing) often and squashing down is doing it wrong.
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by Daviey 12y ago
Your distinction is both wrong and too simplistic. Debian has a perfectly respectable Desktop, and Ubuntu has more than a good server product. Choosing between them depends more on technical and project requirements. Whilst I am not a fan
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by Daviey 12y ago
Bit of a generalisation...
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by Daviey 12y ago
Online personal banking
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by Daviey 12y ago
No, paying for it is irrelevant. Something along the lines of claiming that keeping the binaries inside the infra means that it isn't distributed. However, they do allow some odd access with authenticated requests called something li
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by Daviey 12y ago
Imagine my surprise when i went to this URL, http://wouldyoutrustthisman.com/ Clicked No, to find an error - with facebook.com/delete_account in the url... Then facebook not working.. My natural assumption was that the
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by Daviey 12y ago
As web frameworks go, I prefer the experience of Django.... but a recent project I did with Mojolicious was a really fast experience to 'get something' together, whilst also staying out of the way.
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by Daviey 12y ago
Sure, if you are /actually/ paid using bitcoin. I think what is being suggested is bitcoin is really used as an interim currency, or transfer protocol - to avoid the cost and time of current international banking processes. There
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by Daviey 12y ago
I seem to have 5 thumbs, as I often press the wrong key when using different keyboards.
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by Daviey 12y ago
No worse than Gmail having in compose ctrl+Enter, sending the mail... When the intent is to start a new line, without starting a new paragraph..
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by Daviey 12y ago
rest of this advice has no basis more reliable than your own meandering.. oh, and wear sunscreen.
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by Daviey 12y ago
Ah, but this is a question i am pleased to say 'No' to. x
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by Daviey 12y ago
Based on every interaction i've had with A&A, I can't think that this is needed. Always been a pleasure, and I'm not even a customer.
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by Daviey 12y ago
Flagged. Repost: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7981002 which was then reposted as https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7982507
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by Daviey 12y ago
I desperately tried to buy a Chumby when they came out. "Only shipping to US!" .. Fine, ok - whatever... I'll have it mailed to a friend and pick it up from them. "Oh, trying to use a non-US Visa/Mastercard?? No no
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How we scaled OpenStack to launch 168,000 cloud instances(javacruft.wordpress.com)
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by Daviey 12y ago
Doesn't matter, had civil asset forfeiture. http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/08/12/130812fa_fact_...
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by Daviey 12y ago
So, is it a good or bad thing?
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by Daviey 12y ago
Agreed, i'd probably go if it was FOC..
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by Daviey 12y ago
I also had, we are delayed due to: "arriving early at the previous station" & "a Swan on the line" & "a passenger refusing to leave the first class carriage, that only has a standard ticket" (police wer

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