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by DougBTX 13y ago
> (rather than only available as 1x or 2x scale like on the Mac) It isn't continuous, but there are more than two scaling levels on OS X: https://blog.qt.digia.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/qtRet
752.
by DougBTX 13y ago
> At least iTunes eventually removed DRM Job's anti-DRM letter was published 8 months before the public beta of Amazon MP3 in September 2007. The first DRM free music from EMI was available on iTunes in May 2007. Google Play Music o
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by DougBTX 13y ago
When a logo is just color and typography, they're called "wordmarks".
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by DougBTX 13y ago
Yes, that's one of the defining features of an "eggcorn", that it does make sense. Or even more sense than the original. Here's a more thurough definition: http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/about/
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by DougBTX 13y ago
> an alphabet has, by definition, a 1 to 1 correspondence between a single character and a sound. Do any languages have an alphabet according to this definition?
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by DougBTX 13y ago
Neither the article nor the title actually talk about inflating numbers, which is how I read it at first too. They only talk about actually increasing the number of users, by sending out invites: "Another example of the lengths LinkedI
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by DougBTX 13y ago
Wikipedia says that it was founded by an American, Joe Coulombe, and then sold to trust which also owns a notoriously cheap and low quality German supermarket chain in 1979. Perhaps Trader Joe's started expanding more quickly after bei
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by DougBTX 13y ago
Similar: http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/32/intensive-purposes/
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by DougBTX 13y ago
Looks like it is a reference to this event: http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/16/google-blink-team-pulls-8...
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by DougBTX 13y ago
Chrome remembers zoom level per site.
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by DougBTX 13y ago
CoffeeScript doesn't always add var before assignments though, sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't, depending on the variables in outer scopes. This has two assignments, but only one var in the compiled JS: a = 1 -&g
762.
by DougBTX 13y ago
The results are much better when searching for his full name used on his books: "Thomas M. Nichols" So, you're dismissing his expertise and calling him names ("Random McBlogger") because Google ranks him more poorly
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by DougBTX 13y ago
Here's a demonstration of how the "simple" proof breaks down: http://www.quora.com/Mathematics/Theoretically-speaking-how-... (via http://kottke.org/14/01/the-sum-of-all-positiv
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by DougBTX 13y ago
I'm all for using the actual meaning of words. If that means it is harder to make emotional arguments, then so be it.
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by DougBTX 13y ago
You're assuming that given free choice, more women would choose computer science. But there are lots of other higher status degrees to choose, so I wouldn't take that as a given.
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by DougBTX 13y ago
"An" can also be used if the first letter is an h and the first syllable is unstressed (an historical event is the example on the Wikipedia page), but, I'm pretty sure the h in hashing is in a stressed syllable, so that doesn
767.
by DougBTX 13y ago
EE blocks news.ycombinator.com as adult content too.
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by DougBTX 13y ago
> When I'm arranging my photographs in folders, I prefer yyyy-mm-dd. That way it stays in chronological order. It is kind of interesting to think about that from a usability perspective, because the "stays in chronological orde
769.
by DougBTX 13y ago
How is this not reputable? They are pretty clear about when they will not sue people trying to hack their systems, a bounty is a bonus.
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by DougBTX 13y ago
But aren't we too the masses? It was before my time, but wasn't it the Eternal September?
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by DougBTX 13y ago
1. According to the article, the American Federation of Musicians 2. Agreed, what tab? If the airlines can charge a fee comparable to equivalent carry on luggage, what difference does this actually make? I guess it must be against an extra
772.
by DougBTX 13y ago
Here are the Unicode rules, which do consider localization: ftp://ftp.unicode.org/Public/UCD/latest/ucd/SpecialCasing.txt It would be interesting to know how often these rules are actually used though...
773.
by DougBTX 13y ago
No, the first shell company just needs to sell the patent on to a new shell company, which can then start over.
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by DougBTX 13y ago
In Amsterdam airport they are pretty unalarming, just pairs of automatic doors a few paces apart. From a brief look at this video, you have to momentarily stop, and there is a hint that you might not be able to continue. That's just ba
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by DougBTX 13y ago
> update the damned browser IE8 is the latest version of IE supported on XP, so for people who don't control the OS, they are on the "latest version" already.
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by DougBTX 13y ago
Yea, these don't work for me either. Clicking "Find opportunities", clicking on one, then clicking back also shows just a blank screen too.
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by DougBTX 13y ago
I'm coming at this from a native development perspective, so there are large gaps in my knowledge. In particular, I've not done any benchmarks, so take what I say with a large grain of salt. Any real performance advice will come d
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by DougBTX 13y ago
Nope, it is a great idea on mobile, at least for iDevices and I imagine most Android devices. Especially with high dpi screens, leaving everything on the CPU is too slow.
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by DougBTX 13y ago
Perhaps it was the reply to the "censorship or accident?" question.
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by DougBTX 13y ago
Fixed url, needs the html extension: http://www.4p8.com/eric.brasseur/gamma.html

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