DrSprout

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by DrSprout 16y ago
Any word on when VP8 will be added to the Android core media formats? http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/media-formats.ht...
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by DrSprout 16y ago
You should re-read your links: >Update: Microsoft wanted us to clarify that enterprise customers will be able to deploy apps to employees outside the consumer-facing Marketplace -- details on that will be released in the future. So you'
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by DrSprout 16y ago
If I go to Australia before this decision gets reversed, I'm going to be sure to pack a lot of porn. Also make sure I have some time to kill getting into the country. Really, that's the best solution: everyone needs to carry enough porn com
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by DrSprout 16y ago
Is there a drop-in open source library that basically does Google-like calculations, including conversions? It's one of those things that Google does so well I don't really feel compelled to do myself, but really feel like I should have a t
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ASCAP running racket against small coffee shops.(techdirt.com)
14 points by DrSprout 16y ago|4 comments
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by DrSprout 16y ago
Flash is an application platform. If it runs out of memory, it's an application that is responsible, and Flash naturally has to compensate.
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by DrSprout 16y ago
A couple ambiguous questions. What other dynamic languages have I formally studied? Does that mean weakly typed? In that case none, though obviously I've picked them up here and there. > What percentage of your work time working on soft
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by DrSprout 16y ago
It isn't so much the DRM as their choice of a DRM solution that only runs on Windows and Mac desktop systems. (Strictly speaking WinMo 7 as well.) There's no reason to lock out my Droid like that, or my Linux desktop for that matter.
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by DrSprout 16y ago
>It’s interesting that Cockcroft never actually mentions the video capabilities of HTML5, instead he talks about the "advanced user interface features." Still, I think we all know what he means. He means that he wants to jazz up his si
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by DrSprout 16y ago
My favorite way to write is with Emacs running on one of the virtual terminals under Linux. A fullscreened Putty session sshd into a Unix box will also do in a pinch. My co-workers, by contrast, even paste code into Word documents.
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by DrSprout 16y ago
Google may however sue MPEG / MPEG members in retaliation, and that could be an effective deterrent.
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by DrSprout 16y ago
>Apple does not deny developers to use high quality technologies for its platforms, apart of the private API, but that's another matter. No, I'm pretty sure that's exactly the matter. Only Apple apps can multitask. It's an understandabl
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by DrSprout 16y ago
I have to say, the Air applications I use regularly (Hulu and Pandora One) both work very well on Linux and Windows. They are kind of resource hogs, but then so is iTunes, so it's really a case of the pot calling the kettle black on the per
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by DrSprout 16y ago
Things I can't live without: Link Widgets: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2933/ Basically, it studies the source for links like "next" and "previous," and lets you page forward and backward with alt+pageup/down. Works grea
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by DrSprout 16y ago
I've always found the Perl foo() or die(); idiom to be quite readable. And if you're familiar with that, this is a pretty straightforward extension.
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by DrSprout 16y ago
You would be amazed how easy, enjoyable, cheap, and healthy lentils, peas, and a variety of other beans are for replacing meat.
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by DrSprout 16y ago
I'm in deep enough shit as it is if my Droid is lost or destroyed. Smartphones are great in that they replace a lot of things I used to have to carry. "Wallet" is not one I want to add to the list.
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by DrSprout 16y ago
That's still a fact-based argument. You're saying (and I agree) that data show that the supposition that torture is useful is nonsense. It's only useful as a deterrent tool in morally bankrupt regimes. (But again we come to the moral questi
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by DrSprout 16y ago
Seems a little more usable for me using text-align right so that if I'm keeping up I don't have to track the next word jumping all over the place.
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Ocean fish could disappear in 40 years (news.com.au)
83 points by DrSprout 16y ago|72 comments
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by DrSprout 16y ago
Obama wasn't ranting against technology. He was making a nuanced argument about our new information society, and being prescriptive about how we should interact with the Internet. To roughly paraphrase what Obama said, quit dicking around o
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by DrSprout 16y ago
What I'd really like to see is some research into how much of the difference between Apple and its competitors is the placebo effect. People expect Apple products to be easy to use, and when they find something that's difficult, "It wasn't
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by DrSprout 16y ago
I'm not sure if it's more or less sinister than Google tracking your searches, but it's also possible it's noting your most frequent email correspondence. Maybe it takes into account words that show up frequently in your email?
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by DrSprout 16y ago
Genius is primarily a learned skill. Yes, some people have more aptitude than others, but the vast majority, if they apply themselves, will do just fine. It's far more a question of a support structure to instill discipline than it is of in
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by DrSprout 16y ago
I suspect they didn't realize how many people, when faced with the mangling of their profiles, replacing all of their interests with poorly and inconsistently guessed 'likes,' would simply get rid of all that data. It's really interesting l
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by DrSprout 16y ago
Maybe HTC doesn't need their help? HTC said when this first showed up that Apple's lawsuit caught them off guard, so it naturally took a bit of time to figure out what patents Apple was infringing on.
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by DrSprout 16y ago
I think you just answered your own question. I'd say just about every Unix box on the planet has Perl holding it together somewhere in there. What you've asked is essentially like asking "How does mortar hold buildings together any more tha
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by DrSprout 16y ago
I like my braces ;}. Also, Perl 5 is feature-stable, and probably always will be. Python is in this 2.x-3.x limbo right now where it's difficult to find libraries that are going to work as-is for much longer. If you write a Perl application
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by DrSprout 16y ago
I currently code for my day job in a proprietary extension to a proprietary dialect of BASIC from the mid-80's. This language is legitimately broken, and has significant disadvantages at every turn. It has no real functions, no block-level
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by DrSprout 16y ago
The article still makes an excellent point, which is that the difference between most of the 'newer technologies' and Perl is basically marketing, not any actual superiority of language design. You can write line noise in Perl, but you can

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