Nwallins

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by Nwallins 17y ago
Once you've raised the middle screen so it is top-aligned with the other two, aren't you finished? Why would you then push the other two down? Do you mean to 'push' all three down?
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by Nwallins 17y ago
> H.264 is not proprietary. ... To distribute, you are to acquire a license from the MPEG LA. In what sense is this not proprietary? http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/proprietary It seems to me that MPEG LA is the proprietor,
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by Nwallins 17y ago
I think what he is saying is that a general internet "service" is better off providing a higher-level REST interface instead of a 0MQ interface.
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by Nwallins 17y ago
Many fonts use a slash or a dot in the center of the zero in order to distinguish it clearly from capital-oh. i.e. It's clear to me they are branding this as 0MQ.
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by Nwallins 17y ago
Oh, come on! Do we have to be so deliberate?
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by Nwallins 17y ago
Moreso than an altruistic desire to educate their audience , I think geeks rather desire to preserve the validity of discourse -- i.e. prevent the spread of "false" memes or concepts. It's not a patronizing focus on a peer's education,
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by Nwallins 17y ago
What I am trying to say is ultimately in response to this: > You really should have a reason why Disney movies should be censored from the internet, but Chinese dissident materials should not be. Disney movies should be "censored" fro
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by Nwallins 17y ago
Score one for Android, then! However, I find it only works reliably with sliding, not touch-clicking. Which is interesting, given that clicking seems to be sufficient in Firefox.
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by Nwallins 17y ago
They are not parallel because most countries respect copyright. Enforcing copyright is not censorship in those countries. Putting (unexpired) copyrighted material on the public internet violates copyright. Ensuring that this does not hap
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by Nwallins 17y ago
The terms tongue-in-cheek and irony come to mind...
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by Nwallins 17y ago
Related: I think that for software patents (if allowed at all) source code, build scripts, and a comprehensive test suite demonstrating functionality must be provided. This must be done in a non-obfuscated way, such that the patent officer
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by Nwallins 17y ago
I don't think Reason is saying that this example proves that gov't intervention is flawed. I think they take it as a premise that gov't intervention is generally flawed, and the conclusion here is that we have an example of champions of
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by Nwallins 17y ago
On a motorcycle, wearing a helmet, at highway speeds, if the visibility problem is due to water droplet buildup on the face shield, you can simply turn your head to the side, and the wind resistance will push the droplets off to the side. O
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by Nwallins 17y ago
> I always get my face shield so covered in rain I can barely see What makes you think this will be any different? Trading one plastic shield for another doesn't seem to solve the problem.
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by Nwallins 17y ago
I wouldn't describe it so much as a natural need to repeat -- rather that we use references to link concepts. e.g. I have an allergy attack. Allergy medication will relieve an allergy attack. I desire allergy medication. I
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by Nwallins 17y ago
I would put the frobnitz ID into the blat queue: PUT http://my-fake-server.com/blat_q/2452352
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by Nwallins 17y ago
Interesting. I thought one Chrome tab should not be able crash another.
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by Nwallins 17y ago
> fixing it causes a breaking change. On my team whenever we come into this situation and realize that fixing overlooked things can actually "break" people, we really think twice about the fix. Answered in the 2nd comment from Rasmus:
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by Nwallins 17y ago
> and extra stuff can be accessed through the function (args) or the symbol $args. Hmm.. what makes $args a symbol? The sigil? If not, what does the sigil $ indicate? Isn't that syntax? Why isn't it listed here: http://www.ta
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by Nwallins 17y ago
It seems rather like an elaboration.
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by Nwallins 17y ago
Have you tried calibrating the soft keyboard? I found it frustrating until I did so on my Hero.
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by Nwallins 17y ago
How about a gentle, relatively quiet but discouraging audio tone that activates when the swinging door opens? Something like "uh uh", "uh oh", or "wah wah ~waaaah~" that is audible within, say, a x=20 foot radius. Maybe triggered only on s
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by Nwallins 17y ago
if you are in your car, they can simply arrest you (no charges, but can hold you for 72 hours) Are you sure that you can be arrested and held without charges, generally speaking, in the U.S.?
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by Nwallins 17y ago
Don't mistake the instance for the class. The class of categorical imperatives, per Wikipedia: A categorical imperative ... denotes an absolute, unconditional requirement that asserts its authority in all circumstances, both required and j
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by Nwallins 17y ago
Scientists and technologists have the same uneasy status in our society as the Jedi in the Galactic Republic. They are scorned by the cultural left and the cultural right, and young people avoid science and math classes in hordes. This th
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by Nwallins 17y ago
There is such as thing as secure two-way encryption. (Granted, if the hacker gets the encryption key, you're hosed.) So, is there any less sensitivity (security-wise) regarding the key, instead of the password?
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by Nwallins 17y ago
Credit card issuers (i.e. the bank that owns your cc account) trust the track data on the magstripe more than just the PAN embossed on the front of the card. This affects interchange fees, transaction costs, etc.
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by Nwallins 17y ago
For one Ruby that just works , use 1.8 for legacy apps and 1.9 for recent or new apps. Consider the alternatives only to augment or if they are needed for a particular requirement (e.g. JRuby for Java libs, MacRuby for Cocoa, etc.)
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by Nwallins 17y ago
> Science is better when other scientists can reproduce what you are doing s/is better when/requires that/ Right?
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by Nwallins 17y ago
I think that low standard deviation / variance is desirable. It provides a level of performance that can be predictable and reliable. Then just multiply according to your processing needs.

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