RossM

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by RossM 13y ago
The cynic in me says that this has been waiting to be published at an opportune time.
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by RossM 13y ago
That's my understanding as well. For trademark law to be enforceable you have to have shown that you've acted defensively in the past.
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by RossM 13y ago
This renaming was triggered by a trademark issue - http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/27/5349830/microsoft-onedrive...
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by RossM 13y ago
1) sort of exists in http://phptherightway.com/ 2) There's been a couple of these, most recently Mammouth[0], but personally I don't think that's useful - the syntax is more or less OK. I do think that renami
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by RossM 13y ago
It's an alternative PHP runtime. It no longer compiles PHP to C++ (it's predecessor hphpc), instead it uses a JIT compiler which gives it better performance over standard PHP, without requiring a compilation step. It's mostly
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by RossM 13y ago
To give my interpretation, I assumed it was free text, and that if I put a unit at the end it would pick it up. This could be quite neat if it set that unit as my default unit for recording in? Also thanks for releasing this, I've been
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by RossM 13y ago
I really liked the effect, but took my headphones off to hear my MBP preparing for takeoff.
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2013 Fitbit Activity(fitbit.com)
2 points by RossM 13y ago|0 comments
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by RossM 13y ago
This is starting to feel a bit like a race to the bottom. There's not a lot left to charge for - offline storage, higher quality and ad-free playback. Offline storage is becoming redundant with an increasing WiFi presence, and audio qu
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by RossM 13y ago
There's been some recent discussion about this[0]. The RFC owner reckons it won't be ready in time for 5.6 (more like 5.7). [0]: http://markmail.org/message/wgdsntbsnojloxqd
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by RossM 13y ago
I get this feeling. I guess a way to describe it would be to ask - are you constantly productive from the minute you sit down to the minute you leave? I work in an open-plan office, in a corner with my back to the room. As such, my monitor&
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The year in Kickstarter 2013(kickstarter.com)
84 points by RossM 13y ago|55 comments
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by RossM 13y ago
It would make sense for them to integrate Gauges[0], but either would be fine. Bitdeli's[1] another image-bug solution. [0]: http://get.gaug.es/ [1]: https://bitdeli.com/
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by RossM 13y ago
I'm attempting to write shoddy, lazy code that creates a working prototype. I have a stack of ideas that are really quite small applications, however I keep trying to build them 'properly', as an API-first client-side applica
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by RossM 13y ago
I wonder if Google is going to add an Analytics component for Gmail or provide some user-agent lists. Email is hard enough to test and get working well; for the Gmail segment you won't know what browser versions to prioritise testing i
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by RossM 13y ago
It's a bit of both. It can use less power to poll the nearby WiFi networks (assuming the WiFi chip is already on) and compare them against Google's database collected by StreetView than to fire up the GPS chip. Though I assume tha
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by RossM 13y ago
In this case Microsoft say their prediction database is too large to load on the client, which sounds plausible. I certainly wouldn't put a real password in there though.
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by RossM 13y ago
It wasn't obvious to me until I watched the hands-on with Engadget - the unique bit is the e-ink always-on screen on the back.
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by RossM 13y ago
You can drag and drop but it's a bit picky - grab the file tab and drop it in the other pane's tabstrip. Definitely something that could be improved (as well as splitting to two panes gives you 2 panes of the same file..)
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by RossM 13y ago
Completely anecdotal on my part! A couple of times I've logged in to find Bitcoin covering most of the top 10. It's not a full-scale occupation yet ;)
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by RossM 13y ago
> It's a perfect subject matter for HN, I'm confused why it's causing people to actively take measures to try and hide it all. I think it's just down to the shear volume of stories about it. It's fine to have bit
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by RossM 13y ago
Better known in the UK as an austerity sandwich - the cheapest meal you can make.
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by RossM 13y ago
Yes, but via hckrnews.com (so H for me). It's a good pointer that I really am procrastinating when I do it repeatedly in the space of a few minutes.
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by RossM 13y ago
At some point, Barclays Pingit (a UK mobile payment service) provided a service to buy Bitcoin by sending cash to services that supported it (you can send cash to a telephone number if it maps up to a bank account). However it was always do
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by RossM 13y ago
I've been thinking about switching back to in-ear buds - are they any better at blocking out voices? Also does that battery pack(?) on the QC20s get in the way much?
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by RossM 13y ago
It's opt-in, similar to Chrome's desktop notifications.
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by RossM 13y ago
I use a pair of Bose active noise cancelling headphones (Quiet Comfort 15, over ear). I work in an open plan office with many people using the phone or talking across the room. I'm fairly distracted by this and these help, but it doesn
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by RossM 13y ago
(2009)
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by RossM 13y ago
Sole developer on my project, but I run something like this (looking forward to see if it scales to multiple developers). - master (deployed/live version) - develop (next version) - feature/* (feature branch)
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by RossM 13y ago
Nope - they run homepage banners, sidebar ads and occasionally full-page adverts (that hijack the background). It's surreal browsing without Adblock occasionally.

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