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_giu
17y ago
after you've finished an apprenticeship as an application developer here in switzerland, you're a "programmer" and after getting your CS / SE degree (university), you're a "software engineer".
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_giu
17y ago
the lab start-page ( http://labs.dragoninteractive.com ) is even more worse. it's funny to have the task-manager open and watch the CPU usage while clicking through the site. poor, poor CPU
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_giu
17y ago
I think Wolfram Alpha targets a different target audience as Google does. I second the fact that WA appears to be a niche product, since a lot of people will find more information using Google rather than WA (the "Orson Welles" example is a
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_giu
17y ago
I didn't know that such a google-page actually exists, thanks. btw: gmail works for me at the moment (although its status is marked with "Service outage").
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_giu
17y ago
that's the same thought I had when I saw that Arial was the first item on their list. I once tried to use a non-monospaced font, but that lasted only a few seconds. it just doesn't fit!
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_giu
17y ago
my favorite programming font (and I think it is a pity that the article doesn't mention it): Envy Code R ( http://damieng.com/blog/2008/05/26/envy-code-r-preview-7-cod... ) I just love this font! it's such a beautiful piece of font-design a
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_giu
17y ago
nice article. I have to admit, that after Apple and Intel "teamed" up I actually spent a thought on buying one, but my wallet was clearly against it since I'm a full time CS student. perhaps sometime in the future I'll buy a mac or I'll giv
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_giu
17y ago
when I switched to the low-light version my eyes applauded! looks very nice and the colors are in a very good combination. regarding the standard version of the page, me and my eyes think that the blue-like color is not the best choice comb
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_giu
17y ago
that's not a bad idea, but as far as Wikipedia knows, there isn't a windows version of Drizzle available. this could eventually be a problem for some users.
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_giu
17y ago
years ago, when I got my first PC with a copy of Word installed on it, I actually enjoyed to create "letters" using the Comic Sans font. with the years, this special sentiment vanished and I started to dislike the font. I actually know a pr
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_giu
17y ago
I love the loband version. the only thing I miss is a simple search box. so, hopefully they'll add it sometime in the future