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   by alanning 15y ago

   My two favorites: Coke and BMW. As sdz points out in his/her comment, whoever came up with Coke's name 'ke kou ke le' did an amazingly clever job while still retaining much of the sound of the original. [1] Yet to be mentioned is BMW, one o
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   by alanning 15y ago

   I've been looking for something like this but as a desktop photo backup app with cloud option. With two young kids I have tons of pictures and videos to wade through and its just not cost effective to store it all on the cloud when 2TB dri
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   by alanning 15y ago

   The paper can be found here: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~guyb/papers/Ble93.pdf (Don't be thrown by the typo in the first example. Correct output should be: [3 4 11 11 15 16 22 25] )
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   by alanning 15y ago

   Thanks, I should have clarified. Here is the breakdown according to Phil's post linked below: ASP.NET ASMX Web Services, WCF Web Services, and the now-defunct ASP.NET AJAX automatically wrap with {'d':...}. ASP.NET MVC does not. Phil expla
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   by alanning 15y ago

   I can see why you would think that but it does work because a script that just contains a JSON object is not a valid JavaScript file. The browser will give an error. Whereas a script that just contains a JSON array is valid.
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   by alanning 15y ago

   Haacked has a step-by-step description of how this attack works: http://haacked.com/archive/2008/11/20/anatomy-of-a-subtle-js... The Microsoft asp.net web stack avoids this by automatically wrapping json responses with an object "{d:...}"
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   by alanning 15y ago

   Like many responders here, I have been through something similar, but not nearly so tough as what you are going through. I hope you can come through stronger and that this thread helps. One thing you didn't mention is how much time you hav
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   by alanning 15y ago

   I would guess he is also using questions to test/signal expertise. If you really know what you are talking about, no awkward pauses. The 10-years of experience guy with the video application startup...iirc no interruptions.
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   by alanning 15y ago

   Thank you for this article. I recently started teaching my sister how to program and chose Python thanks to articles/discussions on HN similar to this one. If you are taking pull requests here are a few suggestions: * "Honing Those Skills"
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    by alanning 15y ago

    The NORDKYN logo at the end of the article drives my OCD mad. I love it! (Although I question whether the general audience would understand the point of the radar chart)
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    by alanning 15y ago

    Neat! Sell this online as a flash drive. Market on gadget sites like gdgt.com, engadget, gizmodo. Post to community sites. I don't know if ThinkGeek accepts designs but it seems like the kind of thing they would eat up. You could start a
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    by alanning 15y ago

    If it could be automated, imagine what such a technology would mean to the blind. Printed pictures would no longer be just blank pages... I wonder if something could be done with bump maps [1] and a high-resolution printer by doing multipl