alastairpat

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by alastairpat 14y ago
I think one of the appeals of TM1 was that it WAS a native Mac app and felt like one. Qt apps never 'feel' completely native, so if you went down that path you'd end up with an awkward, substandard, non-native text editor and might as well
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by alastairpat 14y ago
Depending on the configuration, it can be accessed from a remote computer. In this case, it was configured for localhost access, however it is entirely possible that it could be world-accessible.
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by alastairpat 14y ago
You probably didn't need to copy and paste the entire error message. You can easily access the webpage through Google's cache if you're having problems – http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?hl=en&outpu...
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by alastairpat 14y ago
A lot of EA's stuff is ported to Mac with Cider/TransGaming. From memory The Sims 3 is done that way.
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by alastairpat 14y ago
I'm all for Assange's senate bid, but given he doesn't seem to have declared/decided which state/territory he will be running for the Senate in, I'm curious as to how these data can be considered accurate/representative of any actual electo
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by alastairpat 14y ago
Just as an aside, you get free registration with App Hub as a student via DreamSpark (or at least you did about a year ago; I assume it's still the case.)
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by alastairpat 14y ago
I'm pretty sure for .au domains you need to have a connexion with the domain (either it being your name or the name of a registered business you own.)
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by alastairpat 14y ago
To be fair, it's pretty horrid on OS X as well - several of these issues apply cross-platform (iTunes WiFi sync error messages are presented to me on a daily basis running Lion, for example.)
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by alastairpat 14y ago
I'm not sure about US law, but in Australia the directors could be personally in breach of their statutory duties by (even symbolically) approving such a transaction without checking it out. This was a huge transaction by anyone's standard
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by alastairpat 14y ago
Oh, my mistake - that is actually the title. Thanks.
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by alastairpat 14y ago
Unless the title of the blog post has been changed since submission to HN, why the editorialised title? Edit: I've since learnt that that is actually the title of the post. It still seems kind of sensationalist none-the-less.
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by alastairpat 14y ago
I'm just the messenger – by no means am I in any way associated with HN.
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by alastairpat 14y ago
You'll probably need to start a new account, unfortunately – there doesn't appear to be any protocol for being 'unhellbanned'.
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by alastairpat 14y ago
pferreir, just a heads-up - you've been hellbanned. This means all of your comments are automatically marked as [dead], but you can't see this.
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Code School LOLCODE course(lolcode.codeschool.com)
3 points by alastairpat 15y ago|0 comments
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by alastairpat 15y ago
Ahh, I didn't encounter any profanity… that sounds like quite an unfortunate situation.
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by alastairpat 15y ago
What on earth was so inappropriate?
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by alastairpat 15y ago
I was under the impression that the iOS kill-switch was exclusively for rogue apps/malware. Has it been used for legally questionable apps before? A bit of Google-fu didn't turn anything up immediately.
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by alastairpat 15y ago
Google Reader provides subscription management and stuff, so it does have server-side features. This app allows you to access those subscriptions.
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by alastairpat 15y ago
I'm missing a whole bunch of keys – I previously had about 4 keys registered, now it's just one.
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by alastairpat 15y ago
You didn't read the article: > Tapping on links will launch Mobile Safari, which jumps > out of your standalone app. There's a way to prevent that > and make it load inside the standalone app, but since the > tool
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by alastairpat 15y ago
Thanks very much – I am indeed trying from Australia. Seems insane that they're breaking URLs in an attempt to serve us 'local' content.
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by alastairpat 15y ago
The two linked popsci.com pages are both giving 404 errors for me – are you able to find a working link? They look interesting! (Technically speaking, the web server is returning 200 OK, but it's 'Page Not Found')
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Database Changes Done Right(thedailywtf.com)
8 points by alastairpat 15y ago|0 comments
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by alastairpat 15y ago
Haha, hi there! Perhaps I was a little harsh in my comment - I really do like your site.
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by alastairpat 15y ago
They're certainly not bad (and what I subscribe to in RSS) when one considers the field. A lot of it is very US-centric and some of the 'rumours' aren't very news-worthy (the numerous stories on dock connectors for the iPad 3 come to mind)
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by alastairpat 15y ago
I don't know what it's like elsewhere, but here in Australia my Visa Debit card has exactly the same transaction protection system as a Visa Credit card.
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by alastairpat 15y ago
The problem is that making a change like requiring authorisation (à la Core Location) for Address Book would cause backwards compatibility hell.
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by alastairpat 15y ago
I find the layout irritating as well. While The Noun Project is good for common nouns, if you're looking for something slightly out of the norm, you'll have to scroll through endless pages to find something that will fit. Other than this, i
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by alastairpat 15y ago
That's interesting, I've got a Core 2 Duo which I assumed would be similar to the i3 in terms of power. I guess it shows that processor versioning is more than just marketing.

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