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by arfar 11y ago
I use Reddit quite a lot. You do have to spend quite a bit of time discovering sub-reddits that you're interested, because that's where the only good discussion ever happens.
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by arfar 11y ago
I don't think this makes the problem any different, does it? If it were possible that there was a list of "yes" words and a list of "no" words that they could prick from randomly or something, then yes, that would b
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by arfar 12y ago
In New Zealand we say "yeah, nah", which is sort of a similar thing to this. We've even got ad campaigns with it now: http://www.alcohol.org.nz/alcohol-activities-services/campai... https://ww
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by arfar 12y ago
No, but when you're looking for a particular website, you Goggle it, then check domain name is the one you were looking for, by having the name product/company name first, you don't need to scan the superfluous data.
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by arfar 12y ago
>Also, taxation is meant for government to run to do its primary duties and not affect the market forces. I don't think this is the case for every tax. Look at the different carbon tax systems. This is a tax to try to drive the mark
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by arfar 12y ago
Are you quoting yourself, quoting yourself?
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by arfar 12y ago
This is actually a really surprisingly enjoyable game. One cool feature would be to add level numbers/hashes/identifiers so that I could share a particularly fun level with someone. Apart from that, I really love the lack of point
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by arfar 12y ago
Most likely these decisions are not to be made by the developer but rather the employer who actually own the copyright of the code (assuming they're a standard employee). The question from here should actually be: Can we rely on a prop
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by arfar 12y ago
1) It was only an application 2) It was abandoned in 2006 (extremely unlikely to be re-opened) 3) Nothing to do with Google. Check for yourself on: http://portal.uspto.gov/pair/PublicPair Application Number: 10/95
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by arfar 12y ago
>I'd also suggest that there's a significant overlap between people who choose copyleft licenses and people who avoid proprietary hosting services. Very true, I quite like that some have adopted the "Don't Fork Me&quo
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by arfar 12y ago
They actually forked WebKit and use Blink now, but they obviously still share a lot of the same code as the fork is relatively recent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blink_%28layout_engine%29
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by arfar 12y ago
What software is suggested for those running Linux?
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by arfar 12y ago
You and all of the "Free Software" world have different definitions on free. I'd recommend this[1] talk by Richard Stallman, it's pretty basic, but it gets the idea across well. [1] https://www.youtube.com&#x2
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by arfar 12y ago
This worked for me! I was stuck with just the loading page, even though it had obviously loaded the content. Bug with their Javascript maybe?
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by arfar 12y ago
That's a good idea, I really like it. One thing to think about though (which I'm sure you're already very aware of) is that lack of money a startup might have, and the prohibitively expensive process of filing for a patent. T
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by arfar 12y ago
That patent has actually been abandoned. Can't find any continuations filed on it either. So as far as I can tell, he doesn't have any patents on the algorithm/process
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by arfar 12y ago
There is /dev/null as a service: http://devnull-as-a-service.com/
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by arfar 12y ago
Hopefully not ALL the mammals. New Zealand does have some native mammals. The short tailed bat [0] [0] http://www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/native-animals/bats/
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by arfar 12y ago
>Content shifting is a legal thing to do Small point, but it actually depends on the country's laws. In New Zealand, it's illegal to do that. It's even illegal to rip a CD you own. It's stupid and would never be enfor
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by arfar 12y ago
Is this for US residents only?
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by arfar 12y ago
He's managed to get a patent for it http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?CC=...
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by arfar 12y ago
I like the idea. Trademarks are done a similar "use it or lose it" way
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by arfar 13y ago
Same for me. Ubuntu 12.04, Firefox 24
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by arfar 13y ago
Duplicate here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6588825
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by arfar 13y ago
The "Horror Adventure" or "Survival Horror" genre has spawned off this style of game. They have similar aspects like puzzle solving, no focus on killing enemies. They are actually quite scary though and that is the focus