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by avolcano 14y ago
This article comes at a good time for me - was wondering how exactly I was supposed to be using the Promises in WinJS (which are woefully undocumented in terms of actual usage, as are, well, all things WinJS/Metro, unfortunately).
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by avolcano 14y ago
Yep. Not only can you not share to desktop apps, you can't share from desktop apps, though they still have the Charm on the side for it. So you get this wonderful little flyout: http://i.imgur.com/THJHM.png
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by avolcano 14y ago
Google has a 30-day guarantee for it. It broke on day 35. It's now under Samsung's 12-month limited warranty. No refunds, no exchanges, just repairs, unfortunately.
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by avolcano 14y ago
My Galaxy Nexus (via Google Play)'s wifi broke after one month, just outside of the Google Play Store 30-day guarantee. No attempts at software changes fixed the issue; clearly something went bad in the hardware. I've been delaying getting
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by avolcano 14y ago
Not only were they bought by Sony, they were bought by Sony for $380 million dollars. Shows what a difference a business model can have. They both had cloud gaming technologies, but while OnLive wanted to sell it right to consumers, Gaika
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by avolcano 14y ago
I go for a hybrid approach. A personal blog (or nowadays, Twitter) for sharing random Youtube videos, commenting on politics, and other stuff, and then a "professional" blog for writing longer articles on. It's nice knowing potential employ
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by avolcano 14y ago
The most incredible thing about this is that these applications can have achievements, DLC, and even Steam Workshop support . Check out Game Maker: http://store.steampowered.com/app/214850/ - Different components sold as DLC ( http://sto
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by avolcano 14y ago
Spent a bit of time working on a d3js version. It's super ugly because I just hacked it together while learning how d3js works; I'm sure someone will come along and do it much better ;) http://bl.ocks.org/3815828
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by avolcano 14y ago
Same reason I didn't even apply. It'd be an amazing experience to be surrounded by hackers (there aren't many here an hour outside Atlanta), and it's something I'd love to be able to put on my resume, but there's no way I can afford it whil
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by avolcano 14y ago
Interesting. I'm trying to get my parents to drop their Charter landline - which, yes, is $40/mo, and yes, they both have cell phones - but they haven't wanted to because it'd be difficult to get everyone to change the numbers. I think the
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Interprocess Communication with Redis Pub/Sub(thomasboyt.com)
2 points by avolcano 14y ago|0 comments
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by avolcano 14y ago
Honestly, if Ubuntu dropped their ridiculous, underdeveloped, undersupported Ubuntu One services and partnered with Amazon to integrate theirs (Cloud Player/Cloud Drive/etc), that would be a MAJOR improvement for both them and the end-user.
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by avolcano 14y ago
God, this is depressing. Young people putting themselves into crippling debt because college has been sold as the only way to get good, "real" employment in this country. And you know what? It's probably true in most of industries and for t
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by avolcano 14y ago
The innovation was bringing a screen with that high of a DPI to millions of users without an incredibly high cost, and pushing their competitors to follow suit. "Innovate" and "invent" are not synonyms.
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by avolcano 14y ago
"No real gain?" Of course there's real gain! Imagine small colleges, hacker spaces, and even more individuals being able to afford these things. That's a MASSIVE gain. Increasing access to this kind of product is almost, if not more, import
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by avolcano 14y ago
I've found the Facebook app on my GNex is faster than it was on my iPhone 4, but that might be chalked up to phone speed differences rather than the Android app actually being better.
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by avolcano 14y ago
I tried really hard to do something like this for note-taking (outlining) with VIM-style keybindings, but it never made it off the ground. Kudos to you for finishing (or, depending on your perspective, maybe just starting) this :) In fact,
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BERG's cloud-enabled Little Printer goes up for preorder ($259/£199)(bergcloud.com)
1 points by avolcano 14y ago|0 comments
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by avolcano 14y ago
I'll give that a shot. I think I tried an option like that, but it just made things super-choppy (and still somewhat slomo). My system's somewhat underpowered anyways, so I'm not too surprised or upset by the issues emulating.
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by avolcano 14y ago
Thanks for the link! Especially loved this quote, explaining why a performance-intensive emulator that strived for accuracy is more important than a speed-oriented one: "Video games are a piece of our history, and we need to respect the fac
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by avolcano 14y ago
What always annoys me in emulation is how it always reacts so bad to slowdown. Was trying to get my Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 on, but apparently my poor Core 2 Duo E6600 and GTX 275 couldn't handle it. I was getting 30fps - which would be fi
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by avolcano 14y ago
Ah, "net send" for a new era!
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by avolcano 14y ago
Kinda seems more like "how to watch the Olympics for $20" (or more - I don't know quite how many games are available, and at what quality, from the BBC, but I feel like you could potentially use over 200 gigs of transfer in watching them).
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by avolcano 14y ago
To be fair, not everyone is in a good area for OTA TV. You can check here: http://www.antennaweb.org/Address.aspx to see if you can pick up an NBC affiliate (or Telemundo, if you're okay with Spanish commentary) near you.
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by avolcano 14y ago
Unfortunately, this tip doesn't seem to be working for the Olympics replays on the BBC's site (they all have a "try again later" every time I try to watch one). Thanks for the tip, though, and kudos to Unblock-Us for being one of a VERY few
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Sir Tim Berners-Lee Stars in Olympic Opening Ceremony (zdnet.com)
160 points by avolcano 14y ago|90 comments
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by avolcano 14y ago
Ugh, I'm really opposed, as an OSX and iOS user, to Apple having this direct of a tie to any social networking company. It would be awful if they avoided adding more sharing options and OS integration for 3rd-party applications like Faceboo
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by avolcano 14y ago
Yes, because we all know that money is the only obstacle to creating a product. You definitely don't need a lot of uber-talented employees focused in certain areas or anything.
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by avolcano 14y ago
From a Wired article, circa 2009 (so this may be out of date): "Craigslist is not only gigantic in scale and totally resistant to business cooperation, it is also mostly free. The only things that cost money to post on the site are job ads
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by avolcano 14y ago
This file lists what's new since 4.2: https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh/blob/master/NEWS

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