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axxl
15y ago
It looks like you can still use it as a monitor by itself: http://www.macrumors.com/2011/05/03/2011-imac-notes-magic-tr...
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15y ago
I would agree with this, and have seen it as a trend. Of course, the purpose of the Mac Pro was always a specialized machine, but the iMac is definitely starting to compete in power and options, and probably the better choice for most peopl
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16y ago
Admittedly, Jobs has said many things that end up happening. That the switch on the side of the iPad would not be controllable (which it is now) is just one recent example. So anything can happen!
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16y ago
That is true. I know someone else brought up integration with version control systems (Edit: I see from the blog it's something they're working towards). Furthermore, I'm curious if it allows for offline work on the code as well (if you're
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16y ago
I'm trying to figure out the advantages of this over a regular IDE, etc. Simply the fact that it's all on the cloud? What problem are you trying to solve? (I don't mean to sound interrogative, I'm just genuinely curious about your motivatio
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16y ago
I'm confused, the title says paperback, but the statistics are mentioning hardcover books. I imagine they sell quite differently. Edit: Ah, read the amazon quote for more accurate information.
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16y ago
A lot of them really don't seem to be things you want to be doing, so wouldn't it be more of a shameful thing than something you would brag about? I know achievements do a similar thing, but that's for a game type scenario, while this is ac
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16y ago
If you're not paying for the product, you are the product.
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16y ago
I hated powerpoint (and still mostly do), so I ended up coding a presentation in BlitzMax (a version of Basic designed for cross platform game development) in order to make a presentation for my geometry class sophomore year. I had all diff
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16y ago
I would agree the general public has a murky understanding of the term hackers. But there have been plenty of similar exposés, Steven Levy's probably being the best known, however a little bit out of date.
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16y ago
Why does every study on hackers I've ever read start with how they're misunderstood and that it hasn't been seriously investigated before?