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by bbrks 13y ago
Git is a distributed VCS though. It wouldn't really matter unless your only copy is on Git and isn't cloned anywhere. (In which case, set up a remote repository on Bitbucket/wherever) If you're relying on GitHub for Issu
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by bbrks 13y ago
Even after visiting your website, I have no idea what Office Garden actually is or does. Maybe I'll find out if I enter my e-mail address into your form... But then again, maybe not, and my email would end up on yet another list I don&
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by bbrks 13y ago
That, and also if you tap too quickly, it will just trigger the tap to zoom feature. So you have to wait that long anyway regardless of where your hand is placed.
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by bbrks 13y ago
> The options for file space are called Free, Medium and Premium. The free > version will offer all younited’s functionality along with 10 GB of safe > cloud storage – but only for a limited time (starting 2014, the free > versi
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by bbrks 13y ago
Sorry, yeah a refresh. I can't stand spending £2000+ on a laptop when the Haswells are just around the corner.
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by bbrks 13y ago
Here's hoping. I've been waiting for a Retina Macbook Pro for about 8 months now.
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by bbrks 13y ago
True, but cheap netbooks have plastic hinges which like to break[1] at the lightest touch, or a generally cheap feeling plastic case. Nothing beats Apple's aluminium bodies. They are ridiculously solid. [1] http://i.imgur.co
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by bbrks 13y ago
I started realising this last year at the ripe old age of 20. Sure, there's a bigger upfront cost. But you'll quickly save money once you realise you'd end up buying the expensive widget two years down the line anyway out of
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by bbrks 13y ago
Or taking a nice 4%[1] cut if it does succeed. [1] http://www.indiegogo.com/how-pricing-works-on-indiegogo
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by bbrks 13y ago
Very true, I do have an Atom feed, not sure how well it works though as it's generated by Jekyll. http://bbrks.me/blog/feed.xml
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by bbrks 13y ago
Thank you! As my first blog post, this is quite encouraging haha
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by bbrks 13y ago
Don't worry, there's nothing else there yet.
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by bbrks 13y ago
Wasn't meant as a direct dig at anyone, just making my observations :)
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Don't reinvent the scrollbar(bbrks.me)
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by bbrks 13y ago
Yeah, I'm not quite sure why they're pushing "live changes" feature so hard. It's been around forever.
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by bbrks 13y ago
My railcard is magnetic only, as well as my student discount card and several store cards. My university ID uses a magnetic strip and RFID. However the university disabled RFID usage on all of the printers, doors, etc. on day zero after peo
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by bbrks 13y ago
I have a low end Android phone (Galaxy Ace) and it's painfully slow to use. It won't even keep up with me typing in the Messages app, let alone browsing the web or using any apps. So much so that all I use my phone for (besides th
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by bbrks 13y ago
Yep, right next to all your cards. Brilliant idea if ever I'd seen one.
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by bbrks 13y ago
Because the ideal use case would be people seeing promotions they want. Not what google thinks they want.
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by bbrks 13y ago
Likewise, I've been thinking about moving away from Google Apps for a while and this may be the push that I needed. Anybody have any suggestions? Self-hosted or otherwise.
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by bbrks 13y ago
Mirror: http://marc.info.nyud.net/?l=linux-kernel&m=137392506516022&...
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by bbrks 13y ago
I'm not quite, sure. But here's why GNU grep is fast [1] 1. http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2010-Augu...
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by bbrks 13y ago
> 2.17e5 FTFY
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by bbrks 13y ago
Typical notation is Calories (note the capital C) is calories * 1000 1000 calories = 1 Calorie = 1 kcal Yes, it's weird and inconsistent in the article.
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by bbrks 14y ago
Even at a 128KB/s fixed upload, that is still ~2x as much as my upload speed limit on UK ADSL.
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by bbrks 14y ago
Not sure if it's updated since you wrote this, but you can do alrt.io/2m50s Still %20s in long format URLs though
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by bbrks 14y ago
Same problem here, running Chrome 23.0.1271.97 m on Windows 7
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by bbrks 14y ago
And because favicons are now being used in many other places, such as Safari’s Reader and IE9’s pinned sites, the best approach is to supply a higher resolution favicon, at least 64x64 pixels.