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by bengl 15y ago
It's somewhat simpler than that. QR codes use error-correcting codes in order to deal with things like damaged codes, etc. The QR code reader treats the logo or art part of Paperlinks' codes as damage, and uses the error-correcting code to
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by bengl 16y ago
Not necessarily. For example, if you're having a parcel delivered to your home, but it arrives when you're at the office, you'd want to be notified when this happens. Maybe your significant other or roommate signed for it. Maybe no one sign
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Show HN: GrooveBud - my weekend project(groovebud.com)
11 points by bengl 16y ago|0 comments
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by bengl 16y ago
Some kind of notification that I'm on a paid access point rather than a free one would be nice. Too often I'm on one of my mobile devices and I'll connect to a network named after the location I'm in (say, "Moe's Tavern"), and there's no i
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Year One Labs Brings A Startup Incubator To Montreal(techcrunch.com)
2 points by bengl 16y ago|0 comments
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by bengl 16y ago
We've seen a few of these sorts of services pop up lately. Do any of them (including this one) fall back to XHR long-polling, etc. when WebSockets aren't available? I'd like to see data for all my visitors, or at least most of them.
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by bengl 16y ago
If all you need is coordinates, there's always W3C's geolocation API: http://dev.w3.org/geo/api/spec-source.html
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by bengl 16y ago
I'm in a building near the Ottawa airport, and I must say, it was pretty violent here. Some monitors fell over. The cellular networks appeared to not be able to handle all the sudden traffic, but that seemed to ease up after a few minutes
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by bengl 16y ago
Well, I'm heading to Tied house at 8pm. I'll be the tall Canadian in jeans and a blue striped shirt. And goofy hair.
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by bengl 16y ago
I'm in. Also from out of town. How about using an event management tool I'm working on (with a few other folks) to see who else interested? http://twegather.com/events/541
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by bengl 16y ago
yep
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by bengl 16y ago
Any word on how many applicants will be invited?
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by bengl 16y ago
Same on my Nexus One.
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by bengl 16y ago
Or country.
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by bengl 16y ago
I'm in the same boat in Ottawa. Many Canadians have gone on to work for startups in the US. What I've always seen, from friends and family who've been down this road, is that US companies (big or small) wanting to hire Canadians have alwa
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by bengl 16y ago
The font is specified in the CSS with @font-face, a CSS2 feature. Perhaps the browser you're using might implement this feature using JS.
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Tell HN: Ottawa Server-Side JavaScript (SSJS) Meetup(bengl.heroku.com)
2 points by bengl 17y ago|0 comments
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by bengl 17y ago
This is even easier for Canada, since the first letter in a Canadian postal code identifies the region (usually a province or territory, but sometimes smaller areas, and in the case of X, two territories). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post
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by bengl 17y ago
I was thinking along these lines as well. I was keen on Appjet and I think it would be great if that void were filled with something node.js-based. (Or maybe narwhal? Or both?)
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by bengl 17y ago
It could to without those people popping up all over the place. Other than that, awesome reconstruction of an awesome song.
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by bengl 17y ago
SSJS eh.. I see the site is served up with Jetty. Must be Rhino inside. Narwhal? AppJet?
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by bengl 17y ago
What courier company are they going with in the states? Any word on other countries? Canada?
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by bengl 17y ago
I'm pretty sure developerWorks has been around for a while.