bitsoda

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by bitsoda 14y ago
Eh, I feel like hating on W3Schools is the cool thing to do. I can't speak for their other language refs, but their HTML5 refs are pretty solid. Just today I was searching for a way to force a form to autocomplete. Now, imagine you are a be
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by bitsoda 14y ago
Those swiping gestures from the edges look incredibly cumbersome and awkward. It may look cool in a demo, but performing that repeatedly to use my phone throughout the day looks to be a bad experience.
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by bitsoda 14y ago
None of these are bad ideas per se, but this all seems overly ambitious for Valve's first foray into the console business. If anything, what they need is focus. And to me, that focus translates into building one Steam Box console with a sin
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by bitsoda 14y ago
Well, it certainly looks nice, but seems limited to mostly front-end web development work. I don't think Sublime and Textmate have anything to worry about for the foreseeable future.
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by bitsoda 14y ago
Or maybe it's possible I'm a regular nerd who happens to want Google to address what I think is a useful feature? I've rehashed my sentiments three times in this thread in hopes of it gaining visibility. Nobody outside of one guy seems to h
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by bitsoda 14y ago
Yeah dude, totally annihilates Apple Maps...provided you don't want to do any zany edge case actions like, oh I don't know, rename a bookmark from a random street address to an easily readable name like "Tim's House". But yeah, who would ev
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by bitsoda 14y ago
Nope. In order to rename starred places in Google Maps you apparently need to use the Google Bookmarks service on the web and manually edit the names that way -- not very intuitive considering how much they got right with the app.
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by bitsoda 14y ago
Features are great, but if I can't edit the name of one of my starred/bookmarked locations, I can't shelve Apple Maps just yet.
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by bitsoda 14y ago
Wow, my jaw is on the floor because of a huge, but sorely lacking feature in this app: the ability to edit the name of a starred location. This isn't a problem if I want to star "Steve's Pizza" since that's how it shows up in their director
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by bitsoda 14y ago
I commented about this here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4886028 the other day. Essentially, how often will Valve upgrade its Steam Box? Certainly more than every 6-7 years. For those of you thinking right now: "you can ugprade it
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by bitsoda 14y ago
I could understand this sentiment if the iOS device in question was an iPhone, but do you really rely on Google Maps' directions to help you navigate on your iPad while you're out and about on the road?
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by bitsoda 14y ago
Very nice guide. But I wouldn't build a Steam Box. There's something to be said about consoles and how they provide developers with one standardized specification that they can target over a span of 6+ years that enables them to optimize
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by bitsoda 14y ago
The release of dopamine is symbolized by the water being released from the tap. When the water goes down the drain it is said to "reuptake". So bath salts, or MDPV, essentially combine the effects of cocaine and meth into one -- according t
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by bitsoda 14y ago
For anyone unfamiliar with bath salts, here is a fairly comprehensive article describing the drug: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/multimedia/bath-salts/ Also, here's a quick summary of what the drug does in GIF format: http://i.imgur.com/P4
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by bitsoda 14y ago
Sadly, no.
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by bitsoda 14y ago
Hypercritical will also be coming to an end according to the 5by5 State of the Union. http://5by5.tv/specials/10
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by bitsoda 14y ago
A bidet attachment is less than $50. It's also a one-time cost. Having to purchase wet wipes will eventually cost you more. Also, you're still just smearing poop allover your bum with a wipe. The bidet's jet of water effectively blasts your
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by bitsoda 14y ago
This is what I found as well. At first I regretted my purchase as I was trying to use it to replace my laptop. Then I played one of my favorite iOS games -- Eliss -- in 2x mode. I've never experienced the level of interaction while playing
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by bitsoda 14y ago
This bothered me at first, but then I thought to myself: anyone naive enough to believe the Kindle Fire HD is better than the iPad mini deserves to own a Kindle Fire HD.
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by bitsoda 14y ago
*2-3 months. It's been stated a dozen times around here and elsewhere on the web, but with the Surface, Microsoft has realized the old Native American adage: "chase two rabbits, catch neither". The Surface misses the mark as a "no compromis
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by bitsoda 14y ago
The copy at the top of the page threw me for a loop. I read it as "You don't have to be artistic to be creative", but then it's followed by "Whoever told you that, lied to you". This negates the first statement making me think that I do n
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by bitsoda 14y ago
The problem with Codecademy (and most programming instruction) is that users are learning in a vacuum with no real direction. Learning for the sake of learning rarely works, unless you're an autodidact extraordinaire. Maybe I'm completely w
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by bitsoda 14y ago
Apparently it wasn't so obvious in 2007 when all the handset makers scoffed at the iPhone.
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by bitsoda 14y ago
I tried this out just now. While the tech is very impressive and I could see why this is a great keyboard for the blind, I've honed my iOS tapping to a point where the stock keyboard is a bit faster. What slows me down is the swiping for sp
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by bitsoda 14y ago
My fallback example of overcoming something I thought I never would is playing an F chord on a guitar. Sure, a lot of people can play this easily, but just knowing that there was a time when I thought this was beyond my reach to now being a
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by bitsoda 14y ago
I keep an image in my Pinboard that reminds me of this whenever I begin slipping into the fixed mindset. I think it succinctly summarizes Dweck's observations. http://i.imgur.com/QUsvJ.jpg
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by bitsoda 14y ago
Am I alone in thinking the ramp up in funding was a bit sketchy over the past three days? Did Dalton or a VC self-fund this to appear like it was gaining traction? I'm sure Gruber's post had an effect, but something seems off. I don't think
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by bitsoda 14y ago
You cannot come up for air without pissing someone off. Digg's carcass was festering the internet. I'm glad to see it being taken in another direction.
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by bitsoda 14y ago
Those inline tweets are grating. The overuse of lines to delineate related content looks visually noisy. I also think the top story is given way too much space. On my 1280 x 800 display, the new Digg shows me 2.5 stories. I'd like for them
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by bitsoda 14y ago
Ha, funny that you suggest that. I literally just popped in my two modules less than an hour ago. I ordered an 8 GB kit off NewEgg for $40 shipped. I have no complaints anymore since I pretty much always have 4 GB available at all times. I

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