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by callum85 12y ago
My comment earlier was a bit strong; there are obviously cases when you just need to get the job done, and if jQuery UI covers your use case with an acceptable perf hit then go with it. If you want a halfway house, I've just remembered
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From experience writing an app with loads of complex DnD, I strongly recommend giving up on DnD libraries if you are doing anything beyond some generic sortable list thing. You will never get the library to do what you want it to do, and ev
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by callum85 12y ago
That's the whole point of Genius. I get that you highlight for reading (me too), but it's like asking Wikipedia to ban editing.
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China dissident lawyer Gao Zhisheng 'destroyed by jail'(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by callum85 12y ago|0 comments
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North Korea Internet users 'downloading Top Gear and porn'(telegraph.co.uk)
2 points by callum85 12y ago|0 comments
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Hexo(hexo.io)
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by callum85 12y ago
Faranheit only for heatwaves. For blizzards they always use centigrade. Without fail.
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by callum85 12y ago
UK tabloid front pages about heatwaves are almost always in Fahrenheit.
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by callum85 12y ago
"fails to explain" is a bit harsh. It's a cheat sheet for people who already know about layout thrashing.
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Checking out pull requests locally(help.github.com)
1 points by callum85 12y ago|0 comments
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CSS Triggers [blog post](aerotwist.com)
3 points by callum85 12y ago|0 comments
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CSS Triggers(csstriggers.com)
32 points by callum85 12y ago|9 comments
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by callum85 12y ago
'hostile' is a pretty hysterical choice of word
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by callum85 12y ago
Yeah it will confuse some but it'll probably pique some people's interest too. People like memorable little oddities sometimes.
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by callum85 12y ago
Beautifully said
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by callum85 12y ago
Yes it's ridiculous you paid that much if those features are crucial to you. You're very wrong if you think those features are crucial to everyone. I definitely want the track pad in the middle more than having page up/down e
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by callum85 12y ago
I'm pretty sure people prefer thin laptops because they're lighter and less clunky and easier to slip into a bag etc. Not everything is a corporate conspiracy for lock-in and adapter sales.
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by callum85 12y ago
It seems like no one here shares my opinion on this: I really like comments, even if they just restate, in English, what the code does. I don't think that's pointless. There is big value in it. I can scan and mentally process Engl
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Mobile-friendly data visualizations(mobilev.is)
2 points by callum85 12y ago|0 comments
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by callum85 12y ago
I can't tell if this comment is a joke or not.
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by callum85 12y ago
I have seen various complaints and 'studies' about this, but I don't agree at all, as a user. Of course the functionality hidden away in menus is not 'obvious' or immediately accessible, that's the whole point.
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by callum85 12y ago
Nate Silver stops making adjustments to the model as soon the results fit the headline.
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by callum85 12y ago
Where does it proclaim "UX expert"?
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Isis’s advance in Iraq [interactive map](ft.com)
1 points by callum85 12y ago|0 comments
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Pretty much everything? What exactly? I can't see much different
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by callum85 12y ago
Explaining it by comparison to something the target audience already knows about is just practical
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Visualizing Algorithms(bost.ocks.org)
1557 points by callum85 12y ago|88 comments
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North Korea threatens war on US over Seth Rogan movie(bbc.com)
1 points by callum85 12y ago|0 comments
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The Nazi prisoners bugged by Germans(m.bbc.co.uk)
17 points by callum85 12y ago|0 comments
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by callum85 12y ago
That's easy to say. If you were actually living in that situation, the solution would be less obvious. People have home, roots, family. A situation like that is not black and white. Life is complicated and things are difficult. Be kind

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