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by chriswwweb 10y ago
The ICANN whois also does not give any information, there is just a copyright message from Nominet UK https://whois.icann.org/en/lookup?name=chris.blog Maybe the domain got bought during the sunrise period by a copyrig
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by chriswwweb 10y ago
Agree, this seems overkill, privacy is good, but removing a feature because some use to spy on users seems to be a quick fix. I mean will they also remove cookies because some adds networks use them to track users? Probably not. And the pro
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by chriswwweb 10y ago
Oh this is very nice, didn't know you could export games to be replayed on the web, well done.
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by chriswwweb 10y ago
Agree I loved colonization too, a remake would really be great :)
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by chriswwweb 10y ago
This should remind us that life can be short and will end one day anyway. So we should try to enjoy every bit of it and don't waste time with bullshit. R.I.P. Pieter Hintjens. For more about Pieter Hintjens check out https:/&#x2F
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by chriswwweb 10y ago
I think people that don't like to constantly learn new stuff shouldn't be developers in the first place ... personally this is the part about web development I like most. I love to write prototypes and experiment with new stuff. S
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by chriswwweb 10y ago
Is using elm really worth it? I have not yet tried elm, but I wonder if it's advantages really justify the increased costs that this choice might bring? Isn't elm a little bit too young? I mean is the time you and your coworkers w
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by chriswwweb 10y ago
Being able to reuse the code you wrote for the server in your client code and vice versa, is in my opinion not just a small feature, it can save you a lot of time and money. I joined a company where the backend was written in PHP and the fr
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by chriswwweb 10y ago
Some tips from somebody that has done lots of interviews and has also interviewed others: * Use technologies they have in their stack. There are websites that help you find out what technologies companies are using to build their product. F
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by chriswwweb 10y ago
Apple will honor the autoplay attribute on the html5 video element starting with iOS 10. In their example they state that this will allow animated gifs that got converted into a video to autoplay. But this is also interesting for developers
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New video element Policies in iOS 10 (safari will allow autoplay if no sound)(webkit.org)
2 points by chriswwweb 10y ago|1 comments
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by chriswwweb 10y ago
Year over year over year somebody posts a link to this PDF since 2012 ... source: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Valve%20Handbook&sort=byPopula...
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by chriswwweb 10y ago
UPDATE: Hello Games has finally posted a response to the patent infringement claims, this is what they tweeted: "No Man's Sky doesn't actually use this "superformula" thing or infringe a patent. This is a non-story.
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by chriswwweb 10y ago
If you want some good arguments against software patents like this one, check out these sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_patent_debate http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Why_abolish_software_p
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by chriswwweb 10y ago
I totally aggree, patents on an algorithm are really not a good idea Yeah the patent is still registered in some european countries but not all of them, in some countries it has expiered, don't know what this means from a juridical poi
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No Man's Sky sued over procedural generation algorithm patent(pcgamer.com)
26 points by chriswwweb 10y ago|33 comments
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by chriswwweb 10y ago
I'm tired of those articles "Pokemon Go is bigger then X", they contain no useful information besides the fact that Pokemon Go is really popular, yeah Ok we got it, now please tell us something interesting that ain't obv
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by chriswwweb 10y ago
Ah ok I see https://www.bbc.co.uk/travel is now https, but https://www.bbc.com still redirects me to the http version, I thought when they mentioned their "domestic" website they were talking about www
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by chriswwweb 10y ago
I don't get it ... for me their entire website is still http only, even if I add https myself I always get redirected back to http
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by chriswwweb 10y ago
I don't think "web apps" are as problematic today than they were several years ago. I don't say this because I hope web apps will be the future of app development, but because together with a few other devs we have built
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Jamendo Music 2015 in Review (best albums / newcomers)(jamendo.com)
1 points by chriswwweb 11y ago|0 comments
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by chriswwweb 11y ago
oups ... yes, thx
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by chriswwweb 11y ago
This is an excellent article, I fully agree. I also think that the key to success is mastering one language instead of trying to know them all. Yes some languages are similar to others and if you can write code with one, probably you will a
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by chriswwweb 11y ago
You are right, it's probably easier to find an app in a store that has a total of ten apps then one that has hundreds of thousands. But on the other hand such a store has a lot more visitors then your own blog, so if your content is go
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by chriswwweb 11y ago
You could also upload your music to jamendo.com and use their licensing.jamendo.com service to get more income and visibility.
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by chriswwweb 11y ago
I agree, I have also already read several posts (rants) from Derek Smart in the past but never played any of his games. But I must say I have some doubts too about Star Citizen. I'm bulding websites myself and already do this for seve
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by chriswwweb 11y ago
I know this is not really tech or programming related, but is there anything better then playing a little bit Fallout after several intense hours of coding? :D
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Fallout 4 – Official Trailer(youtube.com)
6 points by chriswwweb 11y ago|4 comments
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by chriswwweb 11y ago
Oh ok it's intentional. Thx for explaining the choice of the name. Not only because of the name itself but also by explaining the reason behind the choice, you achieved to get my attention. I will try to find out more about this proble
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by chriswwweb 11y ago
You really want to call this WTF (8)? Is it april 1st today? Am I the only one that thought this article is about a new funny project that is called "what the fuck" encoding, like when somebody announced he had written a to_nil g

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