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by cpayne 10y ago
LOVED my Action Replay. That was really clever - apart from infinite lives, you could also pull out the sprites. I feel like we live in similar times any time I see a good javascript game!
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by cpayne 10y ago
I know this will change within the hour, but I'm watching the apple keynote and they haven't said a thing about the iPhone yet...
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by cpayne 10y ago
I was thinking the same thing... I can only think of "bragging rights" or a learning experience. Although I think this is what makes the (internet) world awesome at the moment. The author sounds like they were mucking around to se
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by cpayne 10y ago
If I were 10 years younger & without kids... Hand to hand combat with the military police on a weekend sounds awesome!!! Never understood westerners who live in Thailand (or any non-english, Asian country) but don't bother to lear
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UberX now picks up from Sydney Airport(newsroom.uber.com)
2 points by cpayne 10y ago|0 comments
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by cpayne 10y ago
If you are going to stay as a junior or even mid level developer - not much. But if there's even a slight chance you might move on to software architect, management or sales then in my experience it is essential. That doesn't mean
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by cpayne 10y ago
I don't think that is as crazy as it sounds. Remember, back then, the commercial potential of a "computer" was for the military. Even if you had the idea & concept back then, AND the money to build it - what would you do
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Font Awesome have a CDN(articles.fortawesome.com)
2 points by cpayne 10y ago|0 comments
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by cpayne 11y ago
I've certainly seen great slabs of code that have clearly been copied from somewhere , perhaps not Stackoverflow. Unless there is some type of reference, you have no idea of what is going on or why...
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by cpayne 11y ago
VERY opinionated! You are going to get downvoted to heck for comments like that. Try personalizing it: 'I found PHP much easier to learn for ..... but when I wanted xyz performance, .NET performance was abc.' Give a use case &#x2
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by cpayne 11y ago
In 2012, Microsoft was a significant contributor to Linux[1]. This was mostly because of Hyper-V. So, if/when it suits them, Microsoft are all over Linux [1] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/09/16/linux_
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by cpayne 11y ago
Well, you don't have to. But if you are a teacher, I can see the potential
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by cpayne 11y ago
I think you might be a bit harsh. First thing on the landing page, it says: "Write your music scores online" Create, collaborate and discover sheet music with your web browser I found the "popular" link pretty quickly.
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NSW Medical Council finds out PDF redaction is hard(theregister.co.uk)
3 points by cpayne 11y ago|0 comments
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by cpayne 11y ago
Well written. I know we hear a lot of doom and gloom, but I think it's a fantastic time we live in. Not only do we have the transparency of the courts (which is good, but I don't understand it), we have an article summarising it.
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by cpayne 11y ago
Have you read 'the Artists Way' (Julia Cameron)? For me, it wasn't about setting thoughts & feelings free, it was about getting clarity around them. A good example - Donald Trump. Do I like him? (No! He's racist!)
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by cpayne 11y ago
My wife is a professional violinist. If you've seen a recent Australian movie or watched commercial news, you most likely have heard her play. The way she practices, the way she "gets in the flow" is VASTLY different to a ne
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by cpayne 11y ago
I'm not too sure why, but I find this quite clever and very funny! Can anyone recommend other Github projects with a similar ReadMe?
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by cpayne 11y ago
I was the same. Spent many hours trying to convert the C64 / Apple code into the Dick Smith Wizard. Loved it and drove me nuts at the same time...
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by cpayne 11y ago
(In over 20 years) I've been laid off 3 times. I know how much it sucks the first & second time, but once you see the warning signs there is no glory in hanging around. For me, being laid off (or resigning) is just another skill
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by cpayne 11y ago
That's very clever - but I can't keep thinking that you would go to hell for using it...
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by cpayne 11y ago
I'm sure that was a commercial decision, not a technical one. They could be running Glacier storage at cost (or even a slight loss). But they make their profit when you try to get your data out. I'm not implying anything nefarious
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by cpayne 11y ago
(I think!!!) it is a problem of scale. In 3rd world locations, you can be walking 3km every 2nd day to fill a jerrycan of water. If that's the case then you aren't going to use that to flush. And even if you do (using grey water a
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by cpayne 11y ago
THIS is spot on! The only thing I'd add is to choose one of those technologies (jQuery / Node / Angular / Whatever!) and learn it (reasonably) well. I can't tell you how many times I've used Pluralsight to bone
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by cpayne 11y ago
I've been following Scott Adams (of Dilbert fame) who has some really interesting solutions. As others have said, bombing didn't work the first time... http://blog.dilbert.com/post/133201726716/france
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by cpayne 11y ago
I had the same reaction to the South photo. I often wonder how much of what I see today as "normal" will be perceived as horrible / offensive / wrong in 50 years time. Gay marriage is an obvious one, (Australian) treatme
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by cpayne 11y ago
Most people are helpful (so long as you don't sound snarky) and don't mind answering...
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by cpayne 11y ago
(Coming from a Windows background) I often wonder what the appeal is to something like this. (Seriously!) Why would you use something like this over say a spreadsheet? Is it really much easier than opening a browser and running Google Docs
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Project MKUltra – CIA's mind control program(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by cpayne 11y ago|0 comments
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by cpayne 11y ago
I agree. I am constantly surprised when people have the concept of free They will happily pay $50 - $200 for drinks on the weekend, but when something hosting comes up, there's a perception that it "should" be free. At the

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