cubicle67

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by cubicle67 13y ago
Don't forget the Rainbow Warrior https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_the_Rainbow_Warrior
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by cubicle67 13y ago
It's not about entitlement but about fighting for the type of web you want.
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by cubicle67 13y ago
offtopic, but is three-fourths, as opposed to three-quarters, a cultural thing? I've always been taught/read quarters as, well, quarters rather than fourths, but I see the use of fourths regularly as well
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Amazon Cloudfront down
4 points by cubicle67 13y ago|1 comments
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by cubicle67 13y ago
Except that they do. I've a number of large (~1GB) games I've seen update in only a few seconds Here's some docs https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#qa/qa1779/_index.ht...
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Microsoft scores biggest patent licensee yet: China’s Foxconn(arstechnica.com)
5 points by cubicle67 14y ago|0 comments
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by cubicle67 14y ago
Also, not many people realise, but you can build forms in Excel which makes data entry much nicer
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by cubicle67 14y ago
don't get me started... Now here's an idea for any software developers - grab AutoIt (is it still around?) and make a quick script called "typical_user" that automatically clicks "Yes" (or similar) on any dialogs that appear. Now, run this
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by cubicle67 14y ago
a line of copy I added to a client's website last night Please do not simply rename the file extension of your file to match the formats we require. They will not open. Apparently there are plenty of people who thing changing the file ext
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by cubicle67 14y ago
Re Pricing - I'd be interested in being able to buy a number of "credits" for this service instead of paying a recurring monthly fee. Something like $20 for 500 requests that I can then use anytime over the next 12 months. Your service look
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by cubicle67 14y ago
gah! you're right! I've attempted to update my comment with corrected code, but given my caffeine and sleep deprived state there's a good chance it's just as wrong as my original effort :/
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by cubicle67 14y ago
Edit: previous example was incorrect as pointed out by klibertp below. Hopefully they're correct now... it's not exactly a shining example of good coffeescript, but I think this is equivalent js MyApp.president = Ember.Object.create({
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by cubicle67 14y ago
and your comment completes the cycle? but seriously, it's all very silly. I see it all as good fun, like cheering for your team at the footy - of course the other team sucks!
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by cubicle67 14y ago
http://ihkdesigns.wordpress.com/2013/02/19/idiots-are-everyw... in short: " I suggest you avoid the article at all costs. It is one of the most idiotic things I have ever read on the Internet, and I have read every single article by Dan L
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by cubicle67 14y ago
It all boils down to recommendation versus promotion No, I think that's a sidetrack. The issue, at least how I read it, is saying to the dear reader "please donate as that's my only income source"* when it's not true. It's deliberately de
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by cubicle67 14y ago
The deception seems not about how to classify affiliate links, but rather deliberately leading the reader to infer that the blog's only income source is donations
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by cubicle67 14y ago
Arstechnica review http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/02/microsoft-surface-wit...
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by cubicle67 14y ago
Dyson is a lot like Apple. ... people tend to have strong opinions about them even if they've never had much to do with them :) another data point - we have a single dyson we bought over 7 years ago and it's still going strong. Thing's bu
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by cubicle67 14y ago
Dyson was asked once if he'd attempted to design a quieter vacuum. He replied they had, but there was a strong perception amongst the public that noise equals power, and therefore a quiet vacuum wasn't sucking very much. Wonder if he's carr
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by cubicle67 14y ago
[Updated below] Just a quick correction, I've definitely had bagless vacuums long before the Dyson company was around. pretty sure you're mistaken. From memory Dyson was unable to get the money together to manufacture vacuums under his ow
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by cubicle67 14y ago
I spent a few years as the sole maintainer of a moderately complex enterprise app written prettly much entirely in PLSQL. Hundreds of thousands of lines of it. By the time I left a reasonable proportion of that was code I'd added. A few mon
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by cubicle67 14y ago
cool, thanks, didn't know that :) Unfortunately I'm stuck on 10.6 here as this machine's too old to upgrade. Tested it and everything before I replied, just in case I was wrong.
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by cubicle67 14y ago
on iOS, yes, that's correct. Try it on OSX however and all you get is a line of Os :)
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by cubicle67 14y ago
for the curious - Option+u (for umlaut) then the letter you want, so in this case O. result: Ö If you're new to OSX I highly recommend playing about seeing which characters are possible. Hold Option and try each key, then Option+Shift and e
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by cubicle67 14y ago
I have no problem with lockin to specific app stores, consoles that only run approved games etc. A company can sell what they like; it's their product ... but ... once purchased the owner should be free to do what they like with it. Jailbre
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by cubicle67 14y ago
There's a comment by matrix07 on AppleInsider I think may be worth a read: Look at the number here http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/14/us-apple-iphone-de... Apple was expected to order 65 million screens? Considering the best iPhon
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by cubicle67 14y ago
like webkit?
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by cubicle67 14y ago
We have a good supply of both Lego and K'Nex here. I agree with your comment on K'Nex manufacturing but add that it doesn't really matter. K'Nex seem designed to connect well and holdtogether well despite this (I'm talking about the rods/jo
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by cubicle67 14y ago
Try buying them in Australia where the RRP is almost exactly 2x the US RRP for most models :(
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by cubicle67 14y ago
Lego is ABS which is relitively expensive while most competing bricks are made from polystyrene. The tolerence is the key thing though - we've got a reasonable selection of lego here as well as a few sets of Mega Blocks, Kreo and the odd ch

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