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by cynwoody 14y ago
IIRC (it's been a while), Yahoo's roots are the librarian approach to the problem of organizing the world's information: classification, taxonomy, Dewey-Decimal, directories and subdirectories, whatever. I prefer Google's approach to the pr
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At 90 mph and 5000 fps, a ball needs about 9 frames to move its own diameter.
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Thanks. That's great!
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According to StatCounter, over the last three months, the standings are Chrome (33.87%), IE (32.53%), Firefox (22.99%), Safari (7.4%), Opera (1.66%), and the rest (1.55%). http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-ww-monthly-201207-201209-...
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by cynwoody 14y ago
This is a reaction to the fact that, as of 12.10, the Ubuntu Unity "search lens" now includes Amazon results. http://www.pcworld.com/article/2010538/now-in-ubuntu-linux-1...
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You need to pursue a Mussolini solution. By which I mean, not what Mussolini did to Italy, but what the Italians did to Mussolini after Patton liberated them.
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Um, that would be to vote for one of the parties that "doesn't quite represent" him. Instead, he must choose the party that, while not quite representing him, does the least to harm him and the country. That's the situation, at least until
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Kiton is in an altogether higher tier. According to the Wikipedia, their ready-to-wear line ranges from $5500 to $8000, and their bespoke suits command $20K to $50K. They sell about 20,000 suits a year.
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by cynwoody 14y ago
Absolutely. First, learn assembly. Pick a machine architecture — it's not that important. For extra credit, pick multiple machine architectures and do something in each. Then learn Lisp.
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When I was about six, I had a powerful alnico magnet to play with, and I remember being quite intrigued that dirt would stick to it. Not all dirt, but some dirt. At one point I had a small jar full of magnetic dirt, collected by sweeping th
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The key is, if possible, to go off and do something else for a while before revising. What seemed perfectly clear when first written will often seem a little off when reviewed with a cleared head.
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by cynwoody 14y ago
I love Unity. I love that you can start things by typing just a little of what you are looking for. My normal environment is OS X, and I've grown used to using Spotlight to start apps. Cmd-Space + a few keystrokes, hit Enter. The only time
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by cynwoody 14y ago
>> Many people who aren't programmers don't seem to get deep hierarchy (deep meaning > 2 levels). Searching works, tags kind of work, but few people really know how to set up and use a folder hierarchy. Yep. Search works. (But f
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by cynwoody 14y ago
Nice little zing about Eratosthenes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzkRVzciAZg#t=238s
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by cynwoody 14y ago
According to this other LinkIn blog post, http://engineering.linkedin.com/frontend/leaving-jsps-dust-m... (look for SEO in the comments), they detect cases where the client can't or won't do JS and perform the rendering server-side.
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by cynwoody 14y ago
Quadrotor band plays the James Bond theme: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sUeGC-8dyk
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by cynwoody 14y ago
> Try 'imapsync' [1] instead, as it uses a config file for your credentials instead of command-line arguments, keeping the secret(s) out of the process list. Given where he said the box resides, I'd say he's got a major problem if unfri
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by cynwoody 14y ago
Any idea what a $150,000 bandsaw can do to a man? My brother's a lawyer. He just dropped about 20 times that amount on a penthouse in downtown Chicago. He doesn't yet have a boat, although Lake Michigan beckons. Maybe when he buys his boat,
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by cynwoody 15y ago
A new word for the day: pilcrow. I never knew those ¶ thingies had a name other than "paragraph mark". Thanks.
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by cynwoody 15y ago
Nothing happens in Chrome 18 on Mac, either. Works in Firefox 11, however. Also works in Safari 4 (an old version).
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I think you get Post of Thread!
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Now there's an idea! An appliance you load with regular TP which has a button you press to get a pre-configured number of one- or two-ply 4.5"x3.7" sheets, printed with very latest tweets. Connected via WiFi. Configured via an internal web
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$35 for four rolls. Kinda steep, but then, it's the thought that counts. Note that you are not restricted to using just your own tweets.
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Once they launch, they should recruit Senator Santorum for their board.
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by cynwoody 15y ago
Very nice! My little Ubuntu machine is -0.018 seconds (±0.009 seconds). My MBP is -0.012 seconds (±0.021 seconds). I recommend you add a percentile score of exactness, along with breakdowns based on platform, and suggestions about what to d
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You could delay the display of the color pattern until the user has stopped keying for a second or so. That way, the shoulder surfer would not get incremental versions to work from, unless the user types really s l o w l y.
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I just tried searching for 'chrome', and an ad appeared at the top of the page leading straight to the Google Chrome download page. The first real search result was a link to that comic strip about Chrome's development.
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I've been a confirmed Kayak fan. I don't need to go anywhere at the moment, but you comment got me to try a search on Google Flights. Let me just say, Wow! Simplicity, organization, speed! Of course, the true test will be when I do have t
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by cynwoody 15y ago
You might enjoy reading about Operation Ivy Bells: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ivy_Bells
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Thanks for posting the 1901 map. I'm amazed at the extent of the network back then. Of course, in 1901, each of those lines was measured in (low double-digit) words per minute. Now the metric is more like feature films per second. And the w

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