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by daedalus_j 15y ago
I always assumed this was because in the Star Trek universe people were freed from a lot of the drudgery by the systems, and used the time to go do the interesting things that they wanted to do. I suppose it's because I see reddit and faceb
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by daedalus_j 15y ago
Upvoted for "truculent".
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by daedalus_j 15y ago
A much more balanced approach to the issue, well done. I would have liked to see a little more discussion about the web vs. not-web topic as I don't think it quite hits the point that "web is just a UI" as hard as it could. But it at least
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by daedalus_j 15y ago
A short article, but the point it makes is absolutely true. As an email tech support provider my #1 tool in defusing the anger at a situation is responding in a "real" way, often like what's shown in this article. In 18 months of supporting
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by daedalus_j 15y ago
While I'm 100% behind this, no questions asked, couldn't have said it better myself, Canonical has one huge disadvantage going for them if they were to try and create the best damn development platform out there: Hardware. I do agree though
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by daedalus_j 15y ago
So great to hear people mention TA. I still don't think a better RTS has ever been made.
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by daedalus_j 15y ago
I'm going to bet that most answers will be either in "daily" or "sold it", which really doesn't help to answer the real question. For example: I use mine semi-daily, mainly because Reeder is better than Google Reader web app and I can use w
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by daedalus_j 15y ago
Interesting to note that nobody mentions Enlightenment or the Ubuntu-based Bodhi Linux disto. I really can't figure out if Enlightenment is simply living in a dark hole of obscurity or if it's actively ignored. (And if it's being ignored I'
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by daedalus_j 15y ago
I really wanted to try it out, but unfortunately a facebook account is required to even see the demo, and I don't have one. I know developers these days hate writing any code they don't have to, but facebook only? Out the door to hang out i
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The process of writing software for the Space Shuttle (1996)(fastcompany.com)
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by daedalus_j 15y ago
Computer culture being what it is I suspect you may need to add some XXL and perhaps XXXL to that list. :-)
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Pay Jobs due respect - by crushing the empire he created(theregister.co.uk)
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Dart Compilation - Hello World(gist.github.com)
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by daedalus_j 15y ago
And TUAW just keeps losing credibility as anything other than rapid Apple fanboys. The author says that they have a car that they don't understand and couldn't do anything to even if they did, but they don't miss their old impala. It makes
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by daedalus_j 15y ago
Chevy HHR. No matter how much I adjusted the mirrors on that beast there are spots along the sides, and directly behind, that you just aren't going to see.
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by daedalus_j 15y ago
As far as I can see Google hasn't gone out of it's way to make + a compelling end-all identity integration platform that combines all of my other Google services, (I'm looking at you Reader. Where's my "share with circle" button, hmm?) so I
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Apple engineer re-creates 2,000-year-old Greek computer. With Legos.(therawfeed.com)
1 points by daedalus_j 16y ago|0 comments