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   by davb 13y ago

   I think this is a problem that's inherent in "the modern web". Trusting part of your business process to a SaaS application is always going introduce risk. Sometimes it's a calculated risk, and if you have contingency pl
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   by davb 13y ago

   I agree. We live in an unfortunate age of extreme technological instability. I think this is typified by the rolling updates we're seeing in many browsers, package-managed applications and operating systems. I do enjoy the new function
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   by davb 13y ago

   Sky don't have the best reputation when it comes to issue resolution. I was a former Sky broadband customer and found their customer care and technical teams to be woefully lacking. Additionally, they have no real SLA to speak of, and
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   by davb 13y ago

   It's worth noting that this appears to only affect NHS England .
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   by davb 13y ago

   MP4 using HTML5 <video> tags.
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   Sky's AdSmart brings targeted advertising to your TV(engadget.com)

   2 points by davb 13y ago|0 comments
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   by davb 13y ago

   > If the laptop is turned off (or sleeping) and the battery is charging, there's no way for you to tell whether the batter is full or not based on the color of the LED. It stays white. This isn't entirely true. While the color
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   by davb 13y ago

   First paragraph snark aside, I agree. To say that any tech market is completely closed to new entrants seems slightly ridiculous. Sure, the barriers to entry have increased - if you're chasing mass-market appeal, a strong app platfor
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   by davb 13y ago

   I wonder if crime really is as rare at this BBC article suggests: Why is violent crime so rare in Iceland? ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22288564 ) Would any negatives of living in Iceland (every country has negat
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    by davb 13y ago

    It's not that there are no comparable products - there are. It's more that I thought this particular implementation, at this price, looked really interesting.
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    by davb 13y ago

    It works well enough for me. I can't say how large my index set is (because I honestly don't have the figures to hand) but on the current project, a search of around 50,000 products, 10,000 product families and a whole lot of asso
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    by davb 13y ago

    Or, more importantly (in my case), very easily bundle pure Python code with your application. I understand the arguments against it, but in any project that might produce deliverables that will be in play for more than a few weeks the first
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    by davb 13y ago

    Tell me it's not Apple-only. Tell me it's not Apple-only... crosses fingers Oh, bugger. It's Apple-only.
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    by davb 13y ago

    Whoosh is fantastic. I'm using it on an ecommerce web project just now for indexing CMS pages, products, datasheets and product hierarchy (categories, product families, etc). FWIW I'm using Flask, Flask-SQLAlchemy, Whoosh and Flas
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    by davb 13y ago

    I much prefer how it looks for me currently (Firefox 26.0b5 on XFCE, Greybird/Numix styles): http://i.imgur.com/XXzCFQZ.png It seems like change for the sake of making things "glossier". That inactive tabs ha
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    by davb 13y ago

    I really enjoy getting to "peak behind the curtain" of embedded systems and other such appliances, especially games consoles. They've always held a certain mystique. Sometimes a beautiful, glossy UI running on top of a well t
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    by davb 13y ago

    Actually the whole list of open source licenses is interesting.. JQuery, Lua, Mono, Protobufs.
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    by davb 13y ago

    I suspect it may be rendered in WebKit ( http://www.scei.co.jp/ps4-license/webkit.html )
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    by davb 13y ago

    Your presentation looks great. I do have a few questions: 1) Will the digital version be DRM-free? Even if you're not opposed to the concept of DRM, I'm sure you understand the logistical issues around consuming DRM crippled conte
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    by davb 13y ago

    Ah, so there was supposed to be a video? In Firefox 26 (Linux x64), a cup of coffee briefly flashes up in the background then disappears. I was confused by the "footage from Beachfront B-Roll" notice at the bottom of the page.
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    Quadcopter drone used to find and assess bomb in Northern Ireland(bbc.co.uk)

    1 points by davb 13y ago|0 comments
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    Tesco to use eye-scanning tech to target ads at you(crave.cnet.co.uk)

    1 points by davb 13y ago|1 comments