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15y ago
The single select also cannot be reached by pressing the tab key (for me, Safari 5.0.5). When I fill out a form, my hands are on the keyboard. I tab to the country field, start typing my country to select it, and move on. So I'd say the sin
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15y ago
It could also skew the other way. Previously, I would often refrain from voting up a good comment if its score was already "high enough", so that my vote on an equally good but lower-rated comment would have relatively more weight.
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15y ago
I've been hearing about http://www.coursekit.com
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15y ago
Except they didn't say that they are doing this to bring attention to security issues. They are doing it because they can, and because it brings them some entertainment – that's the point the gunshot analogy was addressing. They only bring
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16y ago
It does. I use it to check quick c questions. It works kind of like gdb's 'p' command, but you can also execute c code by putting it in braces. Here's an excerpt from my most recent cint repl session: cint> {long x = 84bfaad645e2e33
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16y ago
I think the theory is that once you've fully slept off your sleep debt (which I've heard can be up to 40 hours) you are no longer able to sleep much more than your natural sleep requirement, bored or not.
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16y ago
I wonder if it has to be on your lap or some surface that has some give for the accelerometer to properly pick up how hard you tap.
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16y ago
Yeah, but the post is questioning the point of changing every page to an ajax call.
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16y ago
But part of the thrill would be the possibility of the million.
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16y ago
It's not the same, because with someone's password you can completely lock them out of their account instead of just acting as them.
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16y ago
It's nice if you move your laptop around a bunch. You can carry it in open position with one hand without your wrist getting tired.
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Same problem here.
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Google cache for those unfamiliar with the startup: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?hl=en&q=cac...
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Pedal Brain website down at Apple's request
(en.pedalbrain.com)
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It redirects those urls so you can't access them from your computer. It's the simplest way to block a site.
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16y ago
Sure, this example is bad, but can you really not see the value of an abstraction based on the behavior of the kind of block of code that is attached to an if or for statement?
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17y ago
In countries where unlimited data plans are rare, it could save people money on data charges.
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17y ago
Wouldn't that mean the expansion of the universe is being caused by addition of mass? Would we be able to tell if our universe was getting 'heavier'?
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Every time I vote up a comment the page reloads and starts at the top.
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17y ago
No, it's just slow motion. To make eternity seem longer.
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17y ago
In the "removing small frustrations" category: getting a second power cord for my laptop. It makes me happy twice a day when I don't have to fish my cord out to bring it to work/home.
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17y ago
Oddly, I actually learned some stuff from reading this, 'cause it made me look up Shenzhen and Jony Ive.
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17y ago
I like that you can just throw the helpers into Sinatra, it looks like a good set. http://www.padrinorb.com/guides/standalone-usage-in-sinatra#...
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17y ago
Stack Overflow made everyone's profile pics into unicorns. It was the only one that got me today, 'cause I just noticed my own at first.
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Apple bans protective screen film from Apple Store
(ilounge.com)
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This was an excellent episode of a great show. Highly recommended listening.
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The software apparently lets your computer tell you how much charge the batteries have.
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17y ago
Facebook makes it very easy for everyone. As a developer, there is a place in the Facebook Connect settings to put a url that they will send the user's id to in the event that the user disables their Facebook account but wants to keep their
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17y ago
Not to mention the credit card fees, which is what actually funds the miles.
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17y ago
You didn't address the point of the article: Ruby is optimized for the common case. Yes, I too like the idea of how pure Python's approach is, but look at your code; you are mostly writing methods. They should be primitive. Ruby gets a li
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