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by elithrar 14y ago
> By all means, you make it as easy as possible to integrate with your solution by providing tools and support, and then you take a cut if they choose to make it. The problem here is two-fold: 1) 30% is a lot, and many large scale devel
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by elithrar 14y ago
If the post was available to non-Facebook users (and I assume it was, as that's the default "Public" category behaviour), then the SEC is really picking at straws here.
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by elithrar 14y ago
> The problem is that when you pick a motherboard, you also pick the CPU you want. I think the issue here is that builders/gamers will be pushed into spending more. Right now you can get a < $100 ASRock board, pair it with a i5 3570
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by elithrar 14y ago
> Configurable User model This pleases me greatly. No longer do I need to rely on plug-ins (and therefore, them being updated) to minimally extend the existing User model for small projects.
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by elithrar 14y ago
A myth! See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave_oven#Principles - second paragraph.
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by elithrar 14y ago
I would say that a lot of the rationale would come from: 1) Availability of the 2.4GHz band in other established countries 2) Propagation characteristics of 2.4GHz (this would also explain why the 900MHz ISM band exists given the better cov
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by elithrar 14y ago
This doesn't make great sense - why is this particular kind of complexity a bad thing? Most Python frameworks, regardless, seem to score quite well-Flask, Turbogears, Bottle-in contrast to Django, which is to be expected as it doesn't try t
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by elithrar 14y ago
> "I purchased the CyanogenMod.com domain name 3 years ago and have been responsible for the renewal fees ever since" What's not clear is whether he purchased it (through a broker or private sale) or whether he "purchased" it in the sen
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by elithrar 14y ago
> What, exactly? As someone who has used an iPhone 3, 4S, iPad 3, and many other mobile devices, I'm really struggling to think of a material that is "fairly exclusive" to Apple. I think he means "fairly exclusive material usage". There
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by elithrar 14y ago
> Using the card info online requires knowing the cardholder's address. US (and Canada, UK) issued cards are verified against the billing address (AVS), in most cases. In other countries (e.g. Australia), this is not the case. The card
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by elithrar 14y ago
There appears to be a HTTPS version of the site, but it's not asking for it by default/redirecting from HTTP: https://put.io/register/BASIC
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by elithrar 14y ago
> I wonder how much time that would take to crack on modern hardware... A very long time. You're still looking at a total of 3-5 words you need to guess (9-25 characters based on 3-5 letters per word), in the right combination, and assu
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by elithrar 14y ago
> I asked about the cost of cancelling a 2/yr contract. They said I'd have to pay out the entire contract ($50+/month for 750mb/month). So $1200+ in any case. With who were you able to cancel and not have to pay out the full? I'm not th
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by elithrar 14y ago
> While switching from Symbian to WP7 may have been a good idea, to publicly announce that you're dumping the platform of your best selling phones seems like a pretty big blunder. From what I understand, Nokia did this because of the "w
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by elithrar 14y ago
> The amazon book looks outdated and I am a bit surprised by the lack of django 1.4 learning material for newcomers to the framework as this is key for it's popularity. The problem with print books is that they fall out of date so quick
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by elithrar 14y ago
> Is the Django Book ready to use as it is to learn Django? The Django docs I think are not enough for someone starting out learning their first web framework(they seem to go deep right away and don't provide a structured way of learnin
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by elithrar 14y ago
And a possum: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_ringtail_possum
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by elithrar 14y ago
I use Octopress ( http://octopress.org/ ) for my own blog[1], which is a Jekyll "framework". Styles, templates, RSS, etc. is all ready to go and you can tweak those without needing to build it from scratch. There's still certainly more deve
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by elithrar 14y ago
> Google has done a fantastic job at a lot of details such as colors and readability of street names that really improve usability. This made me recall this great comparison between Google and Bing Maps from 2011: http://www.hostileuse
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by elithrar 14y ago
> The security vendor said more than 92 percent of paid iOS apps were pirated But what % of the total user-base actually pirate apps? That is the more important figure. As an aside: I've "educated" a few acquaintances re: pirating apps
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by elithrar 14y ago
> I didn't have to deal with weird homebrew issues... Just out of curiosity: which weird issues? The only "issues" I had involved installing XQuartz, and chowning /usr/local/ back to me[1] [1]: http://robots.thoughtbot.com/post/2798581
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by elithrar 14y ago
> Where are those going to appear, and how will people access them? One would assume the iOS simulator will allow you to pick the taller aspect ratio on boot.
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by elithrar 14y ago
> How do they port it to Linux, then? (They have to re-compile it right?) Many use a WINE wrapper (or a derivative, like Cider); the same goes for OS X versions. Especially for a lot of these indie games, where a small performance hit i
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by elithrar 14y ago
> Switzerland uses the honor system in their public transit and it works. We use both an honor system and an RFID card system here in Perth, Australia. There are often transit guards checking cash tickets and whether you have "tagged
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by elithrar 14y ago
> Tile floors are far more likely to result in a smashed device than any other type of floor, including concrete, so it's not surprising that there's a difference here. My theory is that a counter-top or kitchen floor is more likely to
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by elithrar 14y ago
> Of course, for some crazy reason consumer hardware often has fiber audio jacks. People are weird. "Optical" audio connections are more about noise resistance than distance or throughput, especially if you're running cables behind gear
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by elithrar 14y ago
> Another benefit the current dock connector has is the locking mechanism. It's easy to squeeze the sides and unlock it, but when it's in place, it's strong enough to lift the weight of an iPhone or an iPod—something that's useful when
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by elithrar 14y ago
> Let's reformulate the question: Why not keep the same enclosure, the same lens assembly, the same mechanical parts and simply swap the 2MP sensor for a 20MP sensor? You can't "simply" swap the sensor. What about the processor behind i
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by elithrar 14y ago
> But I haven't seen an explanation why bandwidth is so low -- is it lack of spectrum? Interference issues? Transmit power.
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by elithrar 14y ago
> "The only reason to have those two rules is because you are storing the password in plain text so anyone who gets access to the database can read them freely." That is certainly not the only reason to have those rules; in fact, it's p

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