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by elithrar 15y ago
> I think the example to take here is the German education system: They were proponents of the idea that college isn't the only way. They had a second option, which is vocational school. These often have no tuition. We have a similar al
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by elithrar 15y ago
> They installed a packet logger but didn't bother changing the encryption to something stronger than WEP!? Crazy. They likely wanted to find the source of the intrusion and prosecute against it, not block it out completely. Changing to
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by elithrar 15y ago
Also note that there is still a controller chip inside each TB-enabled device. The chips in the connectors mostly handle attenuation and SNR tuning (as indicated by Steko).
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by elithrar 15y ago
> Is Hipmunk's information on flights to Australia actually decent? I took a look at it a while back for Canada-Europe flights and the results were less than inspiring. I always found Hipmunk to be fairly average to-and-from Australia.
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by elithrar 15y ago
> Double inputs tend to seduce the user to copy&paste. Maybe for us geeks, but I think your Average Joe is more likely to just re-type it.
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by elithrar 15y ago
Michael Hartl's "Rails Tutorial" is probably one of the most up-to-date and comprehensive tutorials: http://ruby.railstutorial.org/ There's also the latest Agile Rails Development book, which covers 3.0.x: http://pragprog.com/titles/rail
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by elithrar 15y ago
> "You need to use Safari to view this video." Grr. Tried changing your browser agent? (if possible)
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IT Worker Uses Broadcasters' Infrastructure to Mine for Bitcoins(theage.com.au)
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by elithrar 15y ago
It may be different, but that's all for nothing if they can't survive. Have your Pre-style devices, if you must, but make a candybar device too. Just don't go overboard on the choices however, because the more devices you have, the more min
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by elithrar 15y ago
> I can't go to google.com without being automatically redirected to google.co.uk. (I'm in the UK). If you replace the 'co.uk' with '.com' after you've done a search, then it should stick.
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by elithrar 15y ago
"Please note Voice Search is available for US English only." Damn, and there I was going to search for Crocodile Dundee quotes.
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by elithrar 15y ago
It's in the article: > "The ACMA will compile and manage a list of URLs of child abuse content that will include the appropriate subsection of the ACMA blacklist as well as child abuse URLs that are provided by reputable international o
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by elithrar 15y ago
> overcrowded public transport I've always thought Australia to have pretty darned good public transport, relatively speaking. That is to say that the US has (generally) fucking terrible public transport, outside of NYC and some small c
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by elithrar 15y ago
Yep, spot on. That, or they learn how to get a basic ZenCart or OSCommerce install running themselves. I agree that if you don't know how to get your business back online within a day or so, that you don't deserve to be running a business a
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by elithrar 15y ago
> In my experience the lag time to the US is a huge factor in overseas hosting. Otherwise I'd just have everything setup overseas because Telstra has the entire industry by the nuts in terms of data costs (bring on the NBN!) It's not Te
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by elithrar 15y ago
> Cool, thanks for the direct perspective. So it does sound like there is perhaps some space for s service which a company could provide which looked to the shop owner as a 'DIY' service but was implemented as setting up various values
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by elithrar 15y ago
> I'm sorry for people when their web sites are disrupted. I am astonished when it 'kills their business.' One would think that in this day and age one would 'restore from the last backup' and move on. Having worked for a hosting compan
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by elithrar 15y ago
> Here's a tip: use the most obvious, phonetic (mis)spelling or you'll spend the next X years spelling it out to every yahoo who needs your address. This is a great point. Making a "phonetically accessible" name is important, especially
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by elithrar 15y ago
> "and especially not from a non-attorney blog or a software development podcast" I can't help but point this out as a direct dig at Marco Arment (and the Build & Analyse podcast) for suggesting that developers consider just settlin
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by elithrar 15y ago
> After reading all of this, I'm leaning towards Python/Django but haven't used neither web framework I'm curious as to people's opinions. Django has a good reputation for API stability, and has fantastic documentation (Rails has caught
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by elithrar 15y ago
> I would love to see some people blog about the basics of using new versions of rails. You mean: Rails for Zombies ( http://railsforzombies.org/ ) Michael Hartl's screencasts/tutorial ( http://ruby.railstutorial.org/ ) Stack Overflow (
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by elithrar 15y ago
> Does anyone believe that the promotion that Apple offers on average is worth two cents? Ask some of the developers[1] of popular apps how much more money they make when the App Store features their app in front-page promotional materi
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by elithrar 15y ago
It would also darken the building and require more artificial light, which it seems they're trying to avoid.
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by elithrar 15y ago
Why? They have not engaged in any illegal practices—at least as far as anyone here knows—to secure this position, and the tablet market is in its infancy. If the market were years-old and Apple was buying out competitors and paying retailer
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by elithrar 15y ago
> I suspect Apple will charge a flat rate for iCloud and allocate the royalties proportionally (like Spotify). From the customer's point of view it will be "free" to sync their music into iCloud, but the labels will get paid (again). Th
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by elithrar 15y ago
Further, it's great to see they're doing it right: it's invisible to the user. No pop-ups, no opt-ins, no alerts. It does its thing, and if you really want to opt-out, you have the option to do so.
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by elithrar 15y ago
It's only what, $8000? A drop in the ocean for Lodsys, and $1000 isn't going to do anything for these developers.
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by elithrar 15y ago
> When we're talking about passwords "vaulted" in non-exposed systems used for customer support, I have a harder time getting upset about it. I don't like systems that work this way, but I see the support/security tradeoff and it's a va
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by elithrar 15y ago
I'm interested to see what Twitter actually does with the client. Do they EOL it and force a migration to their own official Twitter client? If so, what precedent does this set for other popular third-party client acquisition? If not, where
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by elithrar 15y ago
> Indeed. Even more annoying is that adding high-res, anti-glare makes it a custom order for the 15". Apple Stores only stock the overkill $2599 15" version with the high-res matte screen. Not true. Apple's retail stores often stock the

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