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by ericras 14y ago
http://pear2.php.net/ http://getcomposer.org/
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by ericras 14y ago
That book is considered the 'Bible' of this area but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who is looking to get started. It's like reading the dictionary.
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by ericras 14y ago
Exactly, oftentimes regulation becomes a easy way for politicians and bureaucrats to extract money and power. Net Neutrality! All bits are equal! ...Well except we want our VOIP calls to be clear so maybe they need priority. ...And there's
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by ericras 14y ago
"Maximizing everyone's liberty" is code for taking from some and giving to others to to achieve a "just" result. That's not how libertarians think, that's how modern progressives think. So you think a "real libertarian" should be in lock
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by ericras 14y ago
What's the difference between composer and PEAR2/Pyrus? ( http://pear2.php.net/ )
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by ericras 14y ago
We implemented a "mega box" drop down at the University of Nebraska ( http://www.unl.edu/ ) in 2009. We didn't do a production a/b test but we did do in-person a/b testing using a custom web app that tested user's ability to find things in
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In Japan they use them for useful stuff - scan one at a bus stop to get a real-time map of where the bus is. In the US (so far) they have been used for crap - "scan this to see MORE advertising from us!!!!"
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by ericras 14y ago
As an American who does this in pretty much every conversation I have, this is a difference I would never have thought of. Semi-related: Do other countries have fragments of speech used as filler such as "like" and "you know"?
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by ericras 14y ago
What if two people need to work together on a computer and they only have desktops. The commom-area closed room doesn't do them any good.
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by ericras 14y ago
That's essentially how offices were in the 60s/70s - giant open floors with wall-like solid/glass partitions up to the ceiling. Also more configurable than drywall when the floorplan needs to change. Take a look at the current season of Ma
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by ericras 15y ago
Actually, what is that? What character is it? [Note I haven't read the article yet]
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by ericras 15y ago
Most people don't change default settings. Therefore most people have a pretty crappy experience with all the gunk on facebook. Therefore people will get bored with it and you will have less reason to go yourself.
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The problem with that is it takes away vertical space, the exact reason I hate hate hate the Chrome download bar.
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I'm shocked by this one. I used to try to make sites like this - websites that mimic real-life interaction a la Microsoft Bob - around 10 years ago. Although it's an instance of dated web concepts AND it features the dreaded 10 second Flas
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by ericras 15y ago
What is the "usable notepad" that comes on OS X? Are you referring to TextEdit? I guess I've never learned to use it properly because it just saves code as .rtf and blows it all up. As far as I see it Windows requires getting Notepad++ and
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by ericras 15y ago
This is spot on. I'm a contributor noob and when I search bug trackers for an issue I'm experiencing I run across a lot of reports like, "the user profile page is broken". That's not helpful to anyone. I'll then submit a detailed bug with
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by ericras 16y ago
Your quick iterations and releases are great. Just yesterday I ran into a bug that had been introduced into 1.5.1 ( http://bugs.jquery.com/ticket/8456 ) so I reverted to using 1.5.0 and then, bam! - today's new release has the bug fixed!
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by ericras 16y ago
Best fix is to use the NoScript extension for Firefox and in Advanced->ABE add the following so FB crap only loads when you visit facebook proper: Site .facebook.com .fbcdn.net .facebook.net Accept from .facebook.com .fbcdn.net .f
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by ericras 16y ago
That may be true but it's not a direct rebuttal to the previous comment. Does Texas' $3M coach bring in an additional $2.9M+ per year compared to if Texas hired a coach for $100,000?
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by ericras 16y ago
My search for buy viagra returns the Florida International University Course Catalog on page 1 along with other academic links (non medical) too
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ternary_operation if (c < 4) { c = c + 1; } else { c = 0; }