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Hunting the Rich(economist.com)
4 points by evanlong 15y ago|3 comments
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Fastly: promising new CDN(fastly.com)
2 points by evanlong 15y ago|0 comments
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by evanlong 15y ago
When I was at MSFT there was an internal tool call Magic Mouse that did what Mouse without Borders does. Magic Mouse had encryption so I would venture a guess that Mouse without Borders does as well.
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by evanlong 15y ago
+1 I was on VS as well for a while and this is very true. Accessibility, and localization were a big deal because they were a relatively small investment and opened up big markets: other countries and U.S. Government.
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by evanlong 15y ago
This service is pure magic awesome!
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Biohack: Genome Home(wired.com)
2 points by evanlong 15y ago|0 comments
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by evanlong 15y ago
Great blog on history of Windows and why things are the way they are: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/
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by evanlong 15y ago
Are you the same leafo that founded apedick.com? You are my hero.
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by evanlong 15y ago
thanks for fixing it.
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Google deleted my Google Voice number. Need help getting it back(google.com)
5 points by evanlong 15y ago|3 comments
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by evanlong 15y ago
"it is difficult for me to pick up new technologies" - This is true for everyone. It doesn't just happen. The more you learn the easier it will get. For example once you know the basics of UI programming on one platform the skills are trans
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by evanlong 16y ago
I think Jeff Atwood is pounding his head against a wall about now: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/09/youre-probably-stor...
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Play tetris in the web browser with a telephone(tetris.evanlong.info)
1 points by evanlong 17y ago|0 comments
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by evanlong 17y ago
I know handbrake was originally for os x but it does work on windows now as well.
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Google Cadie(google.com)
35 points by evanlong 18y ago|16 comments
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PyNarcissus - A Javascript parser in Python(code.google.com)
2 points by evanlong 18y ago|0 comments
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by evanlong 18y ago
We have been building bridges for centuries. Software is a new thing. Testing a bridge: put a 1000kg on it and you can infer that 500kg will also work. If testing a bridge were like software: you would put the 1000kg on it. Repaint the 1000
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Ask HN: What is the equivalent K&R book for (insert any topic here)?
4 points by evanlong 18y ago|4 comments
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by evanlong 18y ago
"Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL) This is a free software license, compatible with version 3 of the GNU GPL. It is incompatible with version 2 of the GNU GPL because of the conditions in sections 3(B) and 3(C). Please do not use this licens
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Ask YC: Google and Obama
1 points by evanlong 18y ago|0 comments
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Microsoft Acquires Norwegian Search Company(aftenposten.no)
5 points by evanlong 18y ago|1 comments
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Torvalds's former employer (Transmeta) is up for sale(informationweek.com)
1 points by evanlong 18y ago|0 comments
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Story about an Android contest winner(billingsgazette.net)
7 points by evanlong 18y ago|1 comments
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by evanlong 18y ago
I wouldn't recommend it. A former roommate had it done about a year ago and he constantly has to use eye drops. He also wasn't supposed to watch TV or use a computer for a month for any extended period of time because apparently you don't b
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Microsoft still values gopher protocol(infectmac.com)
1 points by evanlong 18y ago|0 comments
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by evanlong 18y ago
How did you meet the people you work with in your startup (past jobs, school, randomly, etc...)? How do you solve disputes within the team? If you were not doing startups or technical things, what types of things would you pursue? Was the o
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Twitter documentation hacked(infectmac.com)
1 points by evanlong 18y ago|1 comments
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Humor: Before Twitter we had finger(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by evanlong 18y ago|0 comments
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by evanlong 18y ago
A lot of time Universities have access to different subscriptions ACM, IEEE, and sometimes Safari Books online. So it might be possible to VPN into your dad's university to access reading material. It's worth looking into.
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RESTful Python: A way to create a client library(infectmac.com)
10 points by evanlong 18y ago|0 comments

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