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by ghurlman 15y ago
I, for one, am really hoping this is a start of a trend - where coursework, even if just in a prerecorded format, is available to all, with the tuition going towards the rich in-person experience and grading/certification for the student, m
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by ghurlman 15y ago
Oddly, I liked it, but that's probably due to my bias for coding with a dark background. I highly recommend installing one of the many instapaper/readability extensions -- god knows with my ever-aging eyes I'm hitting that '~' key more and
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by ghurlman 15y ago
1. End users don't configure web servers 2. Since when is "it's too hard" an acceptable solution for HN or Google? Have you ever tried to tell someone nontechnical how to reboot their router over the phone? "Just unplug it and plug it back
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by ghurlman 15y ago
if the backscatter system operates correctly That's putting a lot of faith into the TSA.
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by ghurlman 15y ago
That research and engineering is already underway: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHL5tJ9ja_w
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by ghurlman 15y ago
I also simply took the text of the article author's tweet that linked the blog post.
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Think twice about that F-bomb in your next talk(wekeroad.com)
178 points by ghurlman 15y ago|146 comments
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by ghurlman 15y ago
I've used Balsamiq to sell business groups inside of very large corporations to sign off on project estimates. It's a fast, easy way to show them what they're getting for their money, and becomes v0.1 of the design as well, with enough fide
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by ghurlman 15y ago
I've been using Balsamiq for a couple years, and I've been looking forward to the online product. I have a few project collaborators that cannot install software onto PCs they have to use at work; a webapp is a godsend.
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by ghurlman 15y ago
Most likely not, unless you plan on applying for the Windows 8 official logo program.
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by ghurlman 15y ago
Did anyone else pick up a strong Oatmeal influence here?
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IPad 2 Has Smart Cover Passcode Bypass Vulnerability(ipadinsight.com)
1 points by ghurlman 15y ago|0 comments
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New Mac OS X malware disables Apple's malware protection(zdnet.com)
18 points by ghurlman 15y ago|6 comments
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by ghurlman 15y ago
Barnes & Noble's has a publishing house of their own for a while; I'm surprised it's taken Amazon this long.
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Reducing runtime memory in Windows 8(blogs.msdn.com)
89 points by ghurlman 15y ago|28 comments
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Xbox 360 Teams Up With Entertainment Leaders to Transform TV(microsoft.com)
27 points by ghurlman 15y ago|19 comments
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by ghurlman 15y ago
Hit the Windows key, start typing - just like in Windows 7. The UI is different, but the results are the same.
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by ghurlman 15y ago
People can & do harm themselves.
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by ghurlman 15y ago
That's 9.5 years, 10 if you were working with the beta stuff, but yeah... I've seen recruiters wanting 10+ years for 5 years now at least.
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by ghurlman 15y ago
That's part of the problem... a good chunk of the .Net shortage is a SharePoint developer shortage... real, actual developers, not draggy-droppy ones. Developers with a good head on their shoulders can get 6 figures easy doing SharePoint...
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by ghurlman 15y ago
Any time I'm using my phone to browse, it's IE - and I use that to read through HN all the time.
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by ghurlman 15y ago
It didn't happen to you, therefore it doesn't happen?
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Evolving the Start menu - Building Windows 8(blogs.msdn.com)
13 points by ghurlman 15y ago|1 comments
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by ghurlman 15y ago
DuckDuckGo[1] can give you this today. [1] http://duckduckgo.com/bang.html
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by ghurlman 15y ago
This is all for Windows Logo certification... you'll be able to build your own PC like always.
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by ghurlman 15y ago
I had two reactions to this, quick, and back-to-back: 1) Finally some non-MS apps that'll support multitasking, yay! 2) I'll believe it when I see it Hopefully, my dev drop of Mango will allow me access to RTM Mango apps on the app store, s
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by ghurlman 15y ago
Not necessarily if you're building a Metro app, which may be all the ARM devices will support. Metro apps get use of a small subset of .Net namespaces.
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8 traits of great Metro style apps(channel9.msdn.com)
10 points by ghurlman 15y ago|0 comments
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by ghurlman 15y ago
Version 5 of their website.
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It’s Hard to Predict the Future [2006](johnniemanzari.com)
4 points by ghurlman 15y ago|0 comments

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