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by jblz 12y ago
Pretty fast considering the amount of hardware being targeted and the amount of enhancements above and beyond stock Android that they are supporting. I mean, they're bringing Lollipop to HTC's flagship device (m8) before HTC is (
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by jblz 12y ago
I'm not sure how this pertains to Open Source communities across the board..? Seems to be a pretty targeted indictment of the Linux dev community. There are plenty that don't stand for the type of bad acting described here.
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by jblz 12y ago
Really cool project. Thanks for sharing the source. As an aside, I noticed it was renamed from "Picsou" ( https://github.com/wit-ai/duckling/commit/0d9f666ae4da114803... ) Were you worried about gett
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Facebook Will Use Facebook Data to Sell Ads on Sites That Aren’t Facebook(recode.net)
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by jblz 12y ago
I got turned away at a Walgreens pharmacy Friday afternoon because their "system was down." The pharmacist said it was affecting "all stores.". Interesting coincidence if it's not related to this roll out.
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by jblz 12y ago
I can't speak for typical or usual, but, I attended 2 ACM ICPC regionals (southeast) & am gainfully employed in software. Last I knew, my two teammates were as well. Of course raw coding talent & algorithmic skill are paramoun
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by jblz 12y ago
The DOS prompt is dark and full of terrors
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Longreads Joins the Automattic Family(en.blog.wordpress.com)
2 points by jblz 13y ago|0 comments
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by jblz 13y ago
Very fun. I found a bug that lets me skip levels 8-11 by using this code in the phone callback on level 7: if ( ! ( player.cc && player.cc.length ) ) { player.cc = ['#f00', '#ff0', '#0f0'];
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by jblz 13y ago
Along these lines, the Botball program is a pretty amazing way to teach hands on engineering. Bummer the OP just missed the 2014 Greater San Diego Tournament by a few days http://www.botball.org/sca/2014/tournament
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by jblz 13y ago
This was the only April Fools gag that I even chuckled at this year. Good stuff :)
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by jblz 13y ago
Looks like Twitter is doing something similar. One of the commenters here shows some decompiled code: http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/57726/twitter-rec...
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by jblz 13y ago
"Read your text messages (SMS or MMS) If you add a phone number to your account, this allows us to confirm your phone number automatically by finding the confirmation code that we send via text message." That's a pretty crap
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by jblz 13y ago
Not sure why you say that. WordPress.com offers 2-Factor Auth: http://en.support.wordpress.com/security/two-step-authentica... There are also tons of available security plugins & pretty extensive documentation on
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by jblz 13y ago
Because hackers are people..?
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by jblz 13y ago
"It's (for me) evolved into my less-close friends' vacations and babies and memes." This. Further, I think Fb serves a very important purpose in my life: it has supplanted any need or desire to attend a high school reunion. I can easily f
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Automattic (WordPress.com parent) sells $50 million in stock(techcrunch.com)
2 points by jblz 13y ago|0 comments
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by jblz 13y ago
You can easily loop through the results of this call with for or while: http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query
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by jblz 13y ago
WordPress supports Post by email: Self-hosted: http://codex.wordpress.org/Post_to_your_blog_using_email WordPress.com: http://en.support.wordpress.com/post-by-email/
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by jblz 13y ago
...also, if you're traveling FTL, then time travel isn't that much of a stretch. So, ya.
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by jblz 13y ago
This article assumes a lot: * The aliens who possess the technological ability to reach Earth are the ones who built it and evolved alongside it. Who's to say they didn't take it by force? * FTL is something that must be developed through
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by jblz 14y ago
In general, I try to give people the benefit of the doubt that they're knowledgeable about things they purport to be knowledgeable about. I don't think that's so different from the instant situation here. Walking a crowded expo floor is a
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by jblz 14y ago
You're discounting the second half of the sentence you quoted: > but barring that, selfish as it may sound, if I could have substituted all the plain-clothes promoters for traditional booth babes, I would have done it in a heartbeat. O
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by jblz 14y ago
If I'm understanding correctly, the author would prefer it if non-technical female expo floor workers were scantily-clad so she would be less likely to be assumed by other conference-goers to be non-technical herself..? I'm sorry, but I fi
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by jblz 14y ago
See also: The NeverEnding Story
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by jblz 14y ago
because people like to say, "Salsa!"
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by jblz 14y ago
Akismet, while a plugin, is included in the default WordPress install -- it just has to be activated. I'm not sure how a standalone install of WordPress would competently fight spam in the automated manner you're advocating. Since spam te
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by jblz 14y ago
Here's another set that goes up to 128px: http://icondrawer.com/flag-icons.php They're free, but require attribution unless you buy a 'royalty-free license.'
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by jblz 14y ago
The MIT-licensed reference server is on github. Get to forkin'! https://github.com/tent/tentd
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Tent.io Releases v0.1 Documentation and reference server: tentd(tent.io)
2 points by jblz 14y ago|0 comments

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