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by jgeorge 15y ago
The old (late 70s/early 80s) IBM 5211 Terminal used to include a large solenoid in the keyboard that fired a metal rod into the metal base of the keyboard as a mechanical "clicker". Holding down the spacebar was very akin to the sound of a
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by jgeorge 15y ago
Unicomp still makes buckling spring keyboards with IBM's Model M (as well as other IBM) designs. They're loud as hell but feel great. http://www.pckeyboard.com/ You can ask them for Mac keycap replacements to swap out the ctrl/windows/alt
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by jgeorge 15y ago
Great hack, nirmal. I've been wanting to tear apart the Lytro image in depth as their own software for it is pretty... well, you've used it. :)
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by jgeorge 15y ago
The first server you hit does a geographic lookup of your IP address to get a reasonable estimation of where you are, then redirects you to a CDN server that's closest to you on the network. http://whatismyipaddress.com/ shows you where i
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by jgeorge 15y ago
Well put. The biggest depressive factor in a work environment (to me, at least) is having a feeling of hopelessness, of being "stuck" in a job - even if it's a job you kind of like, being stuck in it makes it much less enjoyable. You don't
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by jgeorge 15y ago
If you're going to head to Mountain View, visit the Computer History Museum. It's nice to know from whence we all came. Though the place makes me feel particularly old when I realize how much gear in the museum is stuff I've worked on in th
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by jgeorge 15y ago
The specific amount of fuel in the tank is a number that I would think most people wouldn't really care about. Some cars will give you calculated "miles/km till empty" based on average mpg calculations, which is arguably at least a semi-use
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by jgeorge 15y ago
I don't have a degree, and I've done reasonably well for myself in the tech industry without one. Thankfully I've been involved in a few places that needed the real world experience more than the sheepskin. That said, I think telling him to
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by jgeorge 15y ago
Personally, I'd have to say adding clickable ads to an app that's designed for kids to click on things is a bad idea. You're likely to get a lot of complaints from parents for the app constantly launching ad links.
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by jgeorge 15y ago
That's quite possible (and not a bug) if she has more than one device - iMessage disabled on the phone (which would force phone number messages to be SMS) but the email address turned on for iMessage on another device. I had my iPhone/iPad
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by jgeorge 15y ago
IWBNI instead of just showing a domain as unavailable when searching it would show a link to the current whois information. Not a big deal but a nice touch (I think).
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by jgeorge 15y ago
Lion is the first OS X upgrade where I've ever considered whether it was "worth it" or not. This coming from a pretty deeply-rooted OS X fanboy. End result: I upgraded, I'm not sorry I did, it was worth the $30. There are some quirks in the
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by jgeorge 15y ago
I have a small project in the works, specifically for a service that has existing client apps on iOS and Android, but is lacking a WP7 client.
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by jgeorge 15y ago
syslog never leaves your local system unless you specifically do something with it. This data is collected and sent off-device without your consent or knowledge. Also syslog collects information on events, not specific keystrokes or command
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by jgeorge 15y ago
I traditionally use 'ls -lart' because I like the LART reference.
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by jgeorge 15y ago
I didnt, it's usually my assumption that codes are all claimed by the time I actually see them, so I tend to walk the list backwards to save time entering previously used codes.
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by jgeorge 15y ago
I nabbed the EY9K* one, thanks a lot! First time someone's ever posted a promo code that I actually got.