julio_the_squid

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   by julio_the_squid 17y ago

   I agree, plus their word mangling/assumptions are out of control. I often have to use double quotes to make it clear that yes, what I typed in is what I'm searching for.
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   by julio_the_squid 17y ago

   Have any non-default fonts installed or anything like that?
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   by julio_the_squid 17y ago

   It's noble to pretend that porn isn't important to people, but um... it is.
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   by julio_the_squid 17y ago

   I noticed that when I open IE6 for testing (using iesforlinux actually), about 1/3 of the time it redirects to an IE8 download page, rather than showing the home page I have set in the options. Also, some of MS's own pages on bing/live thro
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   by julio_the_squid 17y ago

   Interesting, I've long suspected some companies might engage in such practices... I guess one plan is if a domain you want is free right then, buy it immediately. Also, I hate GoDaddy so that takes of that issue...
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   by julio_the_squid 17y ago

   Is intended to be an endorsement of Lisp, or are you saying something along the lines of 'The Jonas Brothers are better than Mozart because so many more people listen to them these days'?
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   by julio_the_squid 17y ago

   It's listed at the bottom of the article - newsvine.com.
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   by julio_the_squid 17y ago

   What I wonder about IE is how sites or access points set cookie without there even being a browser window open. When I go to certain coffee shops, I'll see the 'this and this site is trying to set a cookie' popup (since I have IE set not to
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   by julio_the_squid 17y ago

   The equivalent salary for a top-notch engineer in China is about 12-25% of the US rate, however.
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    by julio_the_squid 17y ago

    I set up my mother's laptop with Ubuntu and she is perfectly happy with it. It stopped the constant cycle of viruses/spyware I was having to fix, and everything works just the same as far as she's concerned.
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    by julio_the_squid 17y ago

    I've used Linux as my main desktop OS for 12 years and I'm 100% happy with it. I feel horribly restricted when I try to use Windows for anything other than web browsing.
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    by julio_the_squid 17y ago

    The Google Desktop Sidebar has a little picture slideshow that shows random pictures from any where on your machine, or from folders you select. You can disallow certain folders, too, if you have images you'd rather not have showing up on y
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    by julio_the_squid 17y ago

    J is essentially the new version of APL using ascii rather than the odd symbols, if I'm not mistaken? I'd love to see a version in J.
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    by julio_the_squid 17y ago

    Apparently 4chan was planning a reprise for tomorrow. I don't know why this article came up in BBC's most popular list right now, as it's indeed from May.
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    by julio_the_squid 17y ago

    Great, it looks like a good book and a valuable resources. It's a shame about the publishing situation. I've been interested in Lisp and scheme for some time, but haven't found a way to learn it by accomplishing something with Lisp yet. I'm
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    by julio_the_squid 17y ago

    I found that in Firefox with any screen width less than the text + the two sidebars, the sidebars overlap the text content. I tried it in IE6 actually, and the sidebars don't show at all! Pretty lousy layout.
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    by julio_the_squid 17y ago

    An FS that supported indexing and querying of files through metadata was a key feature of BeOS, actually. And yes, MS claimed their project, 'WinFS', would be a key part of Vista (aka Longhorn), but then dropped it in 2006.
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    by julio_the_squid 17y ago

    Thanks, I'm pretty sure I know who you mean now, actually. I ran into a couple posts on a freelance site where and Indian company said 'We designed a clone of Etsy.com, check out _____.com'. Not exactly the way I'd go about creating a site,
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    by julio_the_squid 17y ago

    I find this really interesting from the perspective of programming languages. The languages that add on information not required in English reminds me of type declaration for variables versus languages where you don't have to declare a type
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    by julio_the_squid 17y ago

    Well, the source simply being viewable for JavaScript is not the same as all JS being released under an open source license! I guess this is kind of like an open source license, though.
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    by julio_the_squid 17y ago

    Apparently, the cool thing to do is now to defend Microsoft, actually, even in the face of ridiculous transgressions and clear unlawful and unethical behavior. I can't believe that people are giving them a pass on this 'oh, a 3rd party deve
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    by julio_the_squid 17y ago

    Whether I, an English speaker in the US, has visited plurk is irrelevant - they are the leader in this market in Asia, apparently. Whether it was 'unique' or not, the UI delivered was nearly identical to Plurk's and was obviously a copy. Th
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    by julio_the_squid 17y ago

    But for a new site to be released like this, either a> MS does not review the work of their subcontractors, or b> whomever reviewed the new site was not familiar with their major competitor in the region. Does either seem very likel
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    by julio_the_squid 17y ago

    Microsoft didn't seem to have a problem with going quite public with it.
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    by julio_the_squid 17y ago

    I recognize Jon Skeet, Quassnoi, Alex Martelli and cletus... but I know them all from Stack Overflow. I wouldn't say all of those people are famous anywhere in particular other than there?
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    by julio_the_squid 17y ago

    David Mark is an anti-jQuery crusader. He is known for speaking ill of people who use the library as well as the developers (John Resig in particular). He insists that jQuery is responsible for all of the sites across the internet that have
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    by julio_the_squid 17y ago

    Then to continue that paragraph it says 'The presentation of the advertisement(s) can be made as part of an approach where the user obtains a good or service, such as the operating system, for free or at a reduced cost'. I assume their logi
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    by julio_the_squid 17y ago

    What about interest and electronically created debt? It doesn't depend on the Fed printing anything.
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    by julio_the_squid 17y ago

    Ha, that's great. I'd love to know which site that was. Really, Etsy doesn't have anything worth copying other than the basic idea and well, their success. Their copy and wording least of all... anytime there are words on the site, they are
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    by julio_the_squid 17y ago

    In related news, Health Insurers Pay Congress Members Actual Currency To Oppose Reform Bill.