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by kaolinite 11y ago
Couldn't agree more and have considered building something similar in the past. Seems like such a gigantic project though. I'd probably host my own mail if it were a matter of installing one server, hooking it up to a database (mu
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Wow, thanks Colin - really cool information. Where do you get the contents of 'records' from? Do you have a script that crawls occasionally? If we merge bbc.com and bbc.co.uk, we end up with 125 / 10,000. I suppose that isn&#
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by kaolinite 11y ago
Is anyone else becoming a touch bothered by the large number of BBC news articles that are being submitted to Hacker News? I love the BBC and BBC News is - for the most part - very good. However, the articles on their website are often lack
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by kaolinite 11y ago
As of iOS 8, apps will only update automatically when the phone is plugged in to charge and connected to WiFi.
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by kaolinite 11y ago
> This sort of design has been present in countless cheap, $3 international power adapters. Ive's ego and insistence on exalting his own genius at the expense of others' is maddening, and to call something so simple an "in
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by kaolinite 11y ago
Unrelated but I always found it shocking the number of street sellers peddling counterfeit designer goods in Italy, seeing as luxury goods are such a huge industry in the country. I would have assumed that, of all places, Italy would have a
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by kaolinite 11y ago
I think there's a very good chance he'll be working on Apple Store design, alongside Angela Ahrendts. I think there's a very good chance she'll want a redesign and, for something so critical to Apple's success, Ive
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by kaolinite 11y ago
It might look like an iPhone in a way but frankly, it'd be odd if it didn't. The question is whether they just shrank the iPhone software - that's what matters - and quite clearly, they didn't. There are a few changes th
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by kaolinite 11y ago
Yep, and they're making their way into wrist and pocket watches too. http://www.hoptroff.com/collections/atomic-timepieces https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/846511652/the-worlds-fi...
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by kaolinite 11y ago
If anyone is interested in doing this at home, without the $6000 giant ice cube maker, here's a kit for $60-80: http://www.studioneat.com/products/neaticekit I haven't used it myself but I've heard a lot
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by kaolinite 11y ago
I feel that screen space is more important than CPU or RAM when using Xcode, so if you're wondering which upgrades to get, make sure you pick the larger screen before anything else. But yes, I've previously used a 13" MacBook
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This isn't a surprise at all. Most people won't buy version one of a new product like this (think about how few people bought the first iPhone, for example, and that was a fairly well established category already). The people who
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by kaolinite 11y ago
Really? Honestly, I feel sorry for Google in a way. Apple was fashionably late to market, as they often are, and yet the mainstream press continues to ignore Google Wear and treat Apple Watch as if it came first. I'm sure they're
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by kaolinite 11y ago
Wait, really? Oh. I host it myself, I figured it'd cost for private repos at GitLab.com. Probably should have checked that :-) Regarding improvements, I don't really have any specific examples. Just keep at it and I'm sure th
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by kaolinite 11y ago
I recently switched from Github to Gitlab (although only for private projects). In the past I'd used Bitbucket but I disliked the interface. Gitlab, on the other hand, is much better. I think overall I still prefer Github, but it'
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by kaolinite 11y ago
Heh, you're right. That is a weird expression when applied to digital scales: a pair of scales makes sense for the old style[1], but doesn't really apply with digital. [1] https://mundabor.files.wordpress.com/2012&
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by kaolinite 11y ago
I'd do it, but keep the references to Slack to a minimum. So, don't call it "OpenSlack", for example. Just give it a nice name, mention that it's Slack API compatible and you should be fine. At most, I suspect they&
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by kaolinite 11y ago
Oh right, I've not actually tried altering the water - I really should give it a go sometime. I just use tap water - the water in my area is ok. That's another one of those things that may make a bit of a difference, but nowhere n
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by kaolinite 11y ago
Do you mean the amount of water you use? It's important to measure both the amount of water and the amount of coffee so it's consistent. I personally use 22 grams of coffee per 300ml. It's a personal choice though and it depe
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by kaolinite 11y ago
When I moved from a Windows/Linux setup to Mac, I was shocked at the quality of the software, including the various development tools. It felt like I'd been lied to a bit: the common thought at the time was that Macs had no softwa
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by kaolinite 11y ago
When people decide they want to start making good coffee, they often go and spend the best part of $500, or more, on an expensive espresso machine. I did, anyway. I've found though that the two biggest ways to improve your coffee are r
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by kaolinite 11y ago
I don't think that's Apple losing its way, more just the operating system having matured. They're still adding some cool features (Continuity being the latest major new thing) but for the most part, it doesn't change muc
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I think (no proof, but I seem to remember) that there are a number of plugins that are only available for Linux / OS X. Also, I think that point was less about Sublime and more about the other development tools that are Mac only.
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by kaolinite 11y ago
That's fair enough. I certainly couldn't afford to use UberLux every day but I only rarely get taxis (maybe a few times a month) so I'd rather pay for a premium service when I do. A perfect situation I feel would be if Lyft c
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Thanks for those links, I didn't realise it was that easy. However, this was in a private taxi and not in London, but yes, I could have reported it. Honestly though, my problem isn't with the occasional awful ride, but the far mor
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by kaolinite 11y ago
> But, why? They've always been boisterous and exploitative. Agreed. I'm not saying that I'm proud that I supported them. Previously, I bought into the "taxi mafia" story that Travis spun. I was at a talk he gave
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by kaolinite 11y ago
This really saddens me. I used to love Uber, it was one of my favourite companies. I remember when I first used it - I'd gone down to London and was going to try UberLux out, just for the one trip. I ended up using it about four times
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by kaolinite 11y ago
Same. Before I found Highcharts, I'd switch between a few different graphing libraries, based on the needs of the project. I'd always find that each graphing library had its own set of limitations - there'd always be somethin
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by kaolinite 11y ago
You should learn Rails. Why? The Hartl tutorial[1]. It's the best tutorial I have ever read, far surpassing anything else. Not only does it cover the various features of Rails, in it you build a real life app: a simple Twitter clone. O
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