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khalidmbajwa
14y ago
Is it just me, or does the Article really does comes across as quite snarky in tone rather than an honest observation of what he saw ?
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14y ago
Apart from the printed reports, i wonder what is so different here from Path ? Path is an established app with a massive user base, that does everything i can ask from a journal,with the additional ability to share it to a private, handpick
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14y ago
Yes i know about the new version of AIR, Stage3d And Starling. But it's all moot. This horse was shot in the face long ago when adobe decided to give flex up for adaptation of the Apache Foundation.Adobe is moving away from AIR, it clearly
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14y ago
Adobe's toolchain is breathtakingly sophisticated , mature and powerful. It's incredibly easy to start writing really powerful programes with AIR. I look at all these HTML5 frameworks each with their own idiosyncrasies and pain-points, and
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15y ago
I am a flash devoleper. Have been an ardent flash supporter for the past 7 years, but sadly, at this point, even i have to admit, it's Game Over. Adobe fucked up. Over, and over and over again. They had everything going for them, a large an
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15y ago
Interesting that Jamie Hyneman of the MythBusters fame Doesn't think it was faked. According him to the science checks out ! http://www.tested.com/articles/43440-thoughts-on-the-mechani...
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15y ago
And here is the thing, Majority of users ARE average-joes. That's why iPad has been an incredible success. It's a power user's nightmare,and yet look at how it has fared. The average-joes are the ones who will dig Metro, and that's a vast,
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15y ago
Look, wealth of family is just one very minute side of it. To actually translate your programming skills into an actual product, or startup or contribute to a real-world project, you need a lot more than that. You need mentors, you need awa
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15y ago
>In order to be a "programming prodigy" you have to "program" something Programming an actual product is but just ONE measure of someone's programming prowess. Standardized tests is another one, and one that is quite Valid. In fact, it'
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15y ago
She was the youngest Microsoft Certified Professional in history at age 9. Her genius can be better appreciated in a geographical context. Pakistan has a non-existent culture of Start ups and original products. Thinking out of the box can s
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15y ago
Smooth as silk on OSX 10.6.8 and FireFox 8.0.1 for me !
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Costs for a service that performs extensive NLP on vast amounts of data?
(quora.com)
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15y ago
It just makes my day when i see something this out-of-the-box. PG must be so proud ! Talk about hacking a non-computer system in style !
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15y ago
I have a proper fully equipped office at home, and a designated workplace for the company i run where developers i work with operate. I instead prefer to work from Coffe Shops simply because they offer distractions at such a minimum thresho
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15y ago
Islamabad, Pakistan. Actually quite surprised to see a few more of fellowmen here :)
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16y ago
More so than the whitespace, the multi-window approach is a pain in the ass. It gets worse when you are calling someone. Goodluck managing even the most trivial things such as finding where your video window went(oh there it was, hiding beh