marcusbooster

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by marcusbooster 16y ago
If I had a penny for every time I've read an open-source vs. proprietary software thread in the past 2 decades I might have enough to buy this framework. But then I wouldn't benefit from the contributions of other users and the freedom to m
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by marcusbooster 16y ago
Yes cell phones are considered contraband, and yes they are available.
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Doodle.js: Canvas Animation(github.com)
34 points by marcusbooster 16y ago|4 comments
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by marcusbooster 16y ago
You haven't won jack so stop feeling sorry for yourself. You're now in a position through either drive or coincidence (doesn't matter) that you can make a real impact on other people's lives, and now you have to meet that obligation. Find p
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WikiLeaks cables: Shell's grip on Nigerian state revealed(guardian.co.uk)
10 points by marcusbooster 16y ago|1 comments
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by marcusbooster 16y ago
These companies have already indicated their policy can be strong-armed (ie. "The Justice Department threatened us."). This does show, at the very least symbolically, that their willingest to cave will bring an arm coming the other way.
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by marcusbooster 16y ago
I've also been using jq-mobile, and for the most part I like it, though you can still tell it's an immature project. Most recently I found that I was unable to pass url parameters to a page, which is a pretty big deal for a web app. I'm sur
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by marcusbooster 16y ago
How could he forget that one, it just rolls off the tongue.
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by marcusbooster 16y ago
And what if sites continue to track you using browser signature techniques? This is not about having an "arms race" with every internet user, but having a default policy in place.
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by marcusbooster 16y ago
It looks like the update is mostly with photos, but I would really prefer an update to the tagging system. Easier control of who is allowed to tag you, what they can tag, and who is allowed to see it.
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WikiLeaks Swiss Registrar Dismisses Pressure to Take Offline(guardian.co.uk)
18 points by marcusbooster 16y ago|0 comments
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by marcusbooster 16y ago
The problem with Google cherry-picking answers is that it removes context. For example, I recently searched for "javascript mime type" and it correctly returned "application/javascript". But only by browsing the first search result (traffic
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by marcusbooster 16y ago
The Droid marketing has been a bit off-putting. Some kind of post-apocalyptic world controlled by robots, not unlike the future envisioned in The Terminator. I guess it appeals to some guys, I just think it looks overly complicated.
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by marcusbooster 16y ago
"Google's vice president for Chrome engineering, Linus Upson, believes that 60% of businesses could immediately switch to Chrome OS and put corporate system administrators out of work." And then what happens when Google ditches the projec
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by marcusbooster 16y ago
Linkbait: This is a fictional scenario.
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by marcusbooster 16y ago
A miniseries in title only. Both of those were released after the success of JavaScript: The Good Parts , and neither involve Douglas Crockford.
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by marcusbooster 16y ago
Does anyone know if this allows you to run certain windows through a separate http proxy?
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by marcusbooster 16y ago
From the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety: http://www.iihs.org/research/topics/roundabouts.html This study* found: 39% overall decrease in crashes and a 76% decrease in injury-producing crashes. Collisions involving fatal or incapac
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by marcusbooster 16y ago
I'm sure they are "inspired" by the interest in this device. I'd never buy an Xbox, but I'd get one of these just to hook it up to my computer and play around. Why would they not want to take my money?
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by marcusbooster 16y ago
Anything that makes Facebook unpleasant is bad for business because it keeps users from logging in. You don't see anything slimy with contacting your friends and family to embarrass you? They are threatening your reputation with friends, fa
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by marcusbooster 16y ago
Keep in mind a committee vote is just that, a vote in committee to move the bill along. Sometimes a legislator will like the overall bill but see some problems and be assured by the patron that they can come to an agreement. Sometimes they
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by marcusbooster 16y ago
Not trying to pick on this particular project because it seems cool enough, but, I don't get all this html templating. With ajax and websockets on the way, why are we still generating html in the application? This all seems like a solution
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by marcusbooster 16y ago
Despite my occasional pleas, it's already the messaging service of choice between my friends and friends-of-friends. They say it's easier to add people to a discussion, and it's hard to fight the momentum.
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by marcusbooster 16y ago
I have read it, and he still has a 3 year probation after his prison term. When they accuse him of "fraudulently obtaining user names and passwords and stealing personal identification and financial information" - does that mean he went aft
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by marcusbooster 16y ago
Another shining example of our justice system that uses competition to arrive at an equilibrium. Of course most encounters match up an opponent with unlimited resources (the state) versus someone with limited means (in this case a student).
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by marcusbooster 16y ago
Every now and again I'll remember that guy who said he was going to build a Stack Overflow clone in a weekend. I still chuckle.
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by marcusbooster 16y ago
It's one thing to politely knock on the door, it's another to keep banging on their kitchen window when they are obviously ignoring you. The users probably feel helpless and just want to be left alone. For a non-tech person it's a pretty bi
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by marcusbooster 16y ago
Unfortunately, as i recently saw at a demo for Windows Mobile 7, not every mobile browser uses WebKit. When the guy told me the native browser is based on IE 7, I just wanted to cry.
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by marcusbooster 16y ago
The crypto doesn't have to outlast his lifetime, only the statute of limitations for the alleged crime.
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by marcusbooster 16y ago
I appreciate the sentiment, but this doesn't seem as big of a deal now. You can have a semantically structured page, then using jQuery or more advanced CSS selectors cherry pick elements and assign classes without touching the html.

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