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by mattdotc 12y ago
One of the links posted to the stream is hosted on p.events-delivery.apple.com.edgesuite.net and a little googling shows that Edgesuite is an Akamai product.
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by mattdotc 12y ago
I was in San Francisco for a few days in mid June. Having never used a ride-sharing service before, I hesistantly installed Lyft and handed over my payment information. After the first ride, I didn't look back. I used their services m
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by mattdotc 12y ago
Got me thinking...could you integrate a wireless AP into a light fixture without fear of interference, either EM or physical? I'm sure there is a clever solution for something like a hanging chandelier. Maybe there are products out th
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by mattdotc 13y ago
Dell was able to pull it off. The only Dell PC I've ever purchased was an Inspiron 1420n which came bundled with Ubuntu 7.04. http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2007/10/dell-inspiron-1420n-u...
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Hacker League Acquired by Intel for Undisclosed Amount(techcrunch.com)
17 points by mattdotc 13y ago|4 comments
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by mattdotc 13y ago
I use it to know traffic and weather, as well as keep track of shipments, but I do not use Web Search History.
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by mattdotc 13y ago
I think it's adequetly engineered if the motivation is to get people to say "Wow" and then link the article to a friend. At the end of the day, they're selling ads, and this page does a pretty good job at it, I think.
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by mattdotc 13y ago
If Firefox hasn't had this since its inception, it's at least been available for the vast majority of its lifespan. Don't remember a time when I haven't used this feature (and I've been using Firefox for a longggg
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by mattdotc 13y ago
I bet a lot of them were lost. If I were in your class, I probably would not have been bothered by your question. The questions that bother me are the type that stroke the ego of the person asking because they already know the answer.
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Amazon's Kindle Matchbook is now Live(amazon.com)
4 points by mattdotc 13y ago|0 comments
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by mattdotc 13y ago
On a lot of laptops, the jack is mounted to the case with a single screw and connected to the motherboard via a short pigtail connector. This eases in repair since you can very easily swap in a new connector without having to do any desold
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by mattdotc 13y ago
No problem, I was guilty of the same error myself until I got curious enough to look it up. ...and that's what happens when you ignore other studies in favor of STEM :P
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by mattdotc 13y ago
Just trying to be helpful, the word is 'ado' and not 'adieu' in the phrase 'without further ado.'