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by mirkules 16y ago
Ok, good point. My problem is sites where it is reasonable to expect them to work without JS, but end up not working at all. I would never expect a specialized site like Markup.io or asteroids-on-a-page (forgot the name) to work without JS.
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by mirkules 16y ago
I agree with you and the posters below that you can't develop two versions. But I'd like to point out that "it doesn't work because JS is disabled" versus "it's not pretty because JS is disabled" are two different things, and they are not m
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by mirkules 16y ago
Explain that to a potential investor. "We snubbed 2% of our potential user base because we were too lazy to make sure that our site degrades gracefully." From the article, that's _6 million_ of Yahoo!'s 300M+ user base. I really don't under
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by mirkules 16y ago
Our company has clients that have different scalability needs. Whenever we were faced with a bottleneck on one of our servers, my boss had a saying: "Hardware is always cheaper than software." I thought he was insane. But It's funny, it wa
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by mirkules 16y ago
Would it be possible to have one password for accessing the system, and a separate password for permanently wiping sensitive parts (in the background, even)? What would be the legal implications (other than the obvious obstruction of justic
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by mirkules 16y ago
Just read the original, and while I do disagree with Microsoft's approach to answering these questions, I think the reddit community did a disservice to themselves (and possibly the entire hacker community) by transparently disguising attac
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by mirkules 16y ago
A really good book on this subject is Swarm Intelligence by Russell Eberhart http://www.amazon.com/Intelligence-Morgan-Kaufmann-Evolution... (I'm not affiliated with the book in any way :)
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by mirkules 16y ago
"I must say I would have given up much more early" In my experience, it's really easy to fall into the smooth-talking salesman trap, especially if you aren't fully aware of the scope of work. When you're already committed to the project, th
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by mirkules 16y ago
First off, thank you for making me look this up, as I now learned something new :) If I understand this correctly, the immediate fight-or-flight response is triggered by noradrenaline, which is very similar to adrenaline but released by ner
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by mirkules 16y ago
I wonder if this ability is just a function of increased adrenaline in the system or the sudden increase of adrenaline. If it is, it would be easy to make a switch, but would probably be harmful for extended periods of time.
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by mirkules 16y ago
I thought about this too, so I let my imagination wander: Solution 1: Perhaps there's a ship pulling a cable attached to a reel, and it periodically drops the cable in the ocean with an anchor weight. The first few times they did this, the
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by mirkules 16y ago
Just don't forget to take care of yourself too.
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by mirkules 16y ago
or "because he is not authorized to publicly discuss the details"
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by mirkules 16y ago
I couldn't help but notice this happened the same week ex-Senator Ted "Series of Tubes" Stevens died. What a strange coincidence. (non-sarcastic)
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by mirkules 16y ago
I heard this from other people too, but somehow it just /feels/ less durable for me, especially when I am plugging it in. I feel some grinding of metal parts and often wonder if this thing will last. Actually, I feel the same thing with th
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by mirkules 16y ago
In cities like Prague, it's really hard NOT to look up. Every street has a tower or something really fascinating that just stands out
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by mirkules 16y ago
All I can think about is: the time and energy expended sifting through Apple's red tape is time and energy spent not creating new apps and improving existing ones.
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by mirkules 16y ago
I second your opinion - I switched from 3GS to Samsung Galaxy S. Completely correct that it's not polished like the iPhone, but being able to mount the phone as your choice of device is just, as you said, liberating. Have an AVI movie? No p
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by mirkules 16y ago
There are some procedures, such as laperoscopic (sp?) procedures, that the surgeon does "remotely" - I mean, in close proximity of the patient, but not actually holding the tools. Are there difficulties that would prevent a surgeon from pe
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by mirkules 16y ago
Actually, your probability of choosing the right door is 2/3 if you switch. I agree though that this problem is not the same, it just reminded me of it -- I guess you could say it's a similar class of problems.
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by mirkules 16y ago
There's a similar problem with three closed doors, one of which contains a prize behind it. You are asked to choose a door, and then shown one of the two remaining doors which does NOT contain the prize. The question is should you switch
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by mirkules 16y ago
I'm playing with AForge ( http://www.aforgenet.com ) atm, and it's awesome. I'll have to explore OpenSLAM too, now, thanks
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by mirkules 16y ago
I just ran it with NoScript FF add-on enabled, and I got the following: Well, this is embarassing... We have a bug here somewhere. If you think this is a big deal, please let us know. Turning off NoScript, I got results.
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by mirkules 16y ago
You are probably aware of it already, but a lot of universities (mine included) use MOSS (Measure Of Software Similarity) to detect plagiarism in CS classes. Link: http://theory.stanford.edu/~aiken/moss/
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by mirkules 16y ago
Or perhaps they should aim at the non-smartphone market.
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by mirkules 16y ago
This reminds of astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson's quip with the Titanic, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAD25s53wmE#t=26m12s The best part, Cameron: "Last I checked, Titanic grossed world-wide $1.2B. Imagine how much more it could have
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by mirkules 16y ago
1. Technologically possible things that have been castrated/restricted by business people (or that need to be hacked, i.e. can't be done by your mother, in order to get them to work properly). Examples: phone tethering, ring tones, lack of
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by mirkules 16y ago
Ah, didn't know about the online price. I couldn't wait for it to ship anyway, I needed pretty much the same day (for travel). Still, I guess don't get it at Best Buy ;)
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by mirkules 16y ago
Rooting your phone just to remove ads is like removing an engine from your car just to get rid of hubcaps -- they should just snap right off. But seriously, a new iPhone costs $199 with 2 year contract. My Galaxy S (Captivate) cost $229 wit

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