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by msmith 16y ago
Well, he'll be saving $65M in capital gains taxes by selling this year before the rate increases to 20%. No doubt that was a consideration.
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by msmith 16y ago
126 lines of python. This is a great demonstration of how simple it is to exploit the vulnerability. Be aware, people.
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by msmith 16y ago
I really wonder how much time the author has spent with a modern IDE like Eclipse. For Java development, it really does have all of the features on his wish list, or something equivalent.
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by msmith 16y ago
I just replaced the 5400rpm drive in my Macbook Pro with an OCZ Vertex2 SSD. The performance improvements for many things are dramatic. I did some very unscientific before-and-after measurements.. * Cold boot (Power button to login screen
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by msmith 16y ago
Agreed. Technical Debt is a great metaphor for explaining these concepts to non-developers. http://forums.construx.com/blogs/stevemcc/archive/2007/11/01... Short-term technical debt can speed development, but like credit card debt, it qu
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by msmith 16y ago
I was just about to make the very same comment, but you've said it much better than I would have. In my experience, these requests that initially seem unreasonable will often have a very reasonable explanation. If you take the time to unde
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by msmith 16y ago
It sounds HP's suit is based not on a non-compete agreement, but a provision of his $35M severance package in which he agreed not to disclose trade secrets or confidential info. That's the impression I got from the article, anyway. I suppo
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by msmith 16y ago
This is the first version where conformance to RubySpec was made a high priority. It now passes over 99% of the spec. This is great news for the community because it makes it much easier for alternative ruby implementations to remain comp
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by msmith 16y ago
Yes to all of your reasons, but I think you missed the biggest one: - Many of us produce and sell software and we understand that pirating makes it harder for people like us to make a living at it.
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by msmith 16y ago
I think it's a fair critique despite the inflammatory title. He's not really opposed to 3-D, as long as it doesn't come at the expense of good filmmaking. There's a goldrush going on right now in Hollywood to cash in on the premium for 3-D
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by msmith 16y ago
That's a pretty good critique despite the inflammatory title. The MaxiVision48 process he mentions sounds pretty great as well. I definitely notice the jerkiness in some scenes when in the theatre and it always pulls my attention away from
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by msmith 16y ago
If you read the whole article, you'll see that they're considering paid subscriptions.
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by msmith 16y ago
In the mockups shown, the tab doesn't extend fully to the edge of the window, which unfortunately means you don't get the "infinite pixels" advantage. The same is true for Chrome on OSX and Windows.
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A successful Git branching model(nvie.com)
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by msmith 16y ago
You don't need to be able to decrypt anything to identify an HTTPS flow. An unencrypted SSL/TLS handshake takes place first, before any encrypted data is sent across the wire. Some firewalls can track this.
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by msmith 16y ago
Going over the 200MB plan isn't such a big deal, as long as you don't go waay over. I'm in the same boat. On average, even with the occasional overage I'll probably be spending less than I did with the $30 unlimited plan.
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by msmith 16y ago
I wrote a little scraper to keep track of the money raised over time. The NY Times article really gave them a boost, which eventually flattened out only to pick up again in the last 24 hours. http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=0AqAXxp
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by msmith 16y ago
Can you cite the source that leads you to believe that BP stands to make 10x more profit by running a risky drilling operation? I find it hard to believe.
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by msmith 16y ago
Gmail gives you a way to transfer your archived mail from Hotmail, Yahoo, and most of the other big providers. I imagine Hotmail could do the same, if they don't already.
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Diaspora fundraising graphed over time(spreadsheets.google.com)
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by msmith 16y ago
Could Gizmodo have avoided legal jeopardy if they had used that $5000 to secure an exclusive instead of using it to buy the device?
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by msmith 16y ago
This is from today (Apr 15). The linked article doesn't have a date but the list of press releases does.
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by msmith 17y ago
He's saying you should alter your screenshot to make it more obvious that it's not the real thing. Frame it with an image of a monitor, give it a drop-shadow, etc.