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Python Formatting Syntax explained easily(pyformat.info)
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by mwexler 10y ago
I despise apps that do "Always" or "Never" for Location Tracking. It's really reflective of the larger issue of control of data, but this is particularly galling when the app hasn't given you an option nor a
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by mwexler 10y ago
Tracing the references, you wind up at http://www.itreetools.org/ which describes the approach the Forestry service took to model out the value of a tree, with some detail at http://www.itreetools.org/resour
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by mwexler 10y ago
Though in many corporate settings, that's where you'd expect to see it. Many externally facing dash frameworks require too many dependencies; this one went lighter in some ways b/c they assume that it's behind a wall an
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by mwexler 10y ago
Don't see too many programs going to version 50 these days. Kudos to the team that keeps improving it.
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by mwexler 10y ago
So, finally caught up to the original Barnes & Noble nook with it's ribbon display and touchscreen. http://cdn.toptenreviews.com/rev/prod/ce/48731-barnes-noble-... (Just kidding!)
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by mwexler 10y ago
No post on traffic is complete without a reference to the original "traffic hobbyist": http://trafficwaves.org/ from Jan 1998.
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How the Web Became Unreadable(backchannel.com)
1 points by mwexler 10y ago|0 comments
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by mwexler 10y ago
Perhaps more useful to link to the main page, https://github.com/jarun/Buku . From that page: "buku is a powerful bookmark management utility written in Python3 and SQLite3. When I started writing it, I couldn&#x27
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by mwexler 10y ago
I couldn't help but yell "Third Base!" at the end of this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who%27s_on_First%3F
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YouTube-MP3 Ripping Site Sued by IFPI, RIAA and BPI(torrentfreak.com)
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by mwexler 10y ago
Perhaps if the creator had clearly disclosed at the top of the list that a) links contain affiliate codes and b) just trying to pay for a good service that they'd like to expand, then perhaps there would be less vitriol. But without d
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by mwexler 10y ago
While I would expect we will see every bank releasing APIs sooner or later ( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/02/10/consumer_trust_centr... shows the UK heading this way already), you may find it easier to wo
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by mwexler 10y ago
Deadbeats don't pay their bills; sound like you do. Instead, you are a "transactor", vs. a "revolver", one who takes on the debt for more than the grace period.
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by mwexler 10y ago
Just to say it, it's not that millenials are just walking around with rolls of cash. Many use debit cards or other payment mechanisms (venmo, etc.). It's more the credit (unsecured lending with expected interest rate) aspect of
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by mwexler 10y ago
The astonishing text adventure Amnesia by Thomas M. Disch (Electronic Arts, 1986) also did something like this. The copy appeared to let you play (with an obnoxious codewheel on top of a custom disk format), but you got stuck in a hotel ro
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by mwexler 10y ago
I find it hubris on the point of the device makers. Like, "what? you don't have unlimited streaming everywhere?" As a commuter in the NYC area, streaming is in fact not available consistently everywhere on the ride in...
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by mwexler 10y ago
I had to double take... why would a modern library need a "wedding" manual? Time for new glasses.
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by mwexler 10y ago
Here's a link to the original paper. http://psych.colorado.edu/~vanboven/teaching/p7536_heurbias/...
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by mwexler 10y ago
We already see folks like Bose making wireless (BT) noise-canceling in-ear headphones with no audio cable capability (QC30, http://www.cnet.com/products/bose-quietcontrol-30/ ). The new Bose on-ear noise canceling
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by mwexler 10y ago
Not saying this destruction is happening or not, but their data to support their claims is dreadful. All circumstantial viewing of links and pages, google news trends, and Alexa profiles. Sadly, these days claims that may be correct can b
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by mwexler 10y ago
Actually, the issuing banks will get some of the transaction fees as well, so they make out both ways. The "CC companies" are better thought of as networks (Visa, etc.) and they live mostly on those transaction fees, as you menti
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by mwexler 10y ago
Annoying.
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by mwexler 10y ago
There are many, many self-hosting analytics tools, from your own big data pipes to tools like the aforementioned piwik, as well as Open Web Analytics. I like Snowplow ( http://snowplowanalytics.com/ ), but it's current
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by mwexler 10y ago
I enjoyed this,but was surprised to see how the older stuff (1970s) skyrocketed to the top, then PLUMMETED off after a week. Compare to 2000s where a song can stay at top for a month, and may drift down. As others point out, changes in how
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by mwexler 10y ago
As the post mentions, in most cases of mainstream media, we all agree to licensing our purchased media, not owning it, and so publishers and resellers assume that all media in our possession must be purchased, and so are under their control
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by mwexler 11y ago
And when you say "enterprise", think also of small and medium businesses. There are many advantages to webmail, but I keep running into smalls and mediums who use shared hosting for email (IMAP and (shudder) POP3), but can't
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by mwexler 11y ago
I too miss Google Reader. Feedly does OK, but is expensive. Of all I tried, however, it consistently was the least worst. Most of the replacements suffer from bad apps on at least one mobile platform I use, poor web experience, lack of spe
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by mwexler 11y ago
In case anyone was wondering: "GPUImage 2 is a BSD-licensed Swift framework for GPU-accelerated video and image processing."
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by mwexler 11y ago
Didn't JungleDisk ( http://jungledisk.com ) kind of start this "backup to AWS, control your own data" movement? Does anyone use them anymore? I recall that they started as pay one price, then switched to a subsc

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