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by nfg 16y ago
No. The vigorous response is the best recruiting tool they could possibly get.
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by nfg 16y ago
I don't know, but the iPad has only one core with which to service both the JavaScript (and browser in general) but also other OS processes. That has to count for something.
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by nfg 16y ago
The mbp is almost certainly dual core.
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by nfg 16y ago
Active discussion of this with the developer posting on reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/bvzzt/hey_reddit_i_ma...
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by nfg 17y ago
Has anyone tried installing OS 4.0 via iTunes on Windows? The fact that they're distributing it as a dmg made me wary...
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by nfg 17y ago
Its bound to given the "free" publicity it gained, in my opinion it isn't borne out by the quality of the app though.
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by nfg 17y ago
More discussion here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1264818
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by nfg 17y ago
Why choose to cut space exploration? Surely there are a myriad of more "worthy" targets to cut in favour of social programs?
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by nfg 17y ago
Some context: http://nasawatch.com/archives/2010/04/is-a-human-spac.html (definitely worth reading the comments on that too)
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by nfg 17y ago
Apps like flickr.
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by nfg 17y ago
> Cutting off people's lips and ears, and arms, and mass rapes, and general brutal chaos - that didn't happen under British rule. What?! Yes it did, horrific violence was the dominant factor in British control of many colonised nations.
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by nfg 17y ago
You could not be more wrong on basically every point you've made, but it would be a waste of my time to bother refuting them.
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by nfg 17y ago
Well isn't the extra weight pretty significant in this case? The jetpack obviously can't be jettisoned.
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by nfg 17y ago
Plus ça change...
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by nfg 17y ago
I saved the bookmarklet with the keyword 'read', so when I'm a site that could benefit from it (which happens a lot) it's a simple: Ctrl-l read <return> away
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by nfg 17y ago
Are you thinking of Ecuador? http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/29/ecuador-constit...
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by nfg 17y ago
I also forgot, for fullscreen on Windows I use w32-fullscreen which comes as part of darkroom-mode: http://www.martyn.se/code/emacs/darkroom-mode .
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by nfg 17y ago
The main benefit of this as I see it - moving between windows (in the emacs sense of the word) - can be got by installing windmove.el ( http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/WindMove ). Once you've got it it's hard to go without (actually the au
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by nfg 17y ago
Worth noting that the prefix "Godmode" in the folder name is not needed, any string will work.
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by nfg 17y ago
The 'Feedback' link on the left covers the main content for me in FF 3.5.5 on 32bit Vista.
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by nfg 17y ago
http://mailhide.recaptcha.net/d?k=01XO7QaN4m-oQlby3vjVXo0g==... Thanks!
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by nfg 17y ago
3 Beers = Getting Trashed?
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by nfg 17y ago
The Hit a Hint ( https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1341 ) Firefox extension works very nicely for this. Pretty similar to the vimperator functionailty mentioned in the other reply.
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by nfg 17y ago
For anyone being annoyed by this in earlier versions Process Explorer http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.asp... allows you to quickly search for handles and identify the offending process.
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by nfg 18y ago
> B is the only one who is qualified to make decisions that only affect him. How can you possibly think that taking options away from B is a good idea? Options that you or I may think are stupid shouldn't be taken away from B, just beca
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by nfg 18y ago
> Last year, Microsoft began to perk attention in the computer community releasing a beta of Internet Explorer 8, which featured innovative browsing modes like InPrivate, which were quickly copied by its competitors. Didn't Safari have
237.
by nfg 18y ago
NTFS support for Mac: http://macntfs-3g.blogspot.com/
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by nfg 18y ago
> > Every new release getting better, faster, more usable; growing market-share faster all the time... > You could be describing Windows or Mac OS X with that. Vista was faster than XP?
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by nfg 18y ago
Here (Ireland) it's pretty typical for phone plans to come with all sms free, or at a low price, such as 3c a text. Even on the worst available plans you might pay 9c per sms (and only the sender pays).
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by nfg 18y ago
Would you typically recommend the use of a blog to YC applicants? I suppose I'm seeing it as a simple — but effective and fulfilling — way to build some visibility for the project.

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