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by noibl 15y ago
As always, Chrome users, prefix the address in the omnibox with 'cache:' to get http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3Alarsj... At first I thought this was kind of overkill for such a 'simple' function but the example of G
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by noibl 15y ago
The semantic information is already in the selector that pops up, e.g. '.headline'. I don't see why they need to store anything elaborate to make that portable. The scope of the change (document, document type, section, site) isn't shown bu
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by noibl 15y ago
> You can see that his system has its restrictions too as he enters a pixel based headline size in the demo video. The fact that he specifies the size unit actually suggests that the system would accept others. It's basically CSS after
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by noibl 15y ago
There's nothing ironic about it. It's on the first page of Bing too. If you read the first line of what you linked to, you'll see that it has nothing to do with Google enforcing its patent rights. I wonder if they'll decide to do a shakedow
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by noibl 15y ago
> So they wouldn't have attempted to get patent fees out of Apple, RIM and anyone making Windows Phone devices? I believe that's what I implied. http://www.bing.com/search?q=%22google+sues%22+patent Do you have some reason to think ot
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by noibl 15y ago
> let's not pretend that Google were trying to do any different. Let's not pretend that Google were trying to do something other than: buy a way to tax hardware makers who choose to run a competitor's OS? Sometimes patents are defensive
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by noibl 15y ago
> Chrome 14 should be stable in about 8-10 weeks. Firefox 8 won't be stable until 14-16 weeks from now. This almost-gripe is such a beautiful illustration of how far we've come in upping the pace of browser tech innovation. Thank you Mo
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by noibl 15y ago
We're not talking about a mere monopoly, we're talking about exclusive API integrations in, hypothetically, an OS with majority market share. That's not something that has historically been tolerated well by courts.
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by noibl 15y ago
Google has a social network and a [mobile] operating system. Who’s going to have the best mobile social user experience? While this is an attractive bet, as Google you would have to hope that neither your OS or network got too pop
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by noibl 15y ago
It's because of limited upload bandwidth when sending multiple copies of a stream.
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by noibl 15y ago
There is a 'Preview (Dense)' variant of the theme which does exactly this. It's still not as dense as before but I'm finding that to be a good thing. I like this one a lot better than the classic which had way too much intrusive background
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by noibl 15y ago
> The way a lot of devs work, whether you like it or not, is to find a feature from the web that solves their problem, put it in their code and test it on their current browser. If it works then they're happy. It's not a matter of wheth
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by noibl 15y ago
> As enterprises have shown, you can stick with the same major version of a browser for years As the article points out, it is only really true of IE -- the 'enterprise-friendly' browser -- that feature updates are accompanied by major
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by noibl 15y ago
Let's keep this tangent short but, so what? It doesn't mean we need to be blinkered about what the gradual relegation of English as tech lingua franca might mean for non-anglophones. Do we really need to be in a minority to be interested in
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by noibl 15y ago
I think you're missing the significance of this change. It's not clearly stated in the announcement (in fact, nothing is) but in section 1.3 of the Applicant Guidebook[1] it shows that for the first time it will be possible to have IDN gTLD
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by noibl 15y ago
If, as is hinted, they restrict this to SERPs that carry one canonical result, such as 'facebook login' or -cough- 'html5 spec', it could be a great thing. If after some interval you do the same search and again click the top result, Chrome
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by noibl 15y ago
From the images in the video, the blogging from last year and the fate of previous missions, it seems likely that a major factor in the shutdown was dust on the solar panels[1] which combined with low-light winter conditions to compromise t
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by noibl 15y ago
> I personally loath meta answers like "why are you doing X and asking Y" instead of wasting the equivalent typing of explaining why X and Y is a bad idea. That's funny; I'm more often annoyed by the second response because often X and
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by noibl 15y ago
A little note for you Experts out there. Don’t take yourself too seriously; We are all here to learn and grow. Coddle the dumb ones and challenge the smart ones. If you consider the ratio of expertise to ignorant questions you
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by noibl 15y ago
> Follow the channel for little time before asking anything. Related: an IRC stream is always conversation of sorts and, for humans, there is only enough bandwidth for a few voices at a time to be heard. If three people have just asked
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by noibl 15y ago
Shame on me; I did forget Tunisia. I don't see anything to do with the internet in the events in Yemen, Syria and Bahrain. The mobile network has played some part in Libya though. In any case, none of these governments have been 'toppled' a
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by noibl 15y ago
We should civilize this internet thing before life gets any weirder. Nah: 1. Not so much 'leaking' as 'hoarding'... the dripfeed of leaks is mainly from the single cables dump (a non-renewable resource). Nearly every major organisation? I d
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by noibl 15y ago
How would you translate the verb 'appartenir' then? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW5Z6T9Azyg#t=10m47s
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by noibl 15y ago
Disappointed in jwz's choice of punchbowl metaphor. Seriously, why would you call your format Web Pee? Then there's Web 'Emm..', soon no doubt to be followed by Web 'Eh?' (because 'music' also starts with m, guys). 'Did you know? WebP i
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by noibl 15y ago
I wouldn't say that non-attendance of a geopolitical summit means Doctorow is abstaining from the public debate. Part of the responsibility of people who care about the internet as a platform for free speech is to avoid unduly privileging t
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by noibl 15y ago
Great post. Worth bearing in mind that it is a government (more than one, in fact) that is involved, not a country. Apparently Sarkozy now employs Orwell's ghost as a speechwriter: - "You have a tremendous responsibility that weighs upon yo
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by noibl 15y ago
Nice to see a member of the Chromium team posting on the WebKit blog. Time to change the name from "Surfin' Safari" to "Webloggin' WebKit"? :)
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by noibl 15y ago
Re 'Firebug-driven-tweaks flow' [Sorry if this is OT] With Stylebot when you make these kinds of tweaks it builds up a supplementary ruleset in a single location that you can afterwards copy and transfer to your CSS file. With Firebug it's
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by noibl 15y ago
> The quote: "if everybody contributed just 3 extra cents on their 1040 tax forms, we could find out if we have cosmic company." suggests that the organization is focused on government funding, rather than individual dono
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by noibl 15y ago
I'm not sure what you're disagreeing with. Edit: I think I understood the rationale but it's blinkered. It's Google's business to find out why such transitions are difficult or unattractive to users and to smooth the way. To answer your que

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