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by nomoresecrets 17y ago
The very image and text used in the article implies that the original poster is correct. Look at the example for 32 - it is given as 8 + 2x12. The hand on the right has two fingers extended. Clearly all fingers can be extended in this imag
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by nomoresecrets 17y ago
Given the recent commentary on the new design for a folding version of the UK mains plug, I should share a tip a friend gave me - you can put a UK mains plug in 'upside down' to an adapter strip. This means only the earth pin is connected,
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by nomoresecrets 17y ago
Presumably the author is unaware that people said the same thing in 1988, and how all the new games were crap.
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by nomoresecrets 17y ago
Even Bristol probably has issues. When I was choosing Universities I heard that for Bristol, the filtering for remaining places on the medicine course (i.e. for people who didn't make the grades the University asked for) was rumoured to st
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by nomoresecrets 17y ago
"A Computer Called LEO" - story of the first commercial computer, used to run Lyons teashops. Fascinating both in terms of computer history, and history in general, especially Lyons' attitude to perfectionism, to the extent of doing many t
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by nomoresecrets 17y ago
mysql has a query cache, which stores the query and results: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/query-cache.html
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by nomoresecrets 17y ago
It did. Today. I imagine this is why this article was linked here today.
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by nomoresecrets 17y ago
My favourite Atwood screw-up of all time was on the recent stack overflow podcast. Joel referred to a digital clock on the wall, which Jeff corrected him, and said it was an analog clock. Joel did his customary 'Jeff said what?' pause, an
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by nomoresecrets 17y ago
Also remember that when Microsoft call it Release Candidate, they mean 'Beta'. This is because when they used to call this phase Beta, they found that corporate IT depts wouldn't try it.
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by nomoresecrets 17y ago
"Briefly?" You're not kidding :-) "Others prefer the Steelcase Leap Chair" Was that it?
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by nomoresecrets 17y ago
I think you have encountered the conflict between Apps Hungarian and Systems Hungarian: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_notation#Systems_vs._...
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by nomoresecrets 17y ago
Au contraire. I think you'll find it's a perfectly cromulent word.
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by nomoresecrets 17y ago
No, think there was an Alitalia on the factory floor when I worked there, but I can't remember. Most memorable event on the factory floor was when a hydraulic jack failed on a sim, and the resulting jet of fluid punched a hole through six l
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by nomoresecrets 17y ago
I like the conversations, but what I really want is the ability to turn off conversation views, especially when searching. Sometimes when I'm searching tech discussions with colleagues/clients, etc, I just want to see the emails with the
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by nomoresecrets 17y ago
I don't understand. If I hit reply, then I reply to the person who sent. If I hit reply-all, then I reply to everyone who got the email (barring bcc, of course). This is unaffected by To or Cc was used. Did I miss something?
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by nomoresecrets 18y ago
Ha, cool, I used to work at Rediffusion and I heard a similar story about when a UPS pilot got the SC to do the phugoid behaviour 'properly' by taking him up in a plane to experience it. When they tried it in the sim, both of them were simi
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by nomoresecrets 18y ago
Puns may be bad, but poems are verse.
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by nomoresecrets 18y ago
Yes I'm sure all 150 million of those people really wanted to listen to the whole song, and didn't, say, just close the window after 5 seconds.
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by nomoresecrets 18y ago
For the social aspect. There was a famous story about some University's computer lab (I forget the details) where they got fed up of the coffee machine. There was a perfectly good cafeteria close by where the students could get coffee. Pl
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by nomoresecrets 18y ago
Did you miss the part where they kept the client's money, with no explanation whatsoever, and the client's only recompense is to sue Google, probably costing more money in the end? For a lot of people, that's close to some definition of evi
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by nomoresecrets 18y ago
Apparently I use my right brain. Couldn't make her change direction. Then I looked over to the right hand side of the page and noticed out of corner of my eye she was now turning counter-clockwise, so now I was using my left brain. Now I ca
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by nomoresecrets 18y ago
Sounds like a HN geek enrolling in an irony class. It would be baffling. Try reading the article slower :-)
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by nomoresecrets 18y ago
http://www.angryflower.com/atlass.gif
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by nomoresecrets 18y ago
Only if you're inside one of the Mac product ranges. e.g. I want a desktop Mac without an integrated LCD (i.e. not an iMac), and without putting up with laptop class components which compromise performance (i.e. not a Mac mini or laptop). S
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by nomoresecrets 18y ago
Agreed. As I mentioned above, I can read pretty quickly, but if you find yourself speed-reading, say, PG Wodehouse, then it's just possible you may be missing out :)
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by nomoresecrets 18y ago
I tried that article, and clocked myself at about 730wpm (in your face! or something...). But I was deliberately trying to read fast, although I do read pretty quickly. I am able (obviously) to skim read things quickly - I would read slowe
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by nomoresecrets 18y ago
I don't mean to be rude, but I've seen horseshit that had less horseshit in it. Anyone else reminded of "Adam's Platform"?
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by nomoresecrets 18y ago
Reminds me of one of my favourite quotes from John Carmack: "I feel bad for some companies out there. The founders, who are these incredible engineers, are now directors of their departments doing management rather than engineering. At the
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by nomoresecrets 18y ago
I suspect that this is your hypothesis, rather than your theory.
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by nomoresecrets 18y ago
Wow. I'm in the UK, and the main reaction I'm getting from reading all these comments is "Wow, is US education really that bad?" Seriously, High School is 1300 hours of 'busy work'? Or just memorising lists of facts? The equivalent period

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