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by noptic 13y ago
This guys makes some valid points ... as far as I read the article. To be honest I stoped reading pretty soon because the valid arguments are burried under a truckload of pointless ranting and "I told you so!". I have no problem w
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by noptic 13y ago
I always used my stereos build in timer and a death metal CD for the same effect :) But now my stereo and my CDs gather dust and I (and my neighbours) do not miss them.
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by noptic 13y ago
Great idea. Possible improvement: Only show the effect if the user uses the tab key. IMHO the effect is distracting if you use the mouse and are already looking at the focused object.
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by noptic 13y ago
Why not? It is text only and at first I did not even notice it. Hopefully not only the HN crowd will play the game so it would take a exrtra "Show HN only" landing page without adds to get rid of them.
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by noptic 13y ago
Worst job ever: During a semester break (vacation?) I worked in a factory which produced wax powder. A machine filled packages with various powders and them on a convoy belt. If a package was to heayvy or to light another mechanism pushed
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by noptic 13y ago
Forget about the "sneaky" part unless you have your own office. If you do something you are not supposed to do (and which might endanger your employment) your concentration will suffer.
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by noptic 13y ago
I checked back: In this case it was local venue restrictions.
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by noptic 13y ago
Bring to mind: A frind of mine plans and builds equipment for expos. When he went over to the US he brought all finished work and plans but was required to hire someone to assemble it :/
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by noptic 13y ago
And still there are "modern" games and services telling me that my password "May only contain letters and numbers" Really? Are you stupid or something?
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by noptic 13y ago
I heavily depends on what your non-profit does (help people with cancer?) and on what porn sites you advertise, but in generall I think it is a bad idea. For many people porn and fast food are BOTH "guilty pleasures" so food adds
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by noptic 13y ago
Look like a great but dangerous tool. Stealing users bandwidth and publishing users IPs is a no go, but it could be really handy for online games and other web applications with lots of assets. "To improve server performance game data
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by noptic 13y ago
The first time someone wanted to hire me was even before I started college. "so how much will you bill me?" "Well right now I get 7€ (9.2$ at current rate) for unloding trucks ..." He interupted me before I could finish
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by noptic 13y ago
When I was still at the university, our statistics class was used as a sample for a company creating such tests. We had to fill out a test and hand a second form to someone who knew us well enough to judge our social behaviour. The goal of
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by noptic 13y ago
Why would i want one at home? I do not even have a 2d printer! I can handle nearly all of my stuff without paper so it is a lot cheaper to go to the copyshop next door. I know a 3d printer is used in a different way but I would rather go to
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by noptic 13y ago
Why would the 'thief' keep the phone? In the article it says that this happens regulary. Well but he BOUGHT a stolen phone. Yes but did he know it? Years ago I bought some used hardware from one of my neighbours. It did not pay th
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by noptic 13y ago
This will burn all my carma: Can we please talk about what he says? Is the topic in any way related to good blog design? There are quite a few blogs without capitalization and if it is really so important to you feel free to write about i
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by noptic 13y ago
Best get one of those: http://www.streetshirts.co.uk/sites/streetshirts.co.uk/conte... Disclaimer: No I do not get money for this.
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by noptic 13y ago
In the last years many SQL alternatives where created, and I think that this is great. For a long time it was used as an almighty Hammer. You want a live chat system for thousands of user? Use SQl! You want a Page for your Restaurant? Use S
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by noptic 13y ago
I gues the most import point is you can not be a succesfull "medium" writter but you can be a succesfull writter who someteimes publishes on "medium"
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by noptic 13y ago
Not yet. But nice people like you might change that. BTW: Where do I get a 3 hour train ride for 3$ ;)
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by noptic 13y ago
True. Do not ban laptops. Kick idiots.
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by noptic 13y ago
Well the topic of this article is that it is not working out for many coffe shops...
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by noptic 13y ago
There is none. If you sit arround for 3 hours with 1 cup of coffee your an <insert rude stuff here> no matter what you are doing.
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by noptic 13y ago
This is a real problem for bookshops and customers. Some people come in several times a week read for free and even bring in lunch . Often the magazines and newspapers are left in a state which is no longer fit for sale. So what can we do?
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by noptic 13y ago
> I am not paying for the 0.1 dollar that the coffee actually costs to make, I am paying for a place to sit true > I am paying for a place to sit as well and do something with my time. Be it 10 minutes or 3 hours 3 hours for 6$. This
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by noptic 13y ago
if(comment.onTopic)){ comment.post() } else { comment.delete() }
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by noptic 13y ago
TL;DR Skype P2P performs on mobile devices so we removed the featues people loved about Skype and kept the name.
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by noptic 13y ago
>> A URL cannot be analysed after decoding Sadly true. Drovr me nuts trying to analyze a URL on Apache/PHP.
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by noptic 13y ago
Can you change the title to: Erato - simple and beautiful markdown editor for Mac Markdown is used on many systems and not everyone is intrested in reading about Mac software.
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by noptic 13y ago
Looks great now I can dump my 60 lines of tape, shoe strings and "I do not have time for this" and use a serious tool. Thank you.

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